Re: [Fwd: An inspiration] [re Perlman]

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Yes, I made that association, too, when I first head the song--and still do, 
sometimes, when I listen (which I've been doing a lot these last few days).  
Certainly makes sense that he have appropriated that line--or that portion 
of the line--from the Vidui.  Very astute.

--Robert Cohen



>The song "What You Do with What You Got" always strikes me as having been
>written by Rabbi Kahn's son, rather than by Si Kahn the community 
>organizer.
>I hear echoes of the Al Chait in the third line of the following verse:
>
>Between those who use their neighbors, and those who use a cane
>Between those in constant power, and those in constant pain
>Between those who run to evil, and those who cannot run
>Tell me, which ones are the cripples, and which ones touch the sun?
>
>"For the sin which we have committed before Thee by running to do evil ..."

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