The Shoykhet

Now it is bad times in Poland and Lita for the shoykhet.
He is forbidden to carry on his sacred slaughtering.
How will he make a living nwo?
For his wife and children
If he slaughters a pair of chickens
He is immediately in trouble!
If he slaughters a calf in the middle of the night
He is sent to prison in the morning.
Tehilim and Torah don't help.
He is afraid of every anti-Semite
What will they do, and with what will they find fault
They humiliate the finest masters of the house.
Overnight a dictate fell on the Jews
Who had it all conceived [planned]?
Hitler, curse him, brought it to the world.

Esther Kolner (daughter of Zavel)