Here's to the Good Old Days and Messianic Days

Vayikra

Today kids are exposed, to all sorts of things.
That living in the twenty-first century, brings.

Like the decadence of papers, sold in convenience stores.
Which don't even bother much, with real news anymore.

Kids innocently frolicking, outside on the grass
More and more, is becoming a thing of the past.

It has gotten so bad, that today our history "has turned a page".
(And kids do need to learn things, which defy their age).

So as time goes by, kids are becoming more jaded.
As more so, childhood innocence has faded.
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But in times, of hundreds of years ago.
All those "adult" things, Yiddishe kinder didn't know.

The world sheltered kids, from adult deception, evil and greed.
Because after all, that information a child didn't need.

Yes they were ignorant of adult vices and immorality. That was for sure.
So it didn't become part of them; They remained pure.

That's why when rebbes began teaching these souls, so innocent and mild.
They started with Sefer Vayikra. It was the first thing taught to a Jewish child.

Bringing up a sacrifice, in order to get closer to H-shem:
A concept as beautiful, and innocent as them.

Thus it came naturally, and perhaps by learning Vayikra they would stay innocent just a bit longer.
And in later years, when they would need to take on impurity, they would be stronger.

And when we actually will bring korbanos bikarov mamish just you wait and see.
Innocent and pure: That is the way kids will always be!