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gigglemonster:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
Yitzi stepped forward. "Motty, it's a big question if we can still be your friends."
A discussion ensued.
Yitzi explained that he was basing his reasoning on the prohibition from Deuteronomy, "Do not intermarry with them, for they will turn you onto their gods." "If marrying was not allowed," Yitzi put forth, "can we not also assume ipso facto that friendship, too, is prohibited?"
Yoel disagreed. He pointed out that the greater commandment to love your neighbor as you love yourself specifically avoids saying whether the neighbor is Jewish or non-Jewish. Why? "To show us that when it comes to human acts of kindness - such as friendship - religious orientation is of no consequence."
- The Metamorphosis, from Beware of God by Shalom Auslander
[And that was 9 sentences.]
gigglemonster:1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
Yitzi stepped forward. "Motty, it's a big question if we can still be your friends."
A discussion ensued.
Yitzi explained that he was basing his reasoning on the prohibition from Deuteronomy, "Do not intermarry with them, for they will turn you onto their gods." "If marrying was not allowed," Yitzi put forth, "can we not also assume ipso facto that friendship, too, is prohibited?"
Yoel disagreed. He pointed out that the greater commandment to love your neighbor as you love yourself specifically avoids saying whether the neighbor is Jewish or non-Jewish. Why? "To show us that when it comes to human acts of kindness - such as friendship - religious orientation is of no consequence."
- The Metamorphosis, from Beware of God by Shalom Auslander
[And that was 9 sentences.]
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Date: 2010-06-03 02:23 am (UTC)You're really hard-working and clever, and I have to thank you a thousand times for helping me so much with the Five Acts meme - I never could've got through all of it without you! The fic you wrote for me there about Alpha/Echo was amazing too, and absolutely fuelled my love for the pairing.
I basically think you're absolutely awesome and super-smart (as the closest book to you confirms!)
Explanation: Compliment Spree!
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Date: 2010-06-03 01:09 pm (UTC)Writing that for you made me love that pairing too! And I had never really considered it before.