There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

[sovay]

It is the first night of Hanukkah.

I move out of my apartment tomorrow.

I feel like the Babylonian Exile.

Comments

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

But yeah. sucks especially to be you.

Ah well. You may appreciate this, which features a fried of friends.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

'scuse me. Friend of friends.

Well, yes, and the things they fried.

[sovay]

a fried of friends

These aren't like the Latkes of Sweeney Todd, are they?

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the latkes of William of Norwich (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1173williamnorwich.html), myself.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

OK, that's brilliant. Horrible, but brilliant.

[sovay]

Horrible, but brilliant.

All we need is an appearance from Saint Lawrence . . .

[sovay]

inasmuch as it was because of Christ's death that they had been shut out from their own country, and were in exile as slaves in a foreign land.

That must have come as a surprise to Titus and Vespasian . . .

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Theological truth is often different from historical truth.