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yEz
2:31 AM
I'm here to shamelessly draw attention to this answer, for the sole purpose of vexing the OP who seems to have an irrational opposition to the answer. I'm hoping it gets a nice answer badge! (Note: don't vote for it because of that - just look at it because of that and vote for it if you think it's a good answer)
 
3:08 AM
@yEz gebadged. I want to know if @DoubleAA truly rolled a die to get that sequence, or if his claim of doing so really meant that he could have done so. I realize that the latter is a non-literal reading of the comment, but I find it unreasonably improbable that anyone would actually spend the time rolling a die and recording the results, just to make a point.
... Despite the fact that people roll dice with the hope of making points all the time, when playing backgammon.
 
3:58 AM
@IsaacMoses he referred to his set of dice, so it's possible that he rolled a handful all at once. Though rolling twelve dice (fairly) at once is a bit challenging. My hands are small so I'd roll that in two batches, but I think I've seen people handle that many at once. I don't know how big DoubleAA's hands are. :-)
(What, other people can't casually reach for a dozen dice?)
 
@MonicaCellio That would cut down on the die-rolling labor, but the data-recording would still be tedious.
 
@IsaacMoses true, especially if you're not grouping by value like one tends to do in some games.
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses Perhaps he used a random number generator which he considered logically equivalent to rolling dice.
I don't want to make the person feel bad (so I'll leave this comment for Bam), but I totally cannot relate to this question. When I was becoming religious, Yom Tov was my favorite part, and that hasn't changed 15 years later.
 
@yEz Another non-literal reading.
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses I would note that it says his set of dice rolled, not he rolled. Perhaps he has dice that roll themselves, and maybe even record their own results!
 
4:11 AM
@yEz I'm writing an answer now (from my FFB perspective). Not flipping light switches doesn't bother me as it apparently does the OP there, but I certainly do find the crunch of getting ready for Yom Tov and catching up on chores afterward to be difficult.
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses Full disclosure, I became frum in high school, at a point where my biggest concern was making up homework. Maybe if I had had a work schedule to worry about, it would have been more challenging. But still, the seder - I love the seder! It's possibly the highlight of my year.
 
@yEz :) I feel that way especially about living in the sukka, despite the fact that that piles on significant additional work before and after.
 
@IsaacMoses I look forward to seeing that. As someone who only started observing Shabbat and Yom Tov as an adult, I definitely found -- and still find! -- some parts challenging. I feel constrained and that's dissonant with the idea of celebrating the holiday. (I also haven't yet reached the point of enjoying the sukkah and I really don't "get" rejoicing with the lulav. I do it because, well, you do, but I have trouble connecting with it.)
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses I'm inspired to write an answer as well, though I don't know if it will be well received.
 
@yEz Don't forget that OP represents a very small percentage of people who will read the answers. Of course, the more palatable you can make your answer to the OP, the better.
 
4:31 AM
I realized I hadn't answered the whole question, so I just added a bit to mine. But I'd like to see others too!
 
@yEz You're a much faster writer than I am, or maybe just better at focusing.
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses Or better at distracting you.
 
... guess which of the books you suggest (and paraphrase from, I think) that I'm planning on quoting from.
 
yEz
@IsaacMoses The siddur?
Oh wait I didn't suggest the siddur.
 
4:39 AM
@IsaacMoses aw, ask us something hard. :-)
 
 
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@IsaacMoses excellent answer!
 

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