The Believer Page #3

..on a mountain that I wiII show you. ''

Everyone, what's reaIIy going on here?|ShIomo?

(boy) It was a test of Abraham's faith,|of his devotion to God.

Isaac wasn't his onIy son.|IshmaeI was his son, too.

- The onIy son he Ioved.|- Oh, they onIy kiII them if they Iove them(!)

Danny,|as usuaI you have something to add?

It's not about Abraham's faith.

It's about God's power.

God says ''You know how powerfuI I am?''

''I can make you do anything I want,|no matter how stupid. ''

''Even kiII your own son. ''

''Because I'm everything|and you're nothing. ''

OK, Danny, but if Hashem is everything|and we are nothing,...

..how then are we to judge His actions?

We have free wiII and inteIIigence,|which God aIIegedIy gave us.

What are you taIking about?|God never Iets Abraham kiII Isaac.

He gives him the ram|so he doesn't have to.

PersonaIIy, I think that's a Iie.

(teacher) You think? Based on what?

There's Midrash supporting it.|My father read a book by ShaIom SpiegeI,...

..that said Isaac died and was reborn.

No-one foIIows that Midrash.

I do! I foIIow it. But OK,|say God provided the ram. So what?

Once Abraham raised the knife,|it was as if he'd kiIIed him in his heart.

He couId never forget that|and neither couId Isaac.

He's traumatised.|He's a putz the rest of his Iife.

Danny, watch your Ianguage.

The whoIe Jewish peopIe were... (fades)

Danny! (she knocks on door)

(door opens)

(footsteps)

l knocked but you didn't hear me.

What are you doing?

He's gonna die.

He won't take his medicine and...

..he eats dairy. Probably still smokes|when l'm not around.

l asked him to move in with us.|lt was Alex's idea.

But he didn't wanna be any trouble.

Well,... then he couldn't be bitter|about living alone.

Why deprive him of his greatest pleasure?

Jesus Christ, Danny,|how can you wear that thing?

Linda, don't start.

Do you know what it means to your people?

- They're not my people.|- Yeah? Tell that to Hitler.

Oh, he decides?|Hitler's the chief rabbi now?

Why?

There's 50 reasons.

Even if you knew them all,|there'd be another 50 you didn't know.

Do you know them?

l made him some noodles. You can heat|them up and eat with him, if you want.

l can't. l gotta go.

You can heat them up and eat with him.

(sighs)

(father coughs)

(TV commentary)

lt's Friday.

Do l give a sh*t?

The Torah says you can't light a fire|on Shabbos cos it's work, correct?

Mm-hm.

But if alternating current is always running|through the wires and l turn a switch,...

..sending it here instead of there,|how is that lighting a fire?

Do chickens give milk?

Exactly.

(comedian on TV) The macho button|snapped back out...

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