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Thank you for your compassion in rendering my soul to me.

You are the source of all trust.

Blessed is our Eternal God who hallowed us

and commanded us to wash our hands.

I give thanks before you, King living and eternal...

Blessed is our Eternal God who opens the eyes of the blind.

Blessed is our Eternal God who lifts up the fallen.

Blessed is our Eternal God who makes firm our every step.

Blessed is our Eternal God who has not created me a woman.

SACRED

Blessed is our Eternal God who commanded us the tsitsit.

Blessed is our Eternal God who commanded us the tefilin.

It's so early.

I have to hurry.

To go pray.

Your eyes are glistening.

Women cry even in their sleep.

Their eyes are sensitive.

I have such respect for you, Rivka.

You are He Who pours forth Ten Tikkunim

We call them the Ten S’firot to lead through them Worlds hidden

and undisclosed and Worlds manifest and known

In them are You hidden from the sons of men

You are He Who binds them, Who unites them

And since You are within them whosoever sunders one from its mate of these

Ten S’firot to him it is accounted as if he had sundered You

These Ten S’firot proceed in their order one—long one—short and one between

You are He who governs them

No one governs You neither below nor above nor at any side

You made wraps for them

From whence blossom forth souls for the sons of men

Sarah, who are you staring at?

Yossef, your betrothed. He's so handsome.

Mercy is the right arm, courage is the Left Arm

I already told you. I don't want to get married.

I won't get married.

I smile at my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation

Of course you will.

We all do.

For the Lord is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed

Not me.

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread

And the hungry have ceased to hunger

Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children has become feeble

The Lord kills and makes alive, he brings down...

My wedding was the happiest day of my life.

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up

Mine won't be for me.

Pharaoh's chariots and horsemen went into the sea

The Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them

But the Israelites

Walked through the sea on dry ground

Malka, take the keys. You can lock up.

Thank you.

Yakov.

How are you, Malka?

You're different today. You change from day to day.

Really?

Yakov...

What's going on, Malka?

You seem so distant.

I can't seem to approach you.

My mother chose me a husband.

What? Who is he?

Yossef.

It was their decision.

I've refused so many proposals,

I've run out of reasons.

You know I don't want to marry him.

Or anyone else.

My mother decided. The Rabbi agreed.

Malka...

When I joined the army, I lost my yeshiva friends.

I know what they think of me, but I'll never change my mind.

In Lebanon, when I spent sleepless nights in my tank,

I never stopped praying.

When I could, I went to the Wall.

I'm still a good Jew.

Did you speak to your father? -Yes.

He can't do anything. They're relentless.

What am I going to do?

I love you, but...

Malka... -Yakov...

Malka, you're my queen, and I'm your Yakov.

No one else can marry you. I won't allow it.

Do you hear me?

Yakov...

Almighty God, take pity on me.

Open my heart to your love

and allow me to sanctify your name through the Torah.

Almighty God!

Put no obstacles on my path to your holy Torah.

Give me the strength to concentrate on your holy Torah.

Father!

I implore you!

I beg of you, for you alone can hear my prayers.

Blessed is the Lord who hears my prayers.

Blessed is our Eternal God, whose word has created all.

Yossef.

On Shabbat, how do we make tea?

First the water, then the sugar.

Why?

If you pour water on sugar, you're cooking on Shabbat.

With a second vessel, you're not cooking.

A glass is a second vessel.

The kettle is the first vessel.

The glass is the second vessel.

No cooking occurs in the glass. The glass doesn't count.

When you pour water into the second vessel,

you heat it up. Heating is cooking, Meir.

The tea leaves are already cooked.

But the water changes color.

The leaves change the color of the water.

We are allowed colored beverages on Shabbat.

Why such rigor?

Students of the Torah must be rigorous. Let's be rigorous.

Drink before it gets cold.

Rigor, constant rigor.

Why, Rivka?

Why are you doing this?

You know you're going against my father's wishes.

Yakov and Malka have been in love for ages.

What about my father?

We've been in love for a long time too.

I know, Rivka.

But we obey the Rabbi's orders.

Soon after we got married,

we were sitting here...

It was pouring rain outside.

But a stubborn ray of sunlight

shone on our bed.

Do you remember what I said?

That you always wanted to be with me.

It's true.

I didn't know whether you meant

"all the time" or "forever".

What's wrong, Rivka?

I can see into your heart.

What do you see?

I see you suffering.

You suffer because we have no children.

You suffer because...

you think we live in sin.

Your friends all have three, four, even five children.

People point at us.

Students at the yeshiva laugh at you.

You want a child.

You want a son.

It's been ten years.

I will never leave you.

The people of Israel lives!

The people of Israel lives!

The people of Israel lives!

Our Father is still alive.

Our Father is still alive.

Our Father is still alive.

Our Father is still alive.

Come to the Guithaym Yeshiva.

Jews, I love you!

I am your loving Yossef.

Tonight, the gates of Mercy shall open.

Come greet it with love.

Come revive the Jewish soul!

Come rekindle the flame of Judaism!

Join us at 8 tonight to enjoy one another's company,

to pray, and to love one another.

Friends, the gates of Heaven are opening.

Let us gather and work together.

Together we will bring about salvation.

Come, I have something for you.

My dear Jew, come here, please!

I have a gift for you.

What are you scared of?

We're all Jews!

I taught you this song. Sure.

The Messiah will come. We'll study the Torah.

We'll live in... Safad? No, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem, we'll study the cabbala.

You taught me this before. Is it from your group?

It's not that bad...

It's not that bad.

Remember the rest? -No.

We'll live in a world of peace and brotherhood,

everything beautiful, everything perfect.

It's not that bad... studying the Torah.

It's good to sing it low.

...studying the Torah.

It's been ten years.

What are you going to do?

You pushed the cloth all the way in?

You waited seven days?

Yes.

You checked the cloth? Was it absolutely clean?

No spots?

Black ones?

No yellow ones?

My consultations last longer than anyone else's.

Sometimes women are barren...

because they have disregarded

the laws of purity.

Almighty God...

I heeded your commandment and observed the days of separation.

I counted the seven days.

Today I am ready to heed your commandment...

to purify my body.

I shall go down into the water

and in your mercy...

my body shall be washed in pure water,

and my soul cleansed...

of all blemish and stain.

For it is written:

"I have sprinkled you with water...

and made you pure."

My God, why have You forsaken me?

Far from my salvation and the words of my mouth.

I call by day and You do not answer.

At night, I know no silence. You dwell in the praise of Israel.

Our fathers believed in You and were delivered.

They called to You and were saved.

Their hope in You was not in vain.

Blessed is our Eternal God who in His wisdom

has fashioned man with orifices

and organs whose workings

are necessary to life.

Blessed is our Eternal God who heals all flesh...

Why weren't you at school?

I can't study. I am troubled.

Meir, make up your mind.

I'm not sure I can.

Meir, don't you feel...

don't you feel...

we're on the verge of a new age?

That something is coming?

Are you making ready for it? Do you pray?

-Yes. -You must pray.

Do you fast? Do you meditate?

Yes.

Make up your mind. Do your duty.

You know our laws.

You know that the only task of a daughter of Israel

is to bring children into the world.

To give birth to Jews,

and enable her husband to study.

God created man to study the Torah.

Woman plays an indirect part in fulfilling the Torah

by keeping his home clean, preparing his meals

and especially...

by raising his children.

A woman's only joy is raising his children.

Children are our strength. With them...

we will vanquish.

Whom?

The others.

The godless.

Our secular government.

Children are our future. The future of our religion.

The others have no children.

Thanks to our children, the future is ours.

-Must I make this sacrifice? -You are part of our struggle.

Our struggle is sacred.

My son...

I just ran into your wife. What is she doing?

Why does she no longer work?

This cannot go on, Meir.

I went to the ritual bath today.

Yes.

I'm no longer unclean.

I'm exhausted, Rivka.

I've had a hard day. I want to sleep.

You think we don't have the right to?

Yes.

If we don't try, how can we have a child?

It's been ten years, Rivka.

We'll never have a child.

We can still try.

Sterility is a curse.

There's no escaping it.

And our bond?

Isn't it a sacred commandment?

Please, Rivka, that's enough.

Enough.

What do you want from me? Tell me.

I haven't studied for ten years.

I was a brilliant student before our marriage.

A prodigy.

I was the first to recognize any passage from the Talmud.

And now, Rivka...

what can I do?

Tell me what I should do?

Let me.

Let me prove to you that God blesses our union...

that we were made for each other, Meir.

I don't know.

You know what people say?

They say I'm getting married next week.

To Yossef.

That's what they say.

To Yossef.

I'm marrying Yossef.

That's what they say.

You know what?

I'm a good girl, right?

True, I don't like cooking and cleaning.

I'll study accounting, like you.

That way, I'll be able to support my family...

and my husband can study.

My husband can study.

Then...

I'll shave my head...

and I'll spend my whole life pregnant.

And then...

I'll give myself to Yakov before the wedding.

Yossef will see I'm not a virgin and repudiate me.

-You'll help me, won't you? -Malka...

Tell me about it.

Tell me what it's like. What does making love feel like?

Your wedding night with Meir.

Tell me. You never told me about it.

On the night of my wedding...

I found myself in this room.

He took off my dress...

then took off his black coat.

We lay down on the bed.

He took off his black shoes.

He was wearing socks.

He took off his white shirt.

After he took off his shirt, he hesitated...

before removing his tsitsit.

He didn't know the law concerning them.

He finally removed them.

Then he took off his pants.

Then...

Around his hips, he wore that belt...

which divides the spiritual from the material world.

He undid it.

Then he turned off the light.

He honored me.

He entered me by the ways of love,

the ways of consent.

It was the first time.

It will be like that for you too, Malka.

No, it won't.

You always say it's hard for you.

The tears on your pillow have long been dry.

You sit at home doing nothing.

You never came back to me.

Why are you running from me?

Why are you pushing me away?

Take your time if you're scared.

We'll meet again in another world.

I'll find you in that other world.

We'll meet in another world

We'll meet in another world

In another world

You see.

Look how beautiful it is.

You'll make a beautiful bride.

A beautiful bride...

A beautiful bride.

I'll try it on.

Rivka, hold this a second.

How are you feeling?

Better?

Meir worries me.

He's been distant lately.

He avoids my questions.

When I ask what's wrong, he doesn't answer.

But I love him.

And at night?

He says we don't have the right.

I want to see you.

A man is obliged to satisfy his wife.

If he doesn't, she has grounds for divorce.

I received a letter a few days ago.

It said a woman without child

is no better than dead.

Who would send such a thing?

I don't know.

I asked Meir.

I sometimes think my problem isn't sterility...

but shame.

It's in her eyes. Mother is ashamed of me.

Even Meir is ashamed of me.

What did he say about the letter?

That it was copied from the Talmud.

The Talmud, the Talmud, Rivka.

Women don't study the Talmud.

Father said the Talmud contains everything and its opposite.

No woman dares say it, but men don't want us to know.

That way they can do as they like with us.

Look at the laws of menstruation.

They're forbidden to touch us!

We sully everything.

We can't even hand them a cup.

Is that in the Talmud?

What are you saying? What's come over you?

I believe in this law, and so do you.

Really? And do you also think

that woman is fickle

and her heart unconstant?

Why is the Torah forbidden to us?

It isn't.

I mean the right to carry it.

I'd like to stand in the synagogue

and take it in my hands like a man.

You're mad!

Rivka, look at the others. They live differently.

They watch television, listen to the radio.

Look at them when they drive by!

The women wear short sleeves.

They can laugh and they can drive.

Once a woman with bare arms walked by.

The Hassidim threw stones at her.

You think we're living normal lives?

You say that, but you'll never leave us.

In the mounts of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem

will soon be heard shouts of joy and elation,

the voice of the bridegroom and his bride.

The voice of the bridgroom and his bride

Enter in peace.

Be the crown of your husband.

Enter in joy and elation.

You have shown faith

and your people has been chosen.

Enter, bride, enter!

Enter, bride, enter!

The betrothal ceremony.

Blessed is God who has created the fruit of the vine.

Amen.

The mother presents the cup to the bride.

Choirs of the people, bless the Lord,

Raise your voice to the Lord

Yaakov shall rejoice and Yisrael shall be glad

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget me.

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget me.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I forget you...

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I forget you...

if I hold not Jerusalem as my greatest joy.

If I hold not Jerusalem as my greatest joy.

Mazel tov!

In the mounts of Judah

and in the streets of Jerusalem

Will soon be heard shouts of joy and elation

The voice of the bridegroom, and his bride

Shouts of joy and elation

The voice of the bridegroom, and his bride

In the mounts of Judah

And in the streets of Jerusalem

In the mounts of Judah

And in the streets of Jerusalem

I am ready to fulfill your commandment

and unite my body

with that of my spouse as one flesh.

Grant me your strength and sustenance

and ready me for this union.

May my wife put forth sons,

righteous, wise, and studied in the Torah.

Aid me at every step

as I lay with my wife.

Hear oh Israel, our Lord...

I like the way you sit and walk.

Your hair ripples like waves in the sea.

Hello, how are you?

Anything new?

Rivka has arrived.

You can go in.

Rabbi Moshe Levi Steinberg, says on page 24 of his book

"The Laws of Women" that artificial insemination

is strictly forbidden.

After insemination, a wife is forbidden to her husband.

Do you do as you must with your husband?

Your legs wide open?

You're a beautiful woman.

But you must excite him, entice him.

Does he touch you, lick you?

God forbid, Doctor!

I know the orthodox position is

man on top and woman on bottom,

but we can try new things.

Do you do it when you're ovulating?

You know what that means?

Undress.

There are some pleasant surprises.

We women are not always at fault.

Science and medicine can sometimes help,

and better than any amulet.

Surprising as it may seem, it can be the man who is sterile.

That's the good news, Rivka.

But will it be any help?

All the tests show you can have children.

Maybe it's time we called in your husband.

Meir? He won't come.

What he should do is have his sperm analyzed.

I know it's forbidden.

"Thou shalt not spill thy seed in vain."

Two,

three,

four,

five,

six,

seven,

eight,

nine,

ten,

eleven

and twelve.

Like the twelve tribes of Israel.

Do you want to hear something?

I noticed a spot on my underpants.

It's not my period.

What did you do?

I showed the Rabbi's wife.

You showed your underpants to the Rabbi's wife?

Yes.

And what did she say?

She said...

it didn't mean anything. It was just a plain old spot.

She was right.

Are you unclean?

She told me to make a wish,

to put a cloth up my vagina

and to wait for three stars to appear.

If there's blood, I'm unclean.

And?

There was blood.

Did you tell Yossef?

No.

My Jewish brethren, tonight at 8 o'clock

we will be gathering at the Pazner yeshiva

with the Ghitaym to keep the flame alive.

The second millennium is ending.

It is our duty to work together

to bring all Jews and lost sheep back into the fold.

We must build up and organize Jewish force.

Brethren, tonight at 8.

We must organize and close our ranks

under the Star of David.

God Almighty,

at the dawn of the year 2000, we will bring about deliverance.

May the name and the memory of our enemies disappear.

They will pay for what they did to our forefathers.

The Messiah is at hand.

With God's help, they will pay. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

It is time to unite. The light is approaching.

Then Moses and the children of Israel

Sang a song to you

With great joy

And all of them said

Who is like you, O Lord, among the Gods?

Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises

Doing wonders?

Your kingdom, O Lord our God

Your sons saw on the sea

Together they acknowledged and enthroned You

And said our Lord, he will reign forever and ever

You have the marriage contract?

Father, Ecclesiastes says:

"Live joyfully with the wife you love,

all the days of your life."

It also says: "Let your fountain be blessed.

Rejoice in the wife of your youth."

If, after 10 years of marriage, a man has no child

he must take another wife

to increase and multiply.

Sarah was barren

and our father Abraham did not abandon her.

Isaac did not repudiate Rebecca, in spite of her barrenness.

Neither did Jacob... -Meir, that's enough.

We've already talked about this.

A woman's life is in him who makes use of her.

A barren woman is no woman.

A man who dies without progeny rips a page from the Torah.

Meir, your marriage contract.

Lay us down, O Lord, in peace

and raise us up again,

our King, to new life and peace

Spread over us Your tabernacle of peace

And guide us

with Your good counsel

Save us for Your name's sake

Shield us from every enemy

Next week,

Meir is supposed to meet a woman.

Who is she?

Haya, Uncle Shmuel's daughter.

Does Rivka know?

Yes.

I took care of everything.

She'll go away.

Rivka.

I'm leaving our house.

I'll rent a room.

All by myself.

At least you'll be happy, Malka.

Rabbi,

please, think it over again.

I can't do it.

Why not?

Rivka is all I have left.

We're not angels,

we're human beings, flesh and blood.

Flesh and blood.

I can't.

I can't bathe Haya.

She's replacing a woman who is loved.

And the commandment about peace in the home?

Why destroy a family?

Rivka is my daughter. She's my whole life.

Do as our religion commands.

May God bless and protect you, Elisheva.

My son Meir will have a son by Haya.

One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six,

seven,

eight,

nine,

ten,

eleven,

twelve.

Like the twelve tribes of Israel.

Rivka.

Speak to me.

Say something.

Rivka, I love you.

Say something.

Speak to me, Rivka.

Then I spoke with the doctor. She told me everything.

She said she found me stronger than my sister.

Rivka undressed in front of her.

More than I do in front of you.

She lay down.

The doctor asked if it was her first test.

Rivka said yes.

The doctor told her not to worry.

She told her to spread her legs.

She told her not to tense up.

Then...

she put her finger in her vagina.

All the way up, like we do,

to make sure our periods are over.

That's how she examined her. Do you hear me?

Rivka, it's me.

What's the matter?

I'm here, Rivka.

Happy Purim!

I love you, Rivka.

Do you need money?

I haven't given you any for a while.

Rivka.

Give me a kiss.

Why won't you speak?

Huh?

You haven't spoken for weeks.

You won't answer me.

Speak to me, Rivka.

Hm?

Rivka.

Excuse me, I'm looking for Yakov.

This is no place for tourists.

I live here. I'm not a tourist.

People always talk about crows, but there are storks too.

I'd like to see him. It's urgent.

I'll see if he's here.

Please. It's really urgent.

Relax, honey, there are plenty of nice guys.

Please.

Yakov!

What?

There's a lady in a hurry for you.

It's okay, I know her.

Come with me.

You didn't go to study?

See my dress?

Get inside.

You know where I've been?

I said get inside.

You want me to tell you?

What did you do to my sister?

I love her more than anything in the world.

Did you see my hair?

I said get inside!

Stop it!

Get on the bed.

Now.

Now.

Now!

Slut!

Rivka...

Come with me.

There's another world out there.

It's so big.

Our world isn't all there is, Rivka.

I heard people singing a song outside.

Put your hand in mine

I'm yours and you're mine

Put your hand in mine...

I can't go on like this.

I'm suffocating.

I'm suffocating.

We're fine here.

It's so calm.

So calm.

No.

No, Rivka.

We're not fine.

Not at all.

May it please you,

Eternal God,

God of our fathers,

for the psalms I have sung

before you,

to soothe the pain of my child-bearing

and to give me strength.

That we not weaken,

neither I nor the child I bear,

before the day of my deliverance.

When my time comes,

on the bed of deliverance,

in your mercy safeguard me

from all pain and sorrow.

Ease my deliverance.

Let the child come painlessly and in calm.

Rivka, wake up!

Rivka, wake up!

Rivka.

Rivka, wake up!

Can you hear me? Wake up!

Rivka.

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka.

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka, what's wrong?

Wake up! Answer me!

Rivka.

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka.

Rivka.

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka, what's wrong?

Rivka.

Rivka, what's wrong?