- BUTCHER - Fleischman
- R.I.P. - Menachem Fleischman
- Employee needed -
Can I use your telephone?
I'm still in Jerusalem, you're not picking up,
I'll try again later.
Everything's OK?
Young man?
Yes.
You're not from around here.
I came to a Yeshiva.
Good. To which Yeshiva?
"Dat Menachem".
Are you sure? I think it exists no more.
I'm looking for a Yeshiva.
Looking for...
You can stay here for a moment, until it stops raining.
Thanks.
Are you looking for an employee?
Why?
Because I'm looking for a job.
Have you worked at a butcher before?
No.
I registered men for a Yeshiva.
Well, here it's different.
I know.
Do you have somewhere to stay? To sleep?
I'm supposed to stay at a friend for a while, until I settle.
The one who doesn't answer?
He will.
Go home, that's not for you.
OK, no problem.
It's not that simple.
What?
What are you doing?
Leave it!
I came here for you.
I have nowhere to go.
Well speak, say something already.
I don't believe you.
Are you still looking for a job?
Have you eaten? Are you hungry?
We'll go to study tonight?
My father, God bless him, used to rest here sometimes.
Let's go back, we have a lot to do.
And you?
A young man should study and pray.
Rest and laziness can cause boredom,
and boredom... will drive you insane.
You can sleep here until you find a Yeshiva.
I would have given everything to go and study.
This way.
Hello. Hello.
Yaakov?
Take the books, put them back.
- OK. - Hello.
Give me more Kosher ones.
More Kosher ones.
What's that, what's going on here?
Nothing. Sorry.
It's OK.
What's that?
No no, leave it, it's...
You can look.
Did you draw this?
- Sketch. - Sketch.
Did you study this, how to draw?
Sort of. I taught myself.
I can draw you too, if you'd like.
I'm going out for a moment.
Where to?
Is it OK?
Rafael.
- How are you? - Good.
We haven't seen each other for a long time.
Yes.
Please... I don't want you to do this here.
A man who is fasting, is called a sinner...
A righteous man, who has decided to fast
and to avoid the wine
is called a sinner
and is required to offer a sacrifice...
Why? What was his sin?
God doesn't want you to create your own drawing.
He wants you to enjoy life.
After all, what has God created our world for?
To bring good. To bring us good.
Rabbi, it doesn't... It doesn't seem sufficient.
The monk is ordering to bring a sacrifice
because he wasn't up to face his challenge.
To be a slave of God is a daily task.
It's loving the difficulties, the overcoming...
That's the meaning of being a slave for God.
To love the difficulty.
Thanks.
Where are you going?
I'm going to wash, out of town.
You're not coming for Shabat Dinner?
Do you want me to come?
Yes.
Then come with me to the fountain.
No I can't, I promised Rivkah that I would go and help her.
How many years haven't you been out of Jerusalem, Aharon?
Are you coming in?
Come, get in!
Is the water not too cold?
Freezing.
The water's good.
Dad has arrived.
Dad, who is this?
Yaakov, come help me with the glasses.
Where did you study?
At "Or Vachesed", in Tzfat.
The food is good.
Give me a small piece.
Aharon almost never eats meat and fish.
- Just a tiny piece. - Eat what you want.
It's too big.
Take a piece.
That's enough for me.
Why don't you eat? Take a bigger piece.
How will you grow like that?
Mom, I don't like it.
Everything that your mother prepares is good.
You have a beautiful family.
Thanks.
So what are you doing in Jerusalem?
Studying, saving some money.
And where do you live?
In the small room at the butcher shop.
In the storage room?
It's just for a few days.
Do you have family here?
- No. - And a match?
For now I'm studying, getting stronger in my belief.
With God's help, one day...
OK, so if you need anything, don't be shy. You can ask.
Cut it in blocks.
- With this? - Yes.
One by one, separated it.
No no. Don't cross hands.
Knife always towards the cutting surface.
Strong, like that.
Why are you smiling? Have you ever seen a smiling butcher?
The knife is your tool. Respect it.
This meat needs to be put in the machine.
I'll do it.
No you can't do it alone. Wait, I'll come to help you.
Hold it tight.
Shalom aleychem.
They are waiting for us, Aharon.
They are waiting for us. They are waiting for us.
Is it all for me?
That's for you.
Drive there alone. I'm very busy.
I have no driver's license, Aharon.
Busy.
It's at the end of the world, that run-down place.
It's OK Aharon, go. I'll take care of this.
You don't want to put a bandage on?
- He's from Tzfat. - Who?
Ezra. Your guy.
I know. He studied in "Or Vachesed".
I know. He got kicked out.
Why?
He was a bad influence.
Send him away. Let him go.
What about charity? What about help?
My father would have employed him. It's my father's butcher shop.
His faith is getting stronger with me.
Your father would have employed him?
Are you sure?
My faith is getting stronger with him.
What?
You don't know him.
They talk about him. I'm worried about you!
OK...
I don't know what you checked and I don't know what they say
with all your Talmud knowledge
and with all your experience
you just can't understand this thing.
God created Ezri and God sustains Ezri
and Ezri's own belief in God is unique to him.
Look at this lazy bum, Israel Fischer
He was seen with Mordechai's daughter, Sarahle
Another troublemaker.
What are you doing here?
Does this place give you inspiration?
Sometimes.
I didn't mean to disturb you. You can go on drawing.
Sketching. You don't disturb me.
Go on. Really.
Do you want to make a sketching of me?
Have a seat.
Take your hat off.
Relax. Relax.
Relax your face too.
So why did you come up here?
Did you look for me?
No, I forgot something in the shop.
Avoid it.
We have a chance to be better than that.
To be stronger.
To fulfill our mission in the world.
We wouldn't face this trial, if we were unable to pass it after all...
Why has God created lust?
In order to purify the soul!
We are on a mission.
God did not create broken tools.
Broken does not exist!
See the beauty, the complexity.
You are a work of art!
Where a man starts to overcome, that is his place.
That is our place, where only we are overcoming!
No ordinary person can understand that place.
I was at the Mikveh today.
Aharon?
What?
Can you help me with the piece?
Turn around with your back.
Careful.
Lift it a little.
Help me.
- Are you done? - In a second.
- Is it OK? - Yes.
Why are you so serious? Smile! We are done.
Smile.
You OK?
Are you hungry?
I'm hungry.
So let's eat something.
You haven't eaten yet?
No, I was waiting for you.
Have you had a busy day?
Bless God.
So it's good, isn't it?
Yes.
Today I met Rabbi Weissman. He told me that he saw
you opened the store and that he was really happy.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I think it's good we open the shop now that the holidays are coming.
He keeps on meeting with Sarah.
Who?
Israel Fischer. The guy I showed you.
Look at her father. The man is miserable.
It wasn't easy finding a match for Sarah.
- How are you Sarah? - It will be good, God willing.
- Have you made it ready for me? - Yes.
- Mom, mom... Dad, dad... - No, no running in here.
You know, Yaacov.
Dad, dad, I need to go to the bathroom.
- There you go. - Thanks. How much is it?
Doesn't matter. Pay me another time.
Yaacov, go back please. You know you can't be here.
But dad, I need to go to the bathroom.
You want to pay now? OK.
It's 90 Shekels.
What about the shoulders I ordered?
- The throats? - The throats. In a moment.
- Dad, I need... - Enough!
Maybe you could come home earlier today?
OK, we'll see.
See you later.
God promises the righteous
in one circle in Heaven.
If it says so in the Talmud,
Then it's not only meant for the righteous.
It's meant for each and every one of us.
How?
As you know, even the lowest ones of Israel
are full of virtue, as a pomegranate.
We are all righteous, even those who sin.
Those who failed, must keep trying being righteous.
If one fails and sins, one must never give up!
God will soon test him again!
Once this testing has been successfully managed,
also the failure will be counted positively.
Bon appetit.
It tastes good.
- Here lies - - Menachem Fleischman -
Best wishes.
- Hello. - Hello.
Look Aharon,
The guy who works here,
He does not belong here.
What do you mean?
The outcome will not be good.
There are stories.
He corrupts people.
Mister...
Do not bring him into our home.
Do not take him into our synagogue.
And not into our neighbourhood.
Ezri?
Ezri
I slept in.
Do you know what time it is already?
Why didn't you wake me up?
... what have we heard ... in our neighbourhood.
... corrupt people ... disaster to our dear men
...who wanted to help and got corrupted by sin.
this is a warning about the sinners amongst us
... people look innocent but they are sinners.
- Good morning Sarahle. - Good morning Rivkah.
- How are you? - Bless God.
- Have you seen Aharon? - No. Sorry.
Have you checked at the butcher shop?
- It's closed. - I haven't seen him.
- Haven't you seen him earlier? - No.
Blessing and success. Blessing and success.
Yaacov! What's wrong with you?
God save you.
How was your day?
It was busy.
What's wrong?
Everything's fine, Rivkahle. It's all in your head.
Hello.
Aharon is not here?
- No. - It's a good sign.
What?
If he left you here alone, that is a good sign.
I would like a shoulder roast, please.
Sure.
Can you get me a bigger piece?
It's fresh, right?
Yes, it's from yesterday.
I will take all of it.
Can you clean it for me?
You learned to do it really good.
Thanks.
It must be difficult to be alone.
Come for dinner tonight.
I will talk to him. You'll just come with us.
Go without me.
- He went completely mad. - Who?
Mordechai.
Stop it.
I need you to come, Aharon.
For Sarahle.
I have my own problems. This is not the right time.
Exactly for that reason. Now is the time.
- Father, don't go. - I should have ended this long ago.
- Father... - Go back in, Sarah.
Let's go. Drive.
Come in.
- Shalom aleychem. - Shalom aleychem.
Why are you here?
You know exactly why.
- Let's sit and talk. - I'm fine here.
Israel. You know who we are.
Let's sit and talk.
We have nothing to talk about.
Israel... That's not a good way to start.
Sarahle, your wife...
from this day on, you stay away from her.
No meetings, no telephone calls
no contact whatsoever.
Do you want to ruin your daughter's life?
Don't tell me how to raise my daughter.
This is not a game. She's my whole life.
- Leave my daughter alone. - She's not a girl anymore.
- If your mother wasn't here... - I love her!
I would destroy the world for her.
You love her?
Have you no shame, saying it next to her father?
We have stopped the guards from coming over.
You know what would happen if they come, right?
They will knock on the door.
You will open, they will enter
and they will turn this place upside down.
Then, they will smack the hell out of you.
Your mother will scream, but nobody will come to help.
You will run away, maybe even to a synagogue
but no one will let you in anywhere
because eveybody knows.
You can't do whatever you want here, you understand that, right?
Here, Nathaniel, pass it on to father.
Dad, I got an A in Torah today.
Very good.
I came to show you at the shop, but you weren't there.
- WARNING - - Corruption -
... this is a warning about the butcher shop
... we call all citizens, do not buy at the butcher
... the butcher shop is not Kosher
... despite having the Kosher approval on the door
... be very careful, do not eat their bad meat
... do not go in there, where corrupt peole are...
- He is filthy. - Shhhh
Mazal tov!
- Warning to God-fearing people - - Evil is in our neighbourhood -
We can not go on this way.
I have a family, wife, children.
I have only you.
Let me take care of you.
You have not listened to us.
Do you want people to stop buying here?
Do you want a boycott?
Do you want people to believe you're not Kosher?
Not only you will have to close the business,
you will also have to take your wife and children
and leave this neighbourhood. If they even join you.
You will need to leave. You will have no choice. Righteous.
Righteous!
As much as you are righteous, you have no say here anymore.
Shalom aleychem.
What is the argument about, friends?
Is the meat out of stock?
Rabbi, listen. We...
I will take this issue on myself.
I will speak to him.
It's... It's a bad disease. Should have already been handled.
We are running out of time.
I know him. I know his father.
He has a father's privilege.
His father was an honest man.
We can't risk our children's future.
It's a matter of life and death.
You are shedding blood. You have no proof.
We are not willing to take any risk
for the testing you are about to do here.
Go outside and see what's happening.
We will not accept it... Our children's souls are pure.
It's a dangerous disease
and it touched you and influenced you!
This may be dirty meat you approved as Kosher!
What do you understand at all about children, animal?
Get the hell out of here!
Are you people of the Torah at all?
We are not leaving.
I decide here! You don't do as I say!
You're not Torah people. You're criminals!
Get out of here! You have no shame!
Out! Out!
Why is it difficult for you just to tell him to leave?
Why do you insist?
What for, Aharon?
What happened to you?
Did your father cut your tongue?
God! Talk to me! Why do you keep silent?
I feel alive.
I need him.
I was dead. Now I'm alive.
Rafael.
This is yours.
Sinner.
Dragging others into sin.
You do not belong in heaven. Sinner.
Everyone should stay away from you.
You should be condemned.
It is forbidden to be around you.
Go away.
Go away! Go away!
Ezri.
I know.
What are you praying for, Aharon?
Where do you want to be?
I want to be here.
Do you want me to leave?
No, but you have to decide.
Nothing to decide. I want to be here.
What are we going to do now?
Our home?
I didn't bring it home.
It's not mine, I don't have it.
It's the evil inclination
that took over me.
I didn't bring it home.
Well...
Watch over me.
Translation and subtitles by synthfrog