"Based on the novel by" "Screenplay by" "Starring" "Director of Photography" "Directed by" "The first day of the war." "Don't get out!" "Don't get out!" "We're leaving in a minute." "Sholem aleichem' Mr. Tag." "Where are you going?" "And what are you carrying?" "One or two Jews is understandable?" "But this many!" "What are you laughing at?" "Are you stupid!" "Dad, we don't have time to wait here any longer!" "Should we keep going?" "Ask him." "Maybe he needs something." "We won't be able to stop later." "Listen here..." "All right." "What's happening?" "Why are you getting out?" "The children want to..." "Didn't I say not to get out?" "Hurry it up, there!" "Drink the milk' quickly!" "We're only getting out for a minute." "Don't get out!" "God forbid!" "Come here." "It's time to eat." "He's not eating." "Eaten, drunk, and wiped?" "Good, let's go!" "Quickly!" "May he grow up big and strong!" "Asia, today is your birthday." "Look at these tyrants." "They are my parents." "They forbid me to marry you, because you are too poor." "But I love you so much!" "And I'll never stop loving you!" "Alfred." "My Alfred." "Our only choice is to die." "Oh, God!" "How terrible!" "How hapless I am!" "Today' we shall die together." "Here is the poison we'll drink." "I'll drink first." "No' l will!" "Let me have it!" "No, I'm going first." "Here' drink." "My mother will find our bodies here..." "Too late." "It's burning." "Alfred' it's burning me on the inside." "Be brave until the end." "It's burning." "Why did I let you take the poison?" "Save yourself." "It's already too late for me." "I can feel Death's kiss on my lips." "I love you, my shining knight' and I beg you, save yourself!" "I love you!" "What's the meaning of this?" "Stop that at once!" "There are women and children present." "It's a scandal!" "Behaving like that!" "Kids' we're leaving!" "Curtains!" "Please calm yourselves!" "Nothing has happened!" "Go back to your seats!" "Nothing has happened!" "As the director of the play, I ..." "I ..." "Oh, my legs." "I can't take this..." "Oh, my legs." "I can't take this..." "I told you the new shoes would be too tight." "How many kilometers can you travel in one day on foot!" "And why!" "What's the use of such travel?" "Whoever heard of such things!" "History still hasn't seen anything like this." "As far as I know, during war, you're supposed to offer battle!" "You say, we'll fight over there, just outside of town." "You line up the armies across from each other..." "... withcannons'ammunition' infantry, cavalry, and fanfares." "And the generals stand on higher ground with binoculars." "When the enemy deploys left' then we deploy right." "And if it's their right wing, then we send our left." "But to enter town, without even knocking' is despicable." "Why are you so surprised!" "Whoever stars a war want to win it quickly." "is our Emperor any different?" "We have to admit that we don't know..." "leftwing,rightwing ..." "I'm no Hotzendorf' Herr Apfelbaum." "Apfelgrun." "I'm sorry, Herr Apfelgrun." "Still, the enemy does seem to be in a hurry." "But why is the Czar in a hurry?" "The answer is simple." "He has to be!" "One thing is for certain." "If someone is in a hurry..." "... itmeansthat they have to be." "Mommy, why do we have to go?" "Oh, I remember." "I was talking about ammunition." "Does Russia have ammunition, or doesn't it?" "I have information from a certain source." "This war won't be fought with bullets, but with bayonettes." "Not bullets' but bayonettes!" "Bullets, bayonettes' ammunition..." "What's important, is that the enemy is in a hurry." "And when the enemy is in a hurry' that means..." "I've fled before." "I fled from a pogrom..." "... withmywholefamily, just like now." "But this is Austria, and not Kishinev." "And it never will be, as long as..." "... EmperorFrancisJoseph is our ruler." "And there's no Jew who doesn't wish him a long life!" "It's too bad that he isn't Jewish himself." "Or maybe it's for the better." "It's possible he would turn his back on us if he were!" "It's enough that he has a Jewish heart!" "Jewish heart!" "What do I care about the Emperor!" ""God save the Emperor... "" "Only a man who has no personal opinion..." "... anddoesn'treadnewspapers would say something like that." "Who knows which opinion is the right one!" "First of all, you have to have a little intelligence." "first you need to be a human being." "That's a good point' Mr. Gershon." "I always say that humanity comes first." "And concord." ""'Concord creates' discord destroys."" "That's quite right, my socialist friend." "If you want to win a war' you have to have concord first." "Discord is what destroyed the temple in Jerusalem." "I didn't start it." "No matter." "We need concord to win this war." "We have to win it for our sake as well as the Emperor's." "Come, let's clean up." "They'll be here any minute." "Who will!" "What are you talking about?" "The Cossacks." "They'll take everything." "She's right." "We'd better leave." "Grandpa' everyone's fleeing." "We also have to." "Don't you know him!" "Come and change' at least." "The Cossacks are in the forest!" "Why haven't you fled?" "They'll be here any moment!" "Get out while you still can!" "Where to' Baroness?" "Get in' Tag!" "If a man can't feel safe in his own bed..." "... wherecanhe feelsafe!" "Among strangers!" "This is no the time for philosophy!" "They'll be here any minute." "Yevdokha, go to the barn!" "You old devil!" "Here we go again." "fleeing and fleeing ..." "... withnoendinsight." "When will it ever end!" "is this why you chose us, Lord?" "Thank you." "If our forefather' Abraham' hadn't started wandering ..." "... itwouldhavesavedus a few good kilometers and years!" "What now?" "What now?" "You'll two will go down into the cellar." "We're not going anywhere." "Why not?" "first of all' they'll ask for vodka, which they'll find in the cellar." "Mom's right." "The first night is the worst." "You'll hide in the cellar." "You can relax, I won't let them go down there." " "Where are the women?" - "They fled."" " "Why did they flee!" - "That's a good question."" ""'Just stupid' l guess."" "Stupid!" "All I ever hear is stupid, stupid, stupid..." "... andnow,of alltimes, I get a migraine!" "Get my drops!" "No, I'll go get them myself." "What's happened?" "Get into the kitchen' quick!" "I'll cover the trap door." "Come on!" "They're here." "Come on' for God's sake!" "They're here!" "Broken German!" "It's a trick!" "They're pretending to be one of us." "Don't open the window!" "Cossacks!" "Maybe you're Cossacks?" "Not Cossacks' please open up." "Hungarians!" "God!" "They're on our side." "Grandpa' open it." "Grandpa' open it." "You should have said so at once." "Long live Hungary!" "Please' come inside." "Seen any Russians!" "You're still only looking for them?" "We've lost our regiment, understand?" "I understand." "You bet I verstanden." "How about that?" "He lost his regiment." "Hussars' guns, horses, everything!" "How is that possible!" "It's possible." "We're at war." "It's not the officer's fault." "Forgive us." "Please don't be angry." "Angry!" "This is a fine start to the war!" "How many such regiments does the Emperor have!" "Istvan!" "Cossacks!" "Well!" "We seem to have won the war already!" "You're standing as if you'd been shot out of a cannon." "We'll light the lamp." "Lola' get me that kerchief from the hanger." "But this is..." "It doesn't matter!" "At night, light attracts people." "We'll pretend we're not here." "Same way a fool closes his eyes' thinking people can't see him." "Have a seat." "You know the secrets of the world." "You know the mysteries of everything that lives." "Oh Lord..." "What's your name!" "Yevdokha." "Where are you from?" "The village." "What do you do!" "Tend cattle." "Will you work for me?" "If you like." "Open up!" "She's still alive!" "We have to lay her down!" "Here' l'll give you a hand." " Where can we lay her down!" " ln my room." "Oh my God!" "Maybe you could be of some use?" " Where's her father?" " She's alive!" " She needs a hospital" " There's no one there!" "Where's Vilf, the photographer!" "Where's your father?" "Both of you' get out of here." "The Lord giveth' the Lord taketh away." "Blessed be the Just Judge." "What are you doing?" "She's alive!" "He's laughing?" " Everyone leave!" " But she can't stay here!" "Get me a bedsheet' and another candle." "And hay." "We'll wait out the night." "The whole night?" "I can't take this..." "for my sins' open or concealed." "for my sins of illicit debauchery." "For my sins of false confession." "For my sins in word and writing." "For my sins in word and writing." "I won't live through this!" "Where's my Asia?" "My only daughter!" "Crown of our family!" "Jewel of her father!" "Asia!" "My one and only!" "Careful!" "Can't you see I can hardly stand?" "What kind of boy is he!" "It's his fault!" "I kept telling her' Asia, don't run off." "But he enticed her!" "Sit down' Blanca' let him be." "Let him be!" "He's lying beside your daughter!" "A Jew won't lie like that even beside his wife!" "Anshel' you don't understand a thing!" "Give me a bowl of cold water before I collapse!" "With my feet' it's a wonder I'm still alive!" "There's water in the kitchen and a bowl." "I'm innocent." "Stay here, Mr. Vilf." "You can help us too, Bumele." "Together' we'll lay her on the floor." "Do you hear me' Bumele!" "Get up, you'll feel stronger." "Spread the hay by the wall." "Let's lay her feet first towards the door." "Now she's left." "Anshel!" "What's the matter with you?" "Thank him." "Can't you see what he's doing?" "Asia has to be taken home." "Why carry her there and then back!" "And who'll carry her!" "Are you strong enough?" "We'll hire a wagon." "So why did I run from the Cossacks?" "So that we can meet them at night!" "In our wagon!" "He's never heard what they're capable of!" "I can't even fathom that!" "They catch a girl, and do you know what they do?" "I'm not going anywhere!" "You can go alone!" "I'm staying here." "But it's not right." "What isn't!" "I don't understand." "What will people say!" "Aren't doctors men?" "What's the difference?" "Isn't that right' officer?" "Yes, it is!" "is old Tag around?" "A hussar?" "Why are you silent?" "Was the hussar here?" "No." "Nobody's been here." "What do you want!" "You old devil!" "Bumele, please leave me alone!" "Don't be afraid' Asia." "No!" "Not here!" "Then where?" "There are trees all around." "Trees!" "Trees!" "Stop it." "They'll hear us." "Let them hear us." "Let them see us." "To hell with your stepmother' and my mother, too!" "Don't say that' or I'll get angry." "Bumele, they're shooting!" "Asia, don't run away!" "Son." "You have a fever." "is your head hurting?" "Tell me." "Get up." "Leave me alone!" "No' l won't." "You're no longer a child." "Look' there's no sign of her parents." "What will people say!" "What a smell!" "Bumele, I'm going out." "You can't sleep here." "This is how you mourn a wife!" "Get out!" "You wouldn't mourn anyone from our family like this!" "What do you want from me?" "How dare you speak to me like that?" "Your own mother!" "I know." "You're happy now." "I hate you!" "Oh God' he's lost it!" "Get out!" "What?" "Your own mother?" "Oh' God!" "What's the matter' Sabina!" "Sabina?" "What's wrong?" "Bumele, what's going on!" "What's all this yelling!" "Does everything have to go crazy on the first day?" " How about that!" " But nothing's happened, yet!" "What happened, father?" "Please everyone, let's show some respect for the dead." "Please leave the room." "Her father must be fetched." "It's our custom to sit by the body." "Some father he is!" "Exactly." "Where is Vilf?" "Why isn't he here!" "He's her father!" "Quiet!" "It's only the first death, and you're all already used to it." "Herr Kramer, take your wife, and calm her down a bit." "He's right." "Yes, come along' Sabina." "Bumele!" "Let Bumele stay." "But I want a word with him." "I'm his father!" "Mr. Kramer. fathers, mothers..." "What do they mean!" "fathers, mother, what do they mean!" "Nothing." "You spend a lifetime without them." "And they turn up when least needed." "How I wish it was already tomorrow!" "You think that I believe in God!" "I find it harder all the time." "And the harder I find it, the more I fear Him." "But if you can doubt even a little, you're lucky." "Nothing can arise out of itself." "There has to be a man and a woman." "There has to be sin." "And that's why you have to believe." "Believe in God' not fully, but with a margin of doubt." "That's why I don't know what is a sin, and what isn't." "Do you follow me?" "A shroud will have to be sewn for Asia." "But what exactly do these Cossack horses look like!" "How would you describe them!" "A horse is a horse." "Everywhere and always." "How clever you are, Herr Pritsch." "You have to have some intelligence, Herr Apfelgrun." " What now!" " Two wagons just arrived." "That just what we needed." "Hasidim?" "With women and children!" "Heaven help us!" "You would rather it be Cossacks!" "Keep quiet, the night is still young." "Open the gate, and then close it." "This is now turning into Noah's Ark." "Did you hear about the pig in the Ark?" "I'm sure you have." "It's an amusing story." "It seems this pig ..." "Everyone speaks for themselves." "Did you want to say something' Herr Pritsch!" "I don't want to." "I just did!" "What was it!" "Why don't you repeat it!" "My fellow Jews!" "A saddik is on his way!" "Receive him with respect as befits such a saintly Jew." "Blessed be our new guest." ""'Blessed"..." "Why not..." "Why not!" "Such a guest..." "Blessed be our new guest." "The saddik wishes to wash his hands." "Water!" "Don't bother." "I'll show them out." "Come along, my little flock of saints' into the kitchen." "Out of the depths' l have cried to thee, O Lord..." "... Lord,hearmyvoice." "Let thy eyes be attentive..." "... tothevoice of my supplication." "If thou' O Lord' wilt mark inequities..." "... Lord,whoshallstandit!" "For with thee' there is merciful forgiveness..." "... andbyreason of thy law." "I have waited for thee, O Lord." "My soul hath hoped in the Lord." "My soul hath relied on the Lord." "My soul hath hoped in the Lord." "from the morning watch..." "... evenuntilnight." "Let Israel hope in the Lord." "Because with the Lord there is mercy..." "... andwithHim plentiful redemption." "And he shall redeem Israel..." "... fromallhisinequities." "It doesn't seem right." "I already prayed earlier." "To stand is enough." "Why offend others!" "Mom has never been this ill." "You're so stupid." "She's right." "You can't keep calling everyone stupid." "Give me some water, Lola." "She's not here!" "She said she was going to bed." "His wife!" "She was there but didn't want to lie down." "She only waited until he left." "He's already been here looking for her several times." "I have to fetch some hay." "I'll be back." "Hay?" "Why do you need hay?" "Oh God, this place will be such a mess!" "Today's friday' how am I supposed to be ready for Saturday?" "Awake already?" "Where's the ladder!" "Over there." "Please take that light away." "It's bothering my eyes." "is that better!" "Thank you." "It's a miracle you've come." "It's a miracle anyone has." "Go on' tell him." " Tell who?" " Him." "Tell him." "That's right, Mr. Vilf." "The Saddik said to go and find the father of the dead girl..." "... whomayprovetobe the redemption of Israel." "Exactly." "His daughter killed by the Cossacks." "His daughter is dead' and he has hallucinations!" "Disgusting!" "That a father would have such thoughts at such a time!" "What about the hussar!" "Please' stay away from me." "What about the hussar!" "Hussar!" "I can't even speak Hungarian!" "Blanka..." "Tellhimwe'renolonger on a first name basis." "How can you..." "I can't take this anymore." "Don't this..." "Don'tthat..." "Have I ever said that?" "When?" "You've made up!" "Good." "The hussar's gone anyway." "Thank God." "The Cossacks wouldn't harm him ..." "... buttheywouldprobablyhang me." "They might capture him!" "You just heard that they won't harm him." "Take this into the kitchen." "I'll be right there." "Where were you!" "What's it to you!" "Let go, you old devil." "Go to bed' and stay put." "I don't feel like sleeping." "If I catch you with that hussar' I'll kill you both." "You old devil!" "I shall love thee, O Lord, who art my strength." "for God is my rock and my fortress." "In Him' l shall trust." "Out of the depths..." "... I havecriedtothee , O Lord..." "... Lord,hearmyvoice." "Enough!" "You may be psalm-singing Jews..." "... butI amnot!" "None of us here are water carriers." "We have our own hymns." "Yes, we have our own hymns." "Sing!" "Psalms are psalms' but now it's your turn to sing." "Sing, and sing resoundingly." "The Saddik orders singing." "The Saddik orders rejoicing." "Where does God dwell!" "Who knows!" "Where does God dwell!" "I know." "Where are doors open?" "Where does God dwell!" "Who knows!" "Where are doors open!" "I know." "Where is the house where God dwells?" "Good people!" "My dear, beautiful Jews!" "What can this day be compared to?" "To the day on which the Temple was destroyed!" "is it right to sing on such a day?" "On such a day it is wrong!" "It should be a day of mourning!" "I warned you." "I said she was here!" "What is this Jew saying?" "When did he say!" "To whom?" "I told you." "When is the Holy Brotherhood coming for her!" "Woe to me!" "Who's laying here?" "Who's "'she"?" "The girl who's been killed!" "Woe to me!" "Look at me!" "Let him speak." "He has something to say." "What's going on?" "I can't hear anything!" "Behold a sinner!" "Look at me closely!" "I stand and sin." "I speak and sin." "I am drowning in sin!" "I see." "Death lurks in the streets." "I, too' come from a line of priests." "So do I, and I' too, am not allowed to be in a house with a corpse." "But tonight?" "The threat of death wipes away the sins." "Why didn't I go with my son!" "Rabbi' l want to go home." "Do I have your permission!" "What did he say!" "Rabbi, give me your blessing and I'll be on my way." "The great and holy Saddik has allowed us to stay here." "I'm going back, too." "Take me with you." "I have no wife or daughter." "What could the Cossacks do to me!" "Rabbi, give me your blessing for a safe return home." "Hold on for a second." "What does "'return home" mean?" "is this a lawless world?" "And the Saddik should walk!" "Does that not concern you!" "The Saddik gave me his hand." "Gevalt!" "Two fingers!" "And you should ask me, anyway." "He's sitting here and catching angels somewhere up there!" "Not wondering whether a baker should go home or not!" "Death stalks the streets' and you shout "'gevalt"!" "Sit tight." "You have a wife and children." "You want to endanger them!" "And that's final!" "I don't understand any of this." "A man' with his own horse and wagon' isn't allowed to go where he wishes!" "For once' l agree." "His wagon' his right." "Let him go if he wants to." "It's a free country." "But he doesn't know what he might run into." "Why now' at night?" "The Saddik is coming back to us." "Here he is!" "And draw bread from the ground." "Amen!" "Is this proper!" "I said she was in the house' and you want to dance?" "Every moment now could be the last." " The end of the world?" " Yes' the end of the world." "So what?" "We'll hear the Messiah's trumpets." "I can already hear his footsteps." "Dancing lifts you three feet high." "And the Messiah is in song." "What could an innkeeper know about the Messiah?" "I'll tell you a story about the Messiah." "It has to do with the Holy Ba'al Shem Tov." "When he was about to summon the Messiah..." "Messiah!" "Messiah!" "Messiah, he cried!" "I order you to come as our holy forefathers did!" "As Abraham' Isaac, Jacob' Moses!" "Come and behold, how my Jews are suffering." "I, Israel Ba'al Shem Tov can no longer bear to watch my people's torment." "And then, there was a great storm." "And then, great darkness." "And in the midst of this storm and darkness there came a moment of silence." "And in this silence the Messiah was to appear to put an end to our woes' disease' and death." "But just at that moment' woe to us  Ba'al Shem Tov's favorite disciple burst out laughing." "It was the same Evil One that was in Haman's ears who wanted to hang all the Jews." "May he die a death that leaves no trace of him." "And we'll say:" "Amen!" "May I!" "The Saddik won't be offended?" "What do you want to say?" "Don't be angry with me." "Go on' speak." "Joy and festivity!" "Moses will read us the Torah' Aaron will sing and Miriam will dance for us." "And when she dances for us it'll mean that..." "It'll mean that it's already started!" "You're dreaming of that woman!" "Naked!" "Lewd!" "Here' before you choke!" "Be gone' harlot, be gone!" "Is she gone?" "The priest is here to see you." " I'm older than you!" " Only by two years!" "But older." "Hold on' Tag!" "No, that's forbidden!" "What's going on' Tag?" "I have a dead girl in the house." "So those screams are your mourners!" "We don't have any mourners." "So who's in there!" "You'd better ask who isn't." "It's Noah's Ark in there." "Well put." "The trouble is that there are women and children in there." "What do I do with them!" "Do they have to holler like that!" "Some of them are of the very devout kind." "It's their way of driving out their wicked thoughts." "They've chosen a fine time for exorcism." "Yes." "Yes, what!" "What!" "Innocent people may suffer on account of those fools." "You think they're not innocent!" "Don't argue." "I'm older than you and deserve respect." "Older indeed!" "Only by two years." "You always looked younger than me." "You still do." "I've come to take you away." "With your family." "The Cossacks may be here at any minute." "And what about them!" "What "them"!" "Children." "Little children." "They won't harm children." "And the women!" "I can only take your family." "Abandon visitors in my own house!" "We don't do that." "Suppose on of them is the prophet Elijah!" "No harm will come to a prophet." "There'a a dead girl in there." "She has to be cleansed." "And a shroud has to be sewn." "They've started." "They've started once again." "I'll be right back." "Or can't you wait?" "Not for very long." "Yosele, hand in his name." "Never mind the formalities." "Make them stop dancing." "The Cossacks could be here at any moment." "What's the matter!" "I can't leave the Saddik for a moment." "You can only talk to him through me." "Tell them to stop dancing." "How can they?" "On such a night!" "What makes this night so different from any other!" "Tell them to stop." "What do you want, son?" "Rabbi, dear kind Rabbi." "Get them to stop dancing." "Death is lying in wait." "Their souls are in danger." "In writing!" "Death has visited my house." "She is lying there." "She'll get better." "Stop it' please!" "Where do you think you are!" "You want to be the ruin of us all!" "Life!" "Life!" "You see the harlot again?" "With her legs spread?" "Tell me everything you see!" "Enough!" "Stop it!" "Don't be afraid." "What happened!" "The Rabbi has seen a huge cloud." "We were so close." "You'd better look at him." "An evil ghost has possessed him." "Treat him like a goy." "Give him pig meat!" "A slice of rump!" "Hear, O Israel:" "The Lord' our God, is one Lord." "It's through people like you that anyone who wants to can barge in on us." "He's a thorn in the flesh!" "Look!" "Look' Jews' at what I'm eating!" "My son, I don't suppose you know what you're holding." "What makes you think I don't?" "I know perfectly well." "This is a hunk of pig meat." "Then you must not know that today is a day to fast." "What makes you think so?" "I know perfectly well." "I know that today is Yom Kippur." "Then you don't know that today, God records who will live until the next Day of Atonement and who, God forbid' will not." "What makes you think so?" "I do know." "But I couldn't care less." "Maybe what you're holding isn't pork!" "No, it's a hunk of pig meat!" "And if you wish, I could eat it this very minute!" "O God' behold what a people you have." "Even the worst is loathe to offend you, on Yom Kippur' with a lie." "O God' behold this man who refused to offend you on the Day of Atonement." "I wanted to offend God because I was angry with Him." "But now, I see how stupid I was." "If I couldn't offend a Rabbi then how could I offend the Supreme Being." "vWhat are you doing!" "Are you out of your mind!" "Help me, Father." "You're crazy!" "Oh my God!" "Have you seen Tag anywhere!" "Where can he be!" "I don't know." "Have you seen my husband?" "He's vanished." "Is Tag out there?" "Is there anyone there!" "Let me in." "I won't." "Please let me in." "Why won't you!" "You can't come in." "I have to." "There's no one there' except for your husband." "Tell her." "Let her through." "No." "Too bad' let's go." "I'm not going to fight her." "Where have you been?" "I've been looking for you." "Nowhere." "You'll catch a cold with no shoes." "Go to bed." "I'm not sleepy." "Leave me alone!" "fire." "Is Bumele around!" "I don't know." "He's not in there!" "Come down." "Do you hear!" "Come down." "Quick!" "The town's on fire." "Come on." "It's burning." "That Jew's coming." "I can't find Bumele." "What do you mean!" "As soon as I saw the fire I went to find him." "A fire, and the loony's vanished." "I wish that what I dreamed tonight would fall on my enemies." "One's thoughts are the worst enemy." " The entire town is on fire!" " Open the gate!" "You can see more from the road." "Wait for me!" "What street is that!" " The town square." " Why there?" " No' that's near the church." " My wine store." "My house!" "Who's coming with me!" "To town." "I'll go with you." "There's no hurry." "I can't wait." "I'm not going." "Wait!" "I'm coming, too!" "If everyone is going." "Then so am I." "We'll take Pritsch." "Where's my husband?" "Oh my God!" "Where's my child?" "Mom!" "Grandpa!" "What are we to do?" "Go to bed!" "I saw the fire break out." "Are they coming here' too!" "It's burning." "Let it burn." "Let it all burn." "We should wake them." "Why?" "The quieter the better." "But it's burning." "So!" "What use will they be!" "There's a prayer for everything." "Except for fire." ""'Creator of light and fire. "" "All you would do is sing." "Cantor ben Cantor..." "Creator of light and fire..." "We can't get to the cemetary this way." "Please' father, I'll go on my own." "Where to!" "Who are you!" "for God's sake!" "We're going to a cemetary!" "Holy Jesus!" "And Haman, our foe said to Esther:" "Behold the tree which Haman has prepared for Mordecai." "On the gibbet prepared by Haman for Mordecai  Haman was himself hanged." "A Jew does not kill anymore than a fish can fly." "Or birds can swim." "Jewry stands one-footed on a pillar." "That pillar is learning." "Love thy neighbor as you do thyself." "That is our wisdom." "Everyone can learn that standing on one foot." "In our history there has always been a court of false justice before which we are arraigned by our enemies." "And so, they surround us with Hamans like helpless sheep by a pack of wolves." "But what can the helpless pit against a Haman?" "Only a pure heart." "And now' when I stand before the tree of death all I have is a pure heart." "My pearls, Haman' for that boy's life." "Hushabye' hushabye, my baby boy." "Listen' I'll tell you a tale." "Listen' I'll tell you a tale." "When you grow up, you'll grow up to be a Jew." "Almonds and raisins and we'll be in business." "Almonds and raisins and we'll be in business." "Are you asleep?" "What is it!" "I'm frightened." "What's the matter!" "I'm getting old." "There, there, old devil." "They're going to hang Bumele." "I knew this would happen." "I did what I could." "I even went to see the commandant." "But he hasn't killed anyone." "Why did I take that body?" "The older you are the sillier you get." "I must go see the commandant." "What for!" "I'll tell him they're hanging an innocent man." "It won't do any good." "This is the end of everything, and not just me." "I have to go." "You're stubborn." "You know I'm a Jew' and I'll remain a Jew." "You're different." "All Jews are alike." "And I'm no exception." "In whose name will you speak?" "I don't know." " Who's sending us?" " I'm going alone." "first, you'll visit the church." "I'll confess you." "We confess only once." "In a prayer before death." "I've recited it." "I won't let you!" "We're going together." "Let him go alone." "I'll be back soon." "You're shaking!" "Be good to Mina and Lola." "They'll take the cattle!" "Everything!" "Let go!" "Go' you old devil!" "The keys are in the drawer, and money in the wallet." "Give it all to Mina." "Be good to her." "They'll kill you!" "You old devil!" "Steady on!" "What's the hurry!" "Why did you wake him?" "He's not made of iron." "Look!" "He's barely alive!" "Who woke him!" "Does it matter!" "We all did." "But why!" "That's easy." "There's a fire." "So what!" "for everything, there is benediction and a prayer." "You keep out of this!" "But is the fire near or far away?" "And if it's near' which it isn't is that reason enough to wake the Saddik!" "Is he a fireman?" "Bless you." "May he live long!" "It is time for our morning prayers." "We have a mighty God!" "This day will be no worse than yesterday." "Quiet!" "The Saddik is about to speak." "God willing, we shall be worthy to hear his voice." "It is bliss to be a Jew." "Bliss!" "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth." "And God said:" "Let there be light!" "Light!" "And God saw the light, and it was good." "And there was evening, and there was morning." "The first day." "Praise the Lord with trumpets and singing." "He has led us out' He has led us out of sorrow." "He has led us out of sorrow into joy." "Out of darkness into the great light." "Weeping in the night' joy in the morning." "Sin in the night' atonement in the morning." "Crying in the night, hearkening in the morning." "fear in the night' trust in the morning." "Death in the night' resurrection in the morning." "Come, let us bathe!" "Come, let us bathe!"