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Good morning.

Good morning.

Are you alright?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

Don't you remember what happened last night?

No.

What happened?

You were dreaming about something.

You remember my dream?

Tell me what I dreamt.

-Amalia, give me a hand. -Yes.

This isn't heavy.

Put that there too.

A rat.

What?

-We brought a rat from Jerusalem. -Oh, no.

Amalia,

you pull the blanket,

I'll whack it over the head.

I won't let you kill it, Papa.

So, what, take it home? To study Torah with me?

The Jerusalem rats are the worst.

I won't help you kill it.

Fine, you pull the blanket

and I'll shoo it away. Go on.

-Eins… -Wait.

…zwei!

-God help me. -Yikes!

Come, Shloimeleh.

Papa!

What are you doing here?

Forgive us.

Who are you?

Wait!

They were in the truck all along?

I guess so.

These are the names of the casualties from the sunken ship

in alphabetical order:

Aharonov Maurice, Aharonov Batya,

Azoulay Menachem, Yaakobovich…

Yaakobovich Miriam…

Not now!

-I can't hear you! -Be quiet!

-Quiet! -Don't yell,

-come help me! -Keep it down!

I didn't hear because of you.

What didn't you hear?

The names of the people who drowned.

Do you know any of them?

Maybe I do.

Then you would have heard by now.

Tonight there's the event at the delicatessen, remember?

Up my ass.

What's wrong with him?

You really don't know, Mercada?

Your son lost his dignity and he wants it back.

He shouldn't go to the event.

An event at the delicatessen without Gabriel Ermosa?

That will destroy our honor.

Son of a bitch.

Here…

To keep you warm.

Good.

How does one find a bastard?

What?

A woman I can marry.

A bastard can only marry a bastard.

You'll find one.

But how?

There's a list…

in the rabbinate in Jerusalem.

Why did you do it?

Out of love.

But you had a husband.

Love can make people sin.

I sinned and I'm being punished.

I'm the one being punished.

Yes.

I'm sorry, my sweetheart.

Do you remember how you felt when I was born?

I was the happiest mother on earth.

Even though it's a sin?

Even though it's a sin.

-Are you alright, Mama? -Yes.

I must have caught a cold on the road.

You were coughing before.

Let's get some sleep.

They thought we're beggars.

We are beggars, my child.

Here you are.

What's this?

For the ride from Jerusalem.

Me, taking from paupers?

So you're from Jerusalem?

What are you doing in Safed?

That much?

How will you get it all done?

We lived in New York.

I told Shloimeleh

about the Righteous' tombs in Safed,

I promised to bring him here.

And where's his father?

I'm a widow.

Would you happen to have work for me?

What did you do in Jerusalem?

There's a great demand for that in Safed.

Come, what are you waiting for?

Let's go.

Are you certain we're in the right shop?

You drove away two rich clients who won't come back anymore.

Mr. Zacks,

you don't understand women.

That little bitch!

Well, how's the cheese? Tasty?

Praise God, it's delicious.

On a bed this size, even princes don't sleep.

For us?

Unless it's beneath you to sleep with sheep.

Thank you.

Are those books in there?

What yeshiva do you attend?

I don't. I mean…

I studied in Brooklyn.

We lived there for 18 years.

Now I study on my own.

But he wants to work as well.

I believe in Torah and labor too.

"Do not make them a crown for self-exaltation nor a spade to dig."

Nice, young man.

-And who said that? -Maimonides.

"Anyone who concludes they should involve themselves in Torah without doing work

desecrates God's name and dishonors the Torah,

extinguishes the light of faith and forfeits the life of the world to come,

for it is forbidden to derive benefit from the words of Torah in this world."

It seems your son is a scholar.

Praise God.

I want to introduce you to Daphna.

Daphna is the best dairy sheep we have.

She has a name?

All our sheep have names.

You'll get to know them well, don't worry.

Do you want to milk?

Good luck.

Thank you.

Shloimeleh…

It's not coming out.

He thinks we're an orphan and widow.

He's a good man,

he wants to help us.

Are you afraid he'll tell us to go if he discovers the truth?

I don't know and I…

don't want to find out.

If he asks about Papa?

Say what you have to so we have a bed tonight.

Daphna…

Do you remember seeing a mother and son here?

He's Orthodox, around 18 years old.

They were here.

"Were"?

I don't think they'll be back.

Get over here.

Daphna, come here.

Daphna, give me a bit!

A'bissele.

A drop…

What's so funny?

She doesn't understand you.

What?

She doesn't understand you.

She doesn't speak Yiddish.

Have you ever tasted milk straight out of the teat?

-No. -Do you want to?

Yes.

Sit.

She tried to kick me.

Daphna?

-Yes. -Daphna! Bad girl!

You see?

She said she's sorry.

Sit down.

But I promised your father I'd milk her.

Amalia!

I'm in here!

How's it going?

Great. He filled half a bucket.

I drank most of it.

Nice, Shloimeleh.

Did you taste it?

Of course. I left him a drop.

-Did you like it? -Very much.

Right?

Yes.

Okay, carry on.

Don't let Amalia drink it all.

So long.

Sit, I'll teach you how to milk.

Here. Put these on.

What's this?

You can't work in a pen in a city suit.

They belonged to my cousin, put them on.

But they're Gentile clothes.

Jews wear them too when they herd sheep.

But if you don't want to, fine.

No, I mean…

thank you.

These clothes really aren't comfortable.

You can change in there.

Change them here?

Yes, I can't see.

My father said you came to Safed to pray at the tombs of the Righteous.

Um… yes.

Aren't there any in Jerusalem?

-Any what? -Tombs of the Righteous.

What do they do when they die?

Are you okay in there?

Yes, I'm fine.

Do you have brothers and sisters?

No.

Me either.

My mother died shortly after I was born.

My father said you're an orphan.

Is that true?

What's so funny?

You.

-Should I take them off? -No, of course not.

They suit you.

Then why are you laughing?

You went in an Orthodox boy from Jerusalem and came out…

as if you were born here.

Shloimeleh.

Amalia brought me these clothes

to…

They suit him, right?

Gabriel!

What are we waiting for? Where's Gabriel?

He's coming.

-Isn't Luna back from work? -No.

She's usually back before dark. She'll be here any minute.

You told her about the event, yes?

I thought you told her.

Oh, Rosa, Rosa.

We'll go now,

you wait here for Luna, then come straight to the delicatessen.

What are we waiting for?

What are we waiting for, Rachelika?

For Gabriel. Gabriel!

What's your rush?

I'm in a hurry.

I don't want Morduch, that…

beast in the form of man

to greet the guests

while we're not there.

Let's go, vamos!

Really?

Money placed in doubt should be divided

to prevent an argument over the inheritance.

What if one of the siblings dies before it could be divided?

The deceased's family will get his share.

What if he has no family?

Shloimeleh, what questions.

Rabbi Nachman discusses this in his doctrines.

My father hasn't had a partner to study Talmud in a long time.

How old are you, Amalia?

Seventeen and a half.

Your father isn't looking for a match?

My father once told me

how he and my mother met.

He prays I'll find my husband that way too.

How did they meet?

Thanks to God, the Matcher of couples.

My father believes in that, so I do too.

Shloimeleh,

your late father,

did he get to see what a fine son he has?

-What? -Did you read Talmud with him?

No, he was ill for a long time before he died, so…

I'm sure he was a righteous man.

If he produced a son like you…

I am reaping the fruits.

What's wrong with them?

They must smell a jackal or hyena.

Isn't it dangerous?

Only to madmen out at night.

A convert who dies

without Jewish offspring, his property is ownerless.

And who receives it?

The one who gets to it first.

L'chaim.

I have to--

MORDUCH-ERMOSA DELICATESSEN

He changed the name.

And put his first.

Please stay calm.

No, no, no, no.

I'm not okay.

Oh, Ermosas,

welcome, welcome.

Please.

Come in.

Take a look.

How does it look?

Like new.

What is this?

It's how you do business, Gabriel. I'll sell anything people want to buy.

Scarves, jewelry. What, no panties?

I installed a telephone too.

Where are Lieto and Matzliach?

I fired them.

Why?

There was no work, Gabriel.

I brought cheaper workhands.

Karkoch and Barazany, my cousins.

But God willing, after all I did here,

we'll have work.

Come, Gabriel, come see.

Come!

What's this?

Paying customers.

People who got off work come in for a shot of arak.

The Brits like whiskey.

So people will get drunk in the delicatessen?

No, God forbid. If anyone gets drunk,

Karkoch and Barazany will throw them out.

Clara, pour a glass for Don Ermosa, on the house.

You opened a saloon.

Gabriel, a closed bottle of arak is 90 grush,

a shot is 30.

There are more than ten shots in one bottle.

You do the math.

Truth be told,

Clara is for sale too.

For rent, that is.

And she gives us a commission:

half of what she makes.

A bordello.

You turned this into a bordello.

You made me a pimp!

Cheers, partner!

Gabriel!

Gabriel, come here!

Raphael, where is he?

Raphael!

Where is the picture of Raphael Ermosa?

My husband, the man who made this place!

Get out.

Get out now!

Get everyone out, Morduch,

shut this place down and return it

to how it used to be!

Did you hear me? Now!

-Papa! -Karkoch!

-Let him go. -Gabriel!

Throw him out!

Throw me out?

You'll throw me out? Me?

-Papa, no! -Gabriel! Please!

-Gabriel! -Papa!

Water!

Por favor!

-Papa, get up! -Gabriel!

What happened?

-Papa! -Gabriel, say something.

-Please… -Papa, get up!

-Gabriel! -Papa.

Please, Gabriel.

Papa!

Mama!

Where is everyone?

Where were you?

Luna, where were you?

Sorry, David, I know I'm late.

-Forgive me. -Where were you?

-At Stephanie's. -Who?

The British woman we met at the hotel.

I was at her place taking her measurements.

Did you drink?

A little.

From now on, you don't leave this house.

What do you mean?

You stay home, no work, no nothing.

-But I have to work. -Are you trying to piss me off?

-Just to work. -Luna!

You're here?

Why didn't you come?

Your father doesn't feel well.

He's resting. Mama is with him.

Luna, Papa is sick. He passed out at the delicatessen.

-Dr. Ajam is here. -I told her already,

no need to panic.

Papa will be fine. Come.

Come with me.

I'm going to see my father.