A Price Above Rubies
" I�m going to question whatever I like",
" I�m going to choose whatever side I want and if God happens to be on the other side then so be it." I believe these two quotes capture the essence of the film " ". The main character, Sonia Horowitz, a Hasidic Jew, embarked on a journey in which she sought to find herself through questioning her faith and the strict Jewish life.In doing so, she paid a heavy price. This, I believe, to be the message of the film.
The movie starts off with a close up of a ring being crafted, incomplete. Then we see sonia�s brother, Yossi, telling her the story of the woman who broke free of the Jewish community. The woman�s father ...
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tells her she is a sinner and will end up just like the woman in the story, wandering the earth for eternity, like Cain. Yossi then gives her a fake ruby, which she immediately recognizes and rejects. Perhaps the jewel symbolizes her soul, what makes her complete, and she won�t accept a fraud, something in place of the real thing, even at that young age.
The film goes forward a number of years, to when Sonia and her husband Mendel have just had their first child. Mendel is the perfect example of the devout Hasidic Jew. He is a scholar, and respected by everyone in the community. The Hasidic Jews believe that wisdom, not folly, and the studying of God�s word, knowledge, is the way to happiness and to God. " Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, yields better return than gold. She is more precious than rubies. " Proverbs 3:13-15. They also believe that to fear God is the way to wisdom and ...
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a fire inside of me. It used to keep me warm, but it�s getting hotter, it makes my stomach burn, and my nerves, and my skin. It�s too hot. Everything is too hot. Every touch burns me. I have no soul."
The Rebbe replies " God gave everyone a soul."
" Maybe, but if I do, was it God who gave it to me?." Sonia is questioning whether her desire comes naturally from God, or from the devil. There is a void inside of her and she is trying to find out how to fill it. It relates to the story of the woman who was a demon�s daughter, the devil gave her her soul.
Sender is the only person that offers a solution to her confining life. She can work for him and have ...
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