The Dybbuk (1937)

Mojzesz Lipman: Sender Brynicer ben Henie

Quotes 

• Sender Brynicer ben Henie : You've given up on the Talmud and turned to Kabbalah instead. Why?

  Chanan ben Nisan : The Talmud is cold and dry. So are the commentaries. But the Kabbalah pulls the soul free of the earth. It uplifts man into the highest spheres.

  Sender Brynicer ben Henie : There's great danger in reaching for such heights, for one can easily fall into the abyss.

• Sender Brynicer ben Henie : Go, my child, to your mother's grave. Shed all your tears there and invite her to the wedding. Tell her that I want her to accompany me in leading my child to the canopy. Tell her I kept my promise to raise you as an honest and pious Jewish girl. Now I've provided you with a husband, learned and God-fearing.

• Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos : How did the misfortune occur?

  Sender Brynicer ben Henie : Immediately after the ceremony.

  Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos : That's not what I'm asking. What caused the misfortune? A worm can enter a fruit only when it begins to rot.