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57 Cards in this Set
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Put them on my head! By the stove, foolish girl. Where is Chava?
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She's in the barn, milking.
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Mama, Yente is coming. She's coming down the road.
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Maybe she's finally found a good match for you, Tzeitel.
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When I want you to know, I'll tell you... Finish washing the floor.
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I wonder if Yente found a husband for you?
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I didn't ask you.
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Tzeitel, you're the oldest. They have to make a match for you before they can makes one for me.
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And then after her, one for me.
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So if Yente brings...
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Oh, Yente, Yente
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Well, somebody has to arrange the matches. Young people can't decide these things for themselves.
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She might bring someone wonderful.
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Someone interesting.
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And well-off...
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and important. ..
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...And you have your eye on the Rabbi's son.
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Why not? We only have one Rabbi and he only has one son. Why shouldn't I want the best?
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I am a really good teacher... a very good teacher
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I heard once, the Rabbi who must praise himself has a congregation of one.
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Papa isn't up yet?
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No, mama.
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Then enough lessons. We have to do Papa's work today. How long can he sleep? He staggered home last night and fell into bed like a dead man. I couldn't get a word out of him. Put that away and clean the barn. Call me when papa gets up.
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That was a very interesting lesson, Perchik.
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Do you think so?
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Although I don't know if the Rabbi would agree with your interpretation.
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And neither, I suppose, would the Rabbi's son.
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My little sisters have big tongues.
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And what do you know about him, except that he is the Rabbi's son? Would you be interested in him if he were the shoemaker's son, or the tinsmith's son?
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At least I know this. He does not have any strange ideas about turning the world upside down.
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Certainly. Any new idea would be strange to you. Remember, the Lord said, "Let there be light."
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Yes, but He was not talking to you personally.
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You have spirit. Even a little intelligence, perhaps.
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Thank you.
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But what good is your brain? Without curiosity it is a rusty tool. Good day Hodel.
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We have an old custom here. A boy acts respectfully to a girl. But, of course, that is too traditional for an advanced thinker like you.
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Our traditions! Nothing must change! Everything is perfect exactly the way it is!
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We like our ways.
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Our ways are changing all over but here. Here men and women must keep apart. Men study, women in the kitchen. Boys and girls must not touch, should not even look at each other.
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I'm looking at you.
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You are very brave! Do you know that in the city boys and girls can be affectionate without the permission of a matchmaker? They hold hands together, they even dance together.... new dances like this. I learned it in Kiev... Do you like it?
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It's very nice.
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There. We've just changed an old custom.
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Yes, well,you're welcome - I mean, thank you - I mean good day...
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Bielke, Shprintze, what's your name?
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Hodel, Papa.
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Where is Tzeitel?
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She's in the barn.
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What can she say? My first born, a bride. May you grow old with him in fortune and honor.. not like Fruma-Sarah, that first wife of his. She was a bitter woman, may she rest in piece. Not like my Tzeitel. And now I must thank Yente. My Tzeitel, a bride.
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Mazeltov, Tzeitel.
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Hodel!
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It's only a dance, mama.
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Go on, play. Play... All right, men. (Russians punch Perchik)
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No, Perchik!
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Please don't be upset, Hodel.
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Why should I be upset? If you must leave, you must.
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I do have to. They expect me in Kiev tomorroe morning.
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So you told me. Then goodbye.
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Great changes are about to take place in this country. Tremendous changes. But they can't happen by themselves.
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So naturally you feel that you personally have to...
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Not only me. Many people. Jews, Gentiles, many people hate what is going on. Don't you understand?
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I understand, of course. You want to leave. Then goodbye.
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Hodel, your father, the others here, think that what happened at Tzeitel's wedding was a little cloud burst and it's over and everything will now be peaceful again. It won't... Horrible things are happening all over the land... pogroms, violence, whole villages are being emptied of their people.... and it's reaching everywhere, and it will reach here. You understand?
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Yes, I.... I suppose I do.
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I have work to do. The greatest work a man can do.
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Then goodbye, Perchik.
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Before I go, there is a certain question I wish to discuss with you.
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Yes?
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A political question
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What is it?
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The question of marriage.
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This is a political question?
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In a theoretical sense, yes. The relationship between a man and a woman known as marriage is based on mutual beliefs, a common attitude and philosophy towards society...
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And affection...
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And affection. .. This relationship has positive social values. it reflects a unity and solidarity.
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And affection. ..
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Yes, and I personally am in favor of it. Do you understand?
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Yes. I think you're asking me to marry you.
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In a theoretical sense, yes I am.
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I was hoping you were.
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Then I take it you approve. And we can consider ourselves engaged, even though I am going away? I am very happy, Hodel. Very happy.
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So am I, Perchik. What's the matter?
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*Perchik sings song*
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And when will we be married, Perchik?
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I will send for you as soon as I can. It will be a hard life, Hodel.
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But it will be less hard... if we live it together.
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Engaged?
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Yes, papa, we're engaged.
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No, you're not. I know you like him, and he likes you, but you're going away, and you're staying here, so have a nice trip, Perchik. I hope you'll be very happy, and my answer is "no."
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Please, Papa, you don't understand.
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I understand. I gave my permission to Motel and Tzeitel, so you feel that you also have a right. I'm sorry, Perchik. I like you, but you're going away, so go in good health and my answer is still "no." |
You don't understand, Papa. |
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You're not asking for my permission? |
But we would like your blessing, Papa. |
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Where has it led? To this! A man tells me he is getting married. He doesn't ask me, he tells me. But first, he abandons her. |
He is not abandoning me, Papa. |
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Very well, children, you have my blessing and permission. |
Oh, thank you, Papa! You don't know how happy this makes me. |
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You don't have to wait for the train, Papa. You'll be late for your customers. |
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Just a few more minutes... is he in bad trouble, that hero of yours? Arrested? And convicted? |
Yes, but He did nothing wrong. He cares nothing for himself, everything he does is for humanity. |
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But if he did nothing wrong, he wouldn't be in trouble. |
Papa, how can you say that? What wrongs did Joseph do, and Abraham, and Moses? And they had troubles. |
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But why won't you tell me where he is now, this Joseph of yours? |
It is far, Papa. Terribly far... he is in a settlement is Siberia |
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Siberia! And he asks you to leave your father and mother and join him in that frozen wasteland and marry him there? |
No, Papa, he did not ask me to go. I want to go. I don't want to be alone. I want to help him in his work. It's the greatest work a man can do, Papa. |
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But, Hodel, baby... |
Papa... (Far from the home i love ) |
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And who, my child, will be there to perform a marriage, there in the wilderness? |
Papa, I promise you, we will be married under a canopy. |
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No doubt a rabbi or two was also arrested. Well give him my regards, this Moses of yours. I always thought he was a good man. Tell him I rely on his honor to treat my daughter well. Tell him that. |
Papa, God alone knows when we shall see each other again. |
