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Halakeh
Dir.: Avigail Sperber | 48 minutes

Halakeh

Israel 2008 | 48 minutes | Hebrew

A young religious family is on their way to Mt. Meron for the halakeh ceremony for their three-year old son, where a boy’s hair is cut for the first time. The husband, Yoni, has become a Hassidic Breslov, while his wife Yael has remained in a more moderate, mainstream branch of Judaism. The long journey brings their conflict into sharp relief