Kipat Barzel (2017–2018): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript
PREVIOUSLY
- Where are we going?
- To the Army Induction Base.
- Avigdor found me.
As long as he didn't find this.
- Shimi, this thing is our future.
- It'll be safest by you. Avigdor doesn't know you're here.
- How could you do this to us? - I'm getting drafted, Mom.
- Is your family cool with it? - God willing, they'll realize
I did the right thing.
- We've had a very difficult week since you enlisted.
- Waiting for Mamba test, Roger. - Private Yaacov?
- Our base is spiritually sterilized.
- Have you ever eaten pork? - Maybe.
Yaacov, are you there?
- I found you a match. Leah Melikovski.
- All I know is you're a Yeshiva scholar I'm glad.
- Where'd you learn to fix roofs?
-1 served in Hatzerim for a year.
- Army pilots' course?! - Yeah...
I wanted nothing more than to be a pilot.
- I wanted to be an exceptionally respected rabbi.
- How do they say "I love you" in Western music?
- You don't always have to say it literally.
- This is Yonatan, my pious baby brother.
- Well wel..
- There's been a break-in, an iPhone was stolen.
- Amram, is it true?
- There's nothing here for me.
- I don't want any more trouble.
I've got too much to lose.
- Shimi, Avigdor was at my base, he's gonna kill her!
- Don't worry.
Got anything in your base
worth stealing?
Prepare for the heist of your life!
- I'm missing four pieces.
- I feel Amram is involved.
- Amram, you've gotta call the police. - Forget the police.
- What's the story?
- Told you, there's no story.
- Who's Amram Elkayam?
- We cannot accept soldiers!
- If you refuse to come with me, I can't promise you'll have a home to return to.
- You thought you could be both Haredi and a soldier.
- Where's my uniform? - In the trash.
- Where's my uniform?
- In the trash.
- Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
COMMANDMENTS
- I call the shots now.
Today I made it protocol to end every meal in a prayer.
Right now it's an order, but I'm sure it'll catch on.
The guys here are basically good folks.
Today Eliyahu said a prayer.
You can tell his mom that he's doing fine.
He eats well, never skips a prayer,
and I make sure he takes his iron supplements, so... he's fine.
Anyway... I gotta head back, so...
wish Suri'le happy birthday for me
and Mazal Tov.
Have a good week, Mom and Dad.
See you.
- Wish Suri'le happy birthday for me
and Mazal Tov.
Eliyahu!
The compound guard can either stand or sit, not lie down
and certainly not listen to music. - Yes, Sergeant.
- I won't write you up because it'll put your weekend leave at risk,
so don't make me regret this. - Thank you, Sergeant.
- Got any iron tablets left?
Why didn't you attend the morning prayer, Eliyahu?
- I prayed in seclusion. Like I do at home.
- You're not at home now.
In the army you have to try harder.
- 20 seconds!
- Come by the commanders' dorms on your break, well have a talk.
Grukop...
- To receive the Sergeant,
the Platoon will stand at attention.
Attention!
- Sergeant, we were given a 10- minute break before roll call.
- Great.
Give me 10 push-ups.
Sergeant...
- Every word you say adds 10.
All the way, Yonatan.
Thanks to Yonatan, you now have five minutes to roll call.
- To receive the commanders, Platoon 1 will stand at attention. 2, 3...
- Attention!
- You know who that is?
-Who?
- Grukop, receive the Platoon Commander.
- To receive the Platoon Commander,
the Platoon will stand at attention. Attention!
- Join them.
Platoon, this is Amram Elkayam. He's here to finish basic training
and I expect y'all to treat him nicely and help him out.
Bar, read them the schedule.
Platoon, here's today's schedule...
Sorry, bro, I just got word an hour ago.
He stole weapons. God knows how he got released after 6 months.
- Are you for real? We were in basic training together.
- Is that so?
Well, it's not ideal, but those are the breaks.
They want him to finish his basic training course.
- We were best friends
I can't be his commander.
- You have no choice, bro, the Regiment Commander approved it.
Keep your personal issues out of it.
Here, you're his sergeant and he's your recruit. Got it?
Now get back.
- Amram...
- He's my sister's ex- boyfriend, the one who punched Matanya.
- Welcome back.
Got all your gear? - Yes, thanks.
- "Yes, Sergeant, sir."
- Yes, Sergeant, sir.
- Say it right next time.
- To err is human..
Sir...
Sergeant.
- Give me 10 push-ups.
Sorry, Amram, I'm your sergeant now. - Are you for real?
- 20!
- Properly.
- The tall Squad Commander is Tomer, and the asshole is Bar.
They're great guys, actually, but Yaacov, the Sergeant, is totally nuts.
I heard that his friend killed himself right in front of him.
If there's anything you need, let me know.
'll have Elisheva arrange
- She still serves here?
- Yep, at the mixed base camp.
- Should I talk to her? - No, thanks.
- Yonatan!
- See you, bro.
- Bye, buddy. - Bye.
- Hi there.
- The guy took a vow of silence. I've never heard him speak.
guess it's better than Yonatan, who never shuts up, huh?
Besides, he's wrong about our Sergeant
He was always a nutcase. - You know him?
- Yes.
He's Vizhnitz too.
Used to be, anyway. Only here, he thinks he's so righteous.
As if it's his old neighborhood.
What?
- What if I told you he had a girlfriend here?
- Here?!
No way.
- A secular girl.
- Eliyahu.
- Amram.
It's my second round, you should keep your distance.
- I know.
Last round, my cousin beat you up when you came over for Shabbos.
- Who's your cousin? The big, ugly guy?
- Yep, the one who stole your rifles.
- He hits hare.
"Seit Israel Yeshiva"
- Reb Mayer, what did you bring me?
- "Therefore shall thy camp be pure,
"all glorious is the king's daughter within the palace."
- Very nice,
kudos to you.
- If I could have a word with you...
I saw that Rabbi Shraga is filling in for me during lesson B.
- Yes, he got great reviews from Jerusalem.
We wanted to see how our students react to him.
- But what about me? - Reb Mayer,
can't promise you'll be teaching in the Yeshiva next year.
- You can't promise?
You want me to leave the Yeshiva?
- It pains me, of course,
but a person's wishes should be respected.
- Pardon me,
but I want to understand why.
-Why?
A person who can't control his own children
cannot be a supervisor.
- How could you do this to me?
I did everything to bring him back!
You of all people know that!
For God's sake, I severed ties with him,
I lost a son, what more do you want from me?!
- It shouldn't have even gotten to that point!
- What about your brother-in-law and his son Eliyahu?
He's in the same boat, and you let him lead the best lessons.
There's a big difference.
Your son isn't just a sinner, he causes others to sin as well!
- My Yaacov had nothing to do with the incident.
- Reb Mayer!
We checked Eliyahu's phone.
They've spoken for hours. About what?
The Talmud?
Your son is a thief of souls.
Some wanted to break his bones.
- Who?
- Don't ask.
- What did they want to do to Yaacov?
Beat him up?
- Relax, I calmed them down, Reb Mayer. Now, leave.
- Come in.
- Thanks, Sergeant.
- Here you can call me Yaacov.
Sit down.
Eliyahu, I just wanted to say that I understand you.*
You're home sick, and..
you can't find time for the things that matter the most-
worshiping God.
You know what I mean?
You think I don't miss it?
The hymns,
my synagogue..
Sometimes after the Shabbos service, I get really sad.
I remember my first weeks here..
I heard you had a secular girlfriend here, Sergeant.
There was...
a soldier who took interest
so I taught her some Torah,
thinking she wanted to get closer.
Sadly, our customs didn't suit her, so we parted as acquaintances.
It was a test,
a trial,
and I thank the Almighty that I passed it.
Who told you about her?
Listen, Eliyahu,
Amram is...
a unique person, I know first-hand,
but you must be strong against the doubt he instills in you.
Whatever suits him could cause you doubt.
He's funny.
It helps me.
'm keeping an eye on you,
Eliyahu.
No more slacking off with prayers, blessings, everything.
s that clear?
Dismissed.
- Push, push.
Here it comes. Push, push.
Push, push.
What did we get?
- Hazelnut bar!
- Enjoy.
- Scram.
- I would, but I was in the mood for something sweet.
- If you tell anyone about this, I'll break your bones.
- You have my word.
- Give him the smallest one.
- Thanks.
And a salty snack.
- You wish!
- Get outta here.
- Scram.
- Alright, I'll see if the Sergeant's got any snacks,
was just in his dorm for a talk.
- Hold on, loser.
- What are you doing?
- Hold on..
Here you go, bitch.
Take it.
- Thanks.
- What are they talking about in there, Mom?
Are they planning to punish Eliyahu and Yaacov?
- I already told you, get Yaacov Anielewitz out of your head.
I'm talking to you like a friend.
Besides the fact that he can't show his face around town
or that he's not in contact with his family,
I want you to know one thing.
He's the one who called off the engagement.
- You told me it was you and Dad who called it off.
- Because I didn't want you to get hurt.
- You're just saying that so that I meet with Yoelish.
- No, sweetie...
- I don't believe you.
- Leah, he called it off.
- Why would he do that?
- The guy is a bit crazy, don't be offended.
Not to mention the whole story with the army...
- At first he agreed, why did he change his mind?
- Don't make a big fuss about it, it's not important.
- The handle opens and closes. We leave it open.
The clasps...
Cocking handle...
Safety catch -to the right is closed,
down, it's open, to the left, not relevant right now.
- Elkayam...
Did you tell Eliyahu about Tamar?
- Sorry, it must've slipped.
- Slipped?
You know there was nothing there.
You took something pure and tainted it.
- Whatever you say, Sergeant, sir.
- Stay away from him.
- Why? Afraid I'll ruin him?
- You heard me, stay away from him.
- That's an order you can't force on me.
- Alright, Amram, let's start over.
His situation is very complex. I'm asking you this as a friend.
- A friend who never visited me when I was in jail for 6 months?
- I was in Squad Commander course. I had no time to breathe.
- Well... Look how successful you became once I got out of your life.
I'll decide who my friends are. And it's certainly not you.
- What did you say
- Sorry, I'll give myself a warning, sir.
- Don't ever talk fresh to me, Private! Go do kitchen duty.
- I already did...
- Well, now you have another one.
Move!
- Let's keep going. So, as I said...
- Hello?
- Hello? Yaacov?
We have to meet.
- Is everything alright?
- With or without cinnamon?
- Without.
- What would I do for a month on an island? I'd die of boredom.
- That's because you're thinking in IDF terms, uniform, schedules...
The mashed potatoes are yummy.
- Yeah, but you cook way better.
- I didn't know you like my cooking.
What should I make for you?
- Hey, pal, any chance you could replace me?
- What gives you the right to even talk to me, Private?
- Soldier.
You skipped us.
What are you doing here, Elmakayes?
- Elkayam, sir.
- What are you doing here?
- The Sergeant had me do kitchen duty.
Don't play dumb, you've worked this mess hall before, it's mixed.
- I'm going nuts, I was working at our kitchen,
then sent here to get something from the pantry,
the supervisor caught me, told me to help out, what could I do?
- And you couldn't say anything?
- Hey.
How are you?
- Thank God, it's over.
- Glad to hear that.
I'm sorry about everything,
but you left me no choice.
- You don't have to apologize.
I didn't apologize, I said I was sorry, there's a difference.
What?
- With or without cinnamon?
- With.
- So turns out the supervisor is new around here,
he didn't know about the separation. He won't do it again.
Go back to our kitchen. - Yes, sir.
- And next time, I expect you to defy unauthorized orders.
- Elkayam.
- Elkayam.
- So... you were talking about India.
- Andaman. Problem is, there're no direct flights from Israel.
You fly from Delhi to Calcutta, to Port Blair and take a ferry.
- Leah. Did something happen to my family?
- No, it's Eliyahu.
They found the friend who has him over for Shabbos,
and they plan to wait for him there and take him back.
- You heard it first-hand? - My mom did.
Rabbi Erblich was at our home with the kids.
They also know you spoke with Eliyahu on the phone before he enlisted,
they found the logs.
They were planning to do something to you too
when you leave the base this weekend. - They won't mess with me.
- I'm not some young recruit.
Thanks.
I really appreciate what you did.
But be careful, it could harm you as well.
- I had to tell you.
I couldn't let someone I dated get hurt.
- This is no game, Yaacov, it's a matter of life and death,
I must inform the Regiment Commander. - It's not that,
you don't know them.
- You say they're threatening Eliyahu.
I'm not taking that responsibility again.
I was there during Gur Ariye's ordeal.
Those Hassidic thugs are dangerous.
It's his first time carrying a rifle, who knows how he'll react?
- Give me until Friday, please, don't make me regret turning to you.
- Are you trying to protect them? You think they'll accept you now?
- Two days, till Friday morning.
I'll handle it.
- Two days.
- Hille ..
- For real?
- Well, I didn't volunteer, they took our shift.
- Are you sure?
I don't want any misunderstandings.
- What's up, Elhanan?
- During her visit to Israel, the US Minister of Security
will meet with the Prime Minister in an attempt to urge Israel to take
trust- building measures in the occupied territories...
- Turn it off.
- You're getting pissed off, huh?
- "Prior to her visit, she stated that..."
-Trust- building measures, yeah, right...
- They want us to leave settlements, huh?
- Leave, halt construction...
Same thing.
- Good morning.
- What are you doing here?
- He's on the list of builders, Amram.
- I asked you a question. - Listen to your friend.
We're fixing your road. I'm a civilian IDF worker.
- Why do you think I'd let an Arab in?
- I have a permit, you can call and check.
- Get the hell outta here.
- Amram.
- I suggest you open the gate if you don't want trouble.
- Is that a threat, you moron? - Amram, enough!
- Looks like you weren't taught any manners at home.
- Did you hear what this Arab just said to me?!
Come here!
- Amram! Amram, leave him alone!
Amram!
- You son of a bitch!
- A week in detention. Damn it.
Be careful, he's in a bad mood.
- Told you.
His secretary warned me.
Shit.
- Bar Mazaki?
Wear your beret.
- Maza'aki.
- Good luck.
- You couldn't come through for me just this once, huh?
Do you realize you'll be kicked out for this?
- Yaacov, back off.
- I'm your sergeant, not your friend.
I accompany each of my soldiers to trial. - Fine.
- Wasn't jail time enough for you? - Yaacov, please, back off.
- Seriously? Beating people up? Why'd you even come back?
Did you ever say to yourself: "I was in the wrong"?
Are you even capable of that?
Why'd you hit him?
Can you explain that to yourself?
- I didn't know Arabs get entry permits. - So call, find out,
why resort to violence? Because he's an Arab?
That's disgusting.
- He's not an Arab.
- Stop talking nonsense.
- You think I'd just beat someone up
for no reason?
Why do you think they knocked 6 months off?
They cut a deal with me. They twisted my arm.
- Who did?
The Secret Service.
- What?
- He was a Secret Service agent.
It was all an act, bro. Make-believe.
- Can't be.
They wouldn't do that after the Gur Ariye incident.
- I swear.
They gave me his license plate number and told me to beat him up
so the Hilltop Youth in the Platoon see that I'm on their side.
It was all a show.
- A week in detention.
He really is in a shitty mood.
- Oh, boy...
- Go in.
- Hey, bro, how're you?
- Good, thank God. Say, the IDF worker involved in the incident in the gate...
- The Arab?
He's recovering in the next room.
- But he's been here for hours.
- Was it your crazy soldier who attacked him?
He messed up his face, broke his nose.
Who is that maniac?
- How could they punish him for that? - You don't know how it went down.
- That Arab had an entry permit. - Elhanan, you're a Leftist now?
- My, how the mighty have succumbed...
- Sergeant, you can't put Amram in jail for what happened.
- It's not the way to do things.
- They take land and you repay them with a hug —
- Don't talk to me like that!
- Platoon!
Do you realize what just happened?
Your platoon mate is being court-martialed
and you're protesting his sentence.
Right before your Sergeant!
There's a word for that, it's called mutiny,
and it's the worst thing you can do in the army.
You're all staying the weekend. - What?!
- But Sergeant!
We were just talking,
there was no mutiny.
We've all made plans for this weekend.
- Platoon 1, check your watches.
You have five minutes to form groups of three outside.
Dismissed.
- I see.
You're postponed the inevitable.
At some point he will leave for the weekend.
- At least not this weekend.
- Just a warning? He broke his nose!
- Trust me, it's in your best interest. - What?
- Did you inform him that an Arab's arriving with a permit?
- I didn't have to, he had a permit! - Well, you should've told him that.
We even said so in the debriefing. How's a recruit supposed to know that?
- Did Amram say he wasn't debriefed? - Of course.
He's not stupid. And once he pinned it on you,
the Regiment Commander had to fudge the issue.
For your sake.
- So put me on trial as well. Half the base saw him attack an IDF worker.
It'll make waves if word gets out, it'll harm the Platoon.
- Just the opposite, buddy.
Imagine the headlines
if he ends up in jail: i
"A recruit attacked an Arab at the entry to the base, and was put in jail."
We want to avoid that.
I told you, you don't have to understand how everything works.
Give us some credit.
Go on, prepare for Shabbos.
- So tell me about Elhanan.
- There isn't much to tell. He didn't like the fact that I beat up your agent.
- And you may be right, he's kinda radical, but he's a good guy.
Wow, the hummus is delicious, bro.
You did some good inquiry work.
I
- Why'd you beat up our guy so severely?
I thought you were supposed to punch him and that's it.
- Well, I wanted it to look authentic,^, you told me to be careful.
- Come on, level with me.
- Because I hate you guys.
- "The sixth day."
"And the heavens and the earth and all that filled them were complete"
"And on the 7th day God completed the labor He had performed"
"and He refrained on the seventh day from the labor which He had performed."
"And God blessed the 7th day and He sanctified it,"
"for He then refrained from all His labor"
"from the act of creation that God had performed."
"Blessed are You, the Lord our God, King of the Universe,"
"Creator of the fruit of the vine." - Amen.
"Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,"
"Who sanctified us
with His commandments..."
"with His sacred Sabbath..."
I brought you some Challah.
Shabbos, Eliyahu, Shabbos!
- Take me to see the Rabbi,
transfer me to a secular unit, do what you want.
Why are you on my case?
To show your folks at home how you saved a lost soul?
- I'm trying to also be a friend to you.
- A friend...
A friend would ask what I believe in.
You're just like my dad. Like the rest of them.
You decide for me what I should believe in.
- You're right,
I can't decide for you.
But hear me out.
Try to listen to me.
- I don't want to.
That's it.
It's over.
I have to decide.
I can't stay in the middle.
I either go all the way...
or miss it for the rest of my life.
- I think it's better
to miss it for the rest of your life.
- Leave me alone.
I don't believe anymore.
It's what I am.
- You know, I used to have a good friend back in the Platoon.
Sometimes, while the rest of us were in synagogue praying,
he'd sneak out to the hilltop behind the base
and talk to the Almighty at eye level.
Why don't we give it a chance tomorrow morning?
Together.
You're already here, what can you lose?
- Amen.
- "God, Master of the Universe"
- "You are the Ruler, above all rulers."
"Your mighty deeds and wonders..."
- "May His great name be exalted and sanctified"
"in the world He created according to His will! May He establish a kingdom"
and may His salvation blossom and His anointed be near."
- Amen.
- "During your lifetime and your days and during the lifetime of all of Israel,
"speedily and very soon! And say, Amen."
- Amen.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos, Sergeant.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos, Yonatan.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- It's Shabbos, but I'll just let you know that I was in the infirmary, I saw him.
You messed up his face.
It wasn't an act, you lied to me.
I'll do everything I can to get you kicked outta here, Amram.
You're too much.
- You'll be sorry.
- Is that a threat?
- No.
I'm just saying that you'll be sorry for what you just said.
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
- Is there anybody here?
Is there anybody here?
Is there anybody here?!
- Where are we going?
- To the Army Induction Base.
- Avigdor found me.
As long as he didn't find this.
- Shimi, this thing is our future.
- It'll be safest by you. Avigdor doesn't know you're here.
- How could you do this to us? - I'm getting drafted, Mom.
- Is your family cool with it? - God willing, they'll realize
I did the right thing.
- We've had a very difficult week since you enlisted.
- Waiting for Mamba test, Roger. - Private Yaacov?
- Our base is spiritually sterilized.
- Have you ever eaten pork? - Maybe.
Yaacov, are you there?
- I found you a match. Leah Melikovski.
- All I know is you're a Yeshiva scholar I'm glad.
- Where'd you learn to fix roofs?
-1 served in Hatzerim for a year.
- Army pilots' course?! - Yeah...
I wanted nothing more than to be a pilot.
- I wanted to be an exceptionally respected rabbi.
- How do they say "I love you" in Western music?
- You don't always have to say it literally.
- This is Yonatan, my pious baby brother.
- Well wel..
- There's been a break-in, an iPhone was stolen.
- Amram, is it true?
- There's nothing here for me.
- I don't want any more trouble.
I've got too much to lose.
- Shimi, Avigdor was at my base, he's gonna kill her!
- Don't worry.
Got anything in your base
worth stealing?
Prepare for the heist of your life!
- I'm missing four pieces.
- I feel Amram is involved.
- Amram, you've gotta call the police. - Forget the police.
- What's the story?
- Told you, there's no story.
- Who's Amram Elkayam?
- We cannot accept soldiers!
- If you refuse to come with me, I can't promise you'll have a home to return to.
- You thought you could be both Haredi and a soldier.
- Where's my uniform? - In the trash.
- Where's my uniform?
- In the trash.
- Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
COMMANDMENTS
- I call the shots now.
Today I made it protocol to end every meal in a prayer.
Right now it's an order, but I'm sure it'll catch on.
The guys here are basically good folks.
Today Eliyahu said a prayer.
You can tell his mom that he's doing fine.
He eats well, never skips a prayer,
and I make sure he takes his iron supplements, so... he's fine.
Anyway... I gotta head back, so...
wish Suri'le happy birthday for me
and Mazal Tov.
Have a good week, Mom and Dad.
See you.
- Wish Suri'le happy birthday for me
and Mazal Tov.
Eliyahu!
The compound guard can either stand or sit, not lie down
and certainly not listen to music. - Yes, Sergeant.
- I won't write you up because it'll put your weekend leave at risk,
so don't make me regret this. - Thank you, Sergeant.
- Got any iron tablets left?
Why didn't you attend the morning prayer, Eliyahu?
- I prayed in seclusion. Like I do at home.
- You're not at home now.
In the army you have to try harder.
- 20 seconds!
- Come by the commanders' dorms on your break, well have a talk.
Grukop...
- To receive the Sergeant,
the Platoon will stand at attention.
Attention!
- Sergeant, we were given a 10- minute break before roll call.
- Great.
Give me 10 push-ups.
Sergeant...
- Every word you say adds 10.
All the way, Yonatan.
Thanks to Yonatan, you now have five minutes to roll call.
- To receive the commanders, Platoon 1 will stand at attention. 2, 3...
- Attention!
- You know who that is?
-Who?
- Grukop, receive the Platoon Commander.
- To receive the Platoon Commander,
the Platoon will stand at attention. Attention!
- Join them.
Platoon, this is Amram Elkayam. He's here to finish basic training
and I expect y'all to treat him nicely and help him out.
Bar, read them the schedule.
Platoon, here's today's schedule...
Sorry, bro, I just got word an hour ago.
He stole weapons. God knows how he got released after 6 months.
- Are you for real? We were in basic training together.
- Is that so?
Well, it's not ideal, but those are the breaks.
They want him to finish his basic training course.
- We were best friends
I can't be his commander.
- You have no choice, bro, the Regiment Commander approved it.
Keep your personal issues out of it.
Here, you're his sergeant and he's your recruit. Got it?
Now get back.
- Amram...
- He's my sister's ex- boyfriend, the one who punched Matanya.
- Welcome back.
Got all your gear? - Yes, thanks.
- "Yes, Sergeant, sir."
- Yes, Sergeant, sir.
- Say it right next time.
- To err is human..
Sir...
Sergeant.
- Give me 10 push-ups.
Sorry, Amram, I'm your sergeant now. - Are you for real?
- 20!
- Properly.
- The tall Squad Commander is Tomer, and the asshole is Bar.
They're great guys, actually, but Yaacov, the Sergeant, is totally nuts.
I heard that his friend killed himself right in front of him.
If there's anything you need, let me know.
'll have Elisheva arrange
- She still serves here?
- Yep, at the mixed base camp.
- Should I talk to her? - No, thanks.
- Yonatan!
- See you, bro.
- Bye, buddy. - Bye.
- Hi there.
- The guy took a vow of silence. I've never heard him speak.
guess it's better than Yonatan, who never shuts up, huh?
Besides, he's wrong about our Sergeant
He was always a nutcase. - You know him?
- Yes.
He's Vizhnitz too.
Used to be, anyway. Only here, he thinks he's so righteous.
As if it's his old neighborhood.
What?
- What if I told you he had a girlfriend here?
- Here?!
No way.
- A secular girl.
- Eliyahu.
- Amram.
It's my second round, you should keep your distance.
- I know.
Last round, my cousin beat you up when you came over for Shabbos.
- Who's your cousin? The big, ugly guy?
- Yep, the one who stole your rifles.
- He hits hare.
"Seit Israel Yeshiva"
- Reb Mayer, what did you bring me?
- "Therefore shall thy camp be pure,
"all glorious is the king's daughter within the palace."
- Very nice,
kudos to you.
- If I could have a word with you...
I saw that Rabbi Shraga is filling in for me during lesson B.
- Yes, he got great reviews from Jerusalem.
We wanted to see how our students react to him.
- But what about me? - Reb Mayer,
can't promise you'll be teaching in the Yeshiva next year.
- You can't promise?
You want me to leave the Yeshiva?
- It pains me, of course,
but a person's wishes should be respected.
- Pardon me,
but I want to understand why.
-Why?
A person who can't control his own children
cannot be a supervisor.
- How could you do this to me?
I did everything to bring him back!
You of all people know that!
For God's sake, I severed ties with him,
I lost a son, what more do you want from me?!
- It shouldn't have even gotten to that point!
- What about your brother-in-law and his son Eliyahu?
He's in the same boat, and you let him lead the best lessons.
There's a big difference.
Your son isn't just a sinner, he causes others to sin as well!
- My Yaacov had nothing to do with the incident.
- Reb Mayer!
We checked Eliyahu's phone.
They've spoken for hours. About what?
The Talmud?
Your son is a thief of souls.
Some wanted to break his bones.
- Who?
- Don't ask.
- What did they want to do to Yaacov?
Beat him up?
- Relax, I calmed them down, Reb Mayer. Now, leave.
- Come in.
- Thanks, Sergeant.
- Here you can call me Yaacov.
Sit down.
Eliyahu, I just wanted to say that I understand you.*
You're home sick, and..
you can't find time for the things that matter the most-
worshiping God.
You know what I mean?
You think I don't miss it?
The hymns,
my synagogue..
Sometimes after the Shabbos service, I get really sad.
I remember my first weeks here..
I heard you had a secular girlfriend here, Sergeant.
There was...
a soldier who took interest
so I taught her some Torah,
thinking she wanted to get closer.
Sadly, our customs didn't suit her, so we parted as acquaintances.
It was a test,
a trial,
and I thank the Almighty that I passed it.
Who told you about her?
Listen, Eliyahu,
Amram is...
a unique person, I know first-hand,
but you must be strong against the doubt he instills in you.
Whatever suits him could cause you doubt.
He's funny.
It helps me.
'm keeping an eye on you,
Eliyahu.
No more slacking off with prayers, blessings, everything.
s that clear?
Dismissed.
- Push, push.
Here it comes. Push, push.
Push, push.
What did we get?
- Hazelnut bar!
- Enjoy.
- Scram.
- I would, but I was in the mood for something sweet.
- If you tell anyone about this, I'll break your bones.
- You have my word.
- Give him the smallest one.
- Thanks.
And a salty snack.
- You wish!
- Get outta here.
- Scram.
- Alright, I'll see if the Sergeant's got any snacks,
was just in his dorm for a talk.
- Hold on, loser.
- What are you doing?
- Hold on..
Here you go, bitch.
Take it.
- Thanks.
- What are they talking about in there, Mom?
Are they planning to punish Eliyahu and Yaacov?
- I already told you, get Yaacov Anielewitz out of your head.
I'm talking to you like a friend.
Besides the fact that he can't show his face around town
or that he's not in contact with his family,
I want you to know one thing.
He's the one who called off the engagement.
- You told me it was you and Dad who called it off.
- Because I didn't want you to get hurt.
- You're just saying that so that I meet with Yoelish.
- No, sweetie...
- I don't believe you.
- Leah, he called it off.
- Why would he do that?
- The guy is a bit crazy, don't be offended.
Not to mention the whole story with the army...
- At first he agreed, why did he change his mind?
- Don't make a big fuss about it, it's not important.
- The handle opens and closes. We leave it open.
The clasps...
Cocking handle...
Safety catch -to the right is closed,
down, it's open, to the left, not relevant right now.
- Elkayam...
Did you tell Eliyahu about Tamar?
- Sorry, it must've slipped.
- Slipped?
You know there was nothing there.
You took something pure and tainted it.
- Whatever you say, Sergeant, sir.
- Stay away from him.
- Why? Afraid I'll ruin him?
- You heard me, stay away from him.
- That's an order you can't force on me.
- Alright, Amram, let's start over.
His situation is very complex. I'm asking you this as a friend.
- A friend who never visited me when I was in jail for 6 months?
- I was in Squad Commander course. I had no time to breathe.
- Well... Look how successful you became once I got out of your life.
I'll decide who my friends are. And it's certainly not you.
- What did you say
- Sorry, I'll give myself a warning, sir.
- Don't ever talk fresh to me, Private! Go do kitchen duty.
- I already did...
- Well, now you have another one.
Move!
- Let's keep going. So, as I said...
- Hello?
- Hello? Yaacov?
We have to meet.
- Is everything alright?
- With or without cinnamon?
- Without.
- What would I do for a month on an island? I'd die of boredom.
- That's because you're thinking in IDF terms, uniform, schedules...
The mashed potatoes are yummy.
- Yeah, but you cook way better.
- I didn't know you like my cooking.
What should I make for you?
- Hey, pal, any chance you could replace me?
- What gives you the right to even talk to me, Private?
- Soldier.
You skipped us.
What are you doing here, Elmakayes?
- Elkayam, sir.
- What are you doing here?
- The Sergeant had me do kitchen duty.
Don't play dumb, you've worked this mess hall before, it's mixed.
- I'm going nuts, I was working at our kitchen,
then sent here to get something from the pantry,
the supervisor caught me, told me to help out, what could I do?
- And you couldn't say anything?
- Hey.
How are you?
- Thank God, it's over.
- Glad to hear that.
I'm sorry about everything,
but you left me no choice.
- You don't have to apologize.
I didn't apologize, I said I was sorry, there's a difference.
What?
- With or without cinnamon?
- With.
- So turns out the supervisor is new around here,
he didn't know about the separation. He won't do it again.
Go back to our kitchen. - Yes, sir.
- And next time, I expect you to defy unauthorized orders.
- Elkayam.
- Elkayam.
- So... you were talking about India.
- Andaman. Problem is, there're no direct flights from Israel.
You fly from Delhi to Calcutta, to Port Blair and take a ferry.
- Leah. Did something happen to my family?
- No, it's Eliyahu.
They found the friend who has him over for Shabbos,
and they plan to wait for him there and take him back.
- You heard it first-hand? - My mom did.
Rabbi Erblich was at our home with the kids.
They also know you spoke with Eliyahu on the phone before he enlisted,
they found the logs.
They were planning to do something to you too
when you leave the base this weekend. - They won't mess with me.
- I'm not some young recruit.
Thanks.
I really appreciate what you did.
But be careful, it could harm you as well.
- I had to tell you.
I couldn't let someone I dated get hurt.
- This is no game, Yaacov, it's a matter of life and death,
I must inform the Regiment Commander. - It's not that,
you don't know them.
- You say they're threatening Eliyahu.
I'm not taking that responsibility again.
I was there during Gur Ariye's ordeal.
Those Hassidic thugs are dangerous.
It's his first time carrying a rifle, who knows how he'll react?
- Give me until Friday, please, don't make me regret turning to you.
- Are you trying to protect them? You think they'll accept you now?
- Two days, till Friday morning.
I'll handle it.
- Two days.
- Hille ..
- For real?
- Well, I didn't volunteer, they took our shift.
- Are you sure?
I don't want any misunderstandings.
- What's up, Elhanan?
- During her visit to Israel, the US Minister of Security
will meet with the Prime Minister in an attempt to urge Israel to take
trust- building measures in the occupied territories...
- Turn it off.
- You're getting pissed off, huh?
- "Prior to her visit, she stated that..."
-Trust- building measures, yeah, right...
- They want us to leave settlements, huh?
- Leave, halt construction...
Same thing.
- Good morning.
- What are you doing here?
- He's on the list of builders, Amram.
- I asked you a question. - Listen to your friend.
We're fixing your road. I'm a civilian IDF worker.
- Why do you think I'd let an Arab in?
- I have a permit, you can call and check.
- Get the hell outta here.
- Amram.
- I suggest you open the gate if you don't want trouble.
- Is that a threat, you moron? - Amram, enough!
- Looks like you weren't taught any manners at home.
- Did you hear what this Arab just said to me?!
Come here!
- Amram! Amram, leave him alone!
Amram!
- You son of a bitch!
- A week in detention. Damn it.
Be careful, he's in a bad mood.
- Told you.
His secretary warned me.
Shit.
- Bar Mazaki?
Wear your beret.
- Maza'aki.
- Good luck.
- You couldn't come through for me just this once, huh?
Do you realize you'll be kicked out for this?
- Yaacov, back off.
- I'm your sergeant, not your friend.
I accompany each of my soldiers to trial. - Fine.
- Wasn't jail time enough for you? - Yaacov, please, back off.
- Seriously? Beating people up? Why'd you even come back?
Did you ever say to yourself: "I was in the wrong"?
Are you even capable of that?
Why'd you hit him?
Can you explain that to yourself?
- I didn't know Arabs get entry permits. - So call, find out,
why resort to violence? Because he's an Arab?
That's disgusting.
- He's not an Arab.
- Stop talking nonsense.
- You think I'd just beat someone up
for no reason?
Why do you think they knocked 6 months off?
They cut a deal with me. They twisted my arm.
- Who did?
The Secret Service.
- What?
- He was a Secret Service agent.
It was all an act, bro. Make-believe.
- Can't be.
They wouldn't do that after the Gur Ariye incident.
- I swear.
They gave me his license plate number and told me to beat him up
so the Hilltop Youth in the Platoon see that I'm on their side.
It was all a show.
- A week in detention.
He really is in a shitty mood.
- Oh, boy...
- Go in.
- Hey, bro, how're you?
- Good, thank God. Say, the IDF worker involved in the incident in the gate...
- The Arab?
He's recovering in the next room.
- But he's been here for hours.
- Was it your crazy soldier who attacked him?
He messed up his face, broke his nose.
Who is that maniac?
- How could they punish him for that? - You don't know how it went down.
- That Arab had an entry permit. - Elhanan, you're a Leftist now?
- My, how the mighty have succumbed...
- Sergeant, you can't put Amram in jail for what happened.
- It's not the way to do things.
- They take land and you repay them with a hug —
- Don't talk to me like that!
- Platoon!
Do you realize what just happened?
Your platoon mate is being court-martialed
and you're protesting his sentence.
Right before your Sergeant!
There's a word for that, it's called mutiny,
and it's the worst thing you can do in the army.
You're all staying the weekend. - What?!
- But Sergeant!
We were just talking,
there was no mutiny.
We've all made plans for this weekend.
- Platoon 1, check your watches.
You have five minutes to form groups of three outside.
Dismissed.
- I see.
You're postponed the inevitable.
At some point he will leave for the weekend.
- At least not this weekend.
- Just a warning? He broke his nose!
- Trust me, it's in your best interest. - What?
- Did you inform him that an Arab's arriving with a permit?
- I didn't have to, he had a permit! - Well, you should've told him that.
We even said so in the debriefing. How's a recruit supposed to know that?
- Did Amram say he wasn't debriefed? - Of course.
He's not stupid. And once he pinned it on you,
the Regiment Commander had to fudge the issue.
For your sake.
- So put me on trial as well. Half the base saw him attack an IDF worker.
It'll make waves if word gets out, it'll harm the Platoon.
- Just the opposite, buddy.
Imagine the headlines
if he ends up in jail: i
"A recruit attacked an Arab at the entry to the base, and was put in jail."
We want to avoid that.
I told you, you don't have to understand how everything works.
Give us some credit.
Go on, prepare for Shabbos.
- So tell me about Elhanan.
- There isn't much to tell. He didn't like the fact that I beat up your agent.
- And you may be right, he's kinda radical, but he's a good guy.
Wow, the hummus is delicious, bro.
You did some good inquiry work.
I
- Why'd you beat up our guy so severely?
I thought you were supposed to punch him and that's it.
- Well, I wanted it to look authentic,^, you told me to be careful.
- Come on, level with me.
- Because I hate you guys.
- "The sixth day."
"And the heavens and the earth and all that filled them were complete"
"And on the 7th day God completed the labor He had performed"
"and He refrained on the seventh day from the labor which He had performed."
"And God blessed the 7th day and He sanctified it,"
"for He then refrained from all His labor"
"from the act of creation that God had performed."
"Blessed are You, the Lord our God, King of the Universe,"
"Creator of the fruit of the vine." - Amen.
"Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,"
"Who sanctified us
with His commandments..."
"with His sacred Sabbath..."
I brought you some Challah.
Shabbos, Eliyahu, Shabbos!
- Take me to see the Rabbi,
transfer me to a secular unit, do what you want.
Why are you on my case?
To show your folks at home how you saved a lost soul?
- I'm trying to also be a friend to you.
- A friend...
A friend would ask what I believe in.
You're just like my dad. Like the rest of them.
You decide for me what I should believe in.
- You're right,
I can't decide for you.
But hear me out.
Try to listen to me.
- I don't want to.
That's it.
It's over.
I have to decide.
I can't stay in the middle.
I either go all the way...
or miss it for the rest of my life.
- I think it's better
to miss it for the rest of your life.
- Leave me alone.
I don't believe anymore.
It's what I am.
- You know, I used to have a good friend back in the Platoon.
Sometimes, while the rest of us were in synagogue praying,
he'd sneak out to the hilltop behind the base
and talk to the Almighty at eye level.
Why don't we give it a chance tomorrow morning?
Together.
You're already here, what can you lose?
- Amen.
- "God, Master of the Universe"
- "You are the Ruler, above all rulers."
"Your mighty deeds and wonders..."
- "May His great name be exalted and sanctified"
"in the world He created according to His will! May He establish a kingdom"
and may His salvation blossom and His anointed be near."
- Amen.
- "During your lifetime and your days and during the lifetime of all of Israel,
"speedily and very soon! And say, Amen."
- Amen.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos, Sergeant.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos, Yonatan.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- Good Shabbos.
- It's Shabbos, but I'll just let you know that I was in the infirmary, I saw him.
You messed up his face.
It wasn't an act, you lied to me.
I'll do everything I can to get you kicked outta here, Amram.
You're too much.
- You'll be sorry.
- Is that a threat?
- No.
I'm just saying that you'll be sorry for what you just said.
Eliyahu!
Eliyahu!
- Is there anybody here?
Is there anybody here?
Is there anybody here?!