Matir Agunot (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Episode #1.6 - full transcript

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- Previously on Unchained -
My Wife... she's late Her cycle...

- Previously on Unchained -
Congratulations, Rabbi Yosef!

When I get home
and open the door

if she hugs me
that means she's late,

and three days late with her is...

unmistakable.

So if she doesn't hug you,

God forbid,
that means she got her period.

I want to talk.

I have to go, they start prayers
at 5:45.

Just two minutes.



"Bless You, Lord our God,
who created everything with His word." -Amen.

I'm ovulating. Starting today.

Great.

I'm glad you told me, I...

I'll try to get back early today.

I want to know...

what's going on.

You've been avoiding me all week.

I want to know.

Aren't you attracted to me?
Don't you want me?

Have you given up?

No, no.
-I want to know.

Of course not.

Don't be silly.



It's just...
you see how late I get home,

I'm under a lot of pressure
at work.

But I'll..

make a note of it.

Okay?

Yosef.

When we took a break,
before we started doing it again,

I thought...

we didn't stand a chance.

And now that we're back
and we're happy

it's changed everything.

Yet suddenly we're distant again.

We...

I can't go through that again.

I can imagine.

It's hard for you.

Certainly more than for me.

The whole burden is on you.

Yesterday, for instance,

you came home
and said you were exhausted.

I don't know what you mean

and I hint that I want to do it.

You don't notice.

Or do you?

I don't know...

I'm embarrassed to talk to you
this way.

Don't be.

Don't be, it's fine.

We've been through
a big disappointment

and this was the first time
you were late.

It affects us.

But I...

You're right.

Why did you start waking up
for sunrise services?

I feel like you run away

the second you can.

No, no...
-As soon as you can.

On the contrary.

On the contrary, I...

I feel like I need this.
I need this.

Waking up early,
a quiet walk down the dark street,

it's does me good.

Why?

I feel like what's happening to us
isn't a physical breakdown,

it's spiritual corruption.

That's how I feel.

What kind of spiritual corruption?

Is it me?

No, no, God forbid.

We've just gone through

a big disappointment.

And it was the first time
you were late...

It affects us.

All that matters is that
we're happy.

That we do it for pleasure,

that we enjoy it.

I'll be home at seven, okay?

We'll talk,

have something to eat.

Alright.

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Was it... a full rape?

I mean...
was there full penetration?

Yes, it was full.

And you protested the whole time?

Yes, the whole time.

You made it clear? In words too?

I need to be sure
your husband knew how you felt.

Yes, I protested in words, too.

I said "no" several times
and pushed him off me.

Everything.

Do you think you can prove
your claim?

A neighbor heard me screaming and...

I ran to her in tears
right after it happened.

So she was a witness.

And when did you ask
for a Gett (a Jewish bill of divorce)?

A month later.
-One month.

The night it happened

I moved to my mother's house

and I filed for divorce
a month later.

And you say since then they're
giving you the runaround?

Yes. For two and a half years now.

After a year and a half, when I was fed up,
the judges came to me

and told me to sign the agreement
before he changed his mind.

Here.

"I hereby declare
that my husband never used

"any type of violence against me,

"neither publicly nor privately,

"and all claims I made in the past

"were intended to create unfair pressure
in the divorce case."

I agreed and then regretted it.

I just wanted to get it over with,

I'm in a stronger place now.

My daughter started
first grade this year...

and that made me think about
the kind of mother I am

and the kind of mother
I want to be.

You know what I mean?

I realized I can't look
her in the eye

if I'm a weak mother.

So what do you expect
the rabbinical court to do?

Pressure him.

They pressure me,
let them pressure him.

It's okay, go on.

They claim they have
his full cooperation

and that...

they can't apply sanctions
against him,

that I'm the troublesome one.

Alright...

I don't like to make promises,

but I'll go over the material and...

Thank you so much.
I'd really like to have you on my side.

I've heard good things about you.
-Really?

From anyone in particular? Or...
Just curious.

At the rabbinical court,
while we're waiting.

I don't remember the name.

We often talk while we're waiting,
and your name's come up a few times.

Alright.

Thank God,
as long as they're good things.

Thank you.

Thank you.
-Bye. -Thanks.

And sorry about the...
-It's alright. Thanks.

Is she the one with the supposed rape?
-Why "supposed"?

She says it happened,
he says it didn't,

who knows what really happened.

Here's the request
for the post-factum annulment...

for Kalman Kislevich.
-Kessler.

Kessler, Marina, whatever.

Look.
-Did you proofread it?

Yes, the Yemenite went over everything.
It's ready to roll.

"Ramat Gan Regional Rabbinical Court"

What do say, Moshe Haim?

Submit it to the Ashkenazi Rabbi
or the Sephardi Rabbi?

As you know, Amar is more lenient

but Rabbi Aaron will never
pass it on to a Sephardi Rabbi.

What if I persuade him?

If you manage to persuade him
I'll make you coffee for two weeks, deal?

Here's the owner's written confession

that he brought in a non-kosher caterer
for their wedding,

a Visa slip that proves that
the woman bought the ring herself,

and most importantly,
a video of the witness

Wedding contract

showing her regularly desecrates the Sabbath
attending Beitar Jerusalem soccer games.

fee request, Rabbi Aaron,

I'd like this to go to
She Chief Sephardi Rabbi.

Feigie...

can you step outside a second?

Sure.

Annulling a marriage retroactively
is unheard of.

Forget it.
-Forget what?

This! What you think?!

I keep dropping hints
but you don't get it,

no wonder I have to shout.

I know I did an excellent job

and it'll be very hard
to turn it away.

When I invented your position
I risked my own.

I funded you, an aide,
people in the field, a PI agency...

and you come along
and ruin everything!

You know what they'll say
in Jerusalem when they find out?

Until now I personally
stood in their way!

Have you seen our kitchen?
It's empty, you know why?

Because someone in Jerusalem decided.

Decided what? -Decided!
Decided to stop supplying the kitchen

so wouldn't have coffee
for a week.

What are we? We're nothing!

Just a rabbinical court
in Ramat Gan.That's it.

If some nobody in Jerusalem
sends an email I have to stand at attention.

If someone in Jerusalem
feels like it

he can keep me here
until I retire.

The same room, tire same desk,
the same pen!

They'll get rid of you, too,

without a second thought,

and you'll never come back.
not even as a Kashrut supervisor

You see me walking around,
smiling at people,

but they're all snakes.

There's a snake hiding
under every desk. And why?

Because this is what they want.

An excuse to chop my head off.

But I've taken too much already.
Enough.

Taken too much of what?

Of your devious methods!

Methods? -Yes.

What about
Rabbi Shloimele Vizhnitzer, huh?

And the photographs?

Tell me you aren't blackmailing
the Rabbi with dirty pictures.

You put a woman next to him
to trip him up.

Will you stop at nothing?

And his uncle is a Yeshiva headmaster.

Don't you think Jerusalem
will hear about it?

Maybe they already have.

Maybe that's why
our kitchen is empty!

Well, I've had enough.
No more conversations with these women.

The rabbinical panel
will decide if to assign you a case,

then I have to approve it,
and only then can you touch it.

Not a minute sooner,
you understand?

I understand
where that comes from.

But...

we'll discuss that another time.

Now for the current matter,

Marina.

You assigned me this case.

Her husband's been missing
for five years.

I've worked on this case
for a year and a half

and their wedding
is very dubious.

Please, sir, read the file

and consider handing it over
to the Chief Sephardi Rabbi

so this poor woman
can start a kosher Jewish family.

Put it down.

Thank you

Tell me, what happened?

I...
-What happened?

I'll explain.

There's been a slight
bureaucratic delay.

There's nothing we can do

but we're hoping for the best.

You said it would take a month,

then you said two months,

three months...

How long will it take?

I wanted to come here in person

to reassure you.

as far as Jewish law goes
we're fine

we can annul your marriage.

And if we can do it
it'll happen eventually.

But when?

In a year? Two years?

What will I...

What will I tell him?
He wants to get married.

Mom, you've already waited
five years. Alex will understand.

No!

Good morning.

Good morning.
-When did this get here?

It was here this morning.

What is it? Coffee?

This is from Devora Gaddasi's mother,

she says you don't take her calls

so she sent this
as a token of appreciation.

Enjoy.

No, no, take it away.

Benefits?

Her case is closed,
what does she have to gain?

What's up?

Tell me...

Yeah?

Since when do you tell Rabbi Aaron
about everything we do?

What?

What do you mean?

Moshe Haim,

I know you tell him,
I'm just asking since when.

Since never.

What do you want from me?

I see.

"Bless You, Lord our God,
who created everything with His word."

Don't do this, Rabbi Yosef.

I'm busting my behind here for you.

I run around, let people have it,

I don't even what to think about
what'll happen

if someone finds out what I do here.

Then how did Rabbi Aaron
get hold of Rabbi Shlomo's pictures?

Rabbi Shlomo Vizhnitzer?

Rabbi Aaron knows about the pictures?

It wasn't you,

it certainly wasn't me, I swear.

That leaves Rabbi Shlomo Vizhnitzer.
-Sure,

he'd send them to Rabbi Aaron.
-Why not?

Let's say his wife is at home,

she peeks at his phone
and sees pictures of him with a girl!

She's shocked!

That's very possible.

This week she filed for a Gett
at the Netanya rabbinate.

Out of the blue. Why?

Because she saw the pictures.

So she files for a Gett.

Okay, I'll look into it,
and let's say you're right,

she found the photos
and she's filing for a Gett...

how does that explain the fact
that Rabbi Aaron got hold of them?

Once Rabbi Vizhnitzer's wife
found the photos,

what does he have left
to live for?

Just to take revenge on you.

That's the whole story.

So what does he do?

He shows Rabbi Aaron the photos,

"See what Rabbi Yosef is doing,
forcing me to go to prostitutes

"so I'll grant my wife a Gett!"

I'll look into it.
-You get it?

Check with the Netanya rabbinate.

If I have to apologize, I will.

The candy, Rabbi...
-Leave it with Zehava.

Hey.
-Ah, thank you.

And there's coffee in the kitchen.

It's about time.

I can't finish this myself.

There's nothing in it
but vegetables,

no cheese, no nothing.

What if they used
the same knife for meat?

There's no meat here,
it's vegetarian.

And the lettuce?
-What about it?

Did anyone check it for worms?

The chef.
-Okay. -What?

A rabbi has to make sure
the chef did it properly.

That's ridiculous...

Listen, Amit...

you were right.

You don't say.
-I need a photo of Rabbi Shlomo.

Who?

Rabbi Shlomo Vizhnitzer.

Are you crazy?

You made me delete everything,

so I did, including backups.

What's changed?

I'll tell you.

It was my late father's memorial service
a few days ago.

It's the custom to recite Kaddish in a quorum...

I know what Kaddish is. So?

So with us, whoever has to say Kaddish
also leads the service,

so I get to the synagogue...

And?

And the; beadle doesn't call me up.

I go to the yeshiva
where I teach a class

and my class is cancelled.

So they're out to get you?

Turns out Reb Shlomo
is behind it.

His uncle is the yeshiva headmaster.

I see.

Basically, you want to send him a photo
so he'll know not to mess with you.

That you still got evidence on him, huh?

That's why I kept one.

Get it?

Really?
-Really.

A good one? Clear picture?

Good? The best. Look.

You see both the girl and his face.

That's all you need.

What?

You know that photo
is all over

the Haredi WhatsApp groups?

Impossible.
-It's true.

It's true. I can show you.

You think I sent it there?

Not there, but that photo
definitely came from you.

Tell me where you sent it.

I'm in real trouble here,
you have no idea.

Listen, this Haredi customer
came to me last week,

a big customer.
-Hey. -Hi, what's up

I won't say who.

You know how badly
I wanted to get in on your action.

I work for you for peanuts
and you don't send me a single customer.

I wanted to give him
an example of my work,

of what I can do in your sector.

Maybe it was him.

You do realize a couple is getting divorced
because of that photo?

It's not as if they have
the greatest marriage.

He's having affairs left and right.

What if he mended his ways?
-"Mended his ways..."

Do you realize
what you made me do?

So now you won't go to Heaven?

You want me to tell your wife
you spend your day here

looking for girls to get it on with?

Don't play innocent, okay?
You're here too.

So I get laid if I can
and you check out the girls,

big fucking deal.
-Hey, hey... Amit...

Keep your dirty thoughts to yourself.

You're a real asshole.

You wanted to gain a customer?

You ruined someone's life instead.

You just lost another customer.

You think I'm impressed

by your money?

Preaching to me,
you shirker,

I busted my ass fighting terrorists
while you ate in yeshiva at my expense!

Don't preach to me, you hypocrite.
Beat it.

Fuck...

What do you think...
-What?

What? What?

Who do you think
you're messin' with?

You wanna mess with me?

Are you hurt?

Take your backpack and fuck off.

I'd like you to...

leave, please.

It's okay, it's just...

just a bruise.

Here.

Never mind..

We can't do it like this..

No, no...
-How about tomorrow?

I don't mind.

It's nothing. Forget it.

I'm fine.

Okay...

It's alright.

Let me.

Hannah..

Hannah, please stop.

Do you want a divorce?

I'm not right for you.

What makes you say that, Hanke?

I'm not right for you.

We're doing fine.

Everything's fine,
we'll make it through, God willing.

It's not only that.

Then what is it?

Is it because of yesterday?

I forced myself on you,

that's why, everything's alright.

Everything isn't alright.

Why not?

Everything was alright last month.

What if it fails again?

And again?

And again and again?

No more.

There's no point.

How's it going, Mali?
-Fine.

How are you?
-Fine, thank God.

Waiting a long time?

No, we just...

We just got here.

Nice to meet you. Rivka Miriam,
a rabbinical arbitrator from Locked Door,

I've been working with Mali
for over a year.

Hello... nice to meet you.

I thought I was coming to meet you.

Yes...

As I said, Mali and I have been
together for a year and a half

and I thought we might...

join forces.

Rabbi Yosef, please,

just hear what Rivka Miriam has to say.

You never said that
Locked Door was involved.

If I'd known
I wouldn't have come.

Just to make that clear.

Not that I have any problem
with female arbitrators, on the contrary.

I even refer women to female arbitrators.

But I have a particular problem
with Locked Door.

They just want to undermine the rabbinate.

That's far from the truth,

but let's not argue
about that now.

There is no argument
it's a fact.

No need for regret

she's representing you
and that's fine.

And by the way, I've only heard
good things about her.

Listen, I...

Rivka Miriam's been working with me
for over a year and a half,

I'm attached to her and I feel
I need her to go through this process,

she gives me strength..

Mali, I'm sure that's true.

I'm sure,
which is why I suggest

that you keep working together.

I suggest we put our egos aside
and try to cooperate...

It's not a matter of ego.

Certainly not in this job.

And here's a tip for you,

some free advice.

A stay of exit order
against her husband

is the worst mistake you can make.

I've been doing this for ten years now,

I know all the tricks...

Listen..

this isn't a competition.
Give me a break.

Mali, you decide what you want,

I mean it.

Wait. We need someone
from the rabbinate,

someone who'll help us.

No one there will listen.

You're the only ray of light there.

All we need is one word
from Rabbi Aaron Shapira to the judges

requesting a stay of exit order
against her husband Ilan.

Just one word.

Is that what you wanted from me?
An "in"?

You should've said so.

I suggest you go to
Rabbi Aaron Shapira...

yourself.

Yes, but it'd be much easier
for you to do it.

It would spare Mali
a painful experience.

You know, all the questions...

It's like getting raped again.

So I suggest...

Look...

Mali, I came here today

to tell you I've gone over your file

and I think there's
plenty to work with

and we can get your husband
to sign the Gett

with no conditions at all.

There are things
an female arbitrator doesn't know

or can't do.

I'll send you a document

with a list of all the things
I think you need to do.

It's your decision, really.

All the best.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

How's it going, Amit.

Thanks for seeing me.

And sorry about yesterday.

Forget it. Have a seat.

I was worried about you.

Got a bit out of hand yesterday, huh?

Don't worry about it.

How are you? Okay?

I'm fine.

I forgot how much fun
a good fight is.

Like school days, huh?

Yup.

Anything new?

A woman came to me

whose husband raped her.

Brutally.

At their last hearing

the judges convinced her
to sign an agreement saying

that in exchange for a Gett

she wouldn't file charges.

Yeah, it's an ugly story.

That's exactly why I need you.

Dig around a little...

I'm sure you'll find something
that'll make them realize they made a mistake.

Well...

I'm all about digging.

The thing is, I need it
by noon tomorrow.

Okay.

I appreciate your trust.

Seriously.

I just...

Video call from my daughter.

I'll call her back later.

I just need to know

how far you're willing to go,

how deep I can dig.

What do you mean?

Look, with that Reb Shloime...

Vizhnitzer,

we dug, didn't we?

We dug and dug

until we found a sex fiend.

Just put a girl next to him
and he has to screw her.

So what did we do?

We took a girl, a whore,

put her in front of him

I didn't give a damn

for you it was

the end justifies the means
because you're...

an ethical, high-minded man.

What I want to know

is whether the end justifies
the means here, too.

How far I can reach into places

your dainty hands won't go,

how deep into the shit
you'll let me dig.

Deep.

Alright...

I need to pray the afternoon prayer,
I'll find a quiet spot.

Go around back.

We'll be in touch.
-All the best.

I started praying

and look what I saw.

"Perry Institute"

Isn't that your clinic?

Yes.

I knew I wasn't mistaken.

The plants are new.

The rest looks the same.

This is the part of the tree
you see from there.

I decided to take a picture
of it for you.

It's out of focus.

I took a few different angles.

I thought you might remember.

This is the next street over.

You must've gone this way.

I overdid it with trees a little.

Pretty things, trees.

Yeah.

Bad memories?

I thought it'd make you happy.

What is it, Hannah?

Is it what I said this morning?

Forget that...

I don't know what I was thinking.

I hoped that's what you'd say.

That it was just one of those moments...

when all seems lost.

Like when there's a mark on the wall

and when you see it up close

it's all you see.

You take one step back
and see how small it really is.

We'll get through this.

We'll get through this, Hanke.

I'm so touched that you remembered.

How many times did I mention it?
Once? Twice?

I love you.

You're fast, huh?

What's the nighttime for?

Well?

Listen,

I talked to some people,
dug around, it was an all-nighter.

I'm convinced.

If that man raped his wife,
he did the same

to other women.

I spoke to some girls
who know about this stuff,

they all agree.

No way is he clean.

No way.
-How can you be so sure?

He's that type of guy.

I made a profile on him,
I emailed it to you.

There's a psychologist
who works with us.

I can get you
a meeting with her.

What won't I do
for a VIP customer?

Especially after I insulted you again
yesterday, stupidly.

No, no.

You didn't insult me.

You rebuked me.
There's a difference.

You folks have an answer
for everything, don't you?

Allow me to challenge you.

Go ahead, you nuisance.

What if we don't find anything?

You know what?

For the sake of argument,

I say there's no chance,
but let's say.

I have a Plan B.

My girl will go to him

pretending to look for work.

She'll make an appointment,
meet with him,

I'm sure he'll try something.

Not necessary rape, okay?
But he'll harass her at least,

and that's something too.
And it'll all be on film.

Like we did with
that Rabbi Shlomo Vizhnitzer,

just without the call girls.
-No, no, no.

With my girl, the investigator.
-No, no,

I don't want anyone
taking a risk. No.

She was in the commando with me.

A fighter, not a secretary, okay?

The IDF recruits the toughest chicks
on the lowdown.

A girl who makes it there...

Let's just say she'll
tear him a new asshole.

If she'd been with me
the other day

you wouldn't be sitting here.

I promise.

I'll introduce you some day.

Okay?

Are we cool?

And...?

And..?

the rape victim,

what's her name?

Mali. -Mali.

That Mali

will go to the rabbinate
with all her evidence against her husband

and threaten them
that if they don't annul the agreement

and don't move their asses

she'll go to the press and show
that they're defending a serial rapist.

You said they're having
a hard time, right?

Perfect time to grab them
by the balls.

Get whatever you can on him..

but don't send anyone

who'll make him do
anything he wouldn't normally do.

Rabbi Shlomo was a different story.

We knew for sure
that he likes these kind of women.

Okay, okay.

Fine.
-There's a difference.

Fine. We'll play it safe.

One more thing.

Since this is such
a sensitive subject,

you know, women
who've been raped and all that,

I've decided to take the case
pro bono.

A gesture for all the women
who've suffered sexual harassment.

What?

No, good for you.

Good for you.

But you'll still be paid in full.

Yeah? Okay...

Remember how you sent me

around the building to pray

Behind the building, yeah.

Did you know
there's a diabetes clinic there?

And you aren't allowed to pray there?
-No, no...

No.

My wife Hannah went there
for treatment

ten years ago or so.

Okay.
-She spent half her childhood there.

Okay, and...

No, nothing.
I found it touching,

we're sitting here...

You don't say.

If I arranged a tour
of the clinic for you,

a tour of your wife's past as...

a teenaged girl,
what would you say?

Wait here a second.

This is Yifat.

Yifat, Rabbi Yosef Morad,

the coolest rabbi on earth.
-Nice to meet you.

The coolest.
-Nice to meet you.

Yifat runs the Perry Institute.

Research director.
-Let me brag for you. -Okay.

She always came early
and waited around a long time.

Funny, I can totally picture her.

She always sat up straight.

She'd sit here
and get sucked into the TV,

totally mesmerized.

Well, she didn't have a TV
at home, so...

she was catching up.

Right...

Okay if I take pictures?

Sure, just...

not of the patients, okay?

Yes, yes,

of course.

Want me to take your picture?

No, no.
-Wouldn't that be more special?

Sit down, sit down.
-No, no need.

It's okay.
-Sit down.

Sit, I'll take your picture.

Give me the camera.

There.

Thank you.

It's sweet that you're so touched.

Yes, after all...

So how is she?

Fine, fine, thank God.

Besides...

the children.

We don't have children yet.

Oh...

How long have you been trying?

Four years.

We took a short break...

"Short..." A year.

Okay.
-But...

We're trying again now.

God willing.

I'll ask, although I'm sure
it's the first thing you looked into.

Could it have something to do
with her diabetes?

Yifat?

Yes?
-Come see if I filled this out right.

Excuse me.

Of course we looked into that,

we did all the tests.

And that's not the problem?

Okay.

I thought so,
but I had to ask,

after all, it is my field.

Want some?

No thanks.

That's as far as you'll stretch
your religious liberalism...

Exactly.

Then allow me.

Actually, I'd like to hear

more about the...

diabetes.

Oh, sure.

It's nothing complicated,

I can send you some articles,

one of them I wrote.

Oh, about the connection between
diabetes and fertility?

No, between diabetes
and difficulties getting pregnant.

Right.
-Okay. What's your email address?