Vanity of Vanities

The life of a Jewish town flows along the cobblestone pavement and cramped courtyards in its turn. Grandpa flies up on a rooster and waits for angels on the roof, and they jump on his head. The barber Shloime plays the violin. The pharmacist Shpilman refuses to give his daughter Rivka to the son of the resnik Joseph — and Rivka becomes lighter than air from chagrin. Only a wise rebbe knows that marriages are performed in heaven…