Part 1 of Essay
“ I’m going to question whatever I like”, “ I’m going to choose whatever side I want and if God happens to be on the other side then so be it.” I believe these two quotes capture the essence of the film “ A Price Above Rubies”. The main character, Sonia Horowitz, a Hasidic Jew, embarked on a journey in which she sought t ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... wanders the earth for eternity. The woman is the daughter of a demon. Sonia tells Yossi - “ I love you more than anything”, when Yossi asks her if she loves him more than God. Yossi tells her she is a sinner and will end up just like the woman in the story, wandering the earth for eternity, like Cain. Yossi then gives her a fake ruby, which she immediately recognizes and rejects. Perhaps the jewel symbolizes her soul, what makes her complete, and she won’t accept a fraud, something in place of the real thing, ev ....