The drama series revolves around a hopeless love story between an orthodox religious young woman and a Russian immigrant.

The Bermans are a strictly religious family, whose daughter Rochale is about to enter into an arranged marriage with a wealthy young bridegroom.

[1] The show's various sub-plots follow the deteriorating marriage of Sasha (Slava Bibergal) and Marina (Evgenia Dodina) Mintz, Zurik's parents, with Marina having an affair, their daughter Natalia's struggles to adjust to her new life in Israel, the hardships of Leah (Yarden Bar-Kochba) and Shmuel (Tzahi Grad) Berman to have a third child, and yeshiva dean and widower Aharon Berman's (Yehezkel Lazarov) story.

[6] Additionally, the series won 2007 Awards of the Israeli Television Academy including "Best Directing", "Best Script", "Best Actor", "Best Art Design", and "Best Original Score".

"[7] In 2008, HBO announced that it had secured the rights to the series, and was planning to produce an American version, retaining the Israel location and story.