Kadosh

Kadosh (Hebrew: קדוש) (lit., Sacred) is a 1999 film by Israeli director Amos Gitai based on a script he co-wrote with Eliette Abecassis and starring Yaël Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Meital Barda and Uri Klauzner and Yussuf Abu-Warda.

In the opening scene, Meir (Yoram Hattab), a young Talmudic scholar, thanks God in his morning prayers for not being born a woman.

Rivka's younger sister, Malka, marries Yosef in a match arranged by her parents, even though she loves Yaakov, a rock singer, who has abandoned the religious community.

In a scene which could be a dream or allegory, Rivka comes to Meir, who is sleeping, lies down with him, and drapes herself all over him, but he does not wake up (nor is his new wife present, suggesting this is not actually the storyline).

The film was described as "powerful despite a weak direction" and was noted for documenting the history of Jerusalem and orthodox Jewish communities.