![]() Khanan is shocked, mumbling all his labors were in vain, but then something dawns on him and he is ecstatic. The townspeople flock to congratulate him. Then Sender himself enters, announcing that he wavered but eventually closed the deal. Khanan, who is obviously in love with her, rejoices when one of the idlers tells another proposed match came to nothing. They discuss Leah, the daughter of rich Sender, whose suitors are constantly faced with new demands from her father until they despair. Upon seeing him, the three gossip of his reputed dealing with the secret lore. Khanan, a dreamy, emaciated student, joins them. ![]() They are accompanied by the Messenger, a sinister stranger who demonstrates uncanny knowledge of the subject. ![]() Three idlers lounge in the synagogue, telling stories of the famed hasidic Tzadikim and their mastery of Kabbalah powers. No date is mentioned, but it takes place after the death of David of Talne, who is said to be "of blessed memory", in 1882. The play is set in the Jewish town ( Shtetl) of Brinitz, presumably near Miropol, Volhynia, in the Pale of Settlement. ![]()
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