A Stranger Among Us Page #3

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especially if they're hauling

a girl's best friend.

Then again, maybe he never

even left the building.

I think it would be better to take

Mr. and Mrs. Klausman out of here.

- Dayan ha-emmes.

- Omein.

- Dayan ha-emmes.

- Omein.

[ Crowd Praying in Hebrew ]

Eden, visitor.

-What's new and exciting?

-Your detective has been questioning me.

Everything he asks-- He's making

implications about Yaakov,

things which are not possible.

Oh.

Well, you got any ideas?

Any new information maybe?

- No.

- Oh.

- So you wanna know what I see?

- Certainly.

Yaakov knew his killer.

Yaakov let the killer in.

- It's impossible.

- Why?

Yaakov would only let in someone he

knew. Yaakov only knows Hassidim.

- We don't kill each other.

We don't kill anybody.

- First time for everything.

- You're wrong.

- Don't say that. You wouldn't

believe the things I've seen.

So you keep telling us.

You don't trust

a female cop, do you?

- Actually, the Kabbalah says

that women are on a higher--

- The what?

Kabbalah,Jewish mysticism.

It's very intricate, very esoteric.

It concerns itself with creation,

transmigration, meditation --

I bet it's from California, right?

Oh no, it was from before

the beginning of time.

Most of us don't study it because

it presents great difficulty in areas --

The point?

Yes, I'm sorry. Anyway,

the Kabbalah says...

that women are on a higher

spiritual plane than men.

Therefore, it would be foolish

of me not to trust you.

So you think this spiritual stuff is like

required experience to catch a killer?

Well, a higher spiritual

plane implies sensitivity...

which must be very

important for a detective.

Yeah. Yeah,

we positively cultivate it.

What I really wanted

to tell you --

Yaakov was a special person.

He... helped people.

People came to us because they felt lost

in the world and overwhelmed.

He had patience and trust.

Yaakov was my friend. We were

practically brought up together.

Would you like, um, a chocolate eclair?

I think that's what it is.

No, I can't. It's not kosher.

Go ahead, cheat a little.

I won't tell.

- What, you never break the rules?

- Of course not.

Never ever?

- No.

- Wow.

You guys got a lot of rules?

Actually, there's 613 rules

or commandments;

248 positive commandments

and 365 negative ones.

No sh*t.

Guess you're not used

to a woman like me, huh?

Is anybody?

- Let me give you a ride.

- No, really, it's okay.

What, we can't be alone?

Right? A rule?

[ Chuckling ] How about this?

We roll the car windows down, right.

That way all of Brooklyn will see us

and so then we won't be alone.

You know, Detective Eden,

you have a fine mind.

Not many people would have picked up

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