Hanele Page #4

they live together and share everything.

- They learn Hebrew in the evenings.

- They sing songs and dance together.

- They're starting a hachshara in Ostrava.

- What are you waiting for?

- We'll send some instructors to Polana.

- We'll be back soon.

- Shalom, Hanele!

- Shalom.

Shalom!

Does anyone call out shalom

to the Fux girls? No.

Hanele!

- What are you doing here, lojme?

- Don't look at me like that.

You're avoiding me.

I can't even get to talk to you.

Let me go!

You know we can't do that.

My parents would get mad.

Go home, lojme!

You know you're not allowed

to kiss me like that!

Like what?

The world doesn't turn round

and Lejb is a fool.

Has everyone forgotten the oath

the Lord settled upon us

when he scattered us to all

four corners of the globe?

Do not demand to return

to the Promised Land,

wait until the arrival of the Messiah.

He will take you there.

Those who lure you there before Him

will make God's chosen people

just one of many nations.

They provoke the Lord's anger and

nations will rekindle their hatred of us.

What's going on?

Help!

- Get under the covers!

- Paupers!

Wretches! Bastards!

- Who did this?

- Who do you think?

- We never had broken windows before?

They deserved it! - What for?

Just look around you.

Not one window spared.

- Brother stands against brother.

- They put paraffin in the well.

- The community is split.

- Salamon Fux sent for the gendarmes.

Think of your neighbor!

What are you looking at, Pinches?

Don't look at me.

Just look at Fux instead.

He's the one hanging round our necks.

Ignoring debts from one day to the next

and then getting his lawyers onto us.

He's threatening court action. Don't say

you knew nothing about it.

- Lejb might be right.

- He talks rubbish.

But your business is rising

from the dead. Here's your flour.

The pillar on which our world

stands is being felled.

The selection of people for the

hachshara requires utmost care.

Each new member brings two sets

of clothing and a blanket.

Shared accommodation is arranged.

Everyone's earnings

go into a joint coffer.

Everyone pays for his journey to

Ostrava by himself.

There will be exams at the end of term.

He who is considered competent

will be able to move to Palestine.

The trip to Palestine costs 1,500.

Everyone has to pay for his own ticket.

No-one earns enough for that.

Who wants to register for the hachshara?

No-one from the Polana galuth

is registering for the hachshara?

Will no-one see Palestine,

the land of fortune and work?

Will no-one taste the grapes

from the land of Canaan

of which each one must be

carried individually by two men?

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