Ushpizin

SYNOPSIS

In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth,
seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkot,
a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality.
A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five
years and childless, are broke and praying for a
miracle. Suddenly, miracles abound: a friend finds
Moshe a sukkot he says is abandoned, Moshe is the
beneficiary of local charitable fundraising, and two
escaped convicts arrive on Moshe and Mali's doorstep
in time to be their ushpizin - their guests. The
miracles then become trials. Rabbinical advice,
absolution, an effort to avoid anger, and a 1000-
shekel citron - Etrog figure in Moshe's dark night of the soul.