Judah the Pious

In seventeenth-century Poland, Rabbi Eliezer of Rimanov embarks on a daring mission to educate a young king who has outlawed a part of the Jewish funeral rite. With no one else willing to defend the custom, Eliezer seizes the opportunity to challenge the boy monarch through a wager: if he can open the king's eyes to the mysteries of the universe, the rite will be restored. By weaving the enchanting tale of Judah ben Simon, the rabbi hopes to inspire a profound transformation in both the king and himself.