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The aging Mendel knows he is going to die,but seeks to provide for his retarded son Itzak by sending him to his uncle in California. He needs $35 for the train ticket. No one will help Mendel and Itzak, except a poor rabbi who gives him a fur coat--over the objections of Ruchel, the rabbi's wife Even then, Mendel must overcome the final obstacle at the train gate: Ginzburg, the Angel of Death. Somehow, he does. Mendel kisses his son goodbye.
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