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The rabbi will have to teach to his cat basis of Moïse law ! A mail will tell the rabbi that in order to keep his profession, he must pass a French examen. For helping him, the cat will do an act of sacrilege by calling the name of God.
The cat helps the rabbi pass a French language exam so that he might one day become head rabbi, but after the exam the cat loses his ability to speak (as he invoked the name of God to pray for his master). After the discovery of a Russian Jew who has stowed away in a shipment of religious texts, the cat learns he can speak Russian.
“To be Jewish is to fear God,” the rabbi tells the cat. And to be Jewish is to challenge His commandments, as various characters demonstrate throughout the movie.
Directed by Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar. A French animated film about the unusual quest of a rabbi, a skeikh, and a talking cat to discover the unity of peoples. 2012 S&P Award Winner. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.
The Rabbi's Cat (Le chat du rabbin) is a French comic book by Joann Sfar set largely in 1920s Algiers. Its protagonist, the titular nameless cat, is owned by Rabbi Abraham Sfar and his daughter Zlabya, whom he loves unconditionally.
You call me, 'our Rabbi' and 'Our Lord', and you say rightly, for I am.” Contemporary English Version.
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What does ye name Me the teacher and the Lord mean?
You call me ‘Rabbi’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because I am. Now if I, the Lord and Rabbi, have washed your feet, you also should wash each.
