- Yahel and her companions, Judith and Magdalena are on their way to a market where they end up confronting the Romans and the religious authorities. What begins as a long walk to the market turns into a cruel journey to the cross.
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The Passion drama is retold as the story of Yahel and her companions, Judith and Magdalena, on their way to a market to get provisions for their work; but instead the three women end up confronting the religious authorities first and then the Romans. What begins as a long walk to the market turns into a long suffering and extremely cruel journey to the cross.
Yahel is a healer, a scribe, a firm believer that Shekhina, The Mother, is the origin of everything and everything belongs to Her. Yahel's name means The Light. She is a direct descendant of the great King and his favorite concubine, Janai, the scribe that wrote everything that is in the ancient books except the Laws. Her descendants teach that the Laws were designed by men, Janai only transcribed them. Janai was also a great healer. Her knowledge was passed through mothers and daughters from generation to generation all the way to Yahel.
Judith, the belligerent, insists that Yahel should take her place as the Queen of her people and that she should use her powers to lead them. Magdalena, the pragmatic, argues that they should not engage on that silly talk, it will only lead them to a dangerous place. She reminds them that they are not an army of rebels, they don't have weapons, they only have some herbs and the rags that cover them. Yahel insists that she doesn't have any powers, only what she knows from what her ancestors taught her.
During the walk to the market the women confront the priests who are about to stone a woman to death, rescuing her. Then they encounter a "possessed" man who Yahel heals from his ailment "he was exposed to the sun, no shade, no water, for too long. The sand's reflection blinded him" she advises the man's family.
As they move on, Yahel hears the warning "people say Yahel is a false prophetess and that she should be stoned to death". When they reach the market Yahel confronts a slave trader, freeing the young slave he has chained to a post. Yahel's action assisted by Judith who threaten the slaver, leads the women to confront the Romans who are not very pleased. Sword in hand, a Roman soldier is about to strike Judith but Magdalena intervenes striking the soldier with his own lance, sealing the women's fate.
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