chelm (lublin, poland)

Chelm is a town without luck until the day a beautiful red-haired woman with a purple hat shows the residents that there is something even better.

Rachel's mother sets out to entice Elijah the Prophet to visit their poor home on Passover by making up a special batch of matzo ball soup, but it is Rachel with her unbidden act of kindness who catches Elijah's attention.

When the town bath house burns down, the foolish citizens of Chelm worry about the safety of the money they must collect to build a new one.

Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.

The villagers of Chelm, in the rabbi's absence, send a messenger to a nearby village in order to be reminded how to prepare for the coming Hanukkah.