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Depending on his male antecedent, a Jew may be born a Kohen whom the Old testament prohibits that he defile himself through contact with a corpse.
Despite the Rabbi’s forbiddance, Jacob, born a Kohen, becomes a student at the medical school in Johannesburg.. In his second year his direct contact with a cadaver disturbs him. When he falls in love with Sarah who insists he abandon his medical studies so that his impurity won’t contaminate her ritually, very reluctantly he agrees very reluctantly, and at the age of 21, becomes an office boy in a business, which the Jewish owner keeps closed on the Sabbath.
At the Xmas party for the gentile employees, which Jacob must attend, Alice, the pretty receptionist who has a crush on him, begs him he make love to her. He almost succumbs. Jacob confesses his misconduct to Mama who demands that he marry Sarah to prevent him from acting perversely again. As Sarah is very inhibited their marriage is a sexual disaster. As a result his adherence to his Faith weakens. Jacob is promoted to assist the accountant, Mary, who too is unhappily married. Jacob sleeps with Mary and Sarah is relieved that her husband seems able to control his sexual urge.
To raise himself out of his sinfulness, Jacob seizes the chance to become an insurance agent, but he can’t resist having an affair with a client who is a widow, and additionally he sheds his adherence to Judaism. Then he realises that for Sarah’s sake he should divorce her. To achieve his purpose, deliberately he forces himself on her while she’s menstruating, which is an abhorrent violation of Judaism. In response she curses him and his future children horrendously.
Jacob meets Shelly, a dedicated Catholic. They fall in love. After he accepts her condition that he atone fully for his sexual sins and become a fully observant Jew again, she marries him. Notwithstanding their different Faith, their marriage works well. When Shelly miscarries, Jacob knows it’s Sarah’s curse at work. Even more so when the gynaecologist warns her not to conceive again. Shelly ignores the doctor’s warning.
Sarah remarries. Her husband is killed in a motor accident. Immediately Jacob calls on her during her seven days of mourning and offers his condolences, which she doesn’t accept. At the end of her seven days of mourning, Jacob begs for her forgiveness. She pardons him and annuls her curse. Shelly gives birth to girl and, almost at the same time, Sarah to a boy.