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Yakov Ronen
- Yakov Ronen: So, Shulem, who is the deceased?
- Reb Shulem: He's Rubin Litvak, did you know him?
- Yakov Ronen: No.
- Reb Shulem: He was a good man, a little weird. He was a Holocaust survivor who made it through the war, but lost his entire family there. After the war, he started a family here, but then he became a recluse, estranged from his kids and grandchildren. He hadn't left his home in years, it's a really sad story.
- Yakov Ronen: I never saw him out.
- Reb Shulem: He used to say that whenever he stepped out of his house it was like he was in absolute agony.
- Yakov Ronen: And the other Shomer, why was he leaving?
- Reb Shulem: The other Shomer just ran out, I trusted him, he's family, but he left the job because he was afraid.
- Yakov Ronen: Afraid?
- Reb Shulem: That's what he said.
- Yakov Ronen: What was he afraid of?
- Mrs. Litvak: Why did you come here?
- Yakov Ronen: I'm Yakov, Mrs. Litvak, I'm the Shomer, I'm here to protect and comfort your husband's soul.
- Mrs. Litvak: Protect it from what?
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: [on phone] Yakov, it's Dr. Kohlberg.
- Yakov Ronen: Doctor Kohlberg! Baruch Hashem, I'm uh, I'm not doing so great.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Why? What's wrong?
- Yakov Ronen: I'm seeing things and hearing things, it's a lot. And I took a tablet, one of the Ativan a little while ago, but I...
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Seeing who, Yakov? Who are you seeing?
- Yakov Ronen: I don't know.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Where are you, right now?
- Yakov Ronen: I'm in Boro Park, I took a job as a Shomer for the night, Reb Shulem is paying me, so...
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Are you safe?
- Yakov Ronen: I don't know. I think so.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: These things you're seeing, do you think that they're real?
- Yakov Ronen: No, they can't be. Dr. Kohlberg, the man who was living here and his wife, I think that they went crazy together, living in the house. She's got very bad dementia, it's very sad, and he was obsessed with demons.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Demons?
- Yakov Ronen: Something called a Mazzik.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: And is this what you think you've been seeing? A demon?
- Yakov Ronen: Shadows, shadows.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Yakov, we talked about what happened to your little brother, about post traumatic stress, and your fears.
- Yakov Ronen: I know, I know.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Tell me, Yakov, is your heart racing? Ferocious? Like it's gonna break your ribs?
- Yakov Ronen: Yes.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: And you're sweating?
- Yakov Ronen: Uh huh.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Are you shaking?
- Yakov Ronen: I'm trying to calm down.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Yakov, tell me what it is that you're seeing. You said that it's a person.
- Yakov Ronen: It's shadows, like someone in the shadows.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: That person that you see, the one that's in the shadows, do you think that he's really there watching you?
- Yakov Ronen: No, of course not, I know he's not.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Excellent, excellent, that's good. Now, Yakov, I want you to take your time and think about this. Can you describe this person?
- Yakov Ronen: Blurry, it's always, I don't, I d-, it's blurry.
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: I understand. That's fine.
- [pause]
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Is his head turned backwards? Can you tell me?
- Yakov Ronen: What?
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Is his head turned around, Yakov?
- [sound of bones crunching, Yakov sees Mr. Litvak's head moving under the sheet]
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: What do you see? Yakov?
- Yakov Ronen: [gets another call] Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for just a second?
- [switches call]
- Yakov Ronen: Hello?
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: [different voice] Yakov, hi, it's Dr. Kohlberg, I just got your message and I'm sorry it's taken me a little bit to call you back. I hope everything's alright, Yakov?
- Yakov Ronen: Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for one second, please?
- [switches call]
- Yakov Ronen: Hello?
- Burech: Yakov.
- Yakov Ronen: Who is this? You need to leave me alone.
- Burech: Why did you let me die?
- [screams into the phone]
- Yakov Ronen: You said you had a question.
- Reb Shulem: I need you to be a Shomer, tonight.
- Yakov Ronen: Ah, no.
- Reb Shulem: I will pay you.
- Yakov Ronen: No.
- Reb Shulem: No? I know you could use the money, I know you have trouble with the rent.
- Yakov Ronen: How do you know that?
- Reb Shulem: [shrugs] Why's it matter? I will give you $200 cash, right now.
- Yakov Ronen: For how long?
- Reb Shulem: 5 hours. From now until the morning, that's all. We had someone, but he changed his mind and left suddenly.
- Yakov Ronen: 200? I'll do it for five.
- Reb Shulem: 300.
- Yakov Ronen: You came to me, right?
- Reb Shulem: Yeah.
- Yakov Ronen: You're desperate, right? You need me, right? Okay, so $500.
- [in English]
- Yakov Ronen: I used to do this all the time. People in the community that don't have any family, and no friends, it's me, okay? I'm watching the body.
- Reb Shulem: I'll give you $400, not a dollar more.
- Yakov Ronen: I'm going crazy.
- [dials phone]
- Dr. Marvin Kohlberg: Hello, you're reached the voicemail of Dr. Marvin Kohlberg, I can't take your call at the moment, but please leave a message including your name and phone number, and I'll call you back as soon as possible. If this is a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911, thank you.
- Yakov Ronen: Hey, Dr. Kohlberg, this is Yakov Ronen and, I'm sorry to call you in the middle of the night, I don't want to bother you, but I'm having a little bit of trouble right now. Um, I'm seeing things and I'm hearing things. Um, it's worse than it's ever been before, and um, I uh, I'm almost out of the pills, so I was really hoping to talk to you. I don't think that I need to go back to the hospital, um, but I would like to talk to you as soon as possible. So if you please could just get back to me, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.
- [hangs up]
- Yakov Ronen: '
- Yakov Ronen: Hello, Mrs. Litvak, I'm extremely sorry for your loss.
- Mrs. Litvak: Who is this man? I thought you were getting a shomer.
- Reb Shulem: He will be the shomer tonight.
- Mrs. Litvak: No.
- Reb Shulem: He's an experienced shomer, he sat the vigil for Moshe Kellner, Chaim Sturman.
- Mrs. Litvak: He won't work.
- Reb Shulem: I know that you had a very difficult and upsetting day, but this will be good, it'll be good.
- Mrs. Litvak: He needs to leave now! You have to leave now.
- Mrs. Litvak: It won't let you leave.
- Yakov Ronen: We have to go now.
- Mrs. Litvak: I've left many times, but where is there for me to go? My obligation is to my home, my Rubin. I can suffer, my pain was not his.
- Yakov Ronen: Mrs. Litvak, what won't let me leave?
- Mrs. Litvak: The Massik. He's playing with you, the way a cat plays with a mouse. It wants your pain, and it will make you see things, terrible things. Me, I am not enough for it, but your agony...
- Yakov Ronen: We're leaving, we have to go now. There is something very, very wrong here.
- Mrs. Litvak: If you run out, the Mazzik will make you crawl right back.