Shtisel

- Season 2

(2015)

Bube Malka is still in a coma in the hospital, so Shulem's brother with his beautiful daughter come from abroad and stay with Shulem and Akiva. Lipa and Giti are expecting a baby and find a strange ad in the newspaper.

The joy from the birth is mixed with Gitti's fears from the rich widow. Libbi finds Akiva's drawings and encourages to draw again, while Shulem assists her father in finding a match for his daughter.

While Libbi and Akiva get closer, the man Libbi is seeing disappears and Shulem and Nuchem try to locate him. Gitti can't forgive Lipa. Ruhami tries to contact the boy from the synagogue.

The man Libbi is seeing suddenly reappears. Bube Malka discovers her friend Rebetzen Erblich has a terminal disease. Gitti can't come home and decides to move in with her father with all her children. Ruchami and Hanina come closer.

The Shtisels are worried about Ruhami's sudden marriage and Giti returns home to bring Ruhami back. This brings old love memories to Giti. Akiva gets a scholarship for his drawings but Shulem is not impressed from the accomplishment.

Shulem meets the matchmaker's widow Menukha Kenigsberg, and a burnt lamp brings strange and surprising events. Meanwhile, Akiva sends a love letter to Libbi in Antwerpen via a friend.

While preparing for the wedding with Menukha, Shulem remembers his late wife's birthday. Ruhami returns to her parents after her husband left to study in a Yeshivah in Zefat and angers Giti. Akiva leaves home to paint in a studio offered by Kaufman and meets a lost child.

Kaufman forbids Akiva from sleeping in the studio. Shulem introduces his fiancé to his mother. Giti's son is rejected from a prestige Yeshiva.

Shulem and Nukhem sit shiv'a over their mother. Libbi finds the bobe's surprising will. Giti sends Lipa to Zefat to get a Gett (the divorce paper) from Hanina.

Libbi and Akiva are happily engaged but Kaufman's threats spoil the joy. Nukhem has financial difficulties and tries to get Shulem's help. Aliza comes to Shulem's office and helps him overcome his longing to his mother.

Akiva attempts to slowly start painting again despite Libbi's objection. Yosa'le is expelled from the Yeshiva for adopting a stray dog. Zvi Arye has an opportunity to fulfill an old childhood dream.

Shulem and Nukhem clash over Akiva painting again. Akiva tries to contact Libi. The festive preparations to Ruchami and Hanina's wedding awaken complex family issues.