- Title: Jewish Law
- Date: 10th October 2004
- Summary: Tonight's final part of this series, which goes inside the hidden world of Manchester's ultra Orthodox Jewish Community, will change that perception for good. Madness and frivolity ensues as the weird and wonderful festival of Purim is celebrated by the community as a whole, young and old. Purim is the only day in the Jewish calendar when it is a Mitzvah (a commandment) to get drunk. And exotically dressed visitors must literally sing for their supper.
- Description:An insightful and at times humorous populist documentary series that looks in on the world that is the Beth Din. Character driven,following the Rabbis involved in laying down Jewish law and way of life,as well as the Manchester Jewish community trying to find a way of living in the 21st Century as well as observing thousands of years of culture. In this revealing new three-part documentary series, unprecedented access has been granted into the lives of Manchester's orthodox Jewish Community to illustrate what it is like to combine ancient Biblical rules with the stresses of everyday 21st-Century life. Tonight's opening episode follows the work of the city's Kosher inspectors as they travel across the country to make sure that Jewish food and drink follows the strict guidelines of Jewish dietary laws. Cameras also go behind the scenes at a Kosher slaughter house.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Otmoor Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:10/10/2004
- Rights:UK and Eire
- Decade: 2000s