In Mea Shearim, an area of Jerusalem populated by Hasidic Jews, the lives of sisters Rivka (Abecassis) and Malka (Barda) are strictly regulated according to tradition. Rivka and her husband Meir (Hattab) have a loving marriage, but they are childless. Because of societal pressures to have a son, Meir divorces Rivka and marries a younger woman with the hope that she will bear him children.  Meanwhile, Rivka’s younger sister Malka is in love with a singer who lives outside the Hasidic community, but a relationship between the two is forbidden because of his secular lifestyle. Instead, Malka’s parents force her into an arranged marriage to a religious but cruel man. Kadosh effectively narrates the tragic circumstances of two women living in a society where their desires are subordinated to those of men.