All the entertainment of the disabled Mikhail Cherikover consisted of contemplating the Jerusalem street from the window of his apartment, until, through an incredible set of circumstances, stolen diamonds, including the famous Red Adamant, fell into his hands. This incident turned his whole life upside down and set off a chain of various events, which involved Cherikover’s daughter with her Arab fiancé, and his Russian wife with her lover, an Orthodox Jew, and his dark-skinned mistress, who came to Israel from Morocco, and many, many others.