“Yentl” quotes

“Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?”
Barbra Streisand - Yentl

“- Yentl: I envy them.
- Yentl's Father: The booksellers?
- Yentl: No, not the booksellers, the students. Talking about life, the mysteries of the universe and I'm learning how to tell a herring from a carp.”
Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Nehemiah Persoff - Reb Mendel 'Papa'

“- Yentl: We don't have to hide my studying from God, then why the neighbors?
- Yentl's Father: Why? Because I trust God will understand. I'm not so sure about the neighbors.”
Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Nehemiah Persoff - Reb Mendel 'Papa'

“- Avigdor: I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!
- Yentl: It's not the first time.”
Mandy Patinkin - Avigdor
Barbra Streisand - Yentl

“- Yentl: I'd like this one, please.
- Bookseller: Sacred books are for men.
- Yentl: Why?
- Bookseller: It's the law.
- Yentl: Where's it written?
- Bookseller: It doesn't matter where it's written, it's the law.
- Yentl: Well if it's the law it must be written somewhere, perhaps in here. I'll take it.”

Barbra Streisand - Yentl
Jack Lynn - Bookseller

“It's by their questions that we choose our students, not only by their answers.”
David de Keyser - Rabbi Zalman