History VideoGame / TheShivah

** [[spoiler:Logging in with Rabbi Zelig’s credentials]] before you have the relevant info results in the message “Naughty, naughty” and it arbitrarily fails, preventing a SequenceBreak.

''The Shivah'' is a Creator/WadjetEyeGames project from the mind of Dave Gilbert. For other Wadjet Eye games taking place in the same universe, see ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'' and ''VideoGame/{{Unavowed}}''. Originally released in September 2006, the game got a UpdatedRerelease in November 2013 with enhanced graphics. This version is called ''The Shivah: Kosher Edition''.

* AlterKocker: Rabbi Amos Zelig.
* ArcWords: "You call yourself a Jew?"

* FilmNoir: Certain elements are definitely there.

* KosherNostra: [[spoiler:Amos Zelig.]]

** Stone mentions that he doesn't like the police, and wants to conduct his own investigation; even when he's uncovered a paper trail, a motive, and an accomplice, he never goes to the authorities with this information. [[spoiler:This is somewhat compliant with the Orthodox tenet against ''mesirah'', or "handing over", which treats getting goyim law enforcement involved as a betrayal and strictly demands such affairs be handled within the community -- i.e., even if Zelig has contracted the murder of one of his own flock, and would easily be justified as a threat to the community itself, turning him in to the cops would still be turning in a fellow Jew, and might lead to Rabbi Stone himself being declared ''herem''.]] The game never mentions this, though, and only gives Stone's reasons as being unable to get involved in an investigation he's a part of, wanting to clear his name, and wishing to atone for shunning Jack. [[spoiler:The best ending also sees Stone use a loophole, where the police get an "anonymous tip" that Zelig is unconscious in his apartment -- where they'll find him near Demarco's dead body.]]

* ReligiousBruiser: Rabbi Stone still knows how to box, and uses his skills to take out [[spoiler:Joe Demarco (an assassin several decades younger than him) and Zelig]].

** Stone mentions that he doesn't like the police, and wants to conduct his own investigation; even when he's uncovered a paper trail, a motive, and an accomplice, he never goes to the authorities with this information. [[spoiler:This is somewhat compliant with the Orthodox tenet against ''mesirah'', or "handing over", which treats getting goyim law enforcement involved as a betrayal and strictly demands such affairs be handled within the community -- i.e., even if Zelig has contracted the murder of one of his own flock, turning him in to the cops would still be turning in a fellow Jew, and could lead to Rabbi Stone himself being declared ''herem''.]] The game never mentions this, though, and only gives Stone's reasons as being unable to get involved in an investigation he's a part of, wanting to clear his name, and wishing to atone for shunning Jack. [[spoiler:The best ending also sees Stone use a loophole, where the police get an "anonymous tip" that Zelig is unconscious in his apartment -- where they'll find him near Demarco's dead body.]]

** [[spoiler: If Rashjree is dead and Zelig knocked out, Rabbi Stone receives a visit from Sam Durkin and asks him to follow him when Zelig claims Stone assaulted him. Stone quietly hopes that Jack's money would be enough to cover the legal fees.]]

* BattleOfWits: The final battle consists of [[spoiler: Stone and Zelig trading rabbinic answers. Whenever Zelig doesn't answer with another question, Stone gets a free punch]]

* DialogueTree: Notable mostly for the use of Rabbinic Answers.

* GuileHero: Rabbi Stone's solutions to his problems tend to go this route, whether it's [[spoiler: hacking into Zelig's mail]] or [[spoiler: using rabbinic questions to convince an assassin to put away his knife]].

** [[Spoiler: If Rashjree is dead and Zelig knocked out, Rabbi Stone receives a visit from Sam Durkin and asks him to follow him when Zelig claims Stone assaulted him. Stone quietly hopes that Jack's money would be enough to cover the legal fees.]]

* PsychoForHire: [[spoiler:Joe Demarco, who mentions he's been committing crimes since the age of 12. Sparing him at the subway scene is needed to keep Rajshree alive when confronting Zelig in his apartment.]]

* PsychoForHire: [[spoiler:Joe Demarco]]

''The Shivah'' is a Creator/WadjetEyeGames project from the mind of Dave Gilbert. For other Wadjet Eye games, see VideoGame/GeminiRue and VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries. Originally released in September 2006, the game got a UpdatedRerelease in November 2013 with enhanced graphics. This version is called ''The Shivah: Kosher Edition''.

* GuileHero: Rabbi Stone's solutions to his problems tend to go this route, whether it's [[spoiler: hacking into Zelig's mail]] or [[using rabbinic questions to convince an assassin to put away his knife]].

* MultipleEndings: There are many variations on the ending, most of them dependent on your actions in the last scene.

* BigApplesauce: Set in New York, though the plot could take place just about anywhere both Jewish congregations and [[spoiler:organized crime]] can be found.

* LoanShark: [[spoiler:Rabbi Zelig's secret is that he hooks up members of his congregation with these, and has anyone who asks too many questions killed. Jack was one such victim.]]
* MalignedMixedMarriage: [[spoiler: Being a tradition rabbi that have skepticism over interreligious marriage, Rabbi Stone banished Jack over his marraige with Rajshree, which caused both of them to get married under Rabbi Zelig.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Rabbi Stone feels a lot of guilt about excommunicating Jack Lauder over his relationship with Rajshree. See the Judaism page for notes about inter-faith/intercultural marriages.]]

* LoanShark: [[spoiler:Rabbi Zelig's secret is that he hooks up members of his congregation with these, and has anyone who asks too many questions killed. Jack was one such victim.]]

* ClearMyName: Part of Stone's motivation, although the case against him is pretty weak (motive, but neither apparent means or opportunity), and he's more driven by curiousity.