Rabbi David Chazen is a man torn between two worlds: his wife and his god. On one side is his wife, Sharon. Beautiful, brilliant and utterly indifferent to religion. She loves her husband's mind and ambition, and dutifully, if not disdainfully, plays the role of Rabbi's Wife. But as the years go on and the politics, schedule and demands from his congregation stack up, Sharon begins to pull away. She never gives him the ultimatum of choosing her or the Temple, but it's an underlying message in every move she makes. With a troubled son, a congregational coup on the horizon and a career and reputation in tatters, Rabbi Chazen does the one thing he shouldn't: put himself at even more risk, finding solace in the company of a spiritual woman named Lisa, whom he beings to lust after. When everything starts falling apart at the seams, he is left having to choose where his life goes. Which way will he run?