The Relic: Jerusalem to St. Augustine To the world at large, the eminent professor emeritus Benjamin Schwartz, of Hebraic Studies at the Yeshiva University and an expert on decoding the secrets in the Kabbalah, is a highly respected ultra-Orthodox Jew. In his personal life, he is estranged from his children for being unforgiving, judgmental, and prone to jumping to conclusions. Joel has been overprotective of his younger sister Carol ever since her traumatic experience as a nine-year-old child. He blames himself for its occurrence. After retirement, the professor became a dealer of antiquities, obsessed with locating and gaining possession of the world’s most holy relic: Aaron’s breastplate, which has been fought over by El-Khattab (the Sword of Islam) and the Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency). It can be found in one of two chests of gold, in the year 1702. After the professor’s mysterious death, the Kabbalah’s secret of time manipulation is left to his children.First, they must follow his clues to discover the secret of how to transmute. Then in their search through time to acquire the relic and the gold, Carol finds true love in 1702 but dies soon afterward. Joel believes her death was caused by his greed and overbearing personality. He decides to transmute to when they were children to change destiny.