A Yiddish writer receives a call from his friend Ruben Kazarsky who asks if he wants to perform a mitzvah. Kazarsky tells the writer that a multimillionaire who is a fan of the writer’s books wants to host a party for him. The writer tells Kazarsky that he will agree to meet this multimillionaire. The next day, the writer meets the multimillionaire whose name is Max Flederbush, a tiny man in a strange colorful outfit and a balding head. He gets in Flederbush’s Cadillac, and they drive to another building. After they get out, they enter the building with a grand lobby filled with luxurious upholstery and paintings. When the writer is left with Kazarsky on the balcony, Kazarsky shares that Flederbush and his wife grew rich from selling goods such as buildings, stocks, and diamonds, and moved to Israel. Kazarsky opens the door to the living room and reveals a room filled with people for a party. Because the room is not enough to fit everyone, the next rooms are all full from room to room with women in fancy clothes. Just as quickly as they appeared, all the people disappear and the man is left with Flederbush and Kazarsky.  Flederbush declares that it is time for dinner at the best restaurant in Miami. Despite his fullness from the party, the man gets in Flederbush’s Cadillac and they drive to the restaurant. While they wait for their food, Flederbush talks about living in luxury, and how it is not as glamorous as one would expect. Flederbush shares that Kazarsky encourages him to write down his memories, but Flederbush thinks there are too many simple memories written by simple people, not writers.  Flederbush shares an anecdote about hiding in the cellar for almost a year with six other Jewish men and one woman named Hilda. Hilda was married to one of the men, but in the cellar, she would have sex with Flederbush as well. He describes how there was a sense of shameless desperation among them in the cellar during those dark times. He says that after they left the cellar, Hilda's husband was captured and tortured to death and she moved to Russia. In the past, when he told someone he wanted to write about this story, they told him to leave the antidotes about sex out of his memoir. When he thinks about writing down the story, now, he says he wouldn't want to leave out the "whole truth," but he doesn't know how. Also, he would rather just read what someone like Kazarsky writes. Flederbush says that many widow want to meet him because they know he is alone, and even though the ratio of women to men has flipped from that of the cellar, he is not interested in the women. Flederbush asks Kazarsky what the world will be like in 500 years. They muse about the changes in landscape and among the human species, but Kazarsky says that there will only be crazy Jews like Flederbush left.