At the beginning of the novel, Elie describes his close relationship with the foreign Jew named Moishe the Beadle. Elie meets Moishe the Beadle when he is almost thirteen years old and is seeking someone to teach him the secrets of Kabbalah, which is the practice of ancient Jewish mysticism. After Elie gets rejected by his father, he quickly discovers that Moishe the Beadle is an expert in studying the Kabbalah and the two become close friends. Elie meets up with Moishe the Beadle often, and Moishe teaches Elie how to become closer to God by asking him questions. He also tells Elie that the real answers can only be found in his soul. Elie says,
We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone, sitting in the semidarkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light (Wiesel, 5).
Elie mentions that he and Moishe would sit for hours and read the Zohar while studying the infinite mysteries of the Kabbalah together in order to discover the very essence of divinity. Unfortunately, their relationship ends after Moishe is transported by the Nazis to the Galician forest, where he witnesses a massacre and narrowly survives. When Moishe returns to Sighet, he attempts to warn the Jews about the Nazis and they simply dismiss his warnings.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Describe the relationship between Elie and Moshe the Beadle
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