At the beginning of the novel, Eliezer explains how he was devoted to worshipping God and fully understanding the Jewish religion. When Eliezer was thirteen years old, he asked his father to teach him the mysterious study of Kabbalah, which is an ancient tradition of Jewish mysticism. Eliezer's father tells him that he is too young to study Kabbalah and must first study the basic subjects. Despite his father's insistence that there are no Kabbalists in Sighet, Eliezer finds a personal teacher in Moishe the Beadle, who is a foreign Jew skilled in mysticism. Moishe the Beadle would have long conversations with Eliezer concerning life's most difficult questions and taught him that "every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer." Essentially, Eliezer is attracted to Moishe the Beadle because of his deep understanding of the Kabbalah's revelations and mysteries.
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