Elie Wiesel's Relationship With God Essay

Elie Wiesel was born September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Romania. He was born to Shlomo and Sarah Wiesel (“Elie Wiesel Biography”). Elie Wiesel attended Jewish school where he learned Hebrew, Talmud, and the Bible. He was influenced by his maternal Grandfather who was a Hasid(“Elie Wiesel”). He was quoted as saying, “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah”(Wiesel 13). He ended up spending a lot of time with Moshe, a caretaker in his synagogue(Elie Wiesel”). At this point in his life, Wiesel has a childlike faith that does not understand hardships (Douglas Jr., “Elie Wiesel’s Relationship with God”). It wasn't easy for Elie Wiesel to doubt in God, or he would not have held on to his faith with “such …show more content…
Elie Wiesel believed that God didn't save his people in time, they were “put in camps like slaves.” (Douglas Jr., “Elie Wiesel’s Relationship with God”). Elie Wiesel had three sisters, Hilda,Beatrice,Tzipora Wiesel.(Elie Wiesel Biography).Elie Wiesel said after the Holocaust, “I have faith in God..If God wants to see us suffer, It’s because we deserve it .”(Douglas Jr., “Elie Wiesel’s Relationship with God”). “God is testing us.He wants to find out whether we can dominate our instincts and kill satan in us.”(Douglas Jr., “Elie Wiesel’s Relationship with God”). Wiesel says that the only way to accept god is in our eyes and our minds.(Douglas Jr., “Elie Wiesel’s Relationship with