Kabbalah

firsthand, his faith in God begins to waver and eventually dissipates. In the beginning of the book, Wiesel is a young, devoted Jew who spent his days studying Jewish law and praying during the night (Wiesel 3). He even dedicates himself to the study of Kabbalah, which is a an ancient, complex Jewish tradition of mystical bible interpretations. Although Wiesel is faced with the consolidation of brutal oppressors and chaotic ghettos, his faith in God still remains steady, even asking him to have…

impacted Elie’s life in a big way. Before the tragedy struck, Elie saw his father as just a well respected man. Elie listened and obeyed his father but sometimes didn't agree with the way he was running things. Elie was passionate about hi study of Kabbalah but his father disagreed and said that Elie was too young for this. Elie saw this as a “wrong” decision and thought that he should learn it. Moishe the Beadle helped him with his study. As time went on before the major events, Elie and his…

become very observant of the things going around him, leading him to tell his dad “find me a master who could guide me in the studies of Kabbalah.” (Wiesel 4). His dad did not appreciate these studies so he merely told Elie that he was too young. Elie’s parents had owned a tiny shop, and his dad would often remind him that there wasn’t many people who studied Kabbalah in Sighet, the city that they lived in. This led Elie to finding his own master to teach…

In the quotation Elie describes clearly about his feeling to the God. This quotation is a strong affirmation about how he already lost in faith. Elie felt like he is no longer have to ask for anything, no need to be sorrowful or worship no more. On the contrary, he felt powerful after all that happen. He realized that he is alone in the world, without God or other people. No humanity that can saved him. He was strong enough to through this rather than keep bound to the God whom he trusts for so…

Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion in the entire world. While the religion is considered the mother of Christianity and Islam, the moral values and basic ideas of the Western civilization are based upon Judaism. The religion propagates that any person can have a place in heaven irrespective of the religious identity, if that person is good. This universal religion also provides the Jews several daily rituals and norms. The ten commandments of Judaism come from the revelation that was…

When they were in the concentration camp, his father taught Elie not to draw attentions and told him to save rations for tomorrow. Also, the relationship between Elie and God had changed. Elie used to believe in God and wanted to learn things about Kabbalah, now he was doubtful and questioning. But he can not do anything to change this…

Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Page 4). In other words, Elie believed so strongly in his faith to the point where he didn’t know why he prayed. Faith was everything for Elie, it was basically his whole life. Elie even wanted to learn about Kabbalah. Elie’s father said that he was too young though. Elie was so enthused about his religion, that he wanted to learn more at such a young age. So all in all, Elie is a very strong believer in his faith. “As for…

Even people like Akiba Drumer who were strong in their faith before the Holocaust, lose all hope and give up. Akiba is one of the prisoners that is chosen in the selection and ever since then he saw no point in living anymore. He becomes tired of trying to survive and loses reasoning of God’s ways. He starts saying that he doesn’t understand where God is and how anyone can believe “in this God of Mercy?” (Wiesel 77). Witnessing the things Akiba saw causes him to notice that there is no justice…

beliefs: “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple” (Wiesel 3). Unlike most children his age, his priorities are his studies. Eliezer even wants to find himself a master to teach him Kabbalah, and according to his father, “one must be thirty before venturing into the world of mysticism” (Wiesel 4). He is wise beyond his…

Pivotal Moment Essay Night, by Elie Wiesel is a memoir of Wiesel’s endurance and experiences through the Holocaust as a young boy. This autobiography reveals the true suffering of innocent Jewish civilians in the Nazi concentration camps through Wiesel’s eyes. “A slim volume of terrifying power.” (The New York Times), this briefly summarizes the entire novel, and it manifests the abuse of power through the torturing and suffering. A vital moment in Night, which changed Eliezer’s beliefs and…