Talmud

“Night” by Elie Wiesel is a narration of a Jewish teenager, Eliezer’s life and experiences during the Holocaust. Eliezer’s family and the other Jews in Transylvania, a small town of Sighet (modern-day Romania) unsuccessful to flee the country when they had a chance to when they were warned by Moshe about the Nazis. In consequence, the entire Jewish community is sent to concentration camps. In a camp called Auschwitz, Eliezer remains with his father but is separated from his mother and sisters.…

As one of the main characters in Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, Danny Saunders plays an extensive and fascinating part in the book. One day he will replace his esteemed father, Reb Saunders, as tzaddik in the Hasidic Jewish community. He possesses a highly developed intellect and easily deciphers complex ideas. Curious about the world, he reads in secret to try to gain a better understanding. Danny is also conflicted about his future and feels trapped. His developed intellect, secular curiosity, and…

Tanakh. Such as the story of the Binding of Isaac. Prior to the First Temple built by Solomon Abraham was to sacrifice his son Isaac at Mount Moriah. This is the same place in Jerusalem in which Solomon later built the First Temple. According to the Talmud this is where the world started and expanded from and the area God gathered dirt and dust to create Adam. After the first Temple built by King Solomon it was destroyed by the Babylonians. Then a second temple was built in the same spot. That…

Elie Wiesel “believed profoundly” and even “studied the Talmud” during the day (1). Wiesel even talked to “Moshe the Beadle”, a “very poor”, religious man, that people didn’t want to get near (1). Elie studied his religion daily, showing the dedication he had, and even talked to the unnormal to learn about his…

David seventeen sons gather at the royal court and they all claimants to the throne. Among them there was a mere boy, according to Jewish legend, barely 12 years old his name is Solomon. Solomon's mother Bathsheba approaches the frail king's bedside and she said unto him “my lord you swore to your servant by the lord your God saying your son Solomon shall succeed me as king and shall sit on my throne.” (first king 1:17). David has many sons that wants to inherit the throne, but he fulfill…

beloved. IN the beginning of his life Elie was devoted to God. He followed Moshe the BEadle. Moishe was also very high in religion. They both followed prayers. They even studied the Kabbalah, and practiced the Kabbalah teachings. “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple,”(1.3). He spent most of his time around or inside of God and a church. He loved God with a passion that was so deep. He loved the things that God did for…

Reb Saunders. Throughout the story, we begin recognizing the differences between the two fathers as well as the similarities. Reb Saunders raised Danny Saunders in silence, meaning that Reb does not speak to his own son unless they are studying the Talmud. Danny and Reb had not had an ordinary conversation with Danny since he was four years old because Reb Saunders wants to teach Danny “What it is to have a soul” (Potok, 265). Reb wanted his son to understand the meaning of pain so he shuts…

All knowing. Throughout history man tries to obtain wisdom. Some, like Solomon, gained plenty of wisdom, and others only small chunks. In Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen, the characters he creates show wisdom. Reb Saunders's, Mr. Savo, and Rev Gershenson acts accordingly throughout the book, all demonstrating wisdom. When one acts wisely, they are passing on knowledge to someone else. In their own unique way, Reb Saunders, Tony Savo, and Rev Gershenson all show wisdom to others through bits of…

for the strength to ask Him the real questions.” (Wiesel 23) In the beginning of the book, life for young Eliezer seemed pretty decent. He was very religious and curios about his faith. In fact he was so into his beliefs that he would study the Talmud during the day, and by night he would run the synagogue and cry over the destruction of the temple. Something that caught my attention was when he was talking to his friend Moishe the Beadle; and he asks Elizer why he prays. He so passionate…

What people brought them to Italy and when? As I mention, it is complex to define the origin of pasta and what people and time that actually brought it to Italy. One theory shows that it came from Etrusco-Roman “who inhabited the Etruria region of Italy (the central western portion of Italy, what now are Tuscany, Latium and Umbria) from the Iron Age into Roman times from the 11th century B.C.E. to the 1st century B.C.E” (The History Of Pasta). According to some researches, there were…