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Book Report Of Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night opens with a short description of a poor man named Moshe the Beadle, who lives in the hometown of Transylvania. Moche is generally well liked, works in the Hasidic synagogue, and is a very spiritual and humble. In 1941, when he is twelve, the narrator, Eliezer Wiesel, wants to study the cabbala but his father tells him that he is too young. Eliezer's father is highly regarded in the Jewish community and pays more attention to outside matters than to family ones; Eliezer has two older sisters, Hilda and Bea, and a younger one,Tzipora. Despite his father's lack of support, Eliezer decides to study the cabbala anyway and chooses Moché as his teacher. Moche teaches him not to search for answers from God, but rather to try to ask the right

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