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Kathleen Kardon. | Certified Educator. Share Cite. In Elie Wiesel 's Night, Elie cries whenever he prays. One day Moshe the Beadle, who is Elie's self appointed cabbala (Jewish mysticism)...
"Why do you cry When you pray? "Why do you pray?" "There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of mystical truth. Every human being has his own gate. He must not err and wish to enter the orchard through a gate other than his own.
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For more than half an hour [the child in the noose] stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed. Behind me, I heard the same man asking:
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Some of the novel’s most difficult moments, including Eliezer’s arrival at Birkenau, the prisoners’ snowy march from Buna, and Shlomo’s death, occur during the night, the literal darkness mirroring the emotional darkness that these events elicit. From a spiritual perspective, night also symbolizes the absence of God’s light and ...
“Why do you cry when you pray?” he asked… “I don’t know,” I answered… “Why do you pray?” he asked after a moment. Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I...
Jan 16, 2006 · Night. Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a straightforward and deeply disturbing autobiographical account of how he survived the Nazi death camps as a teenager. Read an Excerpt. This book is an experience that will change you forever. Start the gripping introduction to Elie Wiesel's Night. Oprah and Elie Wiesel Travel to Auschwitz.
