Why Was Moshe The Beadle Important To Elie Wiesel
Night Study Questions with Answers
Section 1, pages 1-31
1. Describe Moshe the Beadle.
He worked at the Hasidic synagogue. He was able to make himself seem insignificant, almost invisible. He was timid, with dreamy eyes, and did not speak much.
2. Describe Elie Wiesel’s father. What was his occupation?
He was cultured and unsentimental. He had more concern for outsiders than for his own family. He and his wife were storekeepers.
3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?
Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.
4. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle told on his return from being deported. Why did he say he had returned to Sighet?
He and the other foreign Jews had been …show more content…
7. How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged?
He said it tasted of corpses.
Section 5, pages 73-90
1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?
They held their prayer service and later wished each other a Happy New Year.
2. How did Elie feel while the others were praying?
He felt strong, and said he had stopped pleading. He was not able to feel sorrow. He observed the prayer service like a stranger.
3. What was Elie’s decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why did he make that decision?
He did not fast. One reason was because his father had forbidden him to fast because he was already weak from having too little food on a day to day basis. The other reason was that he saw his gesture as an act of rebellion against God.
4. What was Elie’s “inheritance” from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?
The inheritance was a knife and spoon. Mr. Wiesel had been selected. He was giving his only possessions to his son before his death.
5. Did the men remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?
No, they did not, mostly because they had become so used to just surviving for themselves, so once a friend had died, you still had to go on looking out for …show more content…
What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?
He imagined a world with no bells.
7. What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
They were liberated by the Russians two days after the others left.
8. What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated? Why?
He ordered them to clean the block. He said he wanted the liberating army to know the men who had lived there were not pigs. This is ironic because he and his men had forced them to live like pigs, but now did not want the enemy to know the truth.
9. What was the weather like during the evacuation?
It snowed the entire time, even as they were forced to run a whole day at a time.
Sections 6,7,8,9, pages
Section 1, pages 1-31
1. Describe Moshe the Beadle.
He worked at the Hasidic synagogue. He was able to make himself seem insignificant, almost invisible. He was timid, with dreamy eyes, and did not speak much.
2. Describe Elie Wiesel’s father. What was his occupation?
He was cultured and unsentimental. He had more concern for outsiders than for his own family. He and his wife were storekeepers.
3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?
Moshe became his cabbalist, or instructor in the mystical aspects of the Jewish faith.
4. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle told on his return from being deported. Why did he say he had returned to Sighet?
He and the other foreign Jews had been …show more content…
7. How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged?
He said it tasted of corpses.
Section 5, pages 73-90
1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?
They held their prayer service and later wished each other a Happy New Year.
2. How did Elie feel while the others were praying?
He felt strong, and said he had stopped pleading. He was not able to feel sorrow. He observed the prayer service like a stranger.
3. What was Elie’s decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why did he make that decision?
He did not fast. One reason was because his father had forbidden him to fast because he was already weak from having too little food on a day to day basis. The other reason was that he saw his gesture as an act of rebellion against God.
4. What was Elie’s “inheritance” from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?
The inheritance was a knife and spoon. Mr. Wiesel had been selected. He was giving his only possessions to his son before his death.
5. Did the men remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?
No, they did not, mostly because they had become so used to just surviving for themselves, so once a friend had died, you still had to go on looking out for …show more content…
What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?
He imagined a world with no bells.
7. What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
They were liberated by the Russians two days after the others left.
8. What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated? Why?
He ordered them to clean the block. He said he wanted the liberating army to know the men who had lived there were not pigs. This is ironic because he and his men had forced them to live like pigs, but now did not want the enemy to know the truth.
9. What was the weather like during the evacuation?
It snowed the entire time, even as they were forced to run a whole day at a time.
Sections 6,7,8,9, pages