The community of Wiesel at the beginning of the story is a small town in Transylvania where the Jews of Sighet live. It is called “The Jewish Community of Sighet”. This is where he spent his childhood. By day he studied the Talmud and at night he ran to the synagogue to shed tears over the destruction of the Temple. His world is a place where Jews can live and practice Judaism. As a young boy of thirteen at the beginning of the story, I am very impressed by his maturity. For someone who was so young at the time, he was very attentive to his surroundings and was very good at reading people. At the beginning, he meets Moishe the Beadle. Moishe is someone who can do many different types of work, but he is not considered qualified for any of these jobs in a Hasidic house of prayer (shtibl). For some reason, even young Elijah is fascinated by him. He met Moishe the Beadle in 1941. At this time, Elie really wanted to explore the studies of Kabbalah. One day, he asked his father to find him a master so that he could pursue this interest. But his father is very hesitant about this idea and thinks that young E...