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Themes

Themes. Struggle to maintain faith in a crisis. Moshe the Beadle: He was very thoughtful, pious, religious before he was taken. Page 3; “‘You will find the true answers, Elizer , only within yourself.’”

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Themes

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  1. Themes

  2. Struggle to maintain faith in a crisis • Moshe the Beadle: He was very thoughtful, pious, religious before he was taken. • Page 3; “‘You will find the true answers, Elizer, only within yourself.’” • Page 3; “We used to stay in the synagogue after all the faithfull had left, sitting in the gloom, where a few half-burned candles still gave flickering light.” • Page 3: “We would read together, ten times over, the same page of the Zohar. Not to learn it by heart, but to extract the divine essence from it.

  3. Man’s Inhumanity to Man • Page 25: “Some odd-looking characters, dressed in striped shirts and black trouser leapt into the wagon…They began to strike out to right and left, shouting… • Page 24: “They struck her several times on the head- blows that might have killed her. • Page 17: “’Faster! Faster! Get on with you, lazy swine!’”

  4. Father/Son Bond

  5. To Snuff out a Flame

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