Wiesel's community 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 cry over the destruction of the Temple. His world is a place where Jews can live and practice Judaism. As a boy who is thirteen at the beginning of the story, I was very impressed by his maturity. For someone so young at the time, he is very observant of his surroundings and is very good at reading people. Early on he meets Moishe the Beadle. Moishe is someone who can do many different types of work but is not considered qualified for any of these jobs in a Hasidic house of prayer (shtibl). For some reason, though young Elie is fascinated by it. He meets Moishe the Beadle in 1941. At that time Elie really wants to explore Kabbalah studies. One day he asks his father to find him a teacher so that he can pursue this interest. But his father is very hesitant about this idea and thinks that young E...