While you are reading Elie Wiesel’s book, Night, you get to see the decline in Elie’s faith. In the beginning, Elie was very devout, he even went out and found himself a teacher on his own accord. Only when you get farther in the book do you get to see the decline. While Elie’s time in the Concentration camps goes on, his faith starts to dwindle. Nevertheless, Elie begins by finding himself a teacher. When Elie was thirteen he first met his teacher Moishe. This man was his friend along as his teacher. We first get a glimpse of this relationship early in the book when it states, “And Moishe the Beadle, the poorest of the poor of Sighet, spoke to me for hours on end about the Kabbalah’s revelations and its mysteries. Thus began my initiation.” (Wiesel 5). This was the first moment that Elie actually had a teacher to help him advance in his faith. Even before this Elie was very interested in the Kabbalah but his father tried to veir him towards more ordinary studies for someone of his age. Nonetheless, Elie still sought out Moishe in order to learn more about his religion, but the more time he spends in the camps the more his faith starts to slip. …show more content…
We witness this on page thirty-three, “Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (Wiesel 33). This takes place almost as soon as Elie arrives at the concentration camp, Birkenau, this is also the first moment we see him losing his faith in God. Throughout most of the story he is battling with his faith, going from cursing his God to praying to Him a few pages later. Clearly, the Holocaust took a toll on Elie’s faith as well as his state of mind. After his time in the concentration camps, however, his faith in God completely