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    Faith/Hope Everyone or body has faith in themselves,but when hard time comes you pray to god and ask for something that you want to happen,but if nothing happens then what happens to your feeling or faith,you might feel that the god is betraying you,or gods aren't real.In the story Night by Elie Wiesel(September 30, 1928-July 2, 2016) a Auschwitz survivor tells his story about the experience that he had in Auschwitz and the horrible griefs he seen and been through. Faith is not the only reason

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    The month of Elul is devoted to organizing the Jewish for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Several congregations fulfil the tradition of sounding the shofar at the end of weekday morning services during Elul as a reminder of the upcoming holiday. The ancient Jewish instrument is made from a ram’s horn. The shofar is curved or bent, signifying

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    his face expressions represent the dreadful situation he was in. Summary: The jewish new year has started and jews assembled together to pray and bless god’s name in an important occasion such as Rosh hashanah and yom kippur to atone their sins but Elie refuses to fast on yom kippur. Elie doesn’t bless god's name in the midst of suffering therefore he doesn’t believe in god anymore because God didn’t rescue him from suffer. Moreover another selection is announced and Elie is transferred to another

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    while after this, while Chaim was still staying in Kazakhstan, he met a Jew who had promised him he would organize a minyan for Yom Kippur, on the ground that Chaim would agree to be the chazzan. This was astounding news, as they were living in communist Russia during World War II, when talk of religion was unheard of, let alone finding ten men to daven together on Yom Kippur! Chaim made his

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    I though it would be interesting to Google Be Still and see the results from the worlds perspective. One of the first results was a video clip from the movie Karate Kid. Now the original movie came out in 1984 and was a huge hit, but his clip came from the 2010 remake. I have not seen the movie, nor am I recommending it. I am sure it is filled with eastern and new age mysticism, however the short sentence spoken in this clip was fascinating. The scene depicts a teacher giving instruction to

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    The Significance of the Four Blood Moons Throughout many years people have been trying to predict the coming of Christ or even the apocalypse. The four blood moons is one of many appearances they will and have tried to predict these events with. The blood moons are a miraculous event created by God to remind us He is coming, and it represents major events in the life of God’s people. When this event occurs again don’t be afraid. For the blood moons are there even as a reminder to us that God

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    In the beginning of night we meet a 12 year old jewish boy named Elie. Elie lives in the town of Sighet he also lives with his parents and two older sisters, I actually find that quite ironic because I have two older sisters. He also has a cabbala teacher named moshe the beadle who is often described as awkward. Moshe is deported by the hungarians because he was a jew. After several months in captivity Moshe returns telling stories of how at the Polish border the jews were handed over to the Nazis

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    Elie Wiesel Reflection

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    Family is most important.This must have been what is probably what Elie Wiesel is thinking every time he dodges being freed from the terrible Holocaust just for his father. every single time he could be free from the pain, struggle, and atrocity of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor that sees hundreds of people killed per day, is labored vigorously, and is starved until he is only skin and bone. Elie Wiesel survives the Holocaust and leaves a different person than before, going through

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    abrasion that stemmed from self-doubt, which “Rethinking Political Correctness” defines as a reluctance to acknowledge an individual difference (Ely, Meyerson, & Davidson, 2006). My sophomore year of college, one of my professors scheduled a test on Yom Kippur, which is the most important Jewish holiday. The

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    Elie Wiesel Reflection

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    Family first.This is what Elie Wiesel might be thinking every time he dodges being freed from the terrible Holocaust just for his father. Every single time he could be free from the pain, struggle, and atrocity of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor that sees hundreds of people killed per day and is labored vigorously, and is starved until he is only skin and bone. He survives the Holocaust but not before going through hard labor and seeing many unseeable things. Elie Wiesel survives

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