take him under his wing and instruct him more in depth of the ways of the Talmud and cabbala. Through Moshe?s instruction, he is taught to question God for answers. Later Moshe is sent away to a camp and upon his return to Sighet presents the reader with a foreshadowing of what will soon come in the book. Elie recalls, ?Moshe had changed?.He no longer talked to me of God or the cabbala, but only of what he had seen.?(4) Thus right away the reader is exposed a loss of religious faith in Moshe, the same loss that will soon plague Elie. When Elie arrives at Birkenau, the reader sees the first evidence of his loss of faith as he questions God during the selection process. Amid the selection many Jews are separated from their loved ones who are immediately sent to the crematory or burned in large fire pits. Although unaware to him at the time, this is the last Elie will ever see of his mother and sister. For this reason, many Jews are grieving and begin to recite the Kaddish, a Jewish prayer for the dead. Here Elie questions, ? Why should I bless his name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for??(31) Shortly after, as he marches toward the barracks, Elie witnesses a load of children being dumped into a pit of flames which he labels the ?Angel of Death?. At this point the reader sees the diminishing effects the first night of camp life is already having on Elie as he vows, ?Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever? Never shall I forget these moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust?.Never.?(32) Each day at the German concentration camp further and further deteriorates Elie?s belief in God. The final moment, where he renounces all belief in the existence of God comes at the funeral of three Jewish males who were hung the day before, one of which was merely a child so light in weight that he hung struggling for nearly an hour before he died. Elie states, ?This

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