Faith in "Night" by Molly O'Shea

"Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?" (4)

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"The last day of the year. the word 'last' had an odd ring to it. what if it really were the last day?" (66)

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"The Almighty the terrible master of the universe, chose to be silent"(33).

he ate his bread in rebellion against his god

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"How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?" (77)

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"What are You my God? ....How do You compare to this stricken mass gathered to You to affirm to You their Faith, their anger, their defiance? " (66)

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"Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes"(34)

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"Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for-ever"(34)

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" And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside of me, a prayer to this God whom I no longer believed " (91).

"Remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone" (5)

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"Poor Akiba Drumer, if only he could have kept his faith in God, if only he could have considered this suffering a divine test, he would not have been swept away by the selection." (77)

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"why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? " (67)

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" Oh God, master of the universe, give me the strength never to do what rabbi Eliahu's son has done " (91).

"Man ask and God replies.But we don't understand His replies"(30)

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How far Dehumanization made elie go

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"The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist". (86)

"I no longer dared to believe that he could still elude death, I did all I could to give him hope." (133)

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"Every encounter filled us with joy -yes,joy thank God you are still alive". (35)

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"therefore muster your strength and keep your faith"(41).

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" They had endured their suffering, the blows; they had waited for their ration of bread and they had prayed " (91) .

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"Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights terror. We gave thanks to God" (52)

Moise says "I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions." (5)

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"I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." (81)

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"How could I say to him: Blessed be thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations, to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in furnaces? Praised be thy Holy name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine alter?"

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"Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your infinite compassion have mercy on u s . . ."

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"God is testing us"(45).

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"when the SS were tired, they were replaced. But no one replaced us. Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, out of breath, We pressed on". (87)

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"You caused caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men whom You have betrayed allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You!" (68)

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"He was always praying, in the block, at work, in the ranks. He recited entire pages from the Talmud."

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"I was the accuser, God the accused." (68)

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"Yes, man is stronger, greater than God" (67)

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"We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything—death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth." (87)

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"Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes."(22)

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"A prayer formed inside me, a prayer o this God in whom I no longer believed." (116)

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"My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy...but I felt myself to be stronger than Almighty to whom my life had been bound for so long." (68)

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" God knows what I would have given to be able to sleep a few moments, but deep inside, I knew that to sleep meant to die " (89)

"I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man"(23)

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"Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him" (5)

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"Just you wait kid...You will see what it costs to leave your work...You'll pay for this later...And now go back to your place..."(57)