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Unshaken
InElieWiesels
Night
,EliedidnotlosehisfaithinGodbecauseheknewthat,
evenwhenhewasfacedwithhismostchallengingpredicament,Godwouldbewith
him.EliedecidedthattheprisonersneededtoshowGodthatevenhere,lockedinhell,
[they]werecapableofsingingHispraises(Wiesel69).Duringthismoment,Yom
KippurhasarrivedandtheJewswhohavebeenimprisonedarecontemplatingwhether
ornottheyshouldcontinuetheirtraditionalevents.However,theydecidetonottake
partintheseeventssincetheyareconsidereddangerouswhileinthecamps.AsElieis
debatingonwhathewilldo,hepondersonhischildhoodandthetraditionsthathis
JewishfamilyusedtopartakeinontheDayofAtonement,whichalwaysremindedthem
thatGodwaswiththemandwouldneverforsakethem.EventhoughElieoftenreturned
tohisfaithinGod,thereweremomentswhenhisdoubtovercamehim,makinghim
thinkthatGodwouldnotalwaysbewithhim.EliestatedYes,manisstronger,greater
thanGod(andthatHewas)allowingthemtobetortured,slaughtered,gassed,and
burned(Wiesel67,68).AlthoughElieseemedtooccasionallyturnawayfromhisfaith,
healwayscamebacktotheLordbecauseheknewthathisremainingstrengthderived
fromHimandthatamancouldneverbeasgreatashisGod.Eliealsofeltguiltyafter
hehadhadthoughtsabouttheLordabandoninghim,whichledtohimprayingfor

forgiveness.EliewouldnotlethisfaithinGodbeshakenbecauseElieknewthatGod
wastheonlyonewhowouldalwaysbewithhimnomatterwhatcircumstancesarrived.

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