1. Synagogue:the place of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation
   
2. 2.Timidity: demonstrating a lack of courage or self-assurance
3. 3.Waiflike: really skinny
4. 4.Cabbala: judaism
5. 5.Encumbered: to hamper or impede somebody or something
6. 6.Indulgently: tending to be tolerant and generally allowing people to have what they want
7. 7.Revelations: a book of the Bible that includes a description of the end of the world
   
8. 8.Mysticism: the belief that personal communication or union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy, or sudden insight rather than through rational thought
9. 9.Sighet: small town in Romania
10. 10.Lorries:
11. 11.Betrothals:the act of becoming engaged to marry somebody, or the state of being engaged to somebody
12. 12.Emigration: to leave a place, especially a native country, to go and live elsewhere
    
13. 13.Billeted: military a private home or a guest house providing temporary accommodations for people in the armed forces
14. 14.Fascists:
15. 15.Firmament: the sky, considered as an arch
16. 16.Premonition: a strong feeling, without a rational basis, that something is going to happen
17. 17.Avid: eager for or enthusiastic about something
    
18. 18.melancholy:feeling or making somebody feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness2.

chapter 1 questions

1. Who is Moche the beadle? Describe him. Moche was very poor and lived humbly, nobody was felt embarrassed to be with him.
   
2. Who is Elie and what is he like? Elie is the author of the book night
   
3. What evidence shows that he is very religious? What are his studies? Elie is very religious because he ask's his dad for a master to help him study the cabbala. Elie studies are Talmud
   
4. What is going on in the country at the time? War was going on in the country.
   
5. What were some signs showing that trouble was ahead? There were signs like no jew could not be out past 6 they were taking simple things from them
   
6. List the things that happened after the leaders of Jewish community were arrested. they were brought onto a train an taking away
   
7. What were the Jews asked to do after father came home? The jews were asked to pack their things and be ready to leave an to take some clothes and food.
   
8. What could they bring with them? They could bring a little bit of food and some clothes.
   
9. Describe the mood of the community.
10. what did his mom keep repeating? Why?
11. Where were all the people sent to? I do not where they were sent probably to concentration camps.
    
12. Where did Weisel’s family go?
13. How was the travel like? Comfortable 4 stars ?hotel? Describe in detail.
14. What was confusing so far in the story?