Despite being at a young age, Wiesel wished to his father for a master who could guide him in the studies of Kabbalah, as one was not typically mature enough to practice Kabbalah until they were 30. Young Wiesel tried to drive the desire of studying Kabbalah away; he failed to do so, later talking to Moshie the Beadle about his troubles. Moshie decided to take on the role and help Elie Wiesel in his study of Kabbalah. Moshie spoke of Kabbalah to Elie Wiesel for hours on end, this began his initiation. “Together we would read, over and over again, the same page of Zohar. Not to learn it by heart but to discover the very essence of divinity”(5). Elie Wiesel was a very mature and involved child, leading him to venture into Kabbalah