Describe Moshie, the beadle.

Moshe the Beadle is one of the first characters introduced
in the book of Night. He is Eliezer Wiesel's tutor in religious
discussions. The community accepts him as a "physically awkward." Although he is less
than others, the community is fond of him:

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He is poor, but the community is fond of him and
does not resent the generosity he
needs.

Moshe the Beadle is
like an uncle or tutor to Elie Wiesel. He spends hours at a time time with him
discussing "revelations and mysteries of the
caballa."

Moshe learns of the horrible truths of the Jews
who were being deported. As an Jewish immigrant in Sighet, he was among the first to be
deported. He escaped and came back. Moshe tried to share the massacre of those deported.
Sadly enough, no one believes him. The community dismisses his report. They consider him
a madman:

The
community dismisses him as a madman. They dismiss him because if he is to be believed,
then they too will be as poor as he
is.

Truly, no one wants to
believe the horrors associated with Moshe the Beadle's report. They keep telling
themselves the war will soon be over and life will return to normal. When they finally
believe Moshe, it is too late for many Jews. Moshe did try to prepare
them:

'I
wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could
prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to
my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it
is, no one will listen to me....' (Chapter
1)

Indeed, Moshe did try and
warn them. No one believed him. "Then he flees."