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Who was moishe the beadle?

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He was a Jew who lived in the town of sighet
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A poor, foreign Jew who lives in the town of Sighet, Moishe the Beadle is a teacher. A compassionate man, he befriends Eliezer to teach him Kabbalah, but he also returns to Sighet after a massacre of foreign Jews to warn the Jews of Sighet of coming danger.

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