Moishe the Beadle is described as a very compassionate, caring man. Although he's poor, he's educated and very knowledgeable about Kabbalah. Moishe is dreamy, awkward, and very quiet. The people of Sighet don't pay him much attention because they see him as insignificant.
A scholar of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, Moishe teaches Elie about Jewish mystical texts as Elie works to improve his knowledge of Judaism. Early on in the text, Moishe, a foreign born Jew, is deported out of the country.
