In Night Moishe the Beadle is deported because he was a foreign Jew. What affect did this have on Elie and the non-foreign Jews of Sighet?

Your question refers to Elie Wiesel's Night, in which Moishe the Beadle is a minor character that Eliezer describes when reflecting on his childhood. Moishe the Beadle had been Eliezer's teacher as Eliezer was studying the Kaballah and its mysteries. Eliezer had grown to believe that Moishe would help him "enter eternity" through their discussions of the material. But on page 6 of the narrative, suddenly Eliezer tells us, "AND THEN, one day all...

Your question refers to Elie Wiesel's Night, in which Moishe the Beadle is a minor character that Eliezer describes when reflecting on his childhood. Moishe the Beadle had been Eliezer's teacher as Eliezer was studying the Kaballah and its mysteries. Eliezer had grown to believe that Moishe would help him "enter eternity" through their discussions of the material. But on page 6 of the narrative, suddenly Eliezer tells us, "AND THEN, one day all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner."

The arrest and deportation of foreign Jews meant that Eliezer was separated from Moishe the Beadle. Sighet's remaining Jews may have cried while their foreign Jewish friends were being taken away by the Hungarian police, but they soon forgot about those who were taken, according to Eliezer. Nobody knew what fate might be in store for the deported Jews, but they were rumored to have been taken to nearby Galicia and put to work. Eliezer did not learn the horrible truth until Moishe showed up again one day in the Sighet synagogue and relayed the story of how he escaped being murdered by the Gestapo in a Galician forest. Moishe's escape and return to Sighet was an opportunity for the non-foreign Jews of Sighet to realize what was probably in store for all of them in the near future, but tragically, they did not heed his warnings.