Why didn't elie fast on yom kippur?
Score: 4.7/5 (34 votes) Elie Wiesel tells his readers that he did not fast that Yom Kippur. In part, he did not do so because his father–knowing that his son needed every morsel of food–forbade him from doing so. ... He did not fast as “a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him.” (p. 69) His act...