In chapter 1 Eliezer is very devoted to his faith. He spends a lot of his time studying the Talmud and he asks his father to find him a master that can guide him in studying the Kaballah. His father tells him he is too young. These details show that Eliezer seems to be more interested in practicing and studying his faith more than other boys his age. However, that all changes in Chapter 5. As Eliezer struggles to understand the atrocities that are occurring all around him, he begins to lose his faith. The chapter starts on Rosh Hashanah a major religious holiday for the Jewish people. He reflects on his past celebrations of the holiday saying, " In those days, I fully believed that the salvation of the world depended on every one of my deeds, on every one of my prayers." He continues this reflection but switches to how he regards his faith during this Rosh Hashanah while in the camp. He says, "But now, I no longer pleaded for anything. I was no longer able to lament. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy. I was nothing but ashes now, but I felt myself to be stronger than this Almighty to whom my life had been bound for so long. In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger." Eliezer no longer is a practicer of his faith.
