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duhh
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In Elie's book, what does he mean when he says, "that turned my life into one long light seven times sealed"?

What does "seven times sealed" mean?

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Posted by duhh on Sunday May 10, 2009 at 11:36 AM and tagged with elie, night, quotations, seven times sealed.

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  1. jane-jacobson
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    High School - 12th Grade

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    In the poem by Elie Wiesel, “seven times sealed" refers to Jewish mysticism and traditions. The number seven stands as a symbol of completion in Jewish thought as shown by the seven days of creation, the seven days of mourning after death, the seven blessings said at a wedding. The seven seals come from the Kabbalah, teachings of Jewish mysticism.  As a soul takes a mystical journey to approach God, it must pass through seven gates each guarded by fire and fearsome angels. To go through the gates unharmed, the traveler must use a magic seal, a secret name. Just as to complete the spiritual journey he must be “seven times sealed,” so to survive the Holocaust too, he had to pass through awful fires and trials.

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    http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/scripts/kabbalah...

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    Posted by jane-jacobson on Sunday May 10, 2009 at 1:05 PM