Physically he was as awkward as a clown. He made people smile, with his waiflike timidity. I loved his great, dreaming eyes, their gaze lost in the distance. He spoke little. He used to sing, or, rather, to chant. Such snatches as you could hear told of the suffering of the
Exile of Providence, who, according to the cabbala, awaits his deliverance in that of man.
1. In the passage above, the author characterizes Moshe the Beadle through
his physical appearance.
O the reaction of other characters to him.
O his actions.
all of the above.