massacre of his people. In due course they found God guilty. Then, after a long silence, one of them looked up and saw that it was getting dark, and said that it was time for evening prayers. So they broke off to say the prayers. I don’t think they were just playing safe in case they were wrong about God. Wiesel has called his play a tragic farce. The theme and the humor overlap with those of this story. There’s no mention of Daniel himself, perhaps because the stories were of separate origin, though