Manishevitz questions about the angel were only logical ones in my opinion. In our day and age it is hard for someone to automatically accept someones word that they are an angel. This does not mean that people have no faith in God or they dont believe in divine spirits just simply that there are crazy people out there that may believe they are angels when they really arent. Manishevitz questioning of whether the angel was Jewish or not was totally reasonable because I personally have never seen a Jewish person who was black and I am guessing that there is a rather small overall number.
I believe the hardships that many felt about the loved ones they lost during the war definately come through in the stories. When Manishevitz feels extreme pain from the loss of his son during the war and the unexpected and unannounced marriage of his daughter to a low life and her running away with him and cutting all ties with Manishevitz and Fanny. Also the Holocaust was a horrible time in Jewish history and the entire story is about the suffering and hardships of a Jewish man Manishevitz who is dealing with the death of a son, a runaway daughter, sick wife, and his tailor shop burned down. I believe the fact that Manishevitz was a older man was also important because it really emphasized the pain that many parents felt about the loss of their sons during World War 2 and that many of these parents held their sons in such high regard and expected great things from them.
I believe that this story was trying to convey a message of God may not always take the form or shape that you expect but he is there to help. Manishevitz was not expecting a Black Angel but he got one and in the end when Levine had helped cure his wife and bring happiness back into his life God had heard his prayers and answered them and the Angel he sent no matter the shape or form was his messenger and did his doings
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