The Gates of the Forest (French: Les Portes de la forêt) is a 1964 novel by Elie Wiesel, published by Éditions du Seuil.
The story imagines that a series of historical Hasidic leaders each followed a 3-step ritual for accomplishing the rescue of his respective community through a miracle.
The founder of the tradition was Yisroel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov and the three steps were to go to a specific area of a forest to meditate, say a specific prayer and light a fire.
However, each of the subsequent leaders each forgot a step of the ritual that had been passed on to him.
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