about M. SHOSHANI and "The Shoshani Riddle"
Our movie THE SHOSHANI RIDDLE – חידת שושני
Our movie about Mr. Shoshani / Monsieur Chouchani / מר שושני חידת שושני – הנווד שידע הכול סרטו של מיכאל גרינשפן Dear friends in […]
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Monsieur Shoshani about “civility”
“כל המקבל עליו עול תורה, מעבירין ממנו עול מלכות ועול דרך ארץ” פרקי אבות ג’ ו Maximes des Pères (3,6) “Quiconque […]
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Mister Shoshani was “taking” books of others
“Les livres appartiennent à ceux qui les lisent.” disait-il. “Books belong to those who read them.” he used to say. “הוא היה […]
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Shoshani’s theory about the truth
Professor Shalom Rosenberg says about his Master Mister Shoshani: “He had a theory about the mystification of the truth. He thought that […]
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Admiration of a tramp by Professor Emmanuel Levinas
His disciple Emmanuel Levinas says about Mister Shushani that he was not impressed at first sight by the man. But after this […]
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How many published books were written thanks to Mister Shushani?
Professeur Shalom Rosenberg dit de son maitre MonsieurChouchani : “On n’imagine pas le nombre de livres parus qui lui doivent tout.” Professor Shalom […]
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Monsieur Chouchani’s page on Facebook www.facebook.com/ChouchaniShushani
Monsieur Chouchani’s page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChouchaniShushani Same message again, important: We are producing a movie about Mister Shushani / Monsieur Chouchani / מר שושני If you […]
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Elie Wiesel écrit sur Monsieur Chouchani – Elie Wiesel wrote about Mister Shoshani
Elie Wiesel écrit sur son Maitre : “Mystère sept fois vérrouillé. Il ne parlait de lui-même que pour dérouter : oui et […]
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Emmanuel Levinas says about his Master Shushani
Emmanuel Levinas says about his Master Shushani: “As human beings we are not worth a lot, but next to this man we […]
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Who was Mister Shushani? Qui était Monsieur Chouchani?
Monsieur Chouchani (? – 1968), or “Shushani,” is the nickname of an otherwise anonymous and enigmatic Jewish teacher who taught a small number of […]
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What defines a man?
From Mister Shoshani Elie Wiesel learned that “Man is defined by what troubles him, not by what reassures him.” Elie Wiesel a appris […]
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Elie Wiesel in an interview in 1978 talks about Shushani / Chouchani / Shoshani / שושני
In an interview of Elie Wiesel in 1978: INTERVIEWER What about Rav Mordechai Shushani? Where did you and he meet? WIESEL We […]
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“The words of the sages are like glowing embers”
Levinas says in an interview: “I am extremely grateful for what I learned from him [Shoshani]. In a haggadic text of the […]
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Jorge Luis Borges was a secret student of Professor Shoshani
According to many witnesses in Uruguay, Jorge Luis Borges was secretly learning with Professor Shoshani in Montevideo. Here is a short story […]
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Albert Einstein’s quote
Albert Einstein: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. […]
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Shoshani’s grave – la tombe de Chouchani – קבר שושני
On Shoshani’s grave, in Uruguay, no real name. Only this sentence: “The wise Rabbi Shoshani of blessed memory. His birth and his […]
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מר שלמה מאיר מדבר על מר שושני
מר שלמה מאיר מדבר על מר שושני: “זה תופעה פתאומית מהשמיים שהתישב בינינו, וסוף סוף נעלם”. תשמעו
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Manitou parle de Chouchani
Ecoutez Manitou (rav Leon Ashkenazi) parlant de Chouchani : “Vous avez peut-être entendu parler d’un grand maitre d’après guerre qui était très […]
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Emile Sebban talks about the experience of learning with M. Shoshani
Emile Sebban (zal) about his study with Mister Shoshani : “The first day, he explained the text that we studied. The next […]
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