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 […]
מר שלמה מאיר מדבר על מר שושני
מר שלמה מאיר מדבר על מר שושני: “זה תופעה פתאומית מהשמיים שהתישב בינינו, וסוף סוף נעלם”. תשמעו
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 […]
Enigma
Elie Wiesel wrote: “Even if all his disciples, everywhere, were to begin speaking about him – and nobody else – we would […]
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. […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]