A peculiar way of teaching…
In Uruguay, a peculiar way of teaching: “R. was a student of Prof Shoshani when he was a child in Uruguay. He […]
Levinas said: “Shoshani? there is no other subject”
Levinas said: “Shoshani? there is no other subject”. (in the book of S. Malka in French “Monsieur Chouchani: L’énigme d’un maitre du […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]