Enigma
Elie Wiesel wrote: “Even if all his disciples, everywhere, were to begin speaking about him – and nobody else – we would […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]