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Desentrañando a Shoshani, con Jorge Schneidermann

IDENTIDAD, DESDE URUGUAY – En busca de documentación para la elaboración de un documental sobre la figura del talmudista Shoshani, el cineasta Michael Grynszpan y su equipo de producción se desplazaron a Uruguay el pasado mes de enero. Jorge Schneidermann y sus compañeros Laura Klang, Ricardo Fleiss y Pablo Cúneo tuvieron oportunidad de reunirse con ellos para colaborar en parte de ese trabajo, como así nos cuenta en el programa de hoy.

http://www.radiosefarad.com/desentranando-a-shosani-con-jorge-schneidermann/

http://mensuarioidentidad.com.uy/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3621%3Ala-figura-del-talmudista-shoshani&Itemid=609

50 years after prof Shoshani (Monsieur Chouchani) passed away - credit photo : Diego Moraes

50 years after prof Shoshani (Monsieur Chouchani) passed away – credit photo : Diego Moraes

50 years after Prof Chouchani passed away – Hazkara ceremony in Uruguay

Exactly 50 years after prof. Shoshani (Chouchani) passed away. On Sunday the 15th of January 2018, the Jewish community in Uruguay held a ceremony (Hazkara or Yortzeit) at the Jewish cemetery of La Paz (north to Montevideo) where prof Shoshani’s grave stands.

Here is an article about this ceremony that took place in the rain, in the national newspaper of Uruguay El Pais. They also mention the participation of filmmaker Michael Grynszpan who travelled from Israel to Uruguay to attend the event.

“La lluvia no detuvo homenaje de la comunidad israelita
Recuerdan al sabio Shoshani, inspirador de figuras mundiales.”

https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/lluvia-detuvo-homenaje-comunidad-israelita.html

cimetiere - image El Pais 14 01 2018

(photo: Diego Moraes)

Recent picture from Mister Shoshani’s grave in Uruguay

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New picture of the grave:
“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
(Psalm 139)

צילום חדש של הקבר:
“אשא כנפי שחר אשכנה באחרית ים י גם שם ידך תנחני ותאחזני ימינך”
“אודך על כי נוראות נפליתי נפלאים מעשיך ונפשי ידעת מאד” (תהילים קלט)

Shoshani/Chouchani’s grave recently

Groups are visiting Shoshani’s grave in Uruguay all the time. Here a picture taken in August 2014
Chouchani s grave August 2014
שליחי “תורה מציון” באורוגוואי באזכרה על קברו של חכם שושני ז”ל, הגאון המסתורי, תלמידו של הראי”ה קוק זצ”ל. אוגוסט 2014 – התשע”ד

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.

Shoshani grave

His birth and his life are sealed in enigma.”

Sur la tombe de Chouchani en Uruguay, il n’y a pas son vrai nom. Seulement cette phrase :
“Le rabbin et le sage Chouchani, que sa mémoire soit bénie,

Sa naissance et sa vie sont scellées dans l’énigme”.

על קברו של שושני באורוגואיי, אין שמו האמיתי. רק משפט הזה : “הרב והחכם שושני ז”ל
לידתו וחיו סתומים בחידה”

Jorge Luis Borges was a secret student of Professor Shoshani

Jorge-Luis-Borges-300x180According to many witnesses in Uruguay, Jorge Luis Borges was secretly learning with Professor Shoshani in Montevideo.

Here is a short story about that:
http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/wp-content/files_mf/6680.pdf