Rabbi Moshe Kuessous taught Torah by living it
R
abbi Moshe Kuessous was a quiet man. Instead of making noise, he taught with personal example, strength of character, and innate dignity. But then he got sick, and he didn’t have the strength to keep the secret anymore, and at the end, everyone knew.
Rabbi Moshe Kuessous formed the footsteps on a path which others would follow: A child of Moroccan immigrants, he grew up in Toronto of the 1950s, where he attended public school. But he’d hang around the newly established Toronto Kollel, soaking in the atmosphere — and the Torah.
The avreichim there drew him close, encouraging him to switch to yeshivah — a move his parents embraced as well. And off he went to Telshe in Cleveland.
A gifted hockey player and black belt in karate, the Canadian teenager turned his energy to the Gemara and never looked back.
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