 Sheshet lived first at Nehardea, where he used to study in the synagogue Shaf ve-Yativ, going thence to Mahuza, and later to Shilhe, where he founded an academy.He was feeble in body, but had, nevertheless, an iron will and great energy.Although he was blind, he was compensated by a very retentive memory, for he knew by heart the entire body of tannaitic tradition, as well as its amoraic interpretations.