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Pendant ma visite à Mumbai j'ai eu l'opportunité de visiter la synagogue Knesseth Eliyahu. Établi par Jacob Sassoon, en 1884 c'est la deuxième plus vieille synagogue de cette ville.
במהלך ביקורי במומבאי הזדמן לי לבקר בבית הכנסת של הכנסת אליהו. הוקם על ידי יעקב ששון, בשנת 1884, זהו בית הכנסת השני העתיק בעיר זו.
During my visit to Mumbai I had the opportunity to visit the Knesseth EliyahuSynagogue. Founded by Jacob Sasson, in 1884, it is the second oldest synagogue in this city.
#Mumbai #KnessethEliyahu #synagogue #BeneIsrael #Juif #JewishMumbai #Maharashtra #JacobSasson #יהודי #Israel #indianjewsareathing #eliyahuhanavi
It was great spending the Global Day of Jewish Learning this past Sunday, with members of our program!
We came together and learned about the Jewish communities in Wroclaw, Poland, Moscow, Russia, Milan, Italy, Istanbul and Antakya, Turkey, and Mumbai, India! 🇵🇱🇷🇺🇮🇹🇹🇷🇮🇳
Swipe to get a small glimpse into the presentations.
Special thanks to speakers arkadiusch iamdashadolgova lizacemel yosifatalker and Francesca Strada!
Which of these communities do you hope to visit next?
Save the date for our Zoom Hanukkah Celebration, which will take place on Tuesday, November 30. More details to come soon. 🍩🕎
#globaldayofjewishlearning
#jewishwroclaw #jewishpoland #jewishmoscow #jewishrussia #jewishmilan #jewishitaly #jewishistanbul #jewishturkey #jewishmumbai #jewishindia
Want to learn more about Jewish life in Mumbai, India? 🇮🇳
Hear yosifatalker speak at the Global Jewish Pen Pal Program Global Day of Jewish Learning Zoom event. Free event, taking place this Sunday, November 7! 🗣️
RSVP at the Link in our Bio.
#jewishindia #jewishmumbai #indianjews #mumbaijews #indianjewishwedding #indianjewish #globaldayofjewishlearning
It’s not an Indian Rosh HaShanah without halwa, a sweet milk custard with cardamon that is chilled & then sliced into diamonds. It's reminiscent of sahleb (salep). At 10 am we arrived at my mom’s, and her Indian friend/caretaker and I took turns churning this quadruple batch for almost two hours. We should have put it on the larger flame, but it was risky. We needed to watch that the halwa wouldn’t curdle, so we kept it on the lower flame and stirred fervently. I have written before about halwa for Rosh HaShanah and even shared in the past halwa making before Rosh HaShanah from my trip to India. (iPhone)
זה לא ראש השנה הודי בלי הלווה, מין פודינג ממותק הודי עם חלב והל שמקררים וחותכים למעויינים. זה מאוד מזכיר את הסחלב. הגענו לאמא שלי הבוקר ואני והחברה/מטפלת ההודית שלה ערבבנו וערבבנו כמעט שעתיים. הכמות הזו היא פי ארבע מהרגיל. כתבתי מאמרים על הלווה וראש השנה ואפילו חלקתי פה בעבר וידאו של הכנת הלווה בהודו לפני ראש השנה.
Say hello to Aarishaa!
Tomorrow (Sunday) Aarishaa will take over our stories to give us a glimpse for her life as a Jewish teenager in Mumbai! Check it out!
aarishaa___1105 #jewishmumbai
This is the craziest thing. I just discovered that my article “Chasing Challah in Mumbai” was translated to Yiddish in 2017. It might be a global first. Lol. Who would have imagined an article by this Indian Israeli Jewess would be translated to Yiddish (Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet). Next, someone needs to translate it to Ladino, Hebrew, Marathi & Hindi.
On the 6th day of our trip through Jewish India with danielndennis , we join the local Jewish community in Mumbai to celebrate Shabbat.
Many of the original Bene Israel Jews were oil pressers. Jews were the only ones to make and sell oil in the villages of Mumbai. These oil pressers were referred to as “Shanivar Teli” (Saturday Off People), because they did not work or sell oil on Shabbat. To this day it is still a tradition among locals in Mumbai, both Jews and Non-Jews, not to shop or purchase anything on Saturdays, since their grandparents and parents never shopped on Saturdays.
Both in the past and today, Shabbat is the day when most Jews in India go to synagogue and attend services. After, they have family gatherings where they come together at home, pray, sing and eat a special meal of meat, chicken, fish, soup, and drinks.
Pictured here is a ticket which was allotted to the Jews by the Bombay Municipal Corporation during the time of British India (from 1858 to 1947). During that time period Jews had a large population in cities like Bombay (today Mumbai) and Calcutta. This special ticket allowed Jews to travel by trams on Shabbat and High Holidays, without having to use money and purchase a new pass.
Shabbat Shalom from India!
#jewishindia #jewishmumbai #jewsofindia #beneisraeljews #shabbatshalom #globalshabbat #oilpressers #shanivarteli
#shabbattraditions
On day four of our trip through Jewish India danielndennis shows us around the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in downtown Mumbai.
Jacob Sassoon, the grandson of businessman-philanthropist David Sassoon, built the synagogue in 1884 to cater to the neighborhood’s Baghdadi Jews. This synagogue is the second oldest Sephardic synagogue in Mumbai. The architecture of the building contains unique features which combine Jewish traditions with Indian and English Victorian influences. It has won the “most beautiful heritage building of Asia.”
The synagogue continues to be used as a synagogue today and is the center of Jewish cultural and religious life in Mumbai. During Shabbat, local Jews, Jewish foreigners, and visitors, experience Shabbat together in this synagogue, followed with a free Shabbat dinner at the synagogue, a combination of an Indian and Baghdadi style meal.
After a long period of restoration work, the synagogue has recently been renovated. Located in a well-known, prime area of the city, surrounded by many distinguished hotels, the government also lately named the street of the synagogue after the late Israeli President and former Prime Minister, Shimon Peres.
#jewishindia #jewishmumbai #jewishsynagogue #synagoguesoftheworld #kenesetheliyahoosynagogue #sassoonfamily #baghdadijews #sephardicsynagogue #shimonperes #jewishtours
On the third day of our trip through Jewish India danielndennis takes us to a Malida ceremony.
Malida is a ceremony only observed by the Bene Israel community, and not by Cochin Jews, Bene Ephraim or Baghdadi Jews (other communities of Jews from India). It is dedicated to giving thanks. The ceremony is performed by the community before or during any happy occasion such as weddings, bar-mitzvahs, engagements, naming ceremonies, birthdays, and house-warming ceremonies.
The traditional ceremony involves praying over and eating a plate of rice, dried coconut, sugar, and dried fruits, (at least one of the fruits being seasonal).
Since the prophet Elijah is considered the guardian prophet of the Bene Israel community, (it is said that he rescued the Jews who escaped the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and were washed ashore right outside today’s Mumbai), Malida has become synonymous with celebrating Elijah and giving thanks to him. Families sing Eliyahu Hanavi and say blessings over the fruits.
Wherever Bene Israel Jews live today, whether in Israel, India, or elsewhere, Malida is still observed and considered highly important.
#malida #beneisrael #prophetelijah #givingthanks #jewishindia #jewishmumbai #jewishtraditions #jewishceremonies
