[caption id="attachment_8488" align="alignleft" width="211" caption=""Birkat Hamazon" - the Grace After the Meals"][/caption] As increasing numbers of Jews in Poland are uncovering their hidden heritage, there has been a growing demand for Jewish texts and learning material written in Polish. To address this need, Shavei Israel has...
Every month Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, Shavei Israel's envoy in Spain, travels around the country to visit different study groups. In the following pictures, Rabbi Ben-Avraham explains the rules and customs of the Passover Seder. Rabbi Ben-Avraham also took the opportunity to say the traditional blessing...
As in many parts of the world, it's not always easy to get kosher food in Portugal. Now, at least, kosher challah bread is available in Belmonte, thanks to Shavei Israel emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas. Under Rabbi Salas's supervision, challahs are prepared once a month at a local bakery and are offered for sale to the...
In March 2012, Shavei Israel's emissary to Portugal, Rabbi Elisha Salas, taught a Hebrew course in the town of Belmonte. The course, which was offered free of charge, was attended by 23 students, including not only people from the local Jewish community but also city council...
[caption id="attachment_8381" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jose Manuel Camarero"][/caption] Jose Manuel Camarero has been fascinated by Judaism since he was a teenager. Ten years ago, he began to actively explore his Jewish roots. Today, the 65-year-old retired high school teacher from Granada, Spain, is creating beautiful Jewish art....
[caption id="attachment_8374" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Workshop participants and their matzah"][/caption] For nearly a decade, Shavei Israel has shipped up to 60 kilograms of matzah a year to India for the Bnei Menashe to use during the week of Passover. That has now come to an end: the...
[caption id="attachment_8367" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In front of Ohel Michael in Myanmar"][/caption] Last month, we reported on Simeon Hatlang, one of Shavei Israel’s two Bnei Menashe Fellows in Myanmar (Burma), and his six-month stay in India for intensive training in Hebrew and Judaism. Hatlang returned to Myanmar...
Simeon Hatlang, and Yona Kipgen, Shavei Israel’s two Bnei Menashe Fellows in Myanmar (Burma), led a festive Purim celebration at the new Ohel Michael synagogue in Tualmu. Immediately afterward, they headed to Moreh, India for an intensive pre-Passover traning seminar. Here are some pictures of both. [nggallery id=133]Simeon...
For nearly a decade, Shavei Israel has shipped up to 60 kilograms of matzah a year to India for the Bnei Menashe to use during the week of Passover. That has now come to an end: the Bnei Menashe no longer need our assistance. They...
