[caption id="attachment_9541" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lighting candles for Rosh Chodesh"][/caption] On the first day of each month, the Bnei Menashe women in northeastern India celebrate “Rosh Chodesh” (the start of the Hebrew month) by coming together to sing, pray and eat. The programs rotate among the 37...
The Bnei Menashe visited the small town of Sajal in Manipur to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul - the start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar (and the month before Tishrei with the High Holydays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur). We have pictures...
In advance of the upcoming aliyah to Israel of a large group of Bnei Menashe immigrants, Shavei Israel has dispatched additional staff to India to teach Hebrew and Judaism classes. Here are a few pictures from the Hebrew lessons. [nggallery id=159]...
[caption id="attachment_9525" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bnei Menashe students during a Hebrew class activity"][/caption] In advance of the upcoming aliyah to Israel of a large group of Bnei Menashe immigrants, Shavei Israel has dispatched additional staff to India. This is the second time in 2012 that we have...
[caption id="attachment_9453" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="David Gangte and family"][/caption] My name is David Gangte, son of Oved Jangsei Gangte. I am 29-years-old and married to a loving and beautiful lady named Elianna. We are blessed with two lovely children – our son Ben Khayil and daughter Rafaeli....
[caption id="attachment_9450" align="alignleft" width="271" caption="David Ginboi Gangte and his family"][/caption] My name is David Ginboi Gangte. I am 51-years-old and I reside in Imphal along with my family: my wife Shira, son Baruch Chayim, and daughters Emuna and Talya. We belong to the Beit El- Langol...
[caption id="attachment_9350" align="alignleft" width="226" caption="Hanoch Ben-Hoshea (Haokip) and his family in Imphal"][/caption] My name is Hanoch Ben-Hoshea (Haokip), aged 26. I am married to Miriam Vaiphei and live in Imphal, capital of the Indian state of Manipur, where I belong to the Beit El Jewish Community....
