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For the first time, Bnei Menashe in India bake their own matzah
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Bnei Menashe baking matzah
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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 are making their own matzah!
A new matzah baking program took place prior to the holiday under the supervision of Shavei Israel "Fellow" Talya Lhungdim and Rukhama Neihsel. Their ambitious goal: to bake 3,000-4,000 individual matzot in three days. These were then distributed to the program's participants, with the remainder given as a gift from Shavei Israel to the Bnei Menashe communities in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam.
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Shavei Israel sponsors Purim celebrations and a pre-Passover training seminar for Bnei Menashe of Myanmar (Burma)
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In front of Ohel Michael in Myanmar
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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 just prior to the Purim holiday last month where he jumped straight into programming holiday activities for his community.
Hatlang and senior Shavei Fellow, Yona Kipgen, put together a festive Purim program; it was the first time the holiday was celebrated at the new Ohel Michael Synagogue in Tualmu, Myanmar. But Hatlang and Kipgen had no time to breathe - immediately after Purim, they traveled back across the border into India, this time with a group of 22 Bnei Menashe from Myanmar, for a special one-week pre-Passover training seminar from March 12-19.
Click here to read the complete article and to view pictures from Myanmar.
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