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Cover of Hilchot Teshuva translated into Mizo
Cover of Hilchot Teshuva
translated into Mizo

For the first time ever, Maimonides' seminal text Hilchot Teshuva (the Laws of Repentance) has been translated into Mizo, one of the two main languages spoken by the Bnei Menashe. 
 

The translation of the 100-page, ten chapter book by the medieval Jewish philosopher and scholar was done by Bnei Menashe Rabbi Gurion Sela, who is a native Mizo speaker.


The new text is just the start of an ambitious new project to translate dozens of key Jewish texts for the Bnei Menashe.


"We are now working to prepare an entire syllabus on Judaism for the Bnei Menashe," explains Rabbi Hanoch Avitzedek, the director of Shavei Israel's Department of Bnei Menashe Aliyah and Absorption. 


"Similar to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch [the compendium of Jewish Law written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried in 1864 and that is used to this day by Jews worldwide to study basic halachot - Jewish law], we want to create a collection of knowledge that every Bnei Menashe family will have in its home. It will cover not just halacha but general background on Jewish life, faith, philosophical issues, and the daily and annual life cycle."


Click here to read more and to help support this important new project.

Bnei Menashe compete on the soccer field in annual competition with Rabbi Gurion Sela (in white shirt and tie on the right)

Rabbi Gurion Sela, the Bnei Menashe rabbi who created the first Mizo-language version of the Rambam's Hilchot Teshuva as part of our Bnei Menashe Translation Project (see article above), is not just a scholar - he's also an avid soccer player. 
 

For the past six years, Rabbi Sela has organized an annual soccer tournament for the Bnei Menashe in Israel with the support of Shavei Israel. It takes place during the intermediate days of the holiday of Sukkot and includes Bnei Menashe players from around the country.

 
The tournament's participants represent all the Bnei Menashe communities in Israel - including a team for the new immigrants who have arrived in the last 12 months. Each community has its own team - there are eight in total - and there is even a team that originated in Manipur and was reconstituted in the Holy Land.
 

The tournament moves to a different Bnei Menashe community each year - this Sukkot, the event was held in Afula where a home-court advantage may have influenced the results: Afula F.C. came in first, followed by teams from Migdal HaEmek and Beit El. Also competing were teams from Akko (Acre), Ma'alot, Upper Nazareth, Kiryat Arba and a second "junior" team from Afula.
 

Click here to read more about this wonderful initiative and to see some pictures
 of the winners!

Roots #166 - Oct. 21, 2014 

 

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