Churachandpur, India – Lost Tribe Of Bnei Menashe In Northeastern India Lights Candles To Celebrate Chanukah

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    Photo credit: Courtesy of Shavei Israel.Churachandpur, India – Hundreds of members of the Bnei Menashe community from across northeastern India gathered yesterday in the town of Churachandpur in the Indian state of Manipur to celebrate Chanukah and light the traditional candles.

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    “The story of the Maccabees’ heroic determination to preserve their Jewish identity under the most trying of circumstances is one that resonates very strongly with the Bnei Menashe, for they too have made enormous efforts down through the centuries to cling to their faith and that of their ancestors,” said Shavei Israel Chairman and Founder Michael Freund. “Even in far-off Manipur, the flame of Jewish survival continues to burn brightly.”

    The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the Ten Lost Tribes exiled from the Land of Israel more than 2,700 years ago by the Assyrian empire. So far, some 3,000 Bnei Menashe have made aliyah thanks to Shavei Israel, and another 7,000 are still in India waiting for the chance to return home to Zion.

    Photo credit: Courtesy of Shavei Israel.

    Photo credit: Courtesy of Shavei Israel.


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    Logical_Abe
    Logical_Abe
    8 years ago

    Very touching. The pintele yid all over the world. Halevai we should be zocheh to see the 10 Lost Tribes.

    HankM
    HankM
    8 years ago

    It’s incredible! They’ve kept the mesorah for 2000 years, basically isolated from the rest of Klal Yisrael! Mashiach is clearly on our doorstep and we need him more than every in this sick, Islamic world

    Logical_Abe
    Logical_Abe
    8 years ago

    Is there a youtube of their Chanukah singing? Could you please upload it here?

    ConcernedMember
    ConcernedMember
    8 years ago

    How beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.

    8 years ago

    So beautiful!!!

    Anominous
    Anominous
    8 years ago

    To be honest, I am much more worried about intermarriage with the Russian gentiles in Israel, with mamzerim from improper get, and from over 70% marriages with gentiles in diaspora, than if these people are really Jewish or not. When Moschiach comes, we will get these issues solved.