{"id":410,"date":"2016-05-11T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=410"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:36:18","slug":"madagascar-update-now-the-job-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/madagascar-update-now-the-job-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar Update: Now The Job Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2955\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1973-e1463070765659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2955 \" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1973-e1463070765659-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for the Beit Din\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for the Beit Din<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our trip is far from the typical tourist jaunt to Madagascar to see the Lemurs and other exotic natural phenomena.\u00a0We are here to see meet greet and encourage the fledgling Jewish community by our presence.\u00a0Most importantly our task is to create a new community\u00a0 that is part of world Jewry in this unlikely place. This will be \u00a0accomplished by converting those who have been practicing Judaism .\u00a0For this purpose a Bet Din of\u00a0 three Orthodox rabbis who support the mission of Kulanu have volunteered. They are Rabbi Achiya Delouya,\u00a0 Rabbi Pinchas Klein and Rabbi Oizer Neuman.\u00a0The conversions will be conducted in accordance to Halacha.\u00a0 Our hope is that the Jewish community of Madagascar will grow in length and breath and eventually become part of the fabric of the world\u00a0\u00a0Jewish community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There is no way of knowing how many are practicing Judaism in Madagascar.\u00a0 There however three leaders who have somewhat different approaches. There is Ashrey one\u00a0 of the founders. Petoela, who is very involved in the study of Kabala by way of the internet. People\u00a0 turn to him for help dealing\u00a0 with health business and personal problems. He brings relief by means of prayer and Kabalistic formulas.\u00a0There is also Toubie Hazan a follower of Hassidism with an emphases on Mitzvah observance.<\/div>\n<div>His group is the only one that has it\u2019s own synagogue space.\u00a0 Tobie is a wonderful Hazan in the Sefardic tradition.<\/div>\n<div>These communities reflect the emphases on\u00a0 literal religion that is\u00a0an important part of local society.<\/div>\n<div>We had planned on doing around forty conversions.\u00a0 People however have\u00a0 been\u00a0streaming\u00a0 in once they saw conversion as a possibility.\u00a0We don\u2019t know how many will come and what the quality of some of the candidates will be.\u00a0The Bet Din will begin its work\u00a0at\u00a07:30\u00a0in the morning and continue through the day.\u00a0 It will be an exhausting job.\u00a0 Each candidate will be interviewed, Hatafat\u00a0dam will performed on the males,\u00a0 They will then immerse individually in a river that serves as a Mikvah.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We have our work cut out for us.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting for the Beit Din Our trip is far from the typical tourist jaunt to Madagascar to see the Lemurs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - 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