Lost Tribe of Menashe Celebrates Hanukkah in India [VIDEO]

Lea Speyer : Dec 10, 2015
Breaking Israel News

"I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out." (Ezekiel 20:34)

Hundreds of members of the Lost Tribe on Menashe gathered in Churachandpur in the Indian state of Maniput to celebrate the Hanukkah holiday. (Photo: Shavei Israel)

The celebration, which occurred on the second night of Hanukkah on Monday, was attended by Bnei Menashe from across northeastern India. The Bnei Menashe trace their descent to the tribe of Menashe, one of the exiled Ten Lost Tribes from the land of Israel over 2,700 years ago at the hands of the Assyrian empire.

The event was sponsored by Shavei Israel, an organization that aims to strengthen the ties between the Jewish people, the State of Israel and the descendants of Jews around the world.

"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...

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