Chabad House, part of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, are community centres that mainly cater for Israelis and Jews across the world.
Nariman House, one of the sites targeted by gunmen during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, will be remembering the victims of the attack on November 21 with Israel President Reuven Rivlin attending a prayer meet.
“Next Monday, we will have a prayer meet with the President of Israel attending it. We will have a Jewish ceremony for the victims of 26/11. Since 26/11 falls on a Saturday, we may not have anything on that day because nothing is done on Saturday (Sabbath). Also, we will remember 26/11 as per the Hebrew calendar and this year it is likely to fall on December 1,” said Rabbi Yisrael Kozlovotsky, who is presently looking after the Nariman House — also known as Chabad House.
Chabad House, part of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, are community centres that mainly cater for Israelis and Jews across the world. They are run by members of the community considered to be Ultra-Orthodox. They have centres in over 70 countries. They have synagogues, prayer halls, offer Kosher food, run Torah classes and act as guest houses for those visiting the city. Rabbi Gavirel and his wife Rivka used to run the Chabad movement from Nariman House when the terror attack took their and four other lives who were in Nariman House on the night of 26/11.
“We are not sure if the event will be open for anyone. We will mostly be having people from the community for security reasons. We will be lighting candles and special paragraph from the Book of Psalms — the book during the times of King David will be recited,” said Kozlovotsky.
A bitter legal dispute that arose between the family of slain Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and the Chabad Lubavitch Movement over allegations of embezzlement of funds was later mutually settled among the community members.
Nariman House reopened two years ago. As of now, it provides Kosher food, Jewish religious education and Hebrew and Torah classes among others. When it was reopened, Chabad officials had said that a museum and a victims’ memorial would also be set up shortly. However, they are yet to come up.
“We have some shortage of funds,” said Kozlovotsky, declining to elaborate further.
Solomon Sopher, who looks after the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, said that he was yet to decide whether there would be a prayer meet on November 26 this year.
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