What It's REALLY Like Being Jewish AND Indian

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

My ancestors [music] were running away and they were actually sailing and the ship wrecked near the western [music] coast of India. They landed in India and the Indian community was like, "Yala, come be a part of our community." And they just ended [music] up staying there. I think the Indian community, unlike the other communities, welcomed [music] us with open arms. We ended up staying there. There are a couple of synagogues, Jewish schools, hospitals, and [music] as Jews, my ancestors or myself never had to hide We have some of our best work coming right up. Without further ado, here we go. Revi, thank you so much for coming on the show in general, but also I know it's not simple times in Tel Aviv and potentially, I hope we don't have to stop this interview, but that might be the case. So, thank you for taking your time to do this. And thank you for inviting me. This is exciting. You know, as we say, even if even when it's uh raining ballistic missiles, life doesn't stop in Israel. So, yeah. That is so true. So, I personally yeah. That is so true. So, I personally did not know before discovering your channel that there was even this concept that Jews live in India. So, before we get to that, could you give us your background, where you grew up, and what was your life like, and how that related to Judaism? So, I am born and raised in India. My name is Revital Moses. I have a very Israeli name, but if you actually split the name, it has an Indian meaning. It was very intentional that my parents kept this name. So, Revital means morning dew. I was born in the morning, right? But Ravi also means

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1. 0:00My ancestors [music] were running away and they were actually sailing and the ship wrecked near…
2. 4:10your ancestors? It is the latter. So, my ancestors were running away and they were actually…
3. 8:19open for the public, so you can visit that. And actually, the third one is close…
4. 11:54bananas. Cuz dates because it's an integral part of Israel. And banana because banana is uh…
5. 17:00country. But eventually, it was a My parents actually initiated this decision of making aliyah for…
6. 21:05never know now they're displaced. And it's not like the war has stopped, right? Cuz this…
7. 24:40education, how can we give back to the community and how what we can learn from…
8. 28:45depends on who you're dealing with. Some guys make it confusing, numbers aren't clear and things…
9. 33:19like back in India, it was I wouldn't say challenging, but I felt like I had…
10. 37:27you come from. I come from Midwest, which is Maharashtra, Mumbai, where Mumbai is. And we…

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