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In 1986, the Israeli embassy in Katmandu organized a Passover celebration as a service to the 7,000 Israelis who visit Nepal annually. The celebration was taken over in 1999 by the Chabad (/ħabad/) movement, a Hassidic Jewish movement that specializes in outreach to nonobservant Jews. Prior to 1986, there was no organized practice of Judaism in Nepal, and there is no native Jewish community. The Nepalese Chabad center has achieved some degree of notability, primarily for the Passover celebration, reputed to be the largest such celebration in the world, with 1500 participants. The couple who run the center were models for a television series in Israel. The Jerusalem-based NGO ''Tevel b'Tzedek'' ('The world with Justice'), under its orthodox head Micha Odenheimer has organized many Israeli youths to travel to Nepalese villages and provide help to handle modernization, teaching efficient forms of irrigation and agriculture to outlying villages. The organization maintains a local staff of 50 Nepalese. 〔Yossi Klein Halevi, (rabbi of Nepal,' ) The Times of Israel, 5 May, 2015〕 ==Passover seder== In 1986, the Israeli embassy in the Thamel section of Katmandu started the tradition of holding a Passover Seder for Israeli travelers.〔April 14, 2014, Israel National News, (Volunteers Save Kathmandu Seder ), Accessed June 22, 2014, "...Chabad house, which is expecting over 1,000 people for Monday night's seder..."〕〔March 24, 2014, Israel National News, (Will Strike Keep Matzah from Kathmandu? ), Accessed June 22, 2014〕〔April 15, 2014, Global Post, (From Kathmandu to Jerusalem, how Jews around the world are celebrating Passover ), Accessed June 28, 2014〕 In 1999, the Chabad house took over the event. By 2006, the annual Passover seder sponsored by Chabad hosted 1,500 participants. It has been called the "world's largest seder", requiring 1,100 pounds of Matzo, the ritual unleavened bread of the festival.〔Amy Yee, The Atlantic, April 12, 2012, (1,100 Pounds of Matzo in Kathmandu: Welcome to the World's Largest Seder ), Accessed June 28, 2014, "...In what has become an annual tradition, hundreds of Israeli travelers gather in Nepal to celebrate Passover – with plenty of kosher wine...."〕 By 2014 the event drew 1,700 attendees, though the ceremony was threatened by a strike that delayed a shipment of Matzo.〔April 8, 2014, Jewish Tribune, (Nepal Chabad without Matzah due to Israeli Foreign Military Strike ), Accessed June 28, 2014, "...shipping container filled with Passover for a planned 1,700-person seder in Katmandu, Nepal, remains stuck in India...."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Judaism in Nepal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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