In Pictures: A month to remember for Jewish community in Singapore
September was a hive of activity for the Jewish community in Singapore. Desmond Lim photographs the happenings - from the most important festival in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, to the completion of a new set of religious scrolls.
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Rabbi Abergel holds a newly completed set of Torah as he and other members of the Jewish community celebrate on the streets outside the Maghain Aboth Synagogue. The joyous event usually concludes with a festive meal.
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Rabbi Mordechai Abergel (centre, wearing a hat) and other men from the Jewish community dance and sing to celebrate the end of the fasting period during Yom Kippur – the holiest festival in the Jewish calendar – at the Maghain Aboth Synagogue in Waterloo Street.
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The Jewish community (above) prays inside the Maghain Aboth Synagogue after the end of the fasting period.
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Rabbi Abergel (above) blows the Shofar - a traditional instrument made from the horn of a ram - to mark the end of the fasting period.
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