The fully renovated Nariman House, in south Mumbai’s Colaba area, will be blessed by a special gathering of 25 Rabbis representing the Jewish community from all over Asia.
Nariman House was made a target of one of the worst terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
The terrorist attack had killed six people, including Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg and his wife Rivky, belonging to the orthodox Jewish sect.
Their son Moshe, then two-year-old, had survived the attack, as his grandmother Sandra Samuel had rescued him from the house after the terrorists had held the family as hostage.
“This six-story building was continuously operating until the attack,” said Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky.
“We’re not moving into a new building; we are returning to our original building and we will be continuing and expanding all the activities that took place here.”
Rabbi Israel, along with his wife Chaya serve as the organisation’s directors at the Chabad- Lubavitch of Mumbai.
To commemorate the occasion, 25 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis from across Asia, including locations such as Bangkok, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong will convene at the newly-renovated center for the Asian regional gathering of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis.
The celebrations will include the unveiling of plans for a $2.5 million Jewish Museum that will occupy the fourth and fifth floors of the building.
“I think this is really a message for the whole world,” said Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice-chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch.
“You can overcome challenges, even the most horrific of challenges. You can and must rebuild and the project serves as a beacon of light and hope that evil will not prevail.”
A total of 166 people were killed and over 300 injured in the attacks, which targeted Hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Hotel Trident-Oberoi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Leopold Cafe, Nariman House, Cama Hospital and other locations in the city
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