Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Parashat Emor (אמור – said) Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23

_{Leviticus , chapter 23}
.^ב דּבר אל-בני ישראל, ואמרת אלהם, מועדי יי, אשר-תקראו אֹתם מקראי קדש–אלה הם, מועדי
² Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
The days of the LORD, which ye shall observe, these are my solemnities.

Shabbat, Passover, the counting of the ‘Omer, Shavuot,
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot.

In 1769, a certain Mr. Jew settled in Tahiti. He arrives on the Endeavour, the ship commanded by Captain Cook. In 1841, Alexander Salmon, an English banker settled there and married Princess Ari’ioehau Hinari’i Tepau a Tati. But truly the Jewish community was not created until the 1960s with the arrival of Jewish refugees from Algeria. In 1993, the Haava Vehahava Synagogue (אהבה ואהבה – Love and Friendship) in Papeete was built. It has a party room, a mikveh and a studio for visiting rabbis. In the prayer room with 60 places, the stained glass windows recalling the solemnities were made by Deanna de Marigny.