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1842<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ki Tissa (\u05db\u05d9 \u05ea\u05e9\u05d0 \u2013 When you take) \u2013 Shabbat Para<\/strong>
Exodus 30:11\u201334:35 \u2014 Reading for Para: Numbers 19:1\u201322 \u2014 Ezekiel 36:16\u201338<\/em><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ki Tissa recounts the sin of the Golden Calf and the renewal of the covenant following Moses\u2019 prayer. Shabbat Para emphasizes purification through the water mixed with the ashes of the Red Heifer, a prerequisite for drawing close to God once again. Ezekiel\u2019s haftarah extends this theme: God promises to \u201csprinkle pure water upon Israel\u201d and to give it a new heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numbers 19:2
\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d7\u05bb\u05e7\u05b7\u05bc\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4, \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8-\u05e6\u05b4\u05d5\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8:
\u05d3\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05bb\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df-\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4\u05bc \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd, \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05d4\u05b8, \u05e2\u05b9\u05dc.
This is the statute of the Torah that the Eternal has commanded: Instruct the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer<\/strong>, whole, without blemish, and upon which no yoke has ever been laid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Heifer<\/strong> opens the path toward renewal. The community of Jodensavanne<\/strong>[1]<\/sup>, founded in the 17th<\/sub><\/sup> century in the district of Para<\/strong>, is one of the oldest Jewish settlements in the Americas. It developed into an agricultural colony organized around sugarcane, cacao, and coffee plantations. Its gradual decline<\/strong>[2]<\/sup> in the 19th<\/sub><\/sup> century led its members to regroup in Paramaribo<\/strong>[3]<\/sup>, then the administrative and commercial center of the colony, offering greater security and opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1842, the Neveh Shalom Synagogue<\/strong>, designed by architect J.\u202fF. Halfhide<\/strong>[4]<\/sup>, was inaugurated in the heart of the city. Built in a neoclassical style, it is recognizable by its fa\u00e7ade marked by four Ionic columns supporting a triangular pediment. The interior, bright and understatedly elegant, is distinguished by its woodwork, copper chandeliers, and especially its white sand floor<\/strong>[5]<\/sup>, which has become one of the most distinctive features of Caribbean synagogues. Since 2002, the historic center of Paramaribo, where the synagogue stands, has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/sup> Jodensavanne <\/strong>is a Dutch toponym meaning \u201cthe Jews\u2019 savannah.\u201d It refers to the savannah area where the Sephardic Jewish community of Suriname settled.<\/em>
[2]<\/sup> The decline <\/strong>of Jodensavanne resulted from the collapse of the plantation economy beginning in the late 18th<\/sub><\/sup> century, worsened by increasing insecurity in the region and by the 1832 fire that destroyed the colony\u2019s center.<\/em>
[3] <\/sup>The name Paramaribo <\/strong>refers, in all its Indigenous interpretations, to the idea of \u201criver dwellers\u201d or \u201cvillage by the water.\u201d<\/em>
[4]<\/sup> Jan Fran\u00e7ois Halfhide<\/strong>, an architect active in Paramaribo during the first half of the 19th<\/sub><\/sup> century, belonged to a Creole family firmly established in Suriname. He is best known for the reconstruction of the Neve Shalom Synagogue.<\/em>
[5] <\/sup>The sand floor<\/strong>, characteristic of Caribbean synagogues, evokes both the desert of the Exodus and the discreet practices of the marranos, whose muffled prayers were not to betray their presence. It also serves practical purposes in Suriname\u2019s tropical climate: it protects wooden structures from termites and absorbs humidity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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