Gidan Isra'ila ƙabilar Yahudawa ce da ke kudu maso yammacin Ghana, a cikin garuruwan Sefwi Wiawso da Sefwi Sui. Wannan rukunin mutanen, na kabilar Sefwi, sun gina majami’a a shekara ta alif 1998. Yawancin maza da yara da yawa suna karanta Turanci, amma ba wanda ya san Ibrananci.[2][3]

Gidan Isra'ila
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Ghana
Harsuna
Yaren Sehwi da Turanci
Addini
Yahudanci
Kabilu masu alaƙa
Israeli Jews (en) Fassara
Gidan Isra'ila
Jimlar yawan jama'a
c. 200 (est.)
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
200 a Ghana[1]
Harsuna
Harsunan tsakiyar Tano, Farasanci, Turanci
Addini
Yahudanci
Kabilu masu alaƙa
Mutanen Sefwi
Gidan Isra'ila

Tarihin Yahudawa a Ghana

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Mutanen Sefwi Wiawso sun gano wani kira na “komawa” zuwa addinin Yahudanci na yau da kullun na Aaron Ahomtre Toakyirafa, shugaban al’umma wanda, a cikin 1976, aka ce yana da hangen nesa. A cikin 2012, Gabrielle Zilkha, mai shirya fina-finai na Toronto, ta ziyarci Sefwe Wiawso don yin bincike don wani shirin gaskiya game da Gidan Isra'ila da take yi. A cewar Zilkha, kusan mutane 200 - galibi yara - suna zaune a cikin al'umma. Ta bayyana cewa rashin samun bayanan tarihi ya sa da wuya a iya tabbatar da ikirarin kungiyar, amma akwai wata al’ada ta baka wadda ta shafe shekaru 200 ana yi.

A cikin 1990s, gidan Isra'ila ya fara isa ga duniya Yahudawa. Al'ummar sun yi aiki da ƙungiyoyin Yahudawa kamar Kulanu da Be'chol Lashon.[4]

Wata karamar al'ummar Yahudawa daga gidan Isra'ila tana zaune a Sefwi Sui, wata karamar al'ummar noma da ke mil ashirin daga Sefwi Wiawso.[5]

Shugaban gidan Isra'ila tun 1993, David Ahenkorah ya sami nasa hangen nesa na ɗaukar alkyabbar.[6] An ba shi fili mai girman eka 40 don gina makarantar Yahudawa ga al’umma, amma har yanzu ba su sami damar yin aikin gini ba. Yara a halin yanzu suna zuwa makarantar gida, wanda kiristoci ke gudanarwa. Sun gina majami'a a cikin 1998 a New Adiembra, unguwar Yahudawa a Sefwi Wiawso. Kwanan nan, sun zana shi shuɗi da fari, launuka na Isra'ila.[6] Akwai rukunin iyali da yawa a kusa kuma kusan mutane 200 suna cikin majami'ar.[6] Majami'ar ɗaki ɗaya ce mai ƙaramin Attaura Sefer. Babu mechitza.[7][8]

Manazarta

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  1. Shlomo Kasputin, "Ghana's House of Israel, descendents of lost tribes?" Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Tribune, December 2012, accessed 22 May 2013
  2. "Ghana Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  3. "The lost Jews of Ghana". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  4. "Ghana's deep spirituality points some, joyfully, back to Judaism". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  5. "The House of Israel". Scattered Among the Nations. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "In West Africa, a Synagogue Where the Pavement Ends". Forward. The Forward. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  7. "Bet You Didn't Know About the Jews of Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  8. "A VISIT TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SEFWI WIAWSO, GHANA". Kulanu. Retrieved 2022-04-03.