Q. What are some points of interest of this place?
A. Some points of interest of this place are The only Jewish temple in Navi Mumbai, which dates back to 1849, is the Beth-El synagogue in Panvel. About 20 Bene-Israeli families in the Raigad and Navi Mumbai districts worship there. Three times a day, Hazan Joshua Pingle conducts prayer sessions, the first of which is the Arbith (evening prayer), which begins after the sun has set. The evening prayer is the first service of the day since for Jews, the day begins at daybreak and concludes at twilight. Jews observe the Sabbath, a day of rest and prayer, on which the Torah, or holy book, is read. According to Jewish belief, God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. Females are permitted admittance within the synagogue, but they have a separate enclosure that is only accessible from the outside. Standing on an elevated platform with his back to Jerusalem in the west, the rabbi leads the prayers. A quorum of 10 witnesses is necessary for the reading of the Torah during prayer services, which are conducted in Hebrew.
