Saturday, September 26, 2009

Rosh Hashannah Card to Sarah Aunty


The New year "Rosh Hashannah " was a bit sad to the Cochin Jews the warden of the community Mr.Samuel Hallegua ie Sammy uncle passed a couple of days before the day.When i went to Sarah Auntie house to present her a fresh water scaled fish ie "katla" known as jewfish in english.For her to make her favourite fish dish.and i even presented this hand made Rosh Hashannah greeting card made my self.and wished a prosperous year ahead.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Samuel Hallegua the warden of cochin Pardesi synagogue passed away.


78 years old man with a wide knowledge that was Samuel hallegua. when i met him 2 years ago he was quiet healthy and was happy to invite me o his home and had talked to me for a long time and after that i had showed my Torah to him and after that i gave him an oil painting of a menorah and shawl.and even i gave him a copy of ten commendment in hebrew handwritten by me and for a long time i didnt met him as iwas away from my hometown for my studies.recently when i came back to my home from sarah aunty i came to know about him that he is suffering from disease.
god didnt gave him a chance to see next Rosh Hashanah which is on 19th of this month.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Ashkenazi,Bagdadi and An Indian(אשכנזי, באגדאדי והודי)



This is the photo of Isaac Ashakenazi, Sarah Cohen and me from the house of Sarah Cohen. Family of Mr. Isaac is a German immigrant and Sarah Cohen is from Bagdad and I myself Thoufeek Zakriya an Indian Muslim.
Today (23rd June 2009) I went to Sarah Auntie’s house and showed my torah Scroll as I promised to her and she was pretty amazed to see it and she called her neighbour Mr. Isaac Ashkenazi who came for an evening walk and a visit to Sarah Cohen’s house and He saw my handmade Torah Scroll and gave a good comment and he read it fully and here is the photo of him checking the Sefer Torah







He told that it was good and he asked me to write his name and I wrote it fore him in Hebrew and also he have ordered me one copy of Birchat habayit for him to present it to one of his friend.
And it is really a rare chance to me to click a photo with him because he always avoids photography for his privacy from all the medias but he happily gave me the chance. Actually it was all happened because of Mr.Thaha Ibrahim who is the care taker of Sarah Cohen. Yaa a Muslim who looks after an aged Jew without any profit as his own mother. Mr.Thaha told “this is what my religion Islam taught me, to love and maintain peace between all and spread it like an ocean”.
For me this is a great thing and a great example of communal harmony.
ALHAMDULLILLAH!
May Allah bless us all with Peace.

Friday, June 12, 2009

A visit to Sarah Cohens house,eldest Jewess in the Cochin Jewish community.

Me,Sarah Cohen and Thaha
This is a photograph took from the house of the most eldest person of the Cochin Jewish community, Sarah Cohen I visited her on 10th of this month. Thaha he is a Muslim and he is the shopkeeper and helper of Sarah Cohen’s hand embroidery shop within her home. He helps her in the stitching of Kippas and jewish hand embroidery items and he know a little of Hebrew that has been taught by Sarah Cohen and her late Husband who was an eminent personality in cochin jewish community.
When I went to her home to visit her and show my Hebrew calligraphies she was pretty amazed to see it and she told that she cant believe that a Muslim doing Hebrew calligraphy. And she liked each and every piece and I presented one to her and she was very happy to receive that and she exhibited it in her shop. She talked to me almost a three hours even though she is aged and being tired of it. Any way she was very open and happy to share her comments on it and from her I had learned many new terminologies used there in the Cochin Jewish community.
And to me it was a different experience to see her and her happiness.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Inscribed in Gold


This is an A3 sized Birchath habayit made with the help of gum and golden powder.To make this first of all write the letters in the parchment and fill the each letter with gum and then dust the powder.similarly write a line each then keep it for drying and then wipe out the excess of dust.Then continue the process, this is a work which need more patience and any one can do this after frequent experiment and practice.
I dedicate this work to all those who work for the peace between Israelites and Palstinians.Especially to Dr.Asher Eder one of my new friend from Israel and to Mr.Zeev Barkan who introduced him to me.May god fill this world with Peace.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

As simple as that............




I had made a non exclusively decorated Birchat Habayit which is very simple and and i like it most because the font used in this is favourite to me than the other styles used by myself.and copper border is given to it which gives an antique look to it.


Right now I am in the making of a large A3 sized Birchath with golden embossing letters in the same Torah scibe font used in it i will soon post the pics of.

Arabic Calligraphy- A gift of God


This is an Arabic Calligraphy done two years ago when i was concentrated in learning Arabic Calligraphy of my own and my tutor was my God,Who gave me this ability to do it and more.I praise him and bow to him for it.
This was made after looking in one photograph of an Arabic calligraphy.as i was in its starting stage