Nz'rabbi Ubah complains of how the Igbo is going down by violating Omenala

By Francis Duru
After he welcomed me and directed me to the place to wash my hands, he welcomed me into his Obi. He blessed and broke the kolanuts after saying hair raising prayers in Igbo. Then we ate the Kolanuts and shared wine.

He spoke a lot. He talked about Igbo marriage customs, he talked about Igbos that undertook the Nazirite vow. He talked about Igbo farm practises like 'nkpa ji', he talked about igbos who won't eat if they didn't know what items were contained in the food. He talked about the Laws of Nidal Then he talked about burials and mourning the dead among the igbo. Among others he said the following:

"Doctor can you imagine that NOW, igbos embalm the dead they should bury immediately and after they bury eventually they are asked by someone to come and do 'Thanksgiving' in a Church. Who are they thanking? For what? What our ancestors did was to MOURN the dead not CELEBRATE as they do now or GIVE THANKS. Our burials And mourning were  carrier out in sober and solemn atmosphere devoid of entertainment and vanity. Doctor do you imagine that they even buy cows to celebrate when they should be mourning, not minding that the money may be used to buy bullets that may be used against them. They buy or make NEW clothes for burials when they are supposed to keep their fancy clothes aside". 

As I left him I had no doubt that the man is a great ASSET to our people. He is Nz'Rabbi Ephraim 'Hagadol' Ubah. The leader of the Igbo-centric Association of Jewish Faith Orthodox Synagogue in Owerri.

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