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This view is supported by Rabbi Yehezkel Rachbi of Cochin who, in a letter addressed to Tobias Boas of Amsterdam in 1768, wrote: "We are called 'White Jews', being people who have come from the Holy Land, (may it be built and established quickly, even in our days), while the Jews that are called 'Black' they became such in Malabar from proselytization and emancipation. However, their status and their rule of law, as well as their prayer, are just as ours." See: Sefunot; online edition: Sefunot, Book One (article: "Sources for the History on the Relations Between the White and Black Jews of Cochin")Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, p. רמט, but in PDF p. 271 (Hebrew)
Segal, J.B. (1993). A history of the Jews of Cochin. Vallentine Mitchell. OCLC624148605.
Waronker, Jay (2007). Jay Waronker: India's synagogues ; March-April 7, 2007. Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College. OCLC173844321.
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This view is supported by Rabbi Yehezkel Rachbi of Cochin who, in a letter addressed to Tobias Boas of Amsterdam in 1768, wrote: "We are called 'White Jews', being people who have come from the Holy Land, (may it be built and established quickly, even in our days), while the Jews that are called 'Black' they became such in Malabar from proselytization and emancipation. However, their status and their rule of law, as well as their prayer, are just as ours." See: Sefunot; online edition: Sefunot, Book One (article: "Sources for the History on the Relations Between the White and Black Jews of Cochin")Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, p. רמט, but in PDF p. 271 (Hebrew)
