Nariman House

Nariman House
नरीमन हाउस
Front view of the Nariman House a week after the attacks
Location within Mumbai
Former names	Nariman House
Alternative names	Chabad house
General information
Type	Modern
Architectural style	Modern
Location	Colaba, Mumbai,
Address	5 Hormusji Street, Colaba
Coordinates	18°54′59″N 72°49′40″E / 18.916517°N 72.827682°E / 18.916517; 72.827682
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Owner	Moshe Holtzberg
Landlord	Moshe Holtzberg

The Nariman House (Marathi: नरीमन हाउस), renamed as Chabad House (Hebrew: בית חב"ד‎‎ Beit Chabad), is a five-story landmark in the Colaba area of South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The building was home to a Chabad house, a Jewish outreach centre run by Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, who owned the building since around 2006. The centre had an educational center, a synagogue, offered drug prevention services, and a hostel. The building was attacked and six of its occupants, including Holtzberg and his wife, who was five months pregnant, were killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Their two-year-old son Moshe survived the attack after being rescued by his Indian nanny, Sandra Samuel.

The Chabad House, located at 5 Hormusji Street, Colaba, is one of eight synagogues in Mumbai and has been described as the epicentre of the Jewish community in the city.

It is one of 4,000 such houses in 73 countries, typically run by husband-and-wife couples. In 2003, this Chabad House, the first in Mumbai, was opened by Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, newly married and run by them. It catered to Israelis who are on their way to "party hotspots" such as Goa and Rajasthan, in addition to the city's local Jewish community and traveling Jewish businessmen. The Holtzbergs also ran a synagogue and taught Torah classes, in addition to the rabbi conducting weddings for local Jewish couples. It is the Chabad headquarters for Mumbai. The place was open to anyone who wanted a place to pray, eat kosher food or celebrate Jewish holidays. In a film in 2006, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg said that anyone who visited the center was welcome. It was not unusual for the Rabbi and his wife to have 30 people for dinner. Gavriel (born 1979, raised in Brooklyn, New York) and Rivka (born 1980 in Afula, Israel) Holtzberg came to Mumbai in 2003 after completing a mission in Thailand.