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As a morroccan jew, whos family has been living in north africa as jews for over for nearly 2000 years. I am glad to see this video and deeply touched...
I am a Jew who lived in Chicago for 35 years, until 1978. I was not aware of the existance of your congregation ..... my loss. I would have come and shared a service with you. May you grow and prosper. Shalom
I'm a french jew, and i'm happy when i see black jews! I like the way they practice judaism ! I wish there are more in france ! PS : sorry for my englsih
This is so inspiring! I have always loved African American religious services. Especially the musical approach. I worked for Reverend Leon Sullivan for many years and loved his preaching, but it was Baptist not Noahide. What you at Beth Shalom have done is wonderful! God Bless you beautiful people all!!
Wonderful video. It is so alive and happy, as synagogue should be. Jews throughout the US need to see this. I would love to visit if I'm ever back in Chicago.
Please start a branch in Manchester, NH!!!! We love soul music and would go back to temple in a New York minute if there was a temple like this one up in New England!!! Beautiful!!!!! Steve
Jews of African descent has been around since the the dawn of the Judaic religion, and has played the key role in its early development. But, we must realize being a Jew has nothing to do with color...Adonai wants are hearts with total committment to him and display loving-compassion for all humanity period...Chill on the hate!!!! Start the love and focus on Adonai!!!!!
Thanks for putting this up. It's going out to my people. The thing that's great, is that it once more shows that Juadaism is a spiritual path that all people can walk, each in their own distinct way. Very cool.
This is brilliant. Although frankly they don't need the microphones or electronics, as their voices are powerful enough to resonate!! (& it would bring them 1 step closer to a Halachic synagogue)
This is really cool! Wow what an amazing Voice! I would like to visit this synagogue but I live to far away. I am white but if I lived in the area, I would like to become a member of your temple. There is a great energy! Have a Happy Passover!
Its sad when Christians try to quote the Torah, but end up taking everything out of context. This passage is based on a prophecy from Moses about what will happen if the Jews ignore their Covenant with G-d. The JEWS would be turned back to EGYPT in galleys and offered for sale as slaves, but none will buy (you).Blacks were not slaves in Egypt and they were bought and sold and whereas the Torah very clearly says none will buy (you). Please respect the Torah and keep your quotes in context.
I am so proud of you that you keep Shabbos & honor your parents. This is wonderful. You should continue to grow in learning & performing Mitzvot. You mentioned 2 of the 613 commandments/Mitzvot that G-d gave to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai. Some Mitzvot are things we should do & some are things we need to avoid doing. Jews try to follow these rules to develop a relationship with G-d. Every Mitzvah we do brings us 1 step closer to G-d, but every commandment we avoid is an opportunity missed.
It is sad to see how many ignorant, selfish, supremecist-minded people there are. I absolutely loved this and praise Beth Shalom. It worries me that so many people hate a particular class, vs disliking an individual for their wrongdoing. Get a life. Start rejoicing in the good of people, not focusing on the bad. What did you do for the good of man/g-d today? That is really what you should be thinking about, not being venemous about people who are practicing freedom of religion. Kudo Beth Shalom!
i am a jewish child im not very religios but i keep shabbat and honner my father and mother i take hebrew school for my batmitzva and i think this is very good that these people are jewish i am not african american but im am not racist i am happy they r jewish
I'm an American of Ethiopian descent living in Germany and attend synogogue here. My ancestors are mixed between Beta-Israel (Falashas) and Eastern European Ashkenasi Jews. Talk about being stuck in the middle. I'm questioned by those in and outside of my faith, who find it hard to believe I'm matrilineal and patrilineal Hebrew or Jewish, and can't get past their own subliminal visual pre-programming. I've learned to keep my faith as private as I keep my bank account. Divide and conquer us.
That congregation is so awesome! I know my temple would love to get together and do programs with them, but we're in NY. People are used to "seeing" Jews as white, but obviously this is not so. To me, Judaism is making the religion yours, not the other way around. I don't fit in to being Jewish - it fits in to what I already am. And so it sems with this group too! B'Shalom, Beth Shalom B'Nai Zaken!!
I'm a white, kosher-keeping, born-of-a-jewish-mother Jew and we sometimes play bongos during our shabbat davvening. If you think Judaism is "the same for one and all," go to a few different synagogues in Israel. Same Torah, same structure to the davening, same God, but the "lifestyle" you will see in a haredi synagogue will be very different from the "lifestyle" in an Iraqi or Reform synagogue.
great clip Yogi. Yes real jews/israelites whatever you want to call them as on that clip. it was so beautiful it choked me to tears. am yirael chozrim habayta who would ever have imagined as depicted in that clip. Truly by the hand of Hashem, zroah netuah with an outstretched arm. Unlike the imposters depicted in this topic.
YES! If the Ruach HaKodesh was allowed in Synagogues, singing, dancing and jubilation would happen. Empty seats would fill up... and GOD would move soveringly over HIS people like HE did in Bible Days. It will happen! It is my earnest prayer. I love the entire HOUSE of ISRAEL...
@malkiel2 What does happen if God judges someone as gentile? (btw... my mother was jewish, her mother was born jewish in a lithuanian shtetl and we were jewish as far back as anyone knows. And how do you know that some ancestor of yours wasn't a gentile woman who never formally converted?)
SHALOM--the 613 commandments or mitzvot are either "positive commandments" to perform an act or "negative commandments" to abstain from certain acts. There are 365 negative commandments, corresponding to the number of days in a solar year, and 248 positive commandments, ascribed to the number of bones and significant organs in the human body. Always happy to answer a good question...
I am a "white" Jew. To all my Jewish brethren regardless of the color of skin your have my love :) Just a side note check out the Spring 08 issue of the Reform Judaism magazine. Theres an interesting article done on the DNA of modern (mostly "white) Jews and Kohanim linking them to the ancient Hebrews. Whats interesting is most long standing Jewish communities regardless of "race" share common semitic genetic markers! AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Yisroel - The reporting on the show is deceptive in itself. I listened again - it stated at one point, "...like in Orthodox synagogues, men and women sit...". That at first led me to believe this shul was purporting to be Orthodox. I understand the Jews for Jesus, and I have taught in an area where I had two black "Hebrew" students in my class. One had a white Jewish male relative, and I couldn't quite get it across to the family that they weren't really Jewish, and the other (I'll cont.)
No, you are wrong. The name of the synagogue is Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (House of Peace for the Children of the Ancient Ethiopian Hebrews). They are Hebrew Israelites.
I don't know where the "Ethiopian" comes from, because the service does not seem to adhere to Ethiopian rite, including reading the Torah in Ge'ez (although I'm not sure whether that practice will continue among Israeli Ethiopian Jews for another generation anyways, but that's a different story).
I used to see quite a few "Jews" in Harlem when I worked there. I was in a supermarket on 116th street and he was blocking me in the isle and I sald "tazuz bubeleh." He turned around with a freaked-out look on his face, then realised what I was doing, et out a laugh, and said "oh no brother, I don't speak Hebrew...but I'm learning." The Jews of Nigeria are probably descended from Moroccan Jews who fed to West Africa in the time of the Amohavids.
As a Jew by birth from eastern European decent, I find that the thought of color absolutely irrelevant to our religion. I welcome the thought of diversity among our people. Let's stop the arguments about who are the real Jews. Let's embrace our common beliefs and come together.
The building looks great. But this would take me a bit of getting used to. I'll parise one thing-the singing. This is more fun than listening to another Cantor yodeling on and on.
and Gihon for your information the Gihon in Genesis a River , The Gihon in Kings is near Jerusalem, King Solomon was annointed there to a great ceremony with Trumpets, Please read up before commenting.....
It saddens me to see people insulting each other and arguing about who is Jewish. If one reads and believes in the Torah and feels it in his/her heart, he/she is Jewish. Please let us unite rather than try to be "better than"
Wonderful video! Religion tends to be more destructive than constructive in our times. There is nothing more divisive in the world today. True religion is the internal exploration of one's connection with the nameless... Everything external is politics. Who are the truest Jews? Is Judaism something that is the property of one ethnic group? What is the value of such questions?
Auitane--You are a little off in regard to the nuance behind the custom. There is a prohibition against taking Hashem's name in vain. So, even referring to Hashem casually we try to be careful about the language we use. One example--you will never see the abbreviation for the Tetragramaton printed like you did coming from a Kosher source. The custom is to abbreviate the name to prevent someone from desecrating--which also applies to written form. This is why I use the em dash.
@Jelloxox but it isn't crap talk its stating a fact, we are God Chosen people and it has been hidden from us and our heritage taken from us. The truth is the truth! That is a big part of our history!
What happened to 8. and the beginning of 9.? Deut. 28:49. Babylonia. Deut. 28.68. Your translation is wrong. It says "you will try to get people to buy you as slaves, but nobody will."
I have no problem with this congregation.I think it's wonderful that people all over are turning back to the true Elohim of this world.I believe also that anyone who wants to come into Israel can do so by a simple proclaimation as Ruth did.There is no need to ask questions like who is a true Israelite. If the Yahudim in Israel are really just Khazars and not true Israelites than the promises of YHWH are false and he is a false God, which he is not. HalleluYah!
Means to literally put the scriptures on your doorpost as a mezuza(word of God). you bind tefellon on your arms and on your head. This should be taught thru generations
Yes I support this a lot I grew up as a black jew in Chicago too! But I've never heard of this congregation until now. Many Chicago synagogues don't except other people my brother for example, played with a group of white jewish kids and they made fun of him because of his color. Why is it that we are excluded all the time a religion is not a race it isn't something u are born into! Religion is something ANYONE can learn to understand and I hope we bring back our culture into blacks across United States. Btw I'm only 12 so what I say might make no sense to u sorry :(
From a Jewish standpoint you are correct, from a spiritual standpoint you are incorrect. Oral Law was not given at MT. Sinai it was given by the Rabbi's(man ). This is what i mean by Rabbinic Law. I assume you must be an orthadox Jew if i am wrong i meant no offense but pleeze respond
Well, it's about time then. There are also Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, [very "black"] Indian, American Indian, sub-saharan African Jews as well. The idea that Jews are a "race" is a Nazi concept, and people who think there's a Jewish "race", whether they realize it or not, are allowing Nazism to shape their thinking. Judaism has never embraced any kind of "racist" ideology. Jewish descent, yes, because we are a family. But people have always been welcome to join our family.
all my family is jewish but the more the marrier u cant judge people like that kindness comes from the heart in accsepting others you cant judje them like that
Jews went into Egypt a tribe and come out a ppl. During the time in Egypt they became a ppl of many colors. Why is it so hard for ppl (Black and White) to realize that the exile from Israel, Jews when to all four corner of the world and one of them being Ethiopia. Keep up the great work and remember your faith.
i will say this - that Abraham was from Ur, which was more to the East like Iraq, and so was his wife. the family travelled north in that direction to find wives, who were mostly their cousins. the wife of Moses was said to be a Kushi, and Kush was a major black kingdom at the time and would become Ethiopia.
Also, my skepticism of Hebrew Israelites is based on some public-access shows I've seen on my local cable as I flip throught the channels. These shows or whatever are produced by Black Israelites, but often include discussion of passages from the Christian Bible and Christian imagery. Whether that is true of this congregation or not, I have no idea. I also wonder how the congregation gets around the prohibitions on work, such as cooking.
I celebrate whatever benefits people and does not hurt others. I love their energy and commitment, but wish the "black nationalism" was less prominent. As a Reform Jew; some on the "right" don't consider me "Jewish" enough, as some of you regard Beth Shalom. But we know who we are, and we ARE part of "us." Judaism is a big umbrella covering all who want to be Jewish. These good people do; who shall deny them? If I'm ever in Chicago, I'd like to share a service with them!
This is why I would NEVER be a Jew or Christian. TOO much nationalism! And too much distinction over ethnicity. The fact is that Islam is the truth! The Prophet Muhammad (S) said: "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action." Islam is the only religion that brings such equality!
While I appreciate your point--arguing whether there is a J in Hebrew or not is a moot point in this particular discussion. J is simply an English letter which Anglicized words often substitute for the Hebrew Yud--as in Yerushalayim. Some terribly misguided people believe the lack of a J in Hebrew is proof of their long lost association with the Children of Israel of the Torah--what is commonly referred today in English as the Jewish people.
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The 12 Tribes went to Mt. Sinai and prepared for receiving the Torah by purifying themselves in the Mikvah & then the men had a Brit Milah. The ENTIRE ISRAELITE NATION agreed to the accept & follow the Torah (ORAL & WRITTEN) and all its laws. The 12 Tribes were transformed into the holy nation serving G-d through his covenant and laws The same conversion process is still used 3700 years later At this point all of the laws in the Torah applied to the ENTIRE Israelite nation as they still do
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As a morroccan jew, whos family has been living in north africa as jews for over for nearly 2000 years. I am glad to see this video and deeply touched...
Hello I'm an African and a Christian I love this video
God bless these Jews
I am a Jew who lived in Chicago for 35 years, until 1978. I was not aware of the existance of your congregation ..... my loss. I would have come and shared a service with you. May you grow and prosper.
Shalom
I'm a french jew, and i'm happy when i see black jews! I like the way they practice judaism ! I wish there are more in france !
PS : sorry for my englsih
If I ever go to Chicago, I'd love to check out their shul. Looks like a lot of fun.
a friend sent me a like to this... seems cool, Shalom family
This is so inspiring! I have always loved African American religious services. Especially the musical approach. I worked for Reverend Leon Sullivan for many years and loved his preaching, but it was Baptist not Noahide. What you at Beth Shalom have done is wonderful! God Bless you beautiful people all!!
Excellent! God is praised and respected.
love this video.
thanx for sharing.
jb
They're singing "We're Marching to Zion"? Wow, That's a popular song in the AME Zion Church. :-) Wasn't expecting that one.
Anyway, good video.
Wonderful video. It is so alive and happy, as synagogue should be. Jews throughout the US need to see this. I would love to visit if I'm ever back in Chicago.
Please start a branch in Manchester, NH!!!! We love soul music and would go back to temple in a New York minute if there was a temple like this one up in New England!!!
Beautiful!!!!!
Steve
Jews of African descent has been around since the the dawn of the Judaic religion, and has played the key role in its early development. But, we must realize being a Jew has nothing to do with color...Adonai wants are hearts with total committment to him and display loving-compassion for all humanity period...Chill on the hate!!!! Start the love and focus on Adonai!!!!!
Great report!
Thanks for putting this up. It's going out to my people. The thing that's great, is that it once more shows that Juadaism is a spiritual path that all people can walk, each in their own distinct way. Very cool.
Culture is not a crystallized substance but a dynamic entity constantly changing.
I got to hear Rabbi Funnye speak this past Wednesday at my congregation's annual MLK celebration.
This is brilliant. Although frankly they don't need the microphones or electronics, as their voices are powerful enough to resonate!! (& it would bring them 1 step closer to a Halachic synagogue)
@cagere555
I'm a christian and i love this video
Shana tova !
this is postive and in the right direction
This is really cool! Wow what an amazing Voice! I would like to visit this synagogue but I live to far away. I am white but if I lived in the area, I would like to become a member of your temple. There is a great energy! Have a Happy Passover!
May H-shem support your congregation
Its sad when Christians try to quote the Torah, but end up taking everything out of context. This passage is based on a prophecy from Moses about what will happen if the Jews ignore their Covenant with G-d. The JEWS would be turned back to EGYPT in galleys and offered for sale as slaves, but none will buy (you).Blacks were not slaves in Egypt and they were bought and sold and whereas the Torah very clearly says none will buy (you). Please respect the Torah and keep your quotes in context.
uplifting! great video - AM YISROEL KHAI!
Great! It makes me proud.
I am so proud of you that you keep Shabbos & honor your parents. This is wonderful. You should continue to grow in learning & performing Mitzvot.
You mentioned 2 of the 613 commandments/Mitzvot that G-d gave to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai. Some Mitzvot are things we should do & some are things we need to avoid doing. Jews try to follow these rules to develop a relationship with G-d. Every Mitzvah we do brings us 1 step closer to G-d, but every commandment we avoid is an opportunity missed.
Thy shall not think no evil.
Thy shall not do no harm.
Thy shall not talk nonsense,... if you please!
Joy to you all in the name of LIBERTY. PESSAH
Chanoch et ha'heled al pi darko. Your video is beautiful.
Continued mazal tov and success!
I agree with you on this as well now that you explained yourself further.
Shalom ahch.
G-d bless you people.
It is sad to see how many ignorant, selfish, supremecist-minded people there are. I absolutely loved this and praise Beth Shalom. It worries me that so many people hate a particular class, vs disliking an individual for their wrongdoing. Get a life. Start rejoicing in the good of people, not focusing on the bad. What did you do for the good of man/g-d today? That is really what you should be thinking about, not being venemous about people who are practicing freedom of religion. Kudo Beth Shalom!
i am a jewish child im not very religios but i keep shabbat and honner my father and mother i take hebrew school for my batmitzva and i think this is very good that these people are jewish i am not african american but im am not racist i am happy they r jewish
This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen.
I'm an American of Ethiopian descent living in Germany and attend synogogue here. My ancestors are mixed between Beta-Israel (Falashas) and Eastern European Ashkenasi Jews. Talk about being stuck in the middle. I'm questioned by those in and outside of my faith, who find it hard to believe I'm matrilineal and patrilineal Hebrew or Jewish, and can't get past their own subliminal visual pre-programming. I've learned to keep my faith as private as I keep my bank account. Divide and conquer us.
Very cool.........very hopeful!
Wow! This is great!
Gd bless Israel :-)
Religion is in the soul not skin
Are you posting this in reply to yourself?
beautiful, love it, more power to them!!!
shalom
That congregation is so awesome! I know my temple would love to get together and do programs with them, but we're in NY.
People are used to "seeing" Jews as white, but obviously this is not so. To me, Judaism is making the religion yours, not the other way around. I don't fit in to being Jewish - it fits in to what I already am. And so it sems with this group too!
B'Shalom, Beth Shalom B'Nai Zaken!!
If you're Jewish it doesn't matter what your ethnic background or nationality is. Great stuff!
love it!! yeeeedin mamish a givalt!!! the holiest of the holy
I am delighted to see this video and saddened to see so much hateful commentary. I commend the shul in its work.
I love this...If I lived in Chicago, I'd join this shule!
I'm a white, kosher-keeping, born-of-a-jewish-mother Jew and we sometimes play bongos during our shabbat davvening. If you think Judaism is "the same for one and all," go to a few different synagogues in Israel. Same Torah, same structure to the davening, same God, but the "lifestyle" you will see in a haredi synagogue will be very different from the "lifestyle" in an Iraqi or Reform synagogue.
great clip Yogi. Yes real jews/israelites whatever you want to call them as on that clip. it was so beautiful it choked me to tears. am yirael chozrim habayta who would ever have imagined as depicted in that clip. Truly by the hand of Hashem, zroah netuah with an outstretched arm. Unlike the imposters depicted in this topic.
I tried to send you the information you requested but your account has a friend lock on it...
YES! If the Ruach HaKodesh was allowed in Synagogues, singing, dancing and jubilation would happen. Empty seats would fill up... and GOD would move soveringly over HIS people like HE did in Bible Days. It will happen! It is my earnest prayer. I love the entire HOUSE of ISRAEL...
thats so cool!
I want to go there!!
@MenechemShaul
god bless bless the jews
what does your dislike of Sarah Palin have to do with this video?
@malkiel2 What does happen if God judges someone as gentile? (btw... my mother was jewish, her mother was born jewish in a lithuanian shtetl and we were jewish as far back as anyone knows. And how do you know that some ancestor of yours wasn't a gentile woman who never formally converted?)
good 4 u!
cool!!!
SHALOM--the 613 commandments or mitzvot are either "positive commandments" to perform an act or "negative commandments" to abstain from certain acts. There are 365 negative commandments, corresponding to the number of days in a solar year, and 248 positive commandments, ascribed to the number of bones and significant organs in the human body.
Always happy to answer a good question...
I am a "white" Jew. To all my Jewish brethren regardless of the color of skin your have my love :) Just a side note check out the Spring 08 issue of the Reform Judaism magazine. Theres an interesting article done on the DNA of modern (mostly "white) Jews and Kohanim linking them to the ancient Hebrews. Whats interesting is most long standing Jewish communities regardless of "race" share common semitic genetic markers! AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Yisroel - The reporting on the show is deceptive in itself. I listened again - it stated at one point, "...like in Orthodox synagogues, men and women sit...". That at first led me to believe this shul was purporting to be Orthodox. I understand the Jews for Jesus, and I have taught in an area where I had two black "Hebrew" students in my class. One had a white Jewish male relative, and I couldn't quite get it across to the family that they weren't really Jewish, and the other (I'll cont.)
Amen!!
No, you are wrong. The name of the synagogue is Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (House of Peace for the Children of the Ancient Ethiopian Hebrews). They are Hebrew Israelites.
wow these guys r cool
the clothes!!
I don't know where the "Ethiopian" comes from, because the service does not seem to adhere to Ethiopian rite, including reading the Torah in Ge'ez (although I'm not sure whether that practice will continue among Israeli Ethiopian Jews for another generation anyways, but that's a different story).
I used to see quite a few "Jews" in Harlem when I worked there. I was in a supermarket on 116th street and he was blocking me in the isle and I sald "tazuz bubeleh." He turned around with a freaked-out look on his face, then realised what I was doing, et out a laugh, and said "oh no brother, I don't speak Hebrew...but I'm learning."
The Jews of Nigeria are probably descended from Moroccan Jews who fed to West Africa in the time of the Amohavids.
Exalt the Name of the God of Israel. The God of Humanity. Praise God!
As a Jew by birth from eastern European decent, I find that the thought of color absolutely irrelevant to our religion. I welcome the thought of diversity among our people. Let's stop the arguments about who are the real Jews. Let's embrace our common beliefs and come together.
The building looks great. But this would take me a bit of getting used to.
I'll parise one thing-the singing. This is more fun than listening to another Cantor yodeling on and on.
@malkiel2 You're joking right? Do you believe that you have to be orthodox to be Jewish? If I am not strictly halachic, I have no Jewish soul?
and Gihon for your information the Gihon in Genesis a River , The Gihon in Kings is near Jerusalem, King Solomon was annointed there to a great ceremony with Trumpets, Please read up before commenting.....
EXACTLY
It's even harder when it becomes defined in the minds of some Jews to be about chumra upon chumra.
It saddens me to see people insulting each other and arguing about who is Jewish. If one reads and believes in the Torah and feels it in his/her heart, he/she is Jewish. Please let us unite rather than try to be "better than"
Wonderful video! Religion tends to be more destructive than constructive in our times. There is nothing more divisive in the world today. True religion is the internal exploration of one's connection with the nameless... Everything external is politics. Who are the truest Jews? Is Judaism something that is the property of one ethnic group? What is the value of such questions?
Auitane--You are a little off in regard to the nuance behind the custom. There is a prohibition against taking Hashem's name in vain. So, even referring to Hashem casually we try to be careful about the language we use. One example--you will never see the abbreviation for the Tetragramaton printed like you did coming from a Kosher source. The custom is to abbreviate the name to prevent someone from desecrating--which also applies to written form. This is why I use the em dash.
@Jelloxox but it isn't crap talk its stating a fact, we are God Chosen people and it has been hidden from us and our heritage taken from us. The truth is the truth! That is a big part of our history!
one love
and how do you know
Very interesting story. My hat's off to the Beth Shalom congregation, or should I say my yarmulke's off to them!
This is a good thing! No one should say that they shouldn't be allowed to be Jewish! IT'S THE 1ST AMENDMENT!
the Ashkenazi ARE the "True JEWS". My people are ISRAELITES. Israelites and Jews are two entirely different things
What happened to 8. and the beginning of 9.?
Deut. 28:49. Babylonia.
Deut. 28.68. Your translation is wrong. It says "you will try to get people to buy you as slaves, but nobody will."
I have no problem with this congregation.I think it's wonderful that people all over are turning back to the true Elohim of this world.I believe also that anyone who wants to come into Israel can do so by a simple proclaimation as Ruth did.There is no need to ask questions like who is a true Israelite. If the Yahudim in Israel are really just Khazars and not true Israelites than the promises of YHWH are false and he is a false God, which he is not. HalleluYah!
hahaah AMAZING! i wanna go!
Means to literally put the scriptures on your doorpost as a mezuza(word of God). you bind tefellon on your arms and on your head. This should be taught thru generations
Yes I support this a lot I grew up as a black jew in Chicago too! But I've never heard of this congregation until now. Many Chicago synagogues don't except other people my brother for example, played with a group of white jewish kids and they made fun of him because of his color. Why is it that we are excluded all the time a religion is not a race it isn't something u are born into! Religion is something ANYONE can learn to understand and I hope we bring back our culture into blacks across United States. Btw I'm only 12 so what I say might make no sense to u sorry :(
indira abraham this is not our religion this is our culture, and only the family of Yahudah are true Jews for real, but we are all Isrealites.
From a Jewish standpoint you are correct, from a spiritual standpoint you are incorrect. Oral Law was not given at MT. Sinai it was given by the Rabbi's(man ). This is what i mean by Rabbinic Law. I assume you must be an orthadox Jew if i am wrong i meant no offense but pleeze respond
Well, it's about time then. There are also Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, [very "black"] Indian, American Indian, sub-saharan African Jews as well. The idea that Jews are a "race" is a Nazi concept, and people who think there's a Jewish "race", whether they realize it or not, are allowing Nazism to shape their thinking. Judaism has never embraced any kind of "racist" ideology. Jewish descent, yes, because we are a family. But people have always been welcome to join our family.
all my family is jewish but the more the marrier u cant judge people like that kindness comes from the heart in accsepting others you cant judje them like that
Jews went into Egypt a tribe and come out a ppl. During the time in Egypt they became a ppl of many colors. Why is it so hard for ppl (Black and White) to realize that the exile from Israel, Jews when to all four corner of the world and one of them being Ethiopia. Keep up the great work and remember your faith.
The "yarmulkes" that we wear are usually too small. The large ones worn by Bukharian Jews are closer to the correct size.
pleese answer the questions i have asked you
more olive toned than U? How olive-toned are U? And do U know what color an olive is?
i will say this - that Abraham was from Ur, which was more to the East like Iraq, and so was his wife. the family travelled north in that direction to find wives, who were mostly their cousins. the wife of Moses was said to be a Kushi, and Kush was a major black kingdom at the time and would become Ethiopia.
Also, my skepticism of Hebrew Israelites is based on some public-access shows I've seen on my local cable as I flip throught the channels. These shows or whatever are produced by Black Israelites, but often include discussion of passages from the Christian Bible and Christian imagery. Whether that is true of this congregation or not, I have no idea. I also wonder how the congregation gets around the prohibitions on work, such as cooking.
I celebrate whatever benefits people and does not hurt others. I love their energy and commitment, but wish the "black nationalism" was less prominent. As a Reform Jew; some on the "right" don't consider me "Jewish" enough, as some of you regard Beth Shalom. But we know who we are, and we ARE part of "us." Judaism is a big umbrella covering all who want to be Jewish. These good people do; who shall deny them? If I'm ever in Chicago, I'd like to share a service with them!
This is why I would NEVER be a Jew or Christian.
TOO much nationalism! And too much distinction over ethnicity.
The fact is that Islam is the truth!
The Prophet Muhammad (S) said:
"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action."
Islam is the only religion that brings such equality!
While I appreciate your point--arguing whether there is a J in Hebrew or not is a moot point in this particular discussion. J is simply an English letter which Anglicized words often substitute for the Hebrew Yud--as in Yerushalayim. Some terribly misguided people believe the lack of a J in Hebrew is proof of their long lost association with the Children of Israel of the Torah--what is commonly referred today in English as the Jewish people.
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The 12 Tribes went to Mt. Sinai and prepared for receiving the Torah by purifying themselves in the Mikvah & then the men had a Brit Milah. The ENTIRE ISRAELITE NATION agreed to the accept & follow the Torah (ORAL & WRITTEN) and all its laws. The 12 Tribes were transformed into the holy nation serving G-d through his covenant and laws
The same conversion process is still used 3700 years later
At this point all of the laws in the Torah applied to the ENTIRE Israelite nation as they still do
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