Jewish Life in Nigeria: Video 5

[blessedom]

I am sorry for these igbos claiming to be what they are not. The worst part is there is even no DNA evidence to start with and worst still, when they finally gain recognition from from Israel, i hope they will be ready to leave Igboland because they ve been strangers there all their life. Then they can go and die in Isreali-Arab war. Of cause they don't even understand the reality of life there or the vulnerability of Israels future. Have they even considered the implications of their argument?

[summersunt]

It has nothing to do with 'Claiming". Igbo's are referred to as Biafrans (Bi-Afrans) akin to the word Bi-racial. The Bi comes from the fact that Igbos do not actulaly hail from Nigeria - they are believed to be descended from the Jews who travelled down from Nigeria. This is not exclusive to igbos, but all along the coast of africa there are settled groups of jews. This matches greek history, the greeks hired jews as mercenaries to uphold their government in egypt centurie ago.

[Kamekazi01]

@blessedom Why is it that every Nigerian hate these Igbo men and women? there must be something special about this Igbo people or tribe .If the rest of Nigerians can`t beat them , i will advice them to simply join them . Jealousy is the root of haters .

[ereola3]

Judaism is been in Africa thousand of years before it come Europe. Moses, Nimrod,Bilal are Ethiopian origin. All these are African Tribe, and if you see the Ibo culture it have some similarity with jews. Every religion were hijac by west, look at buddist now may thousand years to come, may be west will claim it.

[Yonah613]

Hashem knows His own and He knows the people who He has a contract with. Hashem will remember His contract and His promise to Abraham, for He will save all the seed of Abraham. Many of whom are still in the nations of the world.

So only the G-d of Israel alone will judge these people as Jews, and He will bring them home to Israel.

[ayolisah]

@NativeOfAfrica continued- From handwashing, to Ibris, to the wearing of Kippah=O'kp'u, etc Igbo tradition and everything is Jewish. You have to study the Jewish custom to realise that all you have been seeing al your life in Igbo culture is ALL Jewish!

[ayolisah]

Messiah/Messiyah=Messa yah/mesa ya= 'annointed/'annoint it', 'touch it' with oil..thus mesa ya mmanu! Bah=Gbaa=To trample/Kick; Beetsail/petsail=Bechaa/kpecha­a= to peel eg 'Kpechara m sugar cane aa', 'bechara m oromaa'; Khalil=Hanile= all of them, And I have heard some dialects say 'halile'; And last but not the least, is Hulbanah=White or whitening and Ugbana/Ugbanah for 'white' or 'whitening'. So nnaa go and ponder, assuming you are a male youth!

[ayolisah]

@igbotelevision...Messiah/Mess­iyah=Messa yah/mesa ya= 'annointed/'annoint it', 'touch it' with oil..thus mesa ya mmanu! Bah=Gbaa=To trample/Kick; Beetsail/petsail=Bechaa/kpecha­a= to peel eg 'Kpechara m sugar cane aa', 'bechara m oromaa'; Khalil=Hanile= all of them, And I have heard some dialects say 'halile'; And last but not the least, is Hulbanah=White or whitening and Ugbana/Ugbanah for 'white' or 'whitening'.  So nnaa go and ponder, assuming you are a male youth!

[ayolisah]

@messiyah, some dialects even say mesia. mesi ya. Remember the white egret? Children call it Chekeleke, as in 'chekeleke nyem mbo ocha ka iwere oji'? Do you know its real name in Igbo? It is Ugbana! That is WHITE! Have we not forgotten our own language?!

[ayolisah]

@ igbotelevision continued... I should know about this because I have extensively done a study on our language and can give you these tidbits....Kedusha=Idiocha='cl­eanliness'; Aravot=Aravah/Arabah/Aboh=the Arbor tree ie Ukwu Aboh/Arbor/Arabah; Obhal=Oba=river eg Oba mmiri; Bas=Basa,Bata=Step in, enter; Bayi=Banyi=Beanyi=Our home, our Land etc; Khorakh=Akwara=Vein; Kar=Kaa=To ripen;

[ayolisah]

I meant Basa=Basa/Bata=Step in/on or enter.

[ahdaiyah2012]

Deut 27:15 "Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol--a thing

detestable to the Most High, the work of the craftsman's hands--and sets it up

in secret." Then all the people shall say, "Amein!"

1SA 15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like

the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the MOST HIGH, he

has rejected you as king."

We ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH SUCH BAD SLAVERY DEUT 28:68 READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER FOR YOUR SELF

[rovingrabbi]

How this comment is germane to the video is beyond me. Nonetheless, it does not contain offensive or vulgar language; therefore, I am approving it.

[igboTelevision]

Our people are not Jewish.

What is happening is that there is a culture in Nigeria that makes most people want to live in wealth because society worships you if youre rich and if youre not, then you can die at the road side and no one would care.

Hunger is a reality for most of our people and wasted talent the order of the day.

For this, some of my people resort to cheap means of getting funding, Jewsih religion is good for the jews.

[rovingrabbi]

Thought 2 block ur comment; will respond instead. U r making gross overgeneralizatn. R there Igbos aspiring 2 Judaism 4 personal gain? Of course. There r also Igbos whose embrace of Judaism cost them their family connexns & their jobs, whose devotn 2 Judaism exceeds that of their overseas counterparts. Only Igbo "Jews" who live in material wealth r messianic. Those who embrace normative Judaism still live in poverty. What they have gained is the spiritual richness of authentic Judaism.

[ayolisah]

True talk!!!

[igboTelevision]

Not every Jewish religion follower is a rouge, however, the comments I made refer to the many who fleece others in order to survive.

You may not be part of the bad eggs, that doesnt mean that the bad eggs are not the majority.

Shalom,

[ayolisah]

To reply your first statement, igbotelevision, Igbos are Hebrews from the lost tribe of Israel, go and do your research before you talk. The language we speak now is Hebrew interspesed with borrowings from other languages in our sojourn to our present abode.

[ayolisah]

@igbotelevision continued...Sakh=Saa=To wash; Yatsoakh=Yasa, Ghasaya, yasaya=To pour eg yasa ya mmiri; Naar=Nnaa=Boy, a male youth. Bet you call or say to all your young male friends 'Nnaa, bia k'anyi jee banyi' without knowing what nnaa really means; Gar=Gaa=Gara=To go, to sojourn, journey, walk etc; Khad=Adu=Sharp or prickly; Oarekh=Orika, Erika=big in dimension(height, length;

[ayolisah]

About Yasoakh, some dialects even say Yasoah...eg Jee yasoa (yasawyah) mmiri. ie Go and pour water on it!

[rovingrabbi]

I have chosen to post these videos as visual proof that Jewish life exists in Africa.

This I will challenge about your statement: that it is ALL about race. Look up Oswald_Rufeisen in wiki. Brother Daniel, a white European, was denied citizenship because he had converted to Christianity.

That being said, one can ask why Israel and non-profits orgs. are not allocating funds to bring Igbos and others back to Judaism, like they are doing with the Russians. I think that we know the answer.

[alonitzafoni]

rovingRabbi but if I am not mistaken,are the Igbo people not descendants of the lost tribes of Israel???If so didnt their influence get diluted by white missionaries whom literally converted most of the planet to Christianity???

[alonitzafoni]

Cant they organise a massive airlift to Israel,like they did with the Ethiopians???

I cant believe the Jewish Agency wastes so much money on Russian immigrants who are not even Jewish!!!

[rovingrabbi]

This is a very serious issue. Israel does not (yet) recognize the Igbos as Jews. Also, many Igbos are practicing Catholics; those who call themselves Jews are often "messianic."

It would be foolish to deny that race plays a role. It is assumed that a Black African cannot possibly be Jewish. White Europeans get the benefit of the doubt. While there are no historical records documenting Jewish life in Nigeria, one cannot dismiss race as a factor in considering who gets funds and who does not.

[generationsackcloth]

Let us not forget the recent aliyah of the B'nei Menashe, whose features are entirely representative of East Asia and are zealous in their observance of Torah, as well as their allegiance to Eretz Yisroel Hashlemah, even willing to pitch up tent in the most volatile of allotted territories, if only to stretch the boundlessness of Tikkun Olam...

[Yonah613]

Go home to Israel, someday I will meet you there.

[NativeOfAfrica]

Why is it that everyone wants us to copy their religion?

Even the Chinese have pitched a tent in Awka.

On the other hand, I welcome any visit by anyone to Nigeria for a peaceful purpose because our people are suffering.

[ayolisah]

Igbos are not copying Jewish religion! Igbos have been practising the Hebraic or now called Jewish religion before colonialism for thousands of years (ABOUT THREE THOUSAND YEARS NOW). And that religion is called Emunaala/Omenaala/Omenaara which means 'The total belief system' of Igbos. And this includes culture, cosmogony, cosmology, philosophy, education, religion, etc. It is the Igbos way of life! Go and find out.