Episode 18: Israeli National Indentity

The Chronicles of Ehav Ever: Episode 18

The following video is a VERY BRIEF discussion about ancient and modern Israeli National Indentity. As this video will show, being Israeli has always been a national identity and the evolution of that indentity. This national identity also affected how Israeli cultural progression with the entrance of Geirim i.e. converts to the Israeli faith.

Just so there is no mis understanding. I am not a Hebrew Israelite so the concepts found amongst such groups concerning race and skin color I do not subscribe to.

Concerning the concepts I mention the following is further information.

History of Middle Eastern Jews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizrachi_Jews

History of the Jews of Southern Europe/North Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardi_Jews

History of the Jews of Yemen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_Jews

History of the Jews of West Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_of_Bilad_el-Sudan

History of the Jews of Northern Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jew

History of the Jews of Ethiopia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Jews

The word "ger" comes from the Hebrew root word gar ( גר ) meaning to "live" or "sojourn [with]". In the Hebrew Bible "ger" (and the Septuagint "proselyte") means "stranger" ("newcomer to Israel";[2] a "sojourner in the land". Rabbi Marc D. Angel notes:

The Hebrew "ger" (in post-Biblical times translated as "proselyte") literally means "stranger" and refers to a non-Israelite who lived among the Israelite community. When the Torah commands compassion and equal justice for the ger, it is referring to these "strangers." But Rabbinic tradition interpreted the word ger as also referring to proselytes... (Angel 2005, p.17)

Angel's explanation of the literal meaning of "ger" as alien is borne out in biblical verses such as Lev 19:34:

As a citizen among you shall be the ger who lives among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were gerim in the land of Egypt—I am the Lord your God.
As Jews were not converts in Egypt, but rather strangers, the verse is an indication that the meaning of ger is "stranger". There is no place in the Hebrew Bible where the term "ger" is clearly used to refer to a convert to Judaism. The closest thing in the Hebrew Bible to a conversion process is the circumcision undergone by the male stranger ("ger") before eating the Passover offering (Exodus 12:48). Another passage which may be relevant to a process of conversion involves non-Jewish women captured in war. (Deut 21:10-14) Such women could be adopted forcibly as wives, but first they had to have their heads shaved and undergo a period of mourning.

In the Talmud, "ger" is used in two senses: ger tzedek refers to a "righteous convert", a proselyte to Judaism, and ger toshav, a non-Jewish inhabitant of the Land of Israel who observes the Seven Laws of Noah and has repudiated all links with idolatry.[5]. Today, ger refers to a convert to Judaism.

However, after a person completes a formal conversion, rabbinic attitude is that he or she should not be referred to as a convert (or ger), but as a citizen, or full member of the Jewish community, and he or she should not be reminded of their earlier lifestyle. [6]

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[Ehav4Ever]

Thanks to everyone for viewing and commenting on this video. For those who call themselves Hebrew Israelite please note that I am not and never have been a Hebrew Israelite. I am a ישראלי and there is a big difference. Also, for those who are xian I am not a xian. I don't have any belief in jesus/yeshua/yeshu/etc.

[truthhitmanisback]

How do you spell the name of God ????

[Ehav4Ever]

@truthhitmanisback If you view the video I did called Understanding Judaism Part 3: The Creator (UPDATED) it shows the spelling of the name of the Creator of All things. Thanks for viewing.

[Ehav4Ever]

Concerning those who don't know in Torath Mosheh (i.e. Judaism) genital cutting does not take place for women. For boys Brith Mila is not genital cutting. No different than cutting an umbilical cord is stomach cutting.

[Ehav4Ever]

In reality the majority of Jews in the world are from the line of Avraham ben Terah. Also the Torah makes it clear that convert to Judaism is no different than a native born Israeli.

[Bonnofowler]

As many have already told you, Israel was a darker skinned nation. Not always as dark as Africans but in many cases (for instance Moses, Yashua and Paul being mistaken for Egyptians). But my main problem with you is that you quote the talmud!!!! Come on. Know better, do better.

[truleeyisrael]

Okay why was Moses mistaken for a egyptian knowing that the most egyptians were dark black folks! How about when YAH told Moshe to put his hand in his shirt and than take it out? How about in lamentations it say they are Black until the ground. smh.. give it up our people stayed in Africa! By the way Canaan was originally the land of dark folk!

[truleeyisrael]

The lightened those pictures cause some where a little bit more brown!

[FreddieStaton]

this is really a well put together .this would be very hard to refute . however , the premise is purely theoretical yet common sense deems him , even in theory , very highly feasible but dependant solely on of course an unknown rate of exchange therein lies the matrix, for instance we dont know the unknown factor of quantity. that is the question , do we assume everybody was doing the thing and at a rate to justify present numbers of all these identity christians claiming hebrew israelite , NAW

[ballm0use]

whatever the case, stop genital cutting. your boys and girls deserve the choice.