Question regarding ethnic Judaism.
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If you Jewish you've gotta go the whole way lol 
What you should look like in a months time
What you should look like in a months time
Do you like money?
Original post by EricPiphany
If you Jewish you've gotta go the whole way lol
What you should look like in a months time
What you should look like in a months time
Original post by thecatwithnohat
Do you like money?
Of course
Original post by TheLoneArab
אָמֵן
Of course
Of course
כן יהי רצון
Whatever m8
Original post by TheLoneArab
So is it true that if your mother is a Jew you are also a Jew??
Okay so my conundrum is that while I'm not Jewish by creed, my ancestors (some odd centuries ago) were Yemenite Jews (both ethnically and religiously) meaning although my main language is Arabic, I have an Arabic name and my nationality would be considered Arab, am I still ethnically a Jew since I have only got Jewish blood?
Okay so my conundrum is that while I'm not Jewish by creed, my ancestors (some odd centuries ago) were Yemenite Jews (both ethnically and religiously) meaning although my main language is Arabic, I have an Arabic name and my nationality would be considered Arab, am I still ethnically a Jew since I have only got Jewish blood?
I don't think ethnic Judaism exists due to Ethiopian Jews, European Jews and Middle Eastern Jews having existed for centuries. Judaism is like the other Abrahamic religions, Islam and Christianity in that anyone of any ethnicity can become a member of said religion.
Original post by EricPiphany
כן יהי רצון
Whatever m8
Whatever m8
Im just disappointed that you still use internet explorer
If your mother is Jewish then you are Jewish according to halacha (the religious law). This means that your mother's soul must be Jewish and her body must be that of Israelite, so practising another religion by your mother excludes you being Jewish, according to halacha.
If it is your father is Jewish and not your mother, then you are still considered 'of Jewish descent' by the state of Israel. You are entitled to move and live in Israel if at least 1 of your grandfathers/grandmothers was orthodox Jew (that in practice means no convert) and you can enrol onto the hok hashvut (law of return). If, however, you want to practice in Jewish religious life you do need to convert as a gentile, but Reform Judaism (not seen genuine by real Judaism) recognises that person as a Jew also.
Again, you can see how ethnicity is an integral part of religion and vice verca, you cannot separate the two in Jewish identity as they are both its constituent members.
So the paradox is perhaps this that the more secular the Judaism the more emphasis there is on Jewish ethnicity, and the more religious/spiritual/mystical (Hasidism for example) the Judaism the less emphasis there is on ethnicity:
[video="youtube;0VNSKjpgPco"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNSKjpgPco[/video]
0:43 Watch this Chabad Lubavitcher Rebbe Schneerson giving a blessing to the convert.
If it is your father is Jewish and not your mother, then you are still considered 'of Jewish descent' by the state of Israel. You are entitled to move and live in Israel if at least 1 of your grandfathers/grandmothers was orthodox Jew (that in practice means no convert) and you can enrol onto the hok hashvut (law of return). If, however, you want to practice in Jewish religious life you do need to convert as a gentile, but Reform Judaism (not seen genuine by real Judaism) recognises that person as a Jew also.
Again, you can see how ethnicity is an integral part of religion and vice verca, you cannot separate the two in Jewish identity as they are both its constituent members.
So the paradox is perhaps this that the more secular the Judaism the more emphasis there is on Jewish ethnicity, and the more religious/spiritual/mystical (Hasidism for example) the Judaism the less emphasis there is on ethnicity:
[video="youtube;0VNSKjpgPco"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNSKjpgPco[/video]
0:43 Watch this Chabad Lubavitcher Rebbe Schneerson giving a blessing to the convert.
Original post by TheLoneArab
Im just disappointed that you still use internet explorer
I don't? I have a windows phone...
Original post by Yael
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I am an Israelite by blood, my ancestors were those who were exiled from the Holy land and found sanctuary in Yemen, so I guess I'm just an Israelite ethnically and not Jewish.
Original post by Yael
If your mother is Jewish then you are Jewish according to halacha (the religious law). This means that your mother's soul must be Jewish and her body must be that of Israelite, so practising another religion by your mother excludes you being Jewish, according to halacha.
If it is your father is Jewish and not your mother, then you are still considered 'of Jewish descent' by the state of Israel. You are entitled to move and live in Israel if at least 1 of your grandfathers/grandmothers was orthodox Jew (that in practice means no convert) and you can enrol onto the hok hashvut (law of return). If, however, you want to practice in Jewish religious life you do need to convert as a gentile, but Reform Judaism (not seen genuine by real Judaism) recognises that person as a Jew also.
Again, you can see how ethnicity is an integral part of religion and vice verca, you cannot separate the two in Jewish identity as they are both its constituent members.
So the paradox is perhaps this that the more secular the Judaism the more emphasis there is on Jewish ethnicity, and the more religious/spiritual/mystical (Hasidism for example) the Judaism the less emphasis there is on ethnicity:
[video="youtube;0VNSKjpgPco"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNSKjpgPco[/video]
0:43 Watch this Chabad Lubavitcher Rebbe Schneerson giving a blessing to the convert.
If it is your father is Jewish and not your mother, then you are still considered 'of Jewish descent' by the state of Israel. You are entitled to move and live in Israel if at least 1 of your grandfathers/grandmothers was orthodox Jew (that in practice means no convert) and you can enrol onto the hok hashvut (law of return). If, however, you want to practice in Jewish religious life you do need to convert as a gentile, but Reform Judaism (not seen genuine by real Judaism) recognises that person as a Jew also.
Again, you can see how ethnicity is an integral part of religion and vice verca, you cannot separate the two in Jewish identity as they are both its constituent members.
So the paradox is perhaps this that the more secular the Judaism the more emphasis there is on Jewish ethnicity, and the more religious/spiritual/mystical (Hasidism for example) the Judaism the less emphasis there is on ethnicity:
[video="youtube;0VNSKjpgPco"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNSKjpgPco[/video]
0:43 Watch this Chabad Lubavitcher Rebbe Schneerson giving a blessing to the convert.
Are you א גוטע חסידישער מיידעלע
Original post by EricPiphany
I don't? I have a windows phone...
When i hover my mouse over the picture of the Jewish guy you uploaded it says you got it from internet explorer lol.
Original post by EricPiphany
Are you א גוטע חסידישער מיידעלע
Do you struggle with spelling?
Original post by TheLoneArab
When i hover my mouse over the picture of the Jewish guy you uploaded it says you got it from internet explorer lol.
I just stole it from a quick google search
My beard is much bigger than that jkOriginal post by TheLoneArab
Do you struggle with spelling?
lol something called yiddish
Original post by EricPiphany
I just stole it from a quick google search My beard is much bigger than that jk
My beard is much bigger than that jkHow long are we talking? Mine is still in its childhood, it looks really scruffy if it gets above a grade 2 lol
Original post by EricPiphany
lol something called yiddish
Slang Hebrew or what lol?
Original post by TheLoneArab
Slang Hebrew or what lol?
No, its practically German. Written with the Hebrew alphabet.
Original post by TheLoneArab
How long are we talking? Mine is still in its childhood, it looks really scruffy if it gets above a grade 2 lol
Na I was joking I dont grow a beard
Original post by EricPiphany
No, its practically German. Written with the Hebrew alphabet.
Oh lol
Original post by EricPiphany
Na I was joking I dont grow a beard
You're a disgrace to the Semitics.
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