I'm a Christian however I love your videos and learn a lot from you, I have subscribed to you channel, I am currently learning Biblical Hebrew. Keep these videos coming.
I've always wanted to know more about details like how they made clothes, medicinal remedies, hunting and fishing techniques, etc. It would be so interesting to be able to know some of that. Also, I'm a student of languages and I'm pretty certain I understand the authentic pronunciation of Hebrew going back to Galut Bavel, but prior to that it's much harder to know for certain. I'd give anything to have one short recording of them talking before and during the first Temple. 🙏🔯
@@HenryAbramsonPhD תודה רבה כה"ר! 🙏 אשריך 🙌💙🔯 I'm just an average guy w a yeshiva education who watches whatever is interesting and your content is wonderful and I've enjoyed it for years. Thank you. רק שמחות וברכות, וחנוכה שמח! (In advance 😉💙🙏🔯)
The Yeminite jews start there tradition during the time of the first Temple so their customs and pronunciation is thaught to be the most authentic to that era
Great observation from Rabbi Milevesky, We can emulate the grace shown through the Messiah's family lineage. The eternal throne is amazingly gracious! The Jewish history collaborates with the roles given to men and women in the creation account. Both men and women created in God's image, yet distinct in their roles. I believe that too can be a reason why we should not disparage someone else heritage if all people indeed are the Creator's image-bearers!
@@HenryAbramsonPhD I LOVE Rabbi Uziel Milevsky. Someone bought my husband his 2 volume book on parshiot and I learn so much from his wisdom. May his neshama have an aliya!
I have a very serious question, Is polygamy/polygyny still for today to be practice by non jewish people lets say a christian wants to practice it… How should they go about doing so? And is it something that God will allow? Thank you for responding
Interesting comment on matrilineal vs, patrilineal descent in the Jewish tradition. I would not have thought that given the naming convention used, such as David ben Jesse. I believe the two genealogies given for Jesus of Nazareth in Matt 1 and Luke 3 are different in that one is Mary's genealogy, and the other is Joseph's ("supposedly the father of...")
Tribe was always from father (ie whether one is a Kohen, a Levi or a Y’srael), but religion was from mother to ensure the mother was Torah keeping and the child would be raised Jewish
The debate doesn’t tend to be on who is or isn’t a Jew, but rather who are the Kohanim suited for temple service? The concern seemed to have started with Ezra & Nehemiah who commanded a reform in the covenant of who will call themselves Jews(to be faithful to Torah and learn Talmud) during exile, and who will be called to the Beit Mikdash service. Ezra (who was a priest himself I believe) was worried that the intermarried kohen children weren’t keeping their Torah study (which was vital during the diaspora) and wouldnt really know of their identity or know of their ritual duties for Beit Mikdash. I descend from Cano(Kohen from Spain) bnei anousim (my matrilineal great grandmother was sefardim from surname Acevedo) and I look very Semitic, but unfortunately I have long ways to prove Sephardic lineage other than what I know historically. I’m from Queens, New York, descending from parents 3 generations from Sevilla Colombia, and then from Spain. It’s a long journey before I become a Baal Teshuva who can hopefully qualify for service. Other than that, Conversion is still a blessing, when you convert you are working with Rabbis who have meticulously preserved history as if they carry the Ark themselves. Aside from his brother Aaron, Moses also entrusted Torah teachings to the Jewish elders to teach in the assembly (and just because it was 12 Tribes during Exodus, doesn’t mean Judaism is a 12 Tribe Religion) However remembering Judah through Judaism is the hope of Zionism which never forgot its home.
I learned that women are not called on as witnesses because it is not modest for so many men to be looking at the woman testifying. It is a law to protect the woman, not to deminish her ability in any way
Thank you very much on the insightful lectures. I would like to know what is the Jewish historical perspective on the relationship between Abraham and Hagar. She didn't appear to receive wife/ concubine status. Was this dependent on the decision of the existing wife Sarah? Also what was the Jewish perspective on polygamy? It doesn't appear to be the early norm e.g. Levite with one wife only plus Lamech, decendant of Cain, had started it.
I'm not going to go into Hagar specifically, but there's quite a bit of discussion in Midrash rather than history per se. Your question would be better directed to an "ask the Rabbi" site like at aish.com. We will, however, be discussing gender in greater detail in this series.
@@annalink4351Not according to the Torah orTenach, all of Yakovs sons married Egyptian women king Solomon's mother was not an Israelite, Yakov had a daughter why are there not 13 tribes, Muslims follow the traditions of the middle east hence paternal, christianity is influenced by some Ancient Jewish beliefs so maybe why paternal, I haven't read anything in the Torah and Tenach that indicates in anyway it's Maternal in fact it's "the son of" even your Hebrew name is tells us who your father is..keep well
@@annalink4351 The Torah, and all the Tanakh, very clearly operates on paternal lineage. Many of the tribal patriarchs married all sorts of gentiles. The idea of the religion of the Torah, or a person’s identity, being passed down by maternal lineage is not in the text, but imaginatively extrapolated out from a few verses and was a later innovation/invention thrusted upon the text. That is my view on the issue, historically, the whole biblical text works off of paternal decent , and the later ideas which became traditions artificially imposed the idea of maternal lineage being important.
@@josephking1947 that is because jews are not descendants of Israelites, and ancient Israelites were never jewish they did not follow Judaism, Judaism is a foreigner created religion and has nothing to do with the 12 tribes of israel
@@ankhenaten2 when I say Israelites they are all Israelites by definition until they become the North and South kingdoms, Judah Benjamin Simeon and a portion of the levites become the Jews of today but Benjamin Simeon and the levites are technically not Jews although we refer to them as such.Since the destruction of the Temple we have Judaism which I agree is in some ways quite different to what pre Temple life would of been, keep well
When I imagine Abraham and Isaac and Jacob I see people who would have looked like a modern day Iraqi Person not European as Films and paintings portray them. Dark hair and tanned skin. Great video.
see this verse please Revelation 14:12 (1599 Geneva Bible) 12 [a]Here is the patience of Saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Thanks very much! By the way, do you have any video on the history and difference between a wife and a concubine? Did it evolve over time? Which were the known differences, etc? I have heard and read a bit but would like to know more, specially because some say a concubine culd just leave and marry another man and some things that seem a bit like fornication and or treating her as for a while... I am not sure about some things because if she was allowed to marry another man just by saying bye to the previous man, wouldn't she be like unclean or like a bit of a prostitute? Thanks in advance.
Doesn't Joseph marry his niece? He did NOT marry an Egyptian.....when? He ran from an Egyptian at the potential cost of his life.....he marries Asnat.....or else his children would not have been Jewish
There's no way you could show all the details of this subject in less than 15 minutes so this very important factor is in no way criticism against your presentation. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach is the person who created the race concept in the 18th century and has a lot to do with how race is viewed in America and Europe if not the world today.
I think one major concept that you’re leaving out is the fact that government has replaced the role of men in modern society. This is what has resulted in feminism ruining quality women for actually being worth marrying
“Ethiopian” is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word כושי (cushi) meaning a person of Black African descent. Both are broad, general terms that do not refer to the modern state of Ethiopia. Hope this helped
@@qosolka3320 Thanks. people of the Horn of Africa (both Semitic and Cushitic speakers: Nubia, Habesha, somali) are different from Congo-Bantu speakers of Sub-Saharan, Black African decent. Some scholars tactually categorize them as Caucasians/ Caucasoid.
I'm a Christian however I love your videos and learn a lot from you, I have subscribed to you channel, I am currently learning Biblical Hebrew. Keep these videos coming.
I wish you success in your studies!
You’re doing great! You do well in both the long form and short form videos. Always an inviting and informative approach. Thank you, sir!
I appreciate that!
I am starting to study Jewish studies next semester and these videos are great to prepare. Thanks so much!
you're very welcome! I'm glad that the videos help!
Another great video about women in Jewish history is your program on Babatha. Thank you for this informative video.
I also enjoyed the Babatha video!
That was really interesting. I hope you can do an expanded version of this lecture some day.
That's the plan! In print form this time.
This series is fab!
Thank you! I really enjoy doing the research, glad you appreciate the videos.
Most interesting. Thank you for your lecture!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've always wanted to know more about details like how they made clothes, medicinal remedies, hunting and fishing techniques, etc. It would be so interesting to be able to know some of that.
Also, I'm a student of languages and I'm pretty certain I understand the authentic pronunciation of Hebrew going back to Galut Bavel, but prior to that it's much harder to know for certain. I'd give anything to have one short recording of them talking before and during the first Temple. 🙏🔯
Yeah, me too!
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תודה רבה כה"ר! 🙏 אשריך 🙌💙🔯
I'm just an average guy w a yeshiva education who watches whatever is interesting and your content is wonderful and I've enjoyed it for years. Thank you.
רק שמחות וברכות, וחנוכה שמח!
(In advance 😉💙🙏🔯)
The Yeminite jews start there tradition during the time of the first Temple so their customs and pronunciation is thaught to be the most authentic to that era
Thank you you’re presentation is awesome !
Great observation from Rabbi Milevesky, We can emulate the grace shown through the Messiah's family lineage. The eternal throne is amazingly gracious!
The Jewish history collaborates with the roles given to men and women in the creation account. Both men and women created in God's image, yet distinct in their roles. I believe that too can be a reason why we should not disparage someone else heritage if all people indeed are the Creator's image-bearers!
Rabbi Milevsky was an amazing teacher. Here's a collection of some of his recordings: audio.ohr.edu/showperson/id=5
@@HenryAbramsonPhD I LOVE Rabbi Uziel Milevsky. Someone bought my husband his 2 volume book on parshiot and I learn so much from his wisdom.
May his neshama have an aliya!
I have a very serious question, Is polygamy/polygyny still for today to be practice by non jewish people lets say a christian wants to practice it…
How should they go about doing so?
And is it something that God will allow?
Thank you for responding
Interesting comment on matrilineal vs, patrilineal descent in the Jewish tradition. I would not have thought that given the naming convention used, such as David ben Jesse. I believe the two genealogies given for Jesus of Nazareth in Matt 1 and Luke 3 are different in that one is Mary's genealogy, and the other is Joseph's ("supposedly the father of...")
The naming convention for the father is not universal; there are occasions when the mother's name is invoked.
I want to learn about the daily life of the ancient hebrews. Too much comparison to modern day constructs, which I found obfuscating and shallow.
Isn't Midian in Saudi Arabia, not Egypt?
It's been variously described geographically because of the nomadic nature of the Midianites.
Tribe was always from father (ie whether one is a Kohen, a Levi or a Y’srael), but religion was from mother to ensure the mother was Torah keeping and the child would be raised Jewish
There's more to say, but that's essentially it.
The debate doesn’t tend to be on who is or isn’t a Jew, but rather who are the Kohanim suited for temple service? The concern seemed to have started with Ezra & Nehemiah who commanded a reform in the covenant of who will call themselves Jews(to be faithful to Torah and learn Talmud) during exile, and who will be called to the Beit Mikdash service. Ezra (who was a priest himself I believe) was worried that the intermarried kohen children weren’t keeping their Torah study (which was vital during the diaspora) and wouldnt really know of their identity or know of their ritual duties for Beit Mikdash. I descend from Cano(Kohen from Spain) bnei anousim (my matrilineal great grandmother was sefardim from surname Acevedo) and I look very Semitic, but unfortunately I have long ways to prove Sephardic lineage other than what I know historically. I’m from Queens, New York, descending from parents 3 generations from Sevilla Colombia, and then from Spain. It’s a long journey before I become a Baal Teshuva who can hopefully qualify for service. Other than that, Conversion is still a blessing, when you convert you are working with Rabbis who have meticulously preserved history as if they carry the Ark themselves. Aside from his brother Aaron, Moses also entrusted Torah teachings to the Jewish elders to teach in the assembly (and just because it was 12 Tribes during Exodus, doesn’t mean Judaism is a 12 Tribe Religion) However remembering Judah through Judaism is the hope of Zionism which never forgot its home.
I learned that women are not called on as witnesses because it is not modest for so many men to be looking at the woman testifying. It is a law to protect the woman, not to deminish her ability in any way
Thank you very much on the insightful lectures. I would like to know what is the Jewish historical perspective on the relationship between Abraham and Hagar. She didn't appear to receive wife/ concubine status. Was this dependent on the decision of the existing wife Sarah? Also what was the Jewish perspective on polygamy? It doesn't appear to be the early norm e.g. Levite with one wife only plus Lamech, decendant of Cain, had started it.
I'm not going to go into Hagar specifically, but there's quite a bit of discussion in Midrash rather than history per se. Your question would be better directed to an "ask the Rabbi" site like at aish.com. We will, however, be discussing gender in greater detail in this series.
Patrilineal descent is the essence of the Child's identity according to the Torah
Not so. Whether one is considered Jewish or not is determined by matrilineal descent. In Christianity the identity hinges on one's paternity.
@@annalink4351Not according to the Torah orTenach, all of Yakovs sons married Egyptian women king Solomon's mother was not an Israelite, Yakov had a daughter why are there not 13 tribes, Muslims follow the traditions of the middle east hence paternal, christianity is influenced by some Ancient Jewish beliefs so maybe why paternal, I haven't read anything in the Torah and Tenach that indicates in anyway it's Maternal in fact it's "the son of" even your Hebrew name is tells us who your father is..keep well
@@annalink4351 The Torah, and all the Tanakh, very clearly operates on paternal lineage. Many of the tribal patriarchs married all sorts of gentiles. The idea of the religion of the Torah, or a person’s identity, being passed down by maternal lineage is not in the text, but imaginatively extrapolated out from a few verses and was a later innovation/invention thrusted upon the text. That is my view on the issue, historically, the whole biblical text works off of paternal decent , and the later ideas which became traditions artificially imposed the idea of maternal lineage being important.
@@josephking1947 that is because jews are not descendants of Israelites, and ancient Israelites were never jewish they did not follow Judaism, Judaism is a foreigner created religion and has nothing to do with the 12 tribes of israel
@@ankhenaten2 when I say Israelites they are all Israelites by definition until they become the North and South kingdoms, Judah Benjamin Simeon and a portion of the levites become the Jews of today but Benjamin Simeon and the levites are technically not Jews although we refer to them as such.Since the destruction of the Temple we have Judaism which I agree is in some ways quite different to what pre Temple life would of been, keep well
When I imagine Abraham and Isaac and Jacob I see people who would have looked like a modern day Iraqi Person not European as Films and paintings portray them. Dark hair and tanned skin. Great video.
More likely than not.
see this verse please
Revelation 14:12
(1599 Geneva Bible)
12 [a]Here is the patience of Saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
🕊
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Thanks very much! By the way, do you have any video on the history and difference between a wife and a concubine? Did it evolve over time? Which were the known differences, etc? I have heard and read a bit but would like to know more, specially because some say a concubine culd just leave and marry another man and some things that seem a bit like fornication and or treating her as for a while... I am not sure about some things because if she was allowed to marry another man just by saying bye to the previous man, wouldn't she be like unclean or like a bit of a prostitute?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry, I haven't made a lecture that goes into this subject to such depth.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD no worries, thanks very much for your effort and desire for people to know Biblical and Jewish history 😉
Frowned upon???? ...oh you mean 2 civilization/city were utterly wiped out bec of it .....the generation of Noah and the city or S'dom.
Doesn't Joseph marry his niece? He did NOT marry an Egyptian.....when? He ran from an Egyptian at the potential cost of his life.....he marries Asnat.....or else his children would not have been Jewish
There's no way you could show all the details of this subject in less than 15 minutes so this very important factor is in no way criticism against your presentation. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach is the person who created the race concept in the 18th century and has a lot to do with how race is viewed in America and Europe if not the world today.
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I think one major concept that you’re leaving out is the fact that government has replaced the role of men in modern society. This is what has resulted in feminism ruining quality women for actually being worth marrying
Hmm.
Are today's Ethiopians same people as the ancient Ethiopians?
More or less, but with additional admixture of people’s from the Arabian peninsula. That’s my understanding.
“Ethiopian” is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word כושי (cushi) meaning a person of Black African descent. Both are broad, general terms that do not refer to the modern state of Ethiopia. Hope this helped
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In the same way the Romans meant "Africa" as the lands on the southern coast of the Mediterranean.
@@qosolka3320 Thanks.
people of the Horn of Africa (both Semitic and Cushitic speakers: Nubia, Habesha, somali) are different from Congo-Bantu speakers of Sub-Saharan, Black African decent. Some scholars tactually categorize them as Caucasians/ Caucasoid.
I don't know.
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