Portuguese Crypto-Jews Return to Judaism!

A group of crypto-Jews from Oporto in northern Portugal recently returned to Judaism thanks to Shavei Israel.

[@willbergie55]

According to a DNA test that I took recently I am 32 % Iberian, 24% Greek and 13% west Asian on my mother's side. I may have Jewish ancestry.

[@bmr4566]

Ape dna (which is what jews have and what they are) could not now nor ever breed with european (homo sapien) dna...Chromosomes numbers are different. So if you have any jew dna then you can't have any european ...ie iberian, greek, so you'd have to be 100 percent ape. So what are you, then? An ape hybrid..

[@seanvandiijk2889]

you are 32+24% western european, at the minimum you should be from the lost ten tribes, both iberian and greek are haplogroup R1b which is related to Egyptian royalty, in turn related to Yoseph HaTzaddik, the patriarch of ephraim and spiritual father of the Ten Tribes.

[@namibianodetombua]

Portugal nunca devia ter expulso os judeus portugueses. Nunca mais fomos os mesmos porque uma parte de nós, uma parte da Alma lusa se perdeu. Pedir-vos perdão é pouco. Que possamos voltar a conviver em Paz e harmonia.

[@sabbag-saab2215]

Cromañón ignorante. Vos andas generalizando las personas. Hay gente buena gente mala en todas las nacionalidades. Los judíos Portuguéses fueron, son y serán una parte integral del magnífico pueblo Portugués.

[@PC-lu3zf]

I’m part Sephardic and I’ve lots of distant Mexican cousins on ancestry. I was born Jewish however.

[@marybell75]

Me too.

[@thomasortega3110]

The Sephardim and Ashkenazim are all converts, and yes, even many Mizrahim. The forced and compelled conversions of the Europeans back in the 1300s and 700s was a national movement to stave off isolation, or Islamic incursions into Central and Eastern Europe. You actually cannot legally convert into the Hebrew faith because all conversions will subvert the Laws of inheritences and tribal land portioning. You have to be born into it by way of a Hebrew father--not mother. READ YOUR TORAH, people.

[@humbertoortiz-flores8081]

I’m from Mexico and according to AncestryDNA, I have European Jewish, Middle Eastern, Portuguese, Spanish, and North African DNA.

[@Cherub72]

@@thomasortega3110 You read your Torah. HaShem calls people out of the naitons for his purpose. Who are you to speak against his will? Conversion is a requirement for Judaism, for we too were strangers in a foreign land. "You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God (Ezekiel 47:22-23)"

[@thomasortega3110]

@@Cherub72no. What you are talking about is a form of replacement theology. Those "Jewish" people are Europeans and are not to take the place of true blood born Israelites who have not been called to return yet. And the Sephardim are originally from the Sephar region of Eastern Arabia-- not the Iberian Peninsula. You all are chasing the strongest delusion HaShem has ever crafted, and you all are willing to war and kill for it. Mostly killing people who are defenseless, which is a breaking of one of HIS Commandments. Go read for yourself and stop listenung to those "rabbis". They will only steer you to hell where they are all going. Check...your move.

[@abuzinnar]

Welcome back!!

[@samuelbenitez4200]

One day god willing i will go home.

[@s.deoliveira4109]

I m portuguese Bnei Anussin. שלום

[@ytyt3922]

sérgio Oliveira Welcome home

[@woowwow7839]

Sergio OLIVEIRA : Ola! estas onde? Queres fazer um Retorno oficial?

[@kristine6996]

Good for you ❣️

[@daughterofjerusalem8483]

sérgio Oliveira Shalom and may Hashem bless you

[@s.deoliveira4109]

@@woowwow7839 Estoi cerca de Aveiro. Lo intentei pero el Rabino Elisha Salas volvio a Ysrael e solo estudie unos 2 meses.Meses despues uno outro Rabino veio a Belmonte, pero logo se fue e haora no ai Rabino en Belmonte que es donde,en Portugal, se hace el retorno. En todo caso los judios de Belmonte, despues que el Rabino Elisha se fue, no querian permitir al segundo Rabino ( que tambien se marchou) levar los alunos a la Sinagoga. Assi no podiamos hacer lo necessario. Esto está complicado en Portugal! Assi estudio solo, cumpro el Shabath e Pesach e hago como mios abuelos: continuo cripto-judio. Se uno dia tengo plata me voi a Ysrael procurar uno bueno Rabino e vivir e hacer la conversion formal.

[@144Donn]

Would it be that we all have the excitement and enthusiasm for our Judaism as these lovely people.

[@Rotebuehl1]

+144Donn Well, new members are always more excited and enthusiastic than "the others"! That applies as much to this case, as to new members of a football team!

[@shellysgall5654]

Finally we all Jews on earth

[@SephardicGenealogy]

It is a pity - and maybe neged halakha - that these people are converting/returning to an alien minhag. The Spanish & Portuguese minhag is beautiful and still exists in Amsterdam, London and elsewhere. Why not restore their heritage to them?

[@Rotebuehl1]

+Sephardic Genealogy You are absolutely right! I already commented on that to a certain user named Yitzhakhazak, who had written: "Welcome back to your people" while, at the same time, that user Yitzhakhazak classified others as "animals"...

[@yoeldp4710]

You are correct. We have a Spanish & Portuguese website here: www.sandpcentral.org/ There is a newsletter which is bi-monthly with a list of private tutors in this minhag. There's also a discussion form here: facebook.com/groups/144610078889045/

[@bumbuum8071]

Sephardic Genealogy : how can you insult these Jews ! You are the alien ! Fuk you 👊🏻👊🏻

[@danielklemm8446]

Well that's for each person to feel/know/decide, isn't it? If you feel you are already Jewish, then you are Jewish. If you feel you need to convert, then convert.

[@Gotlev6]

Yes!!

[@emmanuelquiros3952]

my grandma is jewish an from northern mexico her surname is perez she is from monterrey an its histroy starts with spanish ,portugese an jewish colonies fighting the natives

[@adric137]

a wonderful Jewish story!

[@yisroelgranat9147]

my question, is if you wish to reveal your jewish identity, are you willing to accept the whole TORAH and all the MITZVOT , or become assimilated jews who are non fully observant again.? this question is not intended to offend but to know, are you Dedicated to HASHEM totally with all his MITZVOT.

[@yeshuamysaviour3156]

YISROEL GRANAT you can't define his mizvot like we define it now. it's different....when. you love your God with all your heart and soul, the. your neighbor as your self, you immediately keep all God's commandments. the holy spirit who lives in us, guides us automatically to keep his commandments in a supernatural way like moses Abraham and Isaac kept his commandments. also by the attoning blood of the Lamb of God. .

[@76olimpo]

wonderful 🇮🇱

[@adric137]

L'chaim!!

[@hisStory-y2g]

Judaism is NOT blood ... Judaism is love and respect for Torah and Jewish culture ! Now yes sometimes there is a long unbroken chain of Jewish believers in some families so there is some element of ethnicity to it but for the most part it is religion and culture that is open to ANY sincere individual 🔯 Go to Israel and you will see Jews of EVERY color imaginable !!! Some of the greatest Scholars of Judaism over history have been Jews by choice not by blood !!! Onkelos who translated The hebrew Torah into Aramaic was a convert , Rabbi Akiva was a descendant of converts as well as Meir who contributed in Pirke Avot .. Avtaylyon and Shemayah who were the teachers of the Great Hillel were descendents of converts !!! The list is endless , my point is we don't have to dig into our past to find some small shred of flimsy evidence to generate some type of personal affirmation 🔯. A Jew loves HaShem and Am Yisrael period end of story !!🔯

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

Don't forget the Talmud

[@germanisrael1]

VERY GOOD!!!

[@freudfreire]

L'Chaim Mazal tov people of Portugal, Israel's son

[@wolffi2341]

הוידאו הזה מוריד לי דמעות this video pot tears in my eyes

[@algueiraovelho]

I hear you. Brother.

[@woowwow7839]

To the person who made the documentary : WHY, WHY, there are OBVIOUS mistakes on ALL the names! THATS INSULTING!

[@66mrzar]

And who knows, a moorish great great grand parents

[@dcactus01]

Jesus was Jewish as was Mary, Joseph and all of the apostles.

[@bumbuum8071]

@AngEL Moreno : really? What was she?

[@PC-lu3zf]

And you’re point is??

[@orilumbrosa]

Am Yisrael Chai 🙌

[@woowwow7839]

Its terrible these Portuguese Jews have to wait 20years to be officially recognize as Jew ! Toda Raba Shavei Israel

[@Cherub72]

@Marvin Barnhill how dumb and embarrassing for you to make such a comment. Sound like one of those "Hebrew Israelites" who are just more racist people. Jew isn't about race or where you're born.

[@VitoAndolini1945]

@Marvin Barnhill fuck you donkey

[@avanya4278]

❤😌 Shalom! ✨ I felt to really change my path in 2010 in 2012 I and my family moved to another State and started the Judaism path ( and felt closely the guidance of H-shem) and found a Rabbi I truly liked but bc economical situation had to look for other Rabbi. Kindly I was directed to this place and still living for 5 years. Here found no support but again bc critical conditions found not yet able to relocate unless I find a Good Hearted Rabbi to help my situation .. Also grew up in the Judaism culture and it's an amazing and suffering journey trying to find the way to go back home!! If you feel H-shem it's connecting us bc you know who can help my situation🙏🏼 I truly would be happy to hear from you. I'm from South America( Brazil ) I became Citizen and live in the U.S. for many years. My prayers and my will is to live by the Will of Our Great G-d, and bc this Great desire to draw close to H-shem I'm here!❤😌 May The Help and Love of Our G-d be with all of us in this very difficult times💕

[@consorciovialactea1852]

Operação javali na bolsa de valores de Nova Amesterdão, nova York viva Los Marranos judeus serfarditas Gitanos, SANTARÉM SARAH KALI 🙏.

[@Gotlev6]

To the Anussim: Do not let the ashkenazim define who you are. There is no such a thing as conversion in the Torah or Orthodox Judaism. This was invented by them. Why are the “orthodox” sefardim dressed like the ashkenazim?

[@Sunshine23464]

You should come to Monterrey Mx.

[@shellysgall5654]

Loving children of Hachem

[@Cherub72]

Are you trying to say HaShem?

[@mikeferry4389]

I can recognise any Jew, any time... Why's that?

[@mcfrdmn]

Lovely musical performance!

[@dhola6042]

Any religious belief is fine except Islam the religion of hate no om not a racist I have friends from all walks of life I also have very close friends that practiced Islam and left and have told me all about it

[@dragontiger6923]

Wow ✊🏾.. Idk what is happening to me to be honest tho but I’m learning to love the new discovery of my DNA 🧬 ancestry🤦🏾‍♂️3 diff testing companies to mk sure When I heard the music I was admiring the beautiful stone city and out of nowhere I was overwhelmed with tears .... I’m beginning to realize that it’s trauma in dna 🧬 ?!? Is it possible ?? It’s sounds cray cray but frm the moment I heard of Moctezuma II n Cortez.. My heart ❤️ ached for Moctezuma II . It really never sat well with me ... I felt angry . Find out I have indigenous Yucatán ancestry. One of several cultures in meh 🙅🏾‍♂️😂🤦🏾‍♂️🙏🏾✌🏾🌎

[@joseesquenazi3568]

Bruno 56. You know nothing about de Gaza Rules under Hamas. Do not make accusations

[@kevindossantos6282]

".. To live with TRUTH.." Bem haja irmãos!

[@moniyakimantizionist]

הנחשון הראשון היה אוריאל דהקוסטא.רק שהחוזריםהאלה לא יפלו במלכודת הציונות האשכנאזית.

[@animewave8530]

they are jews if the mother is jewish and in most of the cases it's indeed like this! big mitsva to get marry with them 90% of them don't need giyur!!!!

[@thomasortega3110]

Its supposed to be the other way around. You're a Jew if your FATHER is a Jew. Lets stick to Torah and not stray just because the Rabbi says otherwise.

[@shhiknopfler3912]

@@thomasortega3110 so you have no clue about the Jewish Law. Start with the book of Ezra.

[@shhiknopfler3912]

@@thomasortega3110 www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/601092/jewish/Why-Is-Jewishness-Matrilineal.htm

[@thomasortega3110]

@@shhiknopfler3912 haha, umm you just turned around and gave me the same bad information that I contested all over again. The Israelites of the Bible strictly followed a patriarchy. All pedigree is thru the father's seedline. You can only marry into the tribes as wives of other nation's. Never as a male. If you read the first two chapters of Numbers, it clearly states that the Israelites declared all of the son's of Jacob thru the father. A Jewess that produces a son thru a gentile man has got a mamzer on her hands. That child would not be an Israelite and have no portion in the land. This is Torah Law. Why is everybody acting like this is all new. This is scripture. This supercedes any and all things a rabbi might declare. The Talmude might declare otherwise, but we don't follow those opinions, they get too messy. We are plenty able to come up without own spin on it if it were ever permissable...but it isn't permissable. I stick to the original scriptures. They work amazingly great and are fairly easy to follow and understand.

[@shhiknopfler3912]

@@thomasortega3110 somebody has gotten reading problems and thinks he/she understands the Torah law better than the Talmud. Here again Read the Book of Ezra 10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+10&version=NIV

[@zeliadejesus5413]

Podiam traducir em portugués, por favor ?

[@mikeferry4389]

A lot of people playing the Jews...

[@pauletteamzallag7743]

SHEMA ISRAEL ADONAI ELOHENU ADONA EKHAD AMEN .

[@bbob70]

This is absurd, if an average Portuguese guy has about only 20% of sephardi Jewish DNA and 80% non-Jewish DNA, shouldn't you just convert 20% of him? This effort of going from country to country proselitizing is extremely disrespectful towards Christian cultures.

[@PC-lu3zf]

Excuse me why did the Catholic Church force Jews to convert or leave??? These People have Jewish souls and belong with the Jewish people. Full Gentiles with no Jewish ancestry we DONT NEED!

[@bumbuum8071]

@@ytyt3922 : absolutely right !

[@bumbuum8071]

@@PC-lu3zf : true !!! Our ancestors were forced to convert to Christianity ! Our family just took back what was theirs : NESHAMA !

[@shenghan9385]

bbob70 thank God, a great number of Jews converted to Christianity and became the first Christian community in the middle East.

[@jamessilver6429]

@@PC-lu3zf i love u and everything u said exept the last sentence. as amatter of fact some of the greatest jews ever are converts and their desendents

[@rabonisellaterabonisellate9731]

Jesus is also jews.thought you are a jews but you can still except jesus is the saviour. Only jesus is only and the only one God.every one pliz read the bible of new tastement.jesus save our sin and rose again.

[@juanmiguelsanchezamat8753]

SHALOM ALEIJEM...

[@rosenfeldclaudia]

This îs funny shit🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FREEDOMIST617]

I have mixed feelings about this. If Sephardic jews are anything like the Ashkenazi jews then they are just fake jews. However if one finds out they were truly jewish and their ancestors were forced to convert or die I sympathize. I am also 100% Portuguese.

[@iltrovatore8187]

+FREEDOMIST617 you are so ignorant. The Talmud dates from an era when there were no Christians, muslims, buddhists or whatever. And for your information there is no 100% portuguese. Portuguese people are a mix of different ethnicities. Including jewish. You should know better. But from your comments we can see what a despicable anti-semite you are. You shame Portugal.

[@Lagolop]

Ashkenazi Jews are not fake; I'm very authentic I assure you :)

[@ytyt3922]

Who are you to tell them they are fake? You are nothing. Perhaps you are a fake Portuguese?

[@ytyt3922]

FREEDOMIST617 Do you know anything about biology? Genetic bottlenecks? Evolution?

[@tiluriso]

Nonsense. Genetic studies of the Y DNA haplotypes of vitually all Jewish communities - including the Ashkenazim, shows that the majority of Jews belong to Y DNA haplotypes J1, J2, E3b-M123/M34, G and T-M70, all of which originate between The Levant and the South Caucasus. A recent genetic study find the ones belongign to Y DNA Haplogroup E3b-M34 as being the original Levantine Canaanites. The Canaanite Language is the original Semitic language of the Levant and Hebrew is a direct descendant of it. An even more recent genetic study of the Proto-Canaanites, The so-called 'Natufians' - who lived around 12,000 BCE show the presence of some individuals belonging to Y DNA haplotype E3b-Z 830, the immediate ancestor to E3b-M123, who in turn is the immediate ancestor of E3b-M34 (The original Levantines). So yeah, despite the fact that all Jewish communities mixed to various degrees with their host populations (and hence the differences is pigmentation and 'looks'), Their so-called Most Recent Common Ancestors come from the area we call Middle East.

[@Malouco]

I am portuguese! These portuguese are NOT Jews!

[@JorgeF2021]

Comentário pobre e triste.

[@lorenzorobertocividini3698]

Larry Medina No you just one of those crazy Blacks that think they Hebrews or something

[@estherkessler]

Larry Medina they are Jewish

[@schopen-hauer]

you are a portuguese named harry? fuck out here

[@didi11326]

Larry Medina r Of course they are jews

[@petepimenta]

Only because the Knights Templar now known as the order of Christ protected Jews !!!!

[@hcwoolfgmailcom]

Beautiful!!!!