What is Ashkenaz? Introduction to The Ashkenazium Lectures (March 2022)

[@swyman10]

Thank You Dr. Abramson, another great lecture! I apologize for the level of ignorance, bigotry, nationalism & hatred seen in many of these comments. The ability to objectively study history without today’s biases seems impossible for some people.

[@lionzion32]

@Stephen by the time the Khazar story happened most Jews around the world had already been majority literate for around 700 years. This alleged conversion spread by pen around the Jewish world as Jews communicated with one another bo matter their location since before Roman times. After the initial reports there is no mention of the khazar conversion again. So likely it turned out not to be real or maybe it was just one ruler who converted. The great Jewish sages of Spain in the 9th century spoke about the state of Jewish communities around the world and khazar is never mentioned so its assumed that it got debunked rather quickly.

[@mothermarlow4914]

another great lie.

[@zonedoutentertainment4778]

So, thanks for that explanation but I have a question. What makes you right about what you are saying when others (Jewish people) claim the opposite of what you say?

[@WildThings113]

Im 💯% Ashkenazi, i just had my DNA done…

[@josephgolan238]

Susan Smith God kept the Jews of Europe separate with institutions like the "Pale of Settlement". His ways are truly amazing although the living conditions for Jews wasn't the best during that time period.

[@WildThings113]

@@josephgolan238 Seems they were never too great throughout history

[@blkdiamond7227]

big disappointment for you because the scriptures blatantly say that the 12 tribes came through Shem not Japheth.

[@raphaelemmanuel3448]

Wawww do you want a candy cane?

[@DonBJ21]

Ur NOT being honest. As a defendant of the 12 tribes. I await Messiah's Return to deal with all Imposter$. GodBless All🙏🏾

[@ileanadelgado9241]

I have enjoyed this video so much. Thank you for this teaching.

[@terry5914]

Thank you, Dr. Abramson. I have a question regarding lecture #56 "No, Ashkenazi Jews are not Khazars". Unfortunately there was wasn't a place to comment on that video. My Question is: If the Khazars, who were or are caucasian, as are the modern Jews, and the ancient Hebrews, using Biblical and historical evidence, were mostly black, where did the modern Jews come from, if not Khazaria?

[@deborahswart1718]

Oh, what a wonderful idea, thank you very much!

[@philipbheller]

Askuzai - the phonetic, meaning Scythian in the ancient Akkadian… “Wikipedia”. Could there or is there any linguistic connection ?

[@stefaniegodeke3357]

Thank you for the Video.. In Memory of the literature written by members of the Singer Familiy

[@georgiaonlineinstructor438]

Genisis 10 vs 3 continues to state you are Gentiles. Just keep reading the next verse. GOYAM!!!

[@rachelsamuel3328]

Genesis talks about the descendants of Noah, not the lands that they lived in. The Jews of Europe were named as Ashkenazi Jews in the 11th century. Before that time they were called, "Jews". The term Ashkenazi means from the land of Ashkenaz, which was changed to Gernany and France in the 1100s, before that it was thought to be near Turkey. Just as the Sephardi are from Sepharad (Spain). The Judeans (Jews) were never Ashkenazites or Ashkenazarians, as they never claimed to be descendants of Ashkenaz. Ashkenaz of the Torah is only mentioned 4 times, he has no descendants mentioned. There is not one place that mentions Jews as descendants of Ashkenaz.

[@IsraeliteDefense]

@@rachelsamuel3328 Remember your talking about a group of people that define what a Jew is by religion, and not ancestry.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@IsraeliteDefense Either way the Jews are not European or Japhites.

[@georgiaonlineinstructor438]

Truth hurts, YOUR RABBIS LIED TO YOU. Ashkenaz lived in the high places. Caucuses mountains, similar to Mt. Sier. The trues decendants of Jacob has a great uncle called ESAU. HE LOVED THE HIGH PLACES. HE TOOK CAUCASIAN/ CAUCUSES WIVES AND WAS CURSED FOR DOING SO. HIS SEED MADE SMALL AMONGST THE GENTILES. YOU CALL IT LEVINIC TRATE. 1 MARKER OFF THE NEGROE.(E1B1A) LEVINIC (e1b1b) paternal haplogroup @rachel Samuel

[@georgiaonlineinstructor438]

@rachael Samuel

[@monabiblow9649]

Loved the series. Will the rest of the series (only lectures 1-7 are here on KZbin now. I am becoming a member to catch up on the lectures I missed. Thanks much.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yes, posting the entire series as they are edited. Members get advance viewing privileges.

[@afrogirl757]

Thanks so much Dr Henry, can't wait to learn more abut the history of Ashkenazim.

[@scott-soul-cough]

Excellent. I have learned a lot from your videos. As the husband of a pulpit rabbi and a religion major myself, I still feel so ignorant about the complex history of our people.

[@lollo4711]

"Vorspeis(e)" (?!:) Translation: Appetizer/Starter. Spicing up lessons with some Jiddisch is fun!

[@robertkruchell5534]

My DNA shows I am a Ashkenazi Jew my Grate Grand father came from Frankfort AM to the USA in 1850 thank you for your teaching I am Learn so much thank you

[@AaronMiller-rh7rj]

Beautiful Tie.

[@jahjah525]

REVELATION 2:9

[@denizalgazi]

In present day, it's all about the liturgy. Ashkenazi vs Sefardi. I've always thought Ashkenazim to be of German and Eastern European background. Sefardi families being from the Iberian Peninsula. Thank you for the lecture!

[@matthewsainsbury2367]

I wanted to inquire on nicanor day since it falls on purim,i wonder if people today still honour it ,its a story where antiochus s general tried to capture judah by intrigued ,but was defeated after threatening jerusalems temple

[@user-bo8nb2mi]

Old Rashi text lists Allemagne i.e. Germany as being Amalek

[@jentsch786]

Thanks sir.i like history.i was looking this topic long time.

[@read7641]

Salaam Dr Abramson, I watch your videos and have learned a lot in regards to Jewish ideology, blood lines & history. Thank You.

[@jamesr8584]

@@ogropor Dr Abramson debunked the khazar myth. Check out his videos on the subject.

[@EndTimeNazerne]

Yeshua lives today

[@marina30057]

Dr. Abramson, thank you so much for another most enlightening lecture about Khmelnytsky Uprising. To add, It offered healing clarity in the context of my own personal history. I am looking forward to continue on this illuminating quest. My profound gratitude to you.

[@moodiblues2]

I had a DNA test about five years ago and it came back 99% Ashkenazic Jew. I’m a pure bred😎(for whatever that’s worth) But the results made me interested in finding out about my heritage as I had been brought up just about totally secular.

[@arwenperea]

Tested a small percentage Ashkenazi.... last name Perea. As far as I can find Josephus clarified Perea was a region on the east side of the Jordan river during the 1st century. Been collecting biblical maps ever since I came back to God. I am related to Fray Estévan de Peréa was a Spanish Franciscan friar, who came from Spain in the early 1600s that I believe I can isolate the small bit of Ashkenazi DNA.

[@jamesr8584]

Perhaps some of your ancestors were crypto Jews.

[@matthewsainsbury2367]

Chag purim ,henry i was just watching youre recording on esther and you show a nice mosaic of haman leading mordechai through susa thats the most funny comedic parts of esther as haman thought he was the one to be honured not his nemesis

[@J.a.x167]

Great lecture, Thank You Sir!

[@michaelferto6588]

......There are many more ideas, with world historical events, that create a few strong possibles, for who and where Ashkenazi Jews came from....I could write several essays on this, but I just don't have the means....

[@intelligentthinker8085]

SMH because the deception is real.

[@nunyah8705]

Your immaturity is real.

[@matthewsainsbury2367]

Ill keep ukraine in my thoughts as well since alot of jews still live there and the people of ukraine during purim and the days ahead

[@devintaylor8702]

Yes and somany that are scattered all across the world 🙏🙏

[@devintaylor8702]

God Bless Israel 🇮🇱 Love you all ❤

[@lorraineokie2054]

Thank you

[@johntabuchi6831]

well you forgot to say zhe assyrians. who took over the land of israel and judah. some stayed some left. you started out right then said bs . the israelites disappeared. . proofvis revelations 2:93:3:9

[@ieremiavoi2796]

B C is before Adonai Christ, mr professor, not common era! Greetings from an ashkenazi hebrew!

[@turgutyilmaz9941]

You not telling the truth Ashkenazi people not from Israel and not cousins of arap people. They from north same ancestors turkish people

[@rachelsamuel3328]

There is NO Turkish or Turkic DNA among the Ashkenazi Jews. They are closely related to other Levantines, the Druze, Lebanese, and Palestinians.

[@IsraeliteDefense]

@@rachelsamuel3328 🤦🏽‍♂️ Everyone goes back to Adam how is our DNA that divergent?

[@doctorisout]

Rhineland is about the same compass heading as Phrygia/Asia Minor from Eretz Israel, it appears.

[@lionzion32]

I enjoy your lectures very much professor.

[@isa-manuelaalbrecht2951]

Great infos about my decendencies..thank you..😁🤩👏👏👏

[@reynaldotr30]

Beets are one of the favorite food from Latin America and Cuba as Ashkenazi population

[@hannukoistinen5329]

Which tribe do you belong rabbi? This is not to be an insult, but I believe there still are ALL twelve tribes!!

[@davidleahy6141]

Is there any evidence of written scripts prior to the exile to Babylon?

[@avrohomappelbaum7354]

Hi Dr. Abramson, I used to really enjoy watching your lectures on TorahAnytime as I cannot access KZbin on my phone. I wish that you would continue to post your series there as well. Also, I am curious, why do you think that the Ashkenazi Jewish population expanded so much more prolifically than their Sephardic brethren?

[@zafirjoe18]

Thanks Dr. ובני גומר אשכנז, אמרו שהם אלה אשר בארץ אלמניא. ובני גמר אשכנז, people say that this refers to the people living in Germany. וריפת, פירש רב סעדיה שהם פריגה אשר בארץ צרפת, ובדברי הימים (א') דיפת בדל"ת: וריפה according to Rabbeinu Saadyah gaon these are the Gauls living in France; in Chronicles I 1,6 they are called דיפת. (Radak genesis 10:2,3). I think this was conflated from the גומר that Chazal translate it to garmamia or as the Gaon of vilna says should be garmania see migilah 6a,b See also Targum yerushalmi genesis 10.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting.

[@muslimcrusader5987]

Sir, would you argue that Ashkenazis, as a nation - whether Jewish or non-Jewish religiously - are genetically an Indo-European people? Yiddish seems to be at its very core a Germanic language akin to Danish, Dutch, German, etc, and since Yiddish is the national language of the Ashkenazi, the evidence seems to suggest Ashkenazis are purely European. On a visual level, Ashkenazis exhibit pale to rosy skin and rectangular facial structures, which are aspects of Germanic phenology. If this is true, then wouldn’t it have been more appropriate to establish an independent Yiddish state in southwest Germany, by the name of Ashkenaz, and have it function in a similar manner to Austria and Switzerland, than to establish a Yiddish state in the Levant, which is a Semitic region? I believe an independent, nationalist Yiddish country is the only way the Ashkenazi people can survive and thrive into the future, especially since they are one of the few stateless European nations still around today. I would love to know your thoughts on the matter, sir.

[@jamesr8584]

The DNA studies show they originated from the Levant, and after the Roman expulsion they mixed with Europeans where they settled. Clearly there are physical differences between Ashkenazi and Germans. The Germans are indigenous to Europe; whereas, Ashkenazi are a mixture of Middle Eastern and European. Israel is not fully Ashkenazi, the last I checked only about 26%, there are Sephardi, Mizrahi, Arabs, Ethiopian Jews, etc.

[@scottconnuck2632]

Uy, Henry... you shouldn't know from it! I THOUGHT my family was Ashkenazi until this past week. You see, my brother came for a visit. He informed me that he had his DNA and his son's DNA tested. Our mother's side was indeed, Ashkenazi Jewish. However, for the life of us, I cannot understand how in the world, according to DNA testing, our father turned out to be 100% Italian, specifically, from Sardinia. This makes absolutely no sense, since my father's parents were immigrants from Minsk, who migrated first to Toronto, then to Buffalo around 1905! This DNA result was confirmed by brother's son, who turned out to be 25% Sardinian. It is certainly a mystery which I cannot for the life of me explain. Now, these things entered my mind... had my mother had an affair with some Italian guy? Not likely, since the resemblance amongst all four brothers is distinct. Was my father adopted? Not likely, since my grandparents were immigrants, and I doubt very much they were looking to adopt. Perhaps my dad was switched at birth? I guess that is possible, but unlikely. So, if you could figure this mystery out, you get the medal! My family has no idea as to why our DNA is half Italian.

[@joshuastavos4376]

See my comment after yours. What coincidence! If a Jewish woman marries a non-Jew, there will probably be no Jewish associated Y chromosome unless the non-Jew were a convert or in a paternal lineage converts. The mitochondrial DNA of Ashkenazi women are almost exclusively Greco Roman. There are really not many other ways to tell whether someone has a Jewish ancestry in Ashkenazi Jews except for a few specific genes in specific lineages. If you don’t find them, you wouldn’t know.

[@luclachapelle3499]

Thank you !

[@Tinneus]

Thank you, Dr. Abramson, for your efforts to make these lectures available to the public.

[@devintaylor8702]

Yeshua Loves you ❤️

[@garybergeron1234]

Thank you.

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

5:00 I can't believe it! Jeremiah was talking about the Gulf War??? It sounds like it. There was an international coalition against Iraq.

[@ibrohimismailov2993]

Can you please talk about Magog? Where in modern territory is Magog and Gog?

[@jamesr8584]

@@victoremman4639 Just because you don't like certain people doesn't mean they a Gog. You are twisting scripture to support your hatred.

[@jamesr8584]

I don't know if Dr Abramson has an opinion on this as he is a historian, but among Rabbis there is not a consensus view and there are varying opinions which territory is Gog.

[@jamesr8584]

@@victoremman4639 If you are conflating Ashkenazi with the mixed multiple that is just hatred against Ashkenazi.

[@jamesr8584]

@@victoremman4639 Are not most of the Torah observant Jews in Israel both Ashkenazi and Zionist?

[@jamesr8584]

@@victoremman4639 Europe culture was Christianity. European Jews continued in Judaism. Zionism is a political movement, but it fulfills what the Tanakh and Prophets spoke about, that is, bringing the exiles back to Israel. Jews from all parts of the world have come back to Israel. Zionism is consistent with the Hebrew Scriptures. Ezekiel 38 and 39 talks about an army and a great war. Nothing about ideology. Are you a Muslim? Today, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi all follow the same beliefs. What is the difference between European and non- European Jews, that all believe the same. What is this sefarad logic that will bring peace?

[@bill9989]

Was Ashkenaz in northeastern Anatolia, the ancient name of that area or was it later named by resident Jews for the Noah and/or Jeremiah reference? Probably the latter. Why did the Rhineland Jews call themselves Ashkenazi? Probably a memory of being from Ashkenaz, Anatolia and the genetics seems to support that. The genetics of a large sample of Yiddish speaking Jews (proxy for Ashkenazis) indicates that they originated in northeastern Anatolia/western Iran (the land of Ashkenaz). So, are they descendants of ancient Israelites, who migrated to Ashkenaz? No, they have little genetic connection to the Levant. Bedouins, Palestinians and Maronite Lebanese, in that order, carry the genes of the ancient inhabitants of the Levant.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I don’t agree

[@bill9989]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD I understand. However, there are many reasons why you wouldn't want to agree. Some intellectual, some psychological.

[@williamschall9124]

Canadian Jew.... Ay, don't you know..??

[@dameech6697]

Shalom. Happy Purim

[@Wloppish]

Sad to see my question have been deleted.

[@michaeltrotchie2841]

Ukrainian??? King Bulan picked Judaism not Islam or Christianity - Putin cleaning up that mess!

[@blkdiamond7227]

@@shainazion4073 i dont suppose it matters if they are from the bloodline of Japheth and not Shem huh

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@blkdiamond7227 You keep repeating the same nonsense, does it get you tingly all over?? The Jews are not the Blood of Japeth. They were taken to Europe as slaves in the second century and in the 800s, more Jews were invited to France by Charlegmane. There is no mention of descendants of Ashkenaz, anywhere in the Torah. The Jews in Europe were named as "Ashkenazi" Jews in the 1100s, before this they were just called Jews! Just as Jews living in Spain were called as Sepharad, (after Spain, not the person Sepharad). The Jews of Germany/France were called as Ashkenazi.

[@blkdiamond7227]

@@rachelsamuel3328slaves interesting i am aware of them being expelled from practically every country the settled in until hitler that is. btw i would like to see scriptures pertaining to trains, prison camps and chambers. i see ppl going into captivity via ships and being sold but not trains etc. the entire book speaks of 12 tribes not just one. the scripture also say the children of israel would forget who they are in the lands of there captivity due to it being made illegal to even call themselves israelites which was punishable by death (psalms 83)but eventually that TMH would wake them up in the lands of their captivity. could you tell me when did that happen to the ashkenazi that end up in a land called ashkenaz? i find that remarkable considering they have never always said they are jews. also could you explain why the creator who parted waters would need the assistance of humans in order to put his ppl back in their land. why would he need them to purchase the land and have other nations protecting them?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@blkdiamond7227 Oh, sorry I didn't look at your codename, Now I see the anti-semetism and your BHI narrative only expounded by those that have never read the Torah or Tanakh in Hebrew. No, Blacks were not Israelites. They have sequenced the Ancient Israelites and they were blonde & blue-eyed. They have sequenced the DNA of many of the peoples living in the Levant and they were light skinned. The Egyptians, the Phillistines, the Canaanites, the Israelites. The ancient burials have no remains of blacks in Israel. The ancient synogogues have mosaics and frescoes of the people, they are all light skinned. The Egyptians have paintings of the Israelites and they are not dark skinned with sharp noses. The DNA of the Samaritans is over 2500 years old, they were there from the time of the Babylonians. There DNA is very close to the Modern Jews. The Jewish scriptures gIve descriptions of Noah, Abrahams Sarah, and Solomon and they are all described as "White" When Moses marries a black woman, his sister, Miryam, and brother, Aaron are very upset. If the family was black, why would they be upset that Moses married a black woman? These are just a few of the proofs of the Jews/Israelites/Hebrews never bring being black.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@blkdiamond7227 Does the Bible talk about Xrays or Lasers, helicopters or Canolis?? Not. Everything ever to be invented is in the Bible. The Real Jews fulfilled that passage in the Torah many Years ago, they were actually Taken in Ships to Egypt, the Torah does not Ever speak of America. You are so interested in Deuteronomy 28, yet you don't know that all the curses were only valid in Israel.it says right in the chapter that it is in the walled cities and talks of olive trees. What about the king taken as a slave with his people? What African king was taken in the TAST? It talks about 400 years of slavery. The first slaves were brought to America in 1619, slavery was outlawed in 1865, that is 246 years, where is the other 154 Years ??. It also says that the people would have problems with thy oxen, thine cattle, flocks, vineyards, when did African slaves own oxen, cattle, flocks,,Vinyards and more???

[@DeborahCaldwell77]

Thank you for being here with a topic that I’ve been wondering about = wishing for = and wanting to learn about for my entire life and it’s a long one. Thank you for entertaining my retirement in my ninth decade.

[@joshuastavos4376]

I am not sure whether you are aware that whereas the paternal Y chromosomes of Ashkenazi Jews is middle eastern and related to ‘Palestinians’, Bedouins, and interestingly part of the population of northern Italy, the maternal mitochondrial DNA ( the only mitochondrial DNA we can inherit and is in the maternal egg cell fertilized by the sperm cell) is almost exclusively Greco Roman maternal mitochondrial DNA in Ashkenazi Jews. In other words, we share the same ancestral mothers of Greeks and Romans ( Greeks and Italians and other people from those lands). In that way, we are connected to Japheth. I don’t think any of this is critical although it is fascinating. I grew up being told the glories of my ancestry but the Tanahk was something for someone else. I hope we will see an end to prioritizing our ethnicity one day and strive to spread the Torah to the world and make more Israelites. It has already started without us but prophecy says this is what will happen and it should be more important than lineage. How else will we become as numerous as the stars in the sky or grains of sand in the world?

[@bobbycarter6956]

AWESOME!

[@williamjayaraj2244]

Thank you !.

[@vitalik.7577]

... toda raba, lieber Herr Abramson ! Viele Grüße aus dem Rheinland ! Seien Sie gesund ! Mit Respekt und freundlichen Grüße - Vitali K.

[@Mk-vd9qs]

Sind Sie Jüdisch?

[@vitalik.7577]

@@Mk-vd9qs ... ken, ani yehudi. - Warum ?

[@lionzion32]

During the time of Maimonides he was concerned for the Jews of Central Europe because of their poor situation. At that time there was still no sephardic or Ashkenazi distinction

[@francinegombe688]

💜

[@TruthTalmeed]

So the biblical Ashkenazi are not the modern Ashkenazi but the modern Ashkenazi just took the biblical Ashkenazi name? So where are or who are the biblical Askinazi in today’s time, where did they go?

[@josephgolan238]

Mr.4givin Ashkenazi Jews are Jews that lived in the Rhineland area of Europe. A region called Ashkenaz. These Jews originally lived in the Roman Empire (Acts 18:2, Acts 18:19). They moved further north into the Rhineland during the Middle Ages. Jeremiah 31:8 prophesied their return to Israel. Sephardic Jews = Jews of Spain/Portugal (Obadiah 1:20). Mizrahi Jews = Jews of Middle East (Isaiah 11:11, Acts 9:22).

[@abdhaigardez5680]

I hope U explain about sadosy tribe. Thanks from Afghanistan.

[@shaheedabdulazeez7366]

Question: Is Judaism pre exilarch or post exilarch?

[@csambailey9552]

Like my sidore from Artscroll,!! Will RSVP

[@isa811116]

Nice Vorspeise, now I'm hungry🙏👍

[@allenhonaker4107]

I'd like to hear about the Asian Jews and how they got there

[@josephaggs7791]

Dr . Henry , does your Italian Jewry video cover how Italian Jews migrated into Ashkenaz?

[@josephgolan238]

Joseph Aggs The New Testament documents their presence in the Roman Empire during the 1st century but not their migration north (Acts 18:2, Acts 18:19). Jeremiah 31:8 prophesies the Ashkenazic return to the land.

[@josephaggs7791]

@@josephgolan238 we know historically Jews were in Italy and the New Testament is a first century record as well as prophetic. But im specifically asking about the migration. That’s something the apostolic writers couldn’t capture. And the church fathers really wouldn’t care .

[@MrEVAQ]

There is the Kalonymos family who are documented to have arrived in Ashkenaz from Italy. There was also a back migration of some Ashkenazi Jews into Italy (Rappaport family, Elijah Levita..)

[@MrEVAQ]

There's also the Luzzatto family

[@josephaggs7791]

@@MrEVAQ yea I forgot the name , kalonymous

[@davidbolin1665]

Ashkenaz equals Decsendants of Japheth which is the father of Gentiles. Ashkenaz isn't true jews

[@josephgolan238]

David Bolin Ashkenazi Jews were originally the Jews of the Roman Empire (Acts 18:2, Acts 18:19) that moved further North into the Rhineland area of Europe during the Middle Ages. Jeremiah 31:8 prophesies the Ashkenazic return to the land.

[@blkdiamond7227]

@@josephgolan238 what does where people lived have to do with a whole bloodline?

[@josephgolan238]

@@blkdiamond7227 Ashkenazi Jews = Jews that lived in Ashkenaz. (Jeremiah 31:8) Sephardic Jews = Jews that lived in Spain/Portugal. (Obadiah 1:20) Mizrahi Jews = Jews that lived in the Middle East. (Isaiah 11:11) Ethiopian Jews = Jews that lived in Ethiopia. (Zephaniah 3:10)

[@davidbolin1665]

@@josephgolan238 Jesus came in the image of His brethren and His image is described in the book of Revelation hair white like whool and feet like fine brass as if they burned they burned in a furnace... Jesus was of color and therefore Jews are of color. I think you need to read Genesis 10:1-5. It tells the lineage. True Jews still haven't made it back to their homeland. Everywhere that God had scattered them they were made low. Also most of them have forgotten who they are. But I know through scripture and study who they are, they are Gad Native Americans, they are blacks, they are Mexicans and people of color.

[@josephgolan238]

@@davidbolin1665 The Jews were Arameans that moved into Canaan (Deuteronomy 26:5, Genesis 25:20). Same family as the Samaritans (John 4:12), Mandaeans, Syriac Christians, Chaldean Christians, etc. Jesus even spoke their language (Aramaic). And the Jews are definitely back in their homeland; their surnames tell the story. - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef - Rabbi Ya'akov Asher - Rabbi Yaron Reuven, Milton Rubenfeld - Yariv Levin, Meri Cohen - Peretz Naftali - Naama Issachar - Gal Gadot, Yosef Ba Gad - Ben Binyamin - Rona Lee Shimon - Eliezer Ben Yehuda - Nissim Dahan, Moshe Dayan

[@shiloh3202]

You are teaching yours with joy, very pleasant to listen to! Study is being done effortlessly. I very much appreciate your precious teachings. I hope many gets enlightened by your teachings.

[@devintaylor8702]

God Bless Israel 🇮🇱 🙏 ❤️

[@davidsavage6324]

There's a mainstream historical account: A Scythian king in Rome was practicing idolatry in public. Scythian wheat merchants in Rome saw this and killed him. Also in ancient Scythia, not just idolatry was banned but also pork. Anthropologist Robert Sepehr covers this extensively. To me this information seems to validate the Scythians as Northern Kingdom 'lost' tribes sometimes mentioned as people of Manasseh and Ephraim, or of Scythopolis. It's rather absurd that this theory seems universally rejected by the status quo academia in spite of obvious merits to the case-- not mention the merits of always exploring all documented theories on any controversy.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

There are lots of 19th century researchers who like Scythia for the location.

[@Enzo505]

This may be correct. However just because the people of Scythia were comprised some part of the 12 tribes. There is absolutely no connection to modern rabbinical Judaism and ancient Scythian customs or culture. That distinction needs to be made.

[@davidsavage6324]

@@Enzo505 while I wouldn't want to conflate the two I would propose some degree of possible connection if one reflects upon Noachic ethnography: Shem Cham and Yaphet were all caucasian-- (one black child, one Middle Eastern, one caucasian is just laughable)-- and that right after the Northern Tribes dispersion two vast caucasian domains appeared from 500 BCE and 500 CE-- the Celts and the Scythians (and in Celtic case the Archdruid wore regaila pretty much identical to Kohen Gadol (see Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall)-- which would seem counter common understanding that Ashkenazi Jews would look more like biblical Jews than Sephardic Jews (although biblically there was always racial mixing via converts to some degree at least, always a racial rainbow) but in my opinion that's where the evidence points and scholarship before post WW2 truth embargo seems rooted in this understanding; as to your point, if China and Rome could be aware of each other certainly Scythians could have been aware of Rabbinicism regardless of how dominant it was, it seems hasty to dismiss any connection entirely-- although if Khazarian Israelites/other ethnicities were largely infiltrated by Baalism in 'Caucasia' an exodus to European Ashkenaz from Caucasian Ashkenaz in 900 CE is at least plausible I would say.

[@germaniatv1870]

@@davidsavage6324 What is a Caucasian, from Caucasus?

[@davidsavage6324]

@@germaniatv1870 that's it really, from there or from there originally (although there is a connotation of paleness)-- and it was expanded into a synechdoche for 'pale' people in general of course

[@thomaskittrell6550]

Gentile Beleiver in Yeshua here… I’m thankful and blessed to have discovered you and these treasures of information. You have helped change my perspective and look at many things from a different angle…Thank you

[@jahjah525]

REVELATION 2:9

[@gloverdavid6491]

@@jahjah525 ,exatlly, I agree100%!!!!

[@jahjah525]

@@gloverdavid6491 When the time is right they will realize they are being lied to on a grand scale . May I also add that when they arrived here in Turtle Island we were telling them the stories in the bible and they could not believe we knew - chroniclers such as deigo duran meticulously documented it and they said, these have to be the isrealittes

[@AB-tg5mx]

Your comment towards the gentile is how antisemetism starts. Please dont create more hate and division

[@blkdiamond7227]

coincidence... honestly these ppl take ppl for fools.

[@blkdiamond7227]

I'm confused because the Torah says that the chosen people of god came through Shem not Japeth.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

This has nothing to do with Japeth. Judeans (Jews) are all from Shem. The Ashkenazi Jews are Jews from Ashkenaz (Germany originally) not OF Ashkenaz. They are Ashkenazi Jews Jews from Ashkenaz, just as Sephardi Jews are from the land of Sepharad (Spain) not OF Sepharad, as his descendants.

[@andrejmucic5003]

How did your boy Zelensky get a billion bucks USD$ in an off shore account? Please investigate, affirm or deny.

[@lionzion32]

Likely cause he's smart

[@bluehouseent]

Therefore, it appears no Semitic connection as well

[@kenfan5666]

Shalom Rabbi Abramson, Do you know if there are any genetic markers that are shared by Ashkenaz Jews? Would the Chinese Jews be considered descendants of Ashkenaz Jews? I ask this because some of my ancestors are Hakka people of China who are often referred to as the "Jews of Asia," and were surnamed Lee which according to one of your previous videos was a surname given to the Levy or Levi clan. I have not been genetically tested yet but I would like to know what to look for if I do get tested. Also, is there a specific company or test that the Israeli government may prefer if they were to acknowledge the results of this test? And if so, would it be possible to go through a study of Hebrew or Talmud for the purpose of Bar Mitzvah? Thank you in advance for your reply. Stay Safe, Be Well, God Bless.

[@kenfan5666]

@Yoav Margolis Thank you for the information. I have never heard of this ethnic group. I Googled them. Am eager to learn more about them.

[@devintaylor8702]

God Bless Israel 🇮🇱 🙏 ❤️

[@הציוניםימחשמםוזכרם]

7:01 שמואל דוד לוצאטו ימח שמו

[@TTuoTT]

In one of your videos on Khazar history, you mention "the Christianisation of Russia". I want to warn you, especially after what happened recently, to no longer use "Russia" as a synonym for "the Rus". The Rus was the predecessor state of Ukraine, Muskovy later laid claim to it to legitimate it's imperial claims. Very important to keep that in mind in these times.

[@sonabarnes6670]

Imposters! 😡

[@widehotep9257]

Is there a definitive answer as to where the Ashkenazi Jews of Germany came from? Were they newly-converted Jews from Khazaria? (Some people say that, while others get mad if you suggest it.) And is it true that German Ashkenazi Jews share 50% DNA with ethnic Germans? Such a fascinating subject that seems overly controversial!

[@josephgolan238]

Wide Hotep Ashkenazic Jews originated in the Roman Empire (Acts 18:2, Acts 18:9). They moved North to escape persecution during the Middle Ages. Jeremiah 31:8 prophesied their return to the land.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

There are over 12 studies of the Genetics of Ashkenazi Jews. None of the studies show any Turkic or Turkish DNA. Ashkenazi Jews have male Lines from the Levant, and some Female lines from Southern Europe, Sicily, Sardinia, Greece, Spain. Jews first compare to other Jewish subgroups and then to other non-Jewish Levantines, Druze, Lebanese, and Palestinians.

[@arikohane2720]

The Khazar theory has already been proven to not be true. Historical and scientific research have already settled the question. Beginning primarily in the late 9th/early 10th century, Jews arrived in Italy and Greece via the Mediterranean and many eventually settled in what was known as the Rhineland, in modern day Germany. They developed a diaspora culture and the Yiddish language there, mixing their indigenous language of Hebrew with the local language of German. During the early Crusades in the Middle Ages they were forced to disperse and settled in Poland and other nations in that region. They became know as the Ashkenazim.

[@selahstrong1027]

Biblical ashkenaz has no Jewish connection but he does have a Khazar connection since ashkenaz is the brother of togarmah and togarmah is the biblical ancestor of the khazars according to Jewish king Joseph of the khazars. This can be found in the letter of king Joseph to the Spanish vizier who was Jewish.

[@user-bj9or7ke3u]

As an Iranian Jew I must speak out, I love your channel but credit it due where it's due. "The Hebrew name Gomer refers to the Cimmerians, who dwelt in what is now southern Russia, "beyond the Caucusus" The Cimmerians were Iranian!... even the name Ashkenaz in Farsi means land of the Eshk worship wich is the Mithraic concept of Universal Love. The Cimmerian Caucusus Iranians at the time of Genesis had a giant dominance in the region at the time... The name was adopted the name due to inspiration and composed our Canon around it! Why cant that be mentioned?

[@Baboonery_]

I love that this clown had to edit it to add “as an Iranian Jew” bullshit 😂

[@user-bj9or7ke3u]

@@victoremman4639 thats not true its origin is in indo european/ aryanic languages not semetic, google it

[@user-bj9or7ke3u]

​@@Baboonery_ my mom is Iranian Jewish she taught me this and if you just invest some time researching you will find out yourself, my dad is a prof in history he taught me this as well.. come on I am not trying to spread false information it actually is true, dont call me a clown please

[@user-bj9or7ke3u]

@@victoremman4639 not talking about Farsi as this was 400 prior to the Fars migrations, I am talking about Scythians who were Iranic but not Fars, these people had huge interconnections with Jews at that time and many of the customs were adopted, just do some research.

[@Baboonery_]

@@user-bj9or7ke3u anything is possible when you lie on the internet 😂

[@AdoptedCats]

Ashkenaz simply means Germanic. North Eastern Turkey called Eskenaz which located South of Georgian border. Ashkenazi Jews correctly refers to Aramaic Jews instead called Ashkenazi.

[@AdoptedCats]

@@ogropor 56. No, Ashkenazi Jews are not Khazars (Jewish History Lab) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37OcmuHqsSbpdk

[@blkdiamond7227]

nevertheless the 12 tribes of Israel came through the bloodline of Shem not Japeth

[@blkdiamond7227]

@@shainazion4073 that makes zero sense when they themselves say they come from Japeth not Shem. so either their studies are wrong or the scriptures are which is it?

[@blkdiamond7227]

@@shainazion4073 ok so we are to believe that its just one big a coincidence that ppl calling themselves jews lived in the area which was called ashkenaz. i dont think so because the torah says that the children named the land were they settled after themselves. so who is lying? Also the book of Isaiah says that when TMH put his children back in the land the nations will rejoice and finally there will be peace. did that happen?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@blkdiamond7227 First of all, you are saying that no places had names until the Jews went there? And, are all 14 million Jews back in Israel? Almost half are in the US, so with half the Jews missing, how would there be peace?

[@ReishHaLevi]

In my klal Ashkenazim originated in Ashkenaz, Turkiya and migrated out to Europe. Germany is called Gomer.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

No. The Jews were not from Turkey as proven through their DNA.

[@ReishHaLevi]

@@rachelsamuel3328 you have no idea what I'm talking about. I appreciate your opinion, but please try at first to at least understand what someone is referring to before assuming that you know the answer(s).

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@ReishHaLevi If I took this wrong, and I know about Judaism, how would another person understand it. Could you please explain what you were saying?

[@sohrabamiri7917]

Hi doc The land is not belonging to the religious ! The land is. Belonging to the. All of the people Who are living in the earth or area. 🤔🧐😜🤫🙋🌄

[@darkwingduck7212]

I’m confused? So if I’m Jewish and Ashkenazi, then I’m German?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

Jews moved from the Area by Germany and France, that does not make you German. If you move to Hawaii, are you now Hawaiian??

[@darkwingduck7212]

@@rachelsamuel3328 but if my family had children with the locals and integrated into the community then we would have their DNA. I’m sure they were breeding with the local populations wherever they were.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@darkwingduck7212 Jewish DNA shows no local DNA. The Jews were insular, they ate differently, worshiped differently, in Christian countries they hated the Jews because they said the Jews killed their God,,in Muslim countries, they lived separate as dhimmies. They spoke Yiddish, Ladino, or a Judeo-Arabic language or dialect. When Jewish DNA is plotted on a graph it is most similar to other Jewish subgroups, meaning an,Ashkenazi Jew matches to a Morrocan Jew better than anything else. After that, they are closest to non-Jewish Levantines, Druze, Lebanese, and Palestinians. They are not like any Eastern Europeans (where 85% of modern Jewry comes from living) They share some DNA with Greeks, Italians, Cypriots.

[@YadinZedek777]

Ashkenazi Jews were about 5,000 men and 3 women. Genetically proven

[@jad1714]

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[@YadinZedek777]

@@jad1714 here is my question, does this mean Jewish law doesn't apply to ashkenazi being that only 3 jewish women started amongst the ashkenazi and Hitler killed Jews? Or Hitler didn't kill Jews and ashkenazi aren't Jews due to Jewish law? It seems Jewish is flawed! Because in this case they didn't become Jewish from the mother. Unless these 3 women have multiple daughters and that continued through 2,000 year's to only have daughters!

[@jamesr8584]

@@YadinZedek777 I have heard of one study that said 40% of Ashkenazi can trace back to four founding mothers. But not all Ashkenazi trace back to those four women. Ashkenazi is a Jewish ethnic group. You are Jewish if your mother is Jewish whether you are Ashkenazi or not. If an Ashkenazi converts to Christianity, they would ethnically be Ashkenazi, but not Jewish, nor would her children be considered Jewish. Likewise, if an ethnic Chinese woman converts to Judaism, her children would be considered Jewish. Being Jewish under the law has to do with having a Jewish mother or through conversion.

[@YadinZedek777]

@@jamesr8584 you're definitely not getting my point. Btw I am ashkenazi and my DNA test shows 58 to 62% Judean depending on which DNA test, my father's DNA tests showed he was 16% Judean, my mother 96% Judean. If the Jewish law states you're only Jewish because of your mother and only 4 families from the beginning we're Jewish therefore Hitler did not kill Jews or that law doesn't make sense especially to a genealogist when testing someone's DNA and it comes back that they're 96% to 100% Judean

[@jamesr8584]

@@YadinZedek777 But those four mothers were from 1000 years ago. They had children. And those children married and had children and so forth and so on. There are four founding mothers, and a million mothers that came after. After 1000 years, there were 9 million Jews in Europe. Does that make sense?

[@jad1714]

Can the original Ashkenaz not be the Gauls they after all inhabited the Rhineland and at one point some lived in Cappadocia or Galatia

[@josephaggs7791]

I thought gauls were irish ?

[@georgyzhukov6409]

@@josephaggs7791 the guals were celtic. Originating in southern Germany. The celts then migrated to Ireland

[@setamelk101]

Could this mean that you might as well claim like Turks and Azeris that you own a piece of land in ARARAT ARATTA REGION, for the life of me first time I have heard such a thing or seen on a map, YOU guy's are great in brand new thing turning it to antiques, so I am not surprised to see YOUR ANTIQUE MAPS, which as a historian never ever seen one did YOU MAKE THAT MAP AS WELL AS SN OLD MAP, hahahaha

[@matthewsainsbury2367]

I added a like thanks for responding on the khazarian theory ,i dont want to give away to much info as you cover it on youre future lectures,but it appears their conversion played a big part in jewish history in the middle ages

[@devintaylor8702]

Yeshua is coming back soon 🙏 His arms are open to you all and Yeshua Loves you 💟🙏

[@Mk-vd9qs]

Go get help by a mental heath proffesional urgently

[@josephaggs7791]

@@Mk-vd9qs granted due to his zealous evangelical attitude he appears more ready to proselytize than learn but he means well and these sharp insults do nothing to mend Jewish Christian relationships in a time when we desperately need to

[@Mk-vd9qs]

@@josephaggs7791 christianity and judaism are tital oppositesn to each other and no need to "Mend" and cultivate such a relationship betwrrn jews and christianity... its a wr9ng outlook and can only cause damages to thebjewish people. Jews must stay far far away from christians talks as its total idolatry and it mist eb called out for what it is, despite their attempts to dress it up in different costumes... It is total idolatry and er must protest any such attempts of any christian to try infiltrate and comment such rediculous nonsenses, and there is NO place for such comments of his, on this jewish platform . I meant it with all seriousness and not as an insult. Someone who doesnt get this basic, needs serious mental health help.

[@tagbarzeev3571]

Devin Taylor Rabbi Tovia Singer.

[@josephaggs7791]

@@tagbarzeev3571 im not a big fan if Tovia , i lean towards more critical scholarship .

[@cymba729]

excellent work sir!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you so much!