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 אפרים בן נח

--- Quote ---I find it hard to believe that some sand rats are Israelites... Wouldn't their inner voice be telling them they are wrong for what they are doing? And they don't even look like Jews.
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Unfortunately, in certain countries, Israelites were faced with the option of "convert or die" and many chose to convert.
There were also some that converted because of economic penalties imposed by the Moslems for remaining non-Moslem.
In our times, even without major penalties from the Gentiles for being Jewish we see, a large percentage of the Jewish population, giving up their identity in favor of the religion of the culture they find themselves in.

edu:
Concerning the comment made:

--- Quote ---I find it hard to believe that some sand rats are Israelites ... Wouldn't their inner voice be telling them they are wrong for what they are doing? And they don't even look like Jews.
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At the time of the writing of the Mishna, the skin color of the average Israelite was darker than the skin color of a German but lighter than the skin color of an Ethiopian
Mishna - Mas. Nega'im Chapter 2 (Soncino translation)
MISHNAH 1. THE BRIGHT SPOT IN A GERMAN1 APPEARS AS DULL WHITE,2 AND THE
DULL WHITE ONE IN AN ETHIOPIAN3 APPEARS AS BRIGHT WHITE.4 R. ISHMAEL5
STATED: THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL6 (MAY I BE AN ATONEMENT FOR THEM!)7 ARE
LIKE BOXWOOD, NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE BUT OF AN INTERMEDIATE SHADE’.8
footnotes
(1) Whose skin is bright white.
(2) Hence it must be pronounced clean.
(3) Who is dark.
(4) And must be shut up; each case being determined according to the individual concerned.
(5) Differing from the ruling just enunciated.
(6) With whose leprosy signs the law is concerned.
(7) An expression of love and homage. ‘May I be the victim making atonement for any punishment that may have to
come upon them’.
(8] A leprosy sign is, therefore, to be determined by its appearance on such an intermediate shade.
On the other hand from tractate Sota, it is implied that it was considered a blessing if one had lighter skin. Although white like an Albino is already considered to be a defect (Mume in hebrew).

Israel Chai:

--- Quote from: אפרים בן נח on December 21, 2013, 08:19:31 PM ---I find it hard to believe that some sand rats are Israelites... Wouldn't their inner voice be telling them they are wrong for what they are doing? And they don't even look like Jews.

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They have intermarried by now. A complete lack of education makes understanding anything tough, too, as well as a horribly hard life, fear for your life, and a system that offers every carnal pleasure.

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