Subject: Brit-Am: Who is an Israelite? / Returning to Israel
Reply-to: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org

Who is an Israelite? / Non-Jews (Ephraim) returning to the land of Israel

thoughts by

Yair Davidy

BRIT-AM is an ORTHODOX JEWISH Organization

#1) Do Orthodox Jews believe in Replacement theology? NO
#2) Do Orthodox Jews believe in Christian British Israelism? NO

"Brit-Am Israel". (Brit = Covenant, Am = People in Hebrew)

"Brit-Am Israel" at present is headed by Yair Davidy and by Rabbi
Abraham Feld.

The address of "Brit-Am Israel" is Yair Davidy, "Brit-Am Israel",
P.O.B. 595, Jerusalem 91004, Israel.

The e-mail is : britam@netvision.net.il

"BRIT-AM ISRAEL" BELIEVES:

* The Hebrew Bible is the message of God.

* Out of the original 12 Tribes of Israel Ten were lost. Two
remained. The present-day Jews are descended mainly from the two
remaining Tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

* The Khazars were a Kingdom in southern Russia many of whose
leaders converted to Judaism. The Khazars were descended from the
Lost Ten Tribes. The Khazars were blood-relatives of the Picts who
went to Scotland, and of the Anglo-Saxons, and of peoples in
Scandinavia.

* In addition to the Khazars, many other converts to Judaism
through the ages were descended from assimilated Jews or from members
of the Lost Ten Tribes.

* Most of the Lost Ten Tribes migrated to Northwest and Western
Europe and their descendants are now in those areas or in North
America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

* We do not claim that all residents of the said nations are
descended from Israel. We do however affirm that most descendants of
the Lost Ten Tribes are residents of those nations. On the whole
they are unaware of their Israelite Identity. Even so in the course
of history the Israelite origins of peoples in those areas have
influenced national developments and national characteristics.

* The Tribe of Joseph was divided into two other Tribes: Ephraim
and Menasseh. People from ALL of the Israelite Tribes congregated in
North America but in general the U.S.A. is dominated by Menasseh.
Britain has characteristics of Ephraim.

* Reuben was important in France, Issachar in Switzerland, Benjamin
in Belgium, Zebulon in Holland, Dan in Denmark, Naphtali in Norway,
Gad in Sweden, the country of Finland was influenced by the Tribes of
Simeon, Issachar, and Gad; Simeon, Dan, and Ephraim were important in
Ireland.

* There is a need for the present-day "Jews" of Judah and the Lost
Ten Tribes to recognize each other, and to work towards
re-unification and reconciliation.

* Proof exists confirming "Brit-Am Israel" Identity beliefs. Some
of the evidence has been presented in works by Yair Davidy such as
"The Tribes" (1993), "Ephraim" (1995), and "Lost Israelite Identity"
(1996), as well as in articles in our journal "Tribesman". Much
additional evidence is available and needs to be uncovered and
published. Our sources include the Bible, Talmud, Midrashim,
Commentators, Classical Greek and Roman historians, Chroniclers,
Legends, Linguistics, Archaeology, and where pertinent racial and
other scientific studies.

* Even though much of the evidence has been revealed by ourselves it
is not ours alone. Our proofs have never been properly refuted. The
basic claims we have made are irrefutable. If one cannot deny our
claims and there is nobody else who can it follows that one should
accept them. This means that the identity of the Lost Ten Tribes of
Israel with western peoples should be acknowledged. Once this
acknowledgment is forthcoming it is possible to discuss whatever
practical conclusions need to be made.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, IN DISCUSSION, AND/OR IN
JOINING "BRIT-AM ISRAEL", please make contact by Return Mail.

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NOTE FROM EDDIE:

FYI: Yair Davidy is an ORTHODOX JEW. He does NOT believe in:

#1) Replacement theology
#2) Christian British Israelism

Yair Davidy / Brit-Am / Orthodox Jews DO believe in:

#1) The Restoration of BOTH houses of Israel in the future (the
Messianic redemption or the Ingathering of the Exiles) (Ezekiel
37:15-28) when the house of Israel (The Ten Lost Tribes) join
themselves to / with the house of Judah in the end of days.

Recently, I ordered from Brit-Am and read the first three issues of
the MAGAZINE BRIT-AM. The articles and the information in the magazine
was OUTSTANDING.

It is VITAL in these days in which we live to understand that the
belief in the restoration of both houses of Israel / Messianic
Redemption / Ingathering of the Exiles and the reuniting of Ephraim
(Ten Lost Tribes) with Judah and Ephraim returning to Torah is a
fundamental and foundational belief of Orthodox Judaism. It is one of
the 13 articles of Jewish faith and a prayer for the Messianic
Redemption / Restoration of both houses of Israel is prayed THREE
times a day by Orthodox Jews.

I would HIGHLY recommend that our newsgroup members subscribe to the
Brit-Am magazine to gain a greater understanding of Orthodox Jewish
belief regarding this issue. In a recent edition of the magazine,
Brit-Am stated that they have come to the conclusion that the primary
religion of the Ten Lost Tribes today is Christianity.

Brit-Am declares that this information is VITAL to your
understanding of the Bible and Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l
agrees. Please consider obtaining the first 3 issues of the Brit-Am
magazine and subscribing to future editions.

Yours for the restoration of both houses of Israel,

Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l

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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject:Who is an Israelite?

<<<<

Question to Brit-Am

>>>>

Hello -

I am very interested in learning more about the lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
Please notify me as to what is required and/or recommended in my search to
information as to whether my family is Jewish in descent.

<<<<

Answer from Brit-Am: (Orthodox Jew --- Yair Davidy)

>>>>

Our message is directed towards locating descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes
in general.

In only rare cases can we deal with specific families though some results
have come up in this area. In future the study of individual families
could perhaps be extended.

At present if you study the subject of the Lost Ten Tribes, feel a familial
affinity with ancient Israel and present-day Judah and come from an
area that was settled by Israelites in the past then the chances are
that you belong to Israel.

A person has to acknowledge Divine Providence.

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From: Yair Davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Non-Jews (Ephraim) returning to the land of Israel

>
>Shalom Yair,
>
> . I am a Christian Zionist and my loyalties are with Israel more
> than they are with the US. I hesitate to say this via e-mail, because I
>do not know what abilities the government has to read mail. However,
>it is said. If the US ever fully turns its back on Israel, I would
>probably be under a great deal of suspicion and scrutiny, because of
>the stand I would take. I have a desire to "return" to Israel, but
>because of my family and age of my mother, I am not able to do so at
>this time, but I can foresee a time when Israel might be the only
>home left for me and mine. Thus my second query, Would the Israeli
>government grant citizenship status to one who believes he is of
>Israeli (but not necessarily Jewish) heritage, or would my belief
>that Yeshua is the Messiah (and that he is returning, and a major
>part of his agenda is to reuite both houses of Israel) and my not
>being Jewish be a detriment to my being able to get Israeli
>citienship status? If this is the case, I can forsee a time in the
>future when I might be truly a man without a country until Messiah
>comes.
>

Yair Davidy (an Orthodox Jew) replies:

The Israeli Government only recognizes people of Jewish descent or
Jewish religion. I think the time is not yet ripe for Lost Israelites
to return. The Lost Israelites are not ready neither are the Jews. In
my opinion at present the emphasis should be on personal improvement
(of all of us including myself) at the individual and community level
and also LEARNING and spreading the message where possible of
Israelite Identity.

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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Ecclesiastes

[ECCL 2:19] AND WHO KNOWETH WHETHER HE SHALL BE A WISE MAN OR A FOOL?
YET SHALL HE HAVE RULE OVER ALL MY LABOUR WHEREIN I HAVE LABOURED,
AND WHEREIN I HAVE SHEWED MYSELF WISE UNDER THE SUN. THIS IS ALSO
VANITY.

I understand the point of Solomon. I do a lot (in my
view) to prove Brit-Am truth. The aim of Brit-Am is to prove that
many descendants of Israel are to be found amongst the peoples of
certain western nations and elsewhere. The message is that these
people should be become aware of their identity and draw closer to
their brothers from Judah. In some cases evil people take this message
and twist it and try and present it in accordance to their own
anti-semitic viewpoints. I still believe that God is guiding us and
that spreading the Brit-Am message is what God wants of us. If I was
to receive the impression that the enemy is to exploit this message
and that little good is to come of it I would stop at once, regret
what I had done and try to undo it. On the other hand the enemy is
going to put out his version no matter what happens and at least
Brit-Am is countering it. We are telling the truth as far as we
understand it. People have a need to hear this message, many feel the
need to hear it and we are not leaving a vacuum.

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