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Jewish Rabbinical Court rules Igbos are Israelites

March 3, 2022 – 30 Adar I 5782

ON the 14th day of January 2022 [12 Shebat 5782], the Jewish Rabbinate of the Obadayah Alliance [Dayan Jacob de Oliveira, Dayan Eliezer Tabor, Dayan Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota, Rabbi Hananiah Cohen, and Rabbi Haim Ovadia] ruled that the Igbos of Nigeria are descendants of ancient Israelites.

According to the Rabbinate, “the presence of Israelites along the Niger River had been known by Jewish authorities in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Suriname.

Rabbinic letters addressed to the Igbos by Chief rabbis: Dr. Solomon Hershel Lewin, David Meldola, and the Gaon of Vilna (Elijan Zalman), support the idea that there was contact between European Jewish communities and Igbo Israelites. All of the correspondence from the aforementioned rabbinic authorities address the Igbos as “brethren of the Children of Israel.” Accordingly, there is no doubt of their origins, nor of their halakhic status as Israelites.”

According to the Rabbinate, while there is yet an exhaustive academic genetic study of the Igbos, the data of the majority of those who have reported their autosomal and y-chromosome DNA, supports that their ancestors migrated from the Levant Basin, sharing genetic links with Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews alike.

The Rabbinate noted the fact that rabbinic authorities during the Songhai Empires were aware of Israelites in Igboland, which leads to the logical conclusion that they treated Igbos as Israelites.

The final conclusion of the Obadya Alliance Rabbinate was that “Igbos are to be treated as Israelites, in every sense of the word, and also their priestly and Levite lineages should be upheld as valid.”

The Rabbinate advised that upon the return of the Igbos to Omenana (what you do in the Land), they should be circumcised [if they hadn’t performed it already], say the sheheḥeyánu afterward, and partake in the kola nut ceremony with their brethren, as is customary among Igbos.

This ruling may also trigger more scholars to do more research about Igbos, what they offered the world in the past, what they are offering the world now, and what they would offer the world in the future.

As democracy is under assault, the Igbos are democratic to the core and stand out as the most culturally democratic ethnic entity globally. The world may have a look at the Igbo traditional system of government, which has survived despite many years of British rule and Nigeria’s deliberate marginalization.

It is interesting that the Obadya Rabbinate addressed Igbos as Israelites, not as Jews. They also affirmed Omenana (what you do in the Land) as the authentic original religion of the children of Israel.

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6 comments

Nwaru Romanus March 6, 2022 – 4 Adar II 5782 at 12:29 pm

Igbo are the Original the ancient people probably have a lot in common with the bible Jews

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Kelechi March 9, 2022 – 6 Adar II 5782 at 8:53 am

Yes this is very correct, my forefathers believed this and we know is true, the British colonizers found out when they came to igbo land during the colony era , it was very had for then to penetrate us, they then took away our religion which is ome Nala, and forced us to take their own which is Christianity during slave trade , but now my generation is going back to the religion of our anscestors, ome Nala (what we do in the land) one good example was that British found the simbol of star of Devid in our land , that’s why they British include the symbol in old Nigeria flag and some old currency, and we secumsise our male child on the eight day,

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Barr. Daniel Okonkwo March 9, 2022 – 6 Adar II 5782 at 8:13 pm

We know that we are news or lsraelites.lt is not the issue of today or cock and bulls stories.l could remember during my secondary days that may lgbos as it is called day instead of lbos(which is a suggested adultration of Hibrew) learnt jews language and left to live in lsrael. So it is now left for you to conclud your own study.

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Isaac Nweke Junior March 10, 2022 – 7 Adar II 5782 at 1:56 pm

Yes, I already know before now, that the Igbos are Israelites, it is traceable to the Holy Bible.

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Ezekiel March 14, 2022 – 11 Adar II 5782 at 9:17 pm

Holy Mary has revealed this fact, Our Lord Jesus Christ in defense of the Igbos has revealed to us that the Igbos are the Apple of His eyes, and that all nation’s oppressing the Igbos will be punished and that we have suffered under one Nigeria that He is going to set us free. Most often I personally feel like I am home seek, I find my spirit speeding back to my home Israel. Well, all Israelites must be FREE, that is the task before us all, no matter where we domiciled. Yawhew sent us here to bring Light to darkest part of his Creation Africa, and enemies of the Holy Cross has one agenda to destroy us, but Chukwuokike Abiama Uraha Biafrans is too strong for them. So before the world ends all Israelites must be FREE, and jointly work for God in overturning darkness.

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Ari'el Ben Ari'el March 20, 2022 – 18 Adar II 5782 at 2:16 am

Bravo!!!. That is great news about us, the H-ibo.

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