Questions tagged [genealogy]
The study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.
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Could there be a Halachik issue with using a DNA kit such as 23andMe?
Besides learning fun facts about one's DNA and ancestry, there's a lot of good that can come out of using one. For example: people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent can learn if they're predisposed to BRCA1 ...
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The application of the dispute about the borders of Babylon
The Talmud (Kiddushin 71b) discusses the differences in the lineage of people from different places in the vicinity of Bavel (Babylon) by analogy of health. Bavel is healthy (has a good lineage), ...
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Does a Kohen have to be concerned about the surname of a potential mate?
In this question various surnames are explored that are strongly associated with being a Kohein. Some of them are rather unambiguously chosen simply because the chooser wanted to indicate their status....
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What tribe are the Bene Israel in India descended from?
What tribe(s) are the Bene Israel of India descended from?
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Who is Rav Tzvi HaLevi?
Below is a ketuba for a bride name Chaya bat Yehuda, and Yehuda's father is shown as Rav Tzvi HaLevy.
I know for a fact from people who knew him and from multiple original source documents including ...
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Messiah's tribal pedigree, and the Diaspora
How will the Messiah prove he is from the tribe of Judah if the diaspora has obliterated tribal delineation?
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A question regarding Moses
Question from a gentile:
I wish to ask, do Jews believe that Moses never called non-Jews to the worship of one God?
If Jews do believe that he did call non-Jews to one God, how did they come to the ...
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Help identify my Hungarian minhagim
My paternal grandfather was from a little mountain town in Czechoslovakia called Giraltovce. As far as I know, their minhagim were basically just Hungarian (as opposed to Chassidish or Oberlander). I ...
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Who was Naomi's mother?
I would like to know the genealogy of Naomi the mother in law of Rus. Specifically, who was her mother?
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What if there were no kohanim?
I don't know if this question was asked before, but:
If, hypothetically, when the Mikdash will be built, somehow it was discovered that all kohanim were genealogically invalidated - chalalim in the ...
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Reason for Kohen status being inherited
Aharon was the first kohen and his sons inherit this status from then on (Shemot 28:1); their major role being to make offerings in the Temples on behalf of all of Israel.
Aside from being a ...
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Where did Shem's, Ham's and Japeth's wives come from?
I can't find any information regarding the ancestry line of Noah's sons' respective wives. From whom did they descend?
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How to find one's illustrious ancestors
If someone does not know his family tree — for example, he is the child of ba'alei teshuveh and his grandparents did not impart to his parents any important-to-Judaism information about his ...
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Was Herod Jewish?
Slightly related.
This topic has been on my mind lately. According to Josephus, Herod's father Antipater was the son of Antipas, one of the Edomites converted by Yochanan Hyrcanus. I asked one of the ...
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How literally are we supposed to read the book of Bereshit/Genesis?
Especially with regard to the family of Abraham. Is there any extra-Biblical historical evidence of a paternal link between the Ishmaelite, Edomite and Keturan tribes and the 12 tribes of Israel? Is ...
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Would Job's daughters' sons have been sons of Job?
In Job's testing, Job's sons all died. When God restored him, he had seven sons and three daughters. He gave the daughters an inheritance among their brothers. Would Job's grandsons (The daughters' ...
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Shaul's genealogy compared to David's genealogy
David's full genealogy is outlined in both in Ruth 4:18-24 (although without Yehudah here) and in Divrei Hayamim 1:2:3-15:
Yehudah-Peretz-Chetzron-Ram-Aminadav-Nachshon-Salma-Boaz-Oved-Yishai-David.
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Historical ID lost can it be reclaimed
Could it be possible that many Hispanics who moved from Spain and having their family line coming from Jewish blood (Sephardi Jews), be actually Jews and not know it? There is a test now to check ...
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