שאלות ותשובותAbout Africans/Blacks In the Talmud
11 שנים • Nicole Czarnecki
I have a friend who warned that at least some strains of normative Judaism teaches racism against Africans/Blacks. As we know from Tanakh (e.g., Yirimiyahu 13:23 and 'Amos 9:7-9), there was already quite a bit of Anti-Black racism within the Jewish community. Also, my Crypto-Jewish granddad (to make a long story short) absolutely despised Blacks and Asians ("Orientals", as he derisively called them); and his paternal side was particularly Orthodox before they became Anusim, and they knew Talmud quite well.

So, I know that Anti-Black racism is in the Talmud; but I don't know where I would find it, and I don't want to find it from second-hand, Anti-Semitic websites. I know that since Yaron Yadan was a talmid b'yeshivah, I can trust Da'at Emet when it states something about the Talmud.

1 Answers
9 שנים • jsadmin צוות

אבל מותר להם להיות חוטבי עצים ושואבי מים….לבית המטבחיים היהודי, דהיינו :"למזבח יהוה ,עד היום הזה אל המקום אשר יבחר!
ומהו הוא המקום, שבו הוקם מזבח יהוה הנצחי?
"ויתנם יהושע ביום ההוא לחוטבי עצים ושואבי מים לעדה ולמזבח יהוה עד היום הזה,אל המקום אשר יבחר" (יהושע ט', כ"ז)