Comments on: Could I be a Levi?

By: Silence

Silence — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:02:35 +0000

A good geneticist should be able to help:

http://www.cohen-levi.org/jewish_genes_and_genealogy/the_dna_chain_of_tradition.htm

By: Rena

Rena — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:26:41 +0000

What Ethan said.
We’re a Levi and a bas-Levi (now a double?)… if you can sing, we’d love to have you

By: ethan

ethan — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:44:40 +0000

i would welcome you to my tribe with open arms

By: Sullivan

Sullivan — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:40:05 +0000

Moshiachs’ birthday is Tisha B’av, not the week before! Were it not for that technicality I’d tell you to rescue us already.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:53:27 +0000

Alot of times, people’s last names indicate some significance about their status
ex. katz, cohen, kahn, levy…
Just a thought – perhaps your last name has roots that hints to the status of a levy – how is your last name spelled? -seems that it has similar sounding to the word levy.
Just a brainstorm.

By: t.

t. — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:08:55 +0000

If you know anything about your other relatives on your father’s side– grandfather, ggf, etc. you can look via cemetery records if they’re in the US, as it may be on file.

By: agent220

agent220 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:08:43 +0000

If you are a Levi, be proud!

Once the Chofetz Chayim asked a man if he was a kohen. The man said no. He asked was your father a kohen? The man said no. Was your grandfather? The man kept silent, realizing the CC wanted to make a point.
“I am a kohen. Do you want to know why? When the Yidden were in the desert, and they made an eigel, the only shevet to respond to Mi Lashem Elai was mine. ” That’s yichus to be proud of and embrace if indeed you are one

And if not, you may still end up being Moshiach