What does anusim mean in Hebrew?
coerced
Anusim (Hebrew: אֲנוּסִים, pronounced [anuˈsim]; singular male, anús, Hebrew: אָנוּס pronounced [aˈnus]; singular female, anusáh, אֲנוּסָה pronounced [anuˈsa], meaning “coerced”) is a legal category of Jews in halakha (Jewish law) who were forced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically while forcibly …
What is the difference between conversos and Marranos?
The term specifically refers to the charge of crypto-Judaism, whereas the term converso was used for the wider population of Jewish converts to Catholicism, whether or not they secretly still practised Jewish rites.
What does Bnei mean?
BNEI
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| BNEI | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (Japanese video game development company) |
| BNEI | Bureau National des Élèves Ingénieurs (French: National Bureau of Engineering Students) |
What is Anusim?
The term “anusim” is most properly translated as the “coerced [ones]” or the “forced [ones]”. The term anusim derives from the Talmudic phrase averah b’ones ( עבירה באונס ), meaning “a forced transgression.”
Are Anusim Jews by lineage?
Anusim, by contrast, not only remain Jews by lineage but continue to count as fully qualified Jews for all purposes.
Who were the Sephardic Anusim?
The Sephardic Anusim (“forced [converts]”) were the Jewish conversos to Catholicism and their second and third, fourth, and up to fifth generation converso descendants (the maximum acceptable generational distance depended on the particular Jewish responsa being followed by the receiving Jewish community).
What do the Xueta and the Bnei Anusim have in common?
Both communities have practiced endogamy over generations, thus maintaining awareness of their Jewish heritage. In the case of the Xueta, they also suffered social stigma and discrimination well into the 20th century for their converso origin. The Jewish Agency for Israel estimates the Sephardic Bnei Anusim population to number in the millions.
