An exploration of the historical figure David Reueveni and his significance in Jewish history.
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[Music] welcome to the eth episode of the ongoing series the 10 lost tribes in Jewish Consciousness here on sparm chatter and I'm Naki Weinstein in this episode of the series we discuss one of the most fascinating characters connected to the Lost tribes D Raini a dark-skinned man who appears on the world stage in Italy in 1524 claiming to be the brother of King Yosef Who is the king of ruen G and half of manashe ruen ends up meeting with the Pope the king of Portugal the Holy Roman Emperor Charles I as he attempts to secure an army to take the Holy Land back from the Muslims ruen along the way inspires converso or moros in Portugal to return to Judaism including one Diego pyrus who ends up becoming schlomo MHO who is burned at the stake after his meeting with ruen with the emperor Charles I ruen himself also suffers the same unfortunate end of being burn at the stake and he has the distinction of being perhaps the only unconverted Jew ever to be burned at the stake as for listeners who are familiar from the Spain Series in Far chatter these Inquisition in general only had jurisdiction over Christians or converted Jews not just a Jew so Reni has that you know unfortunate end but this diary what we're discussing here in this episode which the new translation is Diary of a black Jewish Messiah the 17th century journey of D David ranii
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