[Avodah] 10 shevatim

[Arie Folger]

On Wednesday, 13. August 2008 12.36:42 avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org wrote:
> It could be that when Moshiach comes, Eliyahu Hanavi will reconstitute all
>   the tribes by telling each Jew exactly what Shevet he is /really/ part
> of, ben achar ben.  Maybe the "lost" tribes will never be "found" because
> by now they have been goyim for too many generations.  But we will still
> have  twelve tribes, just by correctly identifying all the Jews who have
> been wrongly assigned to Yehuda all these years.

I wonder, whether everyone agrees that the non Jewish child of a Jew, who 
converted, has absolutely no filial relationship with his father, or whether 
some authorities would say that while the qedushah of kehunah cannot be 
transmitted this way, one could maitain his status as a Danite, Reubenite, 
Simonite, Zebulonite, Jew, Benyaminite etc.

I vaguely remember hearing something in the name of Rav Ya'aqov of Lissa 
(Netivot haMishpat), but never saw it. I also wonder who else might have 
written on this topic.

Does the Amishav foundation have anything to say on the matter?
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Arie Folger
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