[Avodah] G"d will take from among the gentiles Kohanim

[Arie Folger]

Hi,

I just stumbled across a video report suggesting that Mu'ammar
Al-Qadhafi may be Jewish. This reminds me of a prohpecy we should all
be familiar with, but which we probably never have the time to read
calmly, as it is part of a haftarah (Hashamayim Kis'i, of Shabbat Rosh
'Hodesh), and we all know we may that when the stomach grumbles,
having had to invest extra time singing Hallel and hopefully
remembering to also sing the beautiful Ofan Lekha Eilim Alfei Alafim
..., and after maftir, there is hardly any time left to think about
the haftarah.

But, Yesha'yahu prophecies there about something remarkable there,
that le'atid lavo, G"d will take Kohanim and Leviim from among the
nations. How could that be? After all, one cannot convert into a
Kohen. (echoes of the joke about someone pestering the rabbi and
trying to bribe him, to become a Kohen, eventually admitting his
motive: because my father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all
Kohanim, so I want to be one, too.)

I blogged about this, providing two solutions and illustrating the
more fantastic solution with a ma'aseh shehayah (and included the
above mentioned video report) here:

http://ariefolger.wordpress.com/

Your comments are welcome, either here or there.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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