[Avodah] yovel

[Lisa Liel]

At 06:55 AM 6/29/2011, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
>R' Eli Turkel wrote:
>
> > Why would one assume that there are any remnants left of the 10
> > tribes to bring back? By now they are intermarried over many
> > centuries.
>
>What does intermarriage prove? Half of all intermarriages result in 
>Jewish children.

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>If anyone sees an error in my math (or elsewhere), please correct me.

Yes, actually.  Bear in mind that tribe goes by the father.  So with 
intermarriage, it doesn't matter which spouse is Jewish: if it's the 
father, the children are non-Jews.  But if it's the mother, the 
Jewish children are tribeless.

Lisa