[Avodah] 10 tribes

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:19:08AM -0500, Michael Poppers via Avodah wrote:
: In Avodah V34n162, R'Micha noted to R'Zev:
:> It is noted that "Shi[m]'on veLevi achim", and neither got their own
:> territory.

: So, to go back to R'Eli's question, the two "southern" *shvatim* [w/ a
: distinct *nachalah*] are Y'hudah and Binyamin; and the 10 vs. 2 count is
: based on distinct *nachalah*.

Whether we count Shim'in among Malkhus Yehudah or not as a shevet
at all, we do not have 10 shevatim left for Malkhus Yisrael.

12 brothers, minus Yosef, plus Ephraim & Menasheh = 13
Minus Levi & Shim'on would leave 11 disinct nachalos.
Meaning, Yehudah and Binyamin in the south, and only 9 shevatim in
the north.

(Personally, I like the resolutions I already posted, that either
1- Shim'on eventually does move north in David's day and fall along with
the rest of Malkhus Yisrael, or
2- Sancheirev does make inroads into western Malkhus Yehudah, it is
possible Shim'on was lost then.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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