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<DIV><BR>I agree that it is highly unlikely that pockets of the Ten Tribes are
still <BR> living somewhere -- I am quite certain the Sambatyon is not a
real river <BR>-- but at the same time, it is likely that Eliyahu Hanavi
will be able to <BR>point to specific Yehudim and say, "You are really
from the tribe of <BR>Ephraim...or Shimon....or Naftali....ben achar
ben." [--TK]<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I certainly do not question Eliyahu Hanavi's ability to identify someone
al pi nevuah. What I do question is the existence of someone from the 10
tribes BEN ACHAR BEN after all this time left to identify. The
galus of the 10 tribes was c. 2600 years ago. ....</DIV>
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<DIV>You didn't read my post carefully. I wasn't talking about the Ten LOST
Tribes, which are probably lost forever, long intermarried with other
nations. I was talking about individuals from each of those tribes who
lived in the SOUTHERN kingdom, the kingdom of Yehuda, at the time the Bayis
Rishon was destroyed, and who have remained within the Jewish fold
throughout the centuries. It is no more improbable that a man from Naftali
or Zevulun would today have thousands of male descendants than it is improbable
that a kohen alive three thousand years ago would today have thousands of kohen
descendants, ben achar ben. Every man alive today is the descendant, ben
achar ben, of a man who lived thousands of years ago. (Maleness is
always transmitted in the male line.) As long as this man from Shevet
X remained Jewish and remained within the fold all those years ago, there
is no reason he shouldn't today have many living descendants among the Jewish
people -- not far away in a distant land but right here in Miami or New York or
Tel Aviv.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>================</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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