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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>RET wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Why would one assume that there are any remnants left of the 10
tribes<BR>to bring back?<BR>By now they are intermarried over many
centuries.<BR><BR><FONT face=Calibri></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>R'nTK wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<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." <BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>CM responds:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I certainly do not question </FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">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. Conservatively, at about 4 or
more generations per century this means the probability of anyone
from an all male line is the inverse of 2 to the 104th power!
This is so tiny that it is a virtual impossibility without the intervention of
nes. You remember the story about the "mere" request from a king giving a
reward for one grain doubled on each square of the chessboard. This was
only 2 to the 64th power.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Kol Tuv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Chaim Manaster</FONT></DIV>
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