Sources from Brit-Am Now nos. 351-400
Contents:
Steven Collins: "Manasseh Became Greater Later"
Welsh into Hebrew
Old Testament Practices in Britain
Minos of Crete and Menasseh
Khazars: Simeonites in Southern Russia?
Orde Wingate: "Don't let the Illegitimates wear you down!"
British in Palestine Were Siding with Arabs Against the Jews
American Puritans and Hebrew Consciousness
Ancient World Contacts with America
Historical Ups and Downs in British Population
Hebrew Words in English: Over and Other
Welsh and Ancient Egyptian
English Words "And", "add" and "odd" from Hebrew
Archaeologists Now Admit Megalithic Monuments from Recent Times
British Used Egyptian Sphinx as Official Seal. GI Joes and Joseph
Anglo-Saxon Ancestor Sceath Means Joseph
Royal Circumcision due to Belief in Israelite Origin
Psalm 2 and the Messiah son of Joseph
Anglo-Saxons Organized into Tens Like Ancient Hebrews Were!
Rabbinical Sources Speak of Return of the Ten Lost Tribes
Steven Collins: "Manasseh Became Greater Later"
"Brit-Am Now"-351
5. Steven Collins: "Manasseh Became Greater Later"
From: scollins <scollins@ll.net>
Subject: Brit-Am truth arrives
Shalom Yair,
Issue #7 of Brit-Am truth just arrived and I quickly read the "Manasseh
Became Greater Later" article. While I had no access to the Rabbinical
sources mentioned in the Brit-Am Truth article, it has also been my
understanding (from the English-language Bibles) that the blessings of
Jacob upon Ephraim and Manasseh meant that Ephraim would be blessed first
and Manasseh would receive its blessing afterwards. This is a point I've
made in my books and presentations re: the LTT to a variety of audiences
over the years. This viewpoint is also consistent with history. Taking an
overall view of history, the British Empire ruled over far more nations for
a much longer time than has America since World War 2. The British Empire
came first and its dominance lasted for centuries. America has only been
dominant on the world scene for 5 decades since World War 2. I agree with
you that the USA exhibits the blessing given to Manasseh and the British
nations exhibit the blessings given to Ephraim.
Steve
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Welsh into Hebrew
"Brit-Am Now"- 358
1. Welsh into Hebrew
We just received a copy of the book,
"Comparing Welsh Hebrew" by Karel Jongeling (Netherlands, 2000).
We posted a review of this work in the past that we had downloaded from the
web.
We now have copy of the book itself. It is an academic study of past
attempts to find
connections between Welsh and Hebrew. The author attempts to remain
impartial and not come to conclusions but one gets the impression that he
too feels a connection existed.
Shmuel James who is a qualified linguist and occasionally works for Brit-Am
is going through the book now and I will go through it later and write up a
detailed review for our magazine, Brit-Am Truth.
The book is very technical but appears to point to the following conclusions:
Linguistically:
All Celtic languages (the British isles, France, maybe parts of Germany)
were preceded by an "Afro-Asiatic" substratum
similar to Egyptian. In the British Isles there was a direct Hebrew element
which is especially apparent in Welsh.
In addition the overriding layer of the language was Eastern Indo-European
similar to tongues that once existed
in Iran, Turkey, and Russia. This layer was probably imposed by conquest of
an elite minority.
These findings correspond with the historical scenario of the Western celts
as described by Brit-Am in our
publications.
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Old Testament Practices in Britain
"Brit-Am Now"-362
1. Old Testament Practices in Britain
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Minos of Crete and Menasseh
"Brit-Am Now"-368
2. John Salverda: Europa Lost
...The name Europa, is a feminized form of the
same Hebrew name that comes to us through Biblical sources, in it's
masculine Latin form, "Jeroboam." I learned this, when I compared two maps
of the same city in Syria, one had the city labeled, "Jerobulos," while the
other had it as, "Europolis."
The Greek myths tell us that Europa had a son who ruled over the Island of
Crete, his name was Minos. If Europa be from Jeroboam, and the Cretans
spoke Western Semitic, (the same language as the land of Canaan) which they
did, then I'll bet "Minos," is the same name as "Manasseh."
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Khazars: Simeonites in Southern Russia?
"Brit-Am Now"-370
5. Khazars: New Possibility?
In the Book of Chronicles chapter four it relates how a portion of the
Tribe of Simeon moved to the region east of the Jordan River
and settled there. It then goes on to relate that:
[1-Chronicles 4:42] AND SOME OF THEM, EVEN OF THE SONS OF SIMEON, FIVE
HUNDRED MEN, WENT TO MOUNT SEIR, HAVING FOR THEIR CAPTAINS PELATIAH, AND
NEARIAH, AND REPHAIAH, AND UZZIEL, THE SONS OF ISHI.
[1-Chronicles 4:43] AND THEY SMOTE THE REST OF THE AMALEKITES THAT WERE
ESCAPED, AND DWELT THERE UNTO THIS DAY.
According to the simple meaning it would seem that the above two verses are
referring to further settlement of Simeonites. Dr Menachem Zehari in a
Hebrew-language academic work regarding the Historiography of the Khazars
says that some
traditional Jewish sources understood the above two verses to refer to a
settlement of Simeonites (who later became known
as the Khazars) in southern Russia.
This is interesting because (a) it strengthens the overall impression that
(despite some often misquoted exceptions) most Jewish
authorities considered the Khazars to be descended from the Lost tribes of
Israel especially from Simeon and Manasseh.
(b) There may be something in it. There was at least one area known as
Mount Seir in the far north in addition to that in the south.
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Orde Wingate: "Don't let the Illegitimates wear you down!"
"Brit-Am Now"-375
1. Ron Fraser: Motto of Wingate
Greetings Yair!
Concerning that masterful general, Ord Wingate, I understand that he
adopted a motto which, since learning of it, I have had occasion to
remember and in which, on such occasions, I have found a degree of comfort.
From memory it goes something like this -- "Illegitimati nil carborundum!"
A loose translation being, "don't let the illegitimates wear you down!" I
have avoided that which may be taken as a profanity within the translation,
but I think you get the point.
Keep up the good work.
Ron Fraser
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British in Palestine Were Siding with Arabs Against the Jews
"Brit-Am Now"-376
3. The Darker Side of "Ephraim"
Nevertheless there were always anti-semites in the British administration.
About a 100 yards from my house is a memorial plaque for a 16 year ol Jewish
boy who was tortured and killed by the British for handing out "subversive"
literature.
British Government policies on occasion took an anti-Jewish or anti-Zionist
aspect.
Quotes:
British Colonialism Fomented Arab Violence in 1948 said "Nation" -
Back then!
...the Arab side was mobilized and
aided every step of the way by British colonialism. And the British
were fully aware that Nazi troops - e.g., specialists from the Bosnian Waffen SS and high-ranking Nazi officers - as well as British
officers were helping lead the Arab side.
The British Record on Partition
as revealed in British Military Intelligence And Other Official Sources
A Memorandum Submitted to the Special Session
of The General Assembly of the United Nations
April 1948
1) British sabotage of Partition -- This British sabotage was
deliberately undertaken in order to insure British base rights in
Palestine in perpetuity, as well as to safeguard British oil and
trade and military interests in the Middle East.
2) British Alliance with Arab League -- To achieve these ends, the
British have embarked on an alliance with the Arab League, composed
of the governments of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Transjordan,
and Yemen. .. Representatives of the British government were present
at the meetings of the Arab League where the revolt was planned and
organized and are in continuous connection with it. Within a month
after the November 29th resolution, the Arabs were encouraged to
believe partition would be substituted by a Federal State, and arms
shipments continued to the Arab States despite their known use for
Palestine warfare. On April 28 [1948] Foreign Minister Bevin was
still refusing to halt them.
The facts will show, moreover, that:
The British have allowed 10,000 foreign invaders to enter Palestine,
offering the feeble excuse that the British armed forces, consisting,
at the outset, of over 80,000 men, could not adequately protect the
border.
Although since December 11, 1947 the British have been promising to
return to Transjordan the contingents of the Arab Legion brought to
Palestine for police duty they have allowed the members of that force
to remain in Palestine and to attack Jewish communities.
... they have admitted into Palestine Arabs of known
Nazi allegiance in command of the invading forces, and have even
admitted escaped Nazi prisoners of war, now to be found in command of
Arab detachments. ...the British know and have always known of every single Arab troop movement in
Palestine..
British sabotage has resulted in turning Jerusalem into an armed
camp, has permitted the Arabs to seize the Old City and to hold as
hostages some 2000 Jews.
Their prejudice against the Jews has been clearly indicated in their
refusal to allow the Jews to arm for defense against Arab attack, and
their blowing up of Jewish defense posts; in their turning over to
the Arabs - and to certain death - members of the Haganah; in their
confiscation of Haganah arms; in their treatment of Jewish defense
personnel as criminals. The British have connived at the starving of
the Jewish population of Jerusalem by their failure to keep the
highways open. They have refused armed escorts to the Jews.
Their attitude to the Arab community is quite different. By British
admission, the Arab community has been armed by the British. Arab
train robberies, which have been frequent, have been met with
shooting over the heads of the robbers. Arab desertions from the
police, for the purpose of joining the attackers, accompanied by the
stealing of arms, have never been prevented, and Arab violators of
the peace go unpunished.
By arrangement with the Arab League, if partition is shelved through
any one of several schemes to assure Arab dominance in Palestine, the
British are to receive base rights in Haifa, the Negev and Galilee.
Freda Kirchwey, President
The Nation Associations
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American Puritans and Hebrew Consciousness
"Brit-Am Now"- 381
7. Hugh Fogelman: PURITANS WERE MORE JEWISH THAN PROTESTANTS
The Puritans were obsessed with the Bible and came to identify their
political struggle against England with that of the ancient Hebrews against
Pharaoh or the King of Babylon. .. No Christian community in history identified more with the
Israelites of the Bible than did the first generations of settlers of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, who believed their own lives to be a literal
reenactment of the biblical drama of the chosen people they were the
children of Israel and the ordinances of God's Holy covenant by which they
lived were His divine law. ... The Protestant Puritan leader Cotton Mather repeatedly referred to the Jews
in his prayer for their conversion as God's "Beloved People." The New
Israel The influence of the Hebrew Bible marks every step of the Puritan
exodus to their Zion in the wilderness of the New World. The Jewish Bible
formed their minds and dominated their characters; its conceptions were
their conceptions.
The next major group of Puritan settlers to arrive in New England (1630)
was headed by John Winthrop (1588-1649) and founded the Massachusetts Bay
Colony. .. The Puritans wholeheartedly believed that it was their special
mission to establish in America a society precisely modeled on the precepts
of Sacred Jewish Scriptures.
When the Puritans, a bitterly persecuted people by the English government,
reached America, they drew clear analogies between themselves and the Jews
of antiquity. They constantly referred to the Hebrew Bible, renewing the
similarities to their own experience, so that its philosophy and spirit
came to permeate their lives. Also, like Israel of old, the Pilgrims (and
their fellow Puritan counterparts) regarded them-selves as the elect of
God, so that throughout the Revolutionary War they visualized their enemies
as Amalekites or Philistines. And in a manner reminiscent of the
traditional Jewish Passover night, the Pilgrims too memorialized their
passage into freedom. In searching the Scriptures for readings pertinent to
their own situation, the Puritans readily discovered the general similarity
between themselves and the ancient Israelites, and proceeded to draw from
it some very particular conclusions. They firmly believed that the Hebrew
prophets were speaking to them as directly as they had spoken to the
Israelites. Thus the history of the Israelites as related in the Bible
served, according to the ministers of the day, as a mirror in which the
Puritans could see their own activities reflected. Still considering
themselves as Christian Protestants, the Puritans related to the Israelites
and their Jewish belief for their fundamental "grounding.
Most of the official acts of the colonies were determined by the Jewish
Scriptures. ... The Puritans' incorporated the Mosaic code and injunctions from the Old
Testament into their own legal framework. It is worthy of note that fully
half of the statutes in the Code of 1655 for the New Haven colony contained
references to or citations from the Old Testament, while only three percent
referred to the New Testament.
Accordingly, the first settlers in New England called themselves "Christian
Israel."
Thanksgiving which has evolved into a national day of feasting and
celebration was initially conceived by the Pilgrims, in 1621, as a day
similar to the Jewish Sukkot, the holiday of joy as told in Leviticus
23:40.
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Ancient World Contacts with America
"Brit-Am Now"-382
3. America = Tarshish?
Dear Yair,
An archaeologist recently tested Egyptian royal mummies for different drugs
and was astounded to find traces of cocaine and nicotine in several mummies
after repeated tests. The coca leaf, a New World plant, was not ever grown
in ancient Egypt-- which indicates that it was imported from the New World,
meaning that Tarshish may well have been Brazil/Peru. I believe that the
nicotine plant was native to America and not grown in ancient Europe or the
Middle East--but I could be wrong..
Also, the remains of an ancient roman ship were recently found off the
coast of Brazil, indicating that the ancients practiced trade across the
Atlantic, although they probably did it sporadically.
Carla Kruytbosch
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Historical Ups and Downs in British Population
"Brit-Am Now"-382
7. Historical Developments and The Last Days
Christopher Dyer recently published estimates
of the population of Britain in Ancient times:
300 - 4 million (Roman Britain)
600 - 1 to 1.5 million (population nadir)
1086 - 2 million (Domesday book)
1300 - 5 to 6 million
1400 - 2.5 million
We see that the population went up and down. It appears that in some areas
the differences were even more extreme than in others.
It would seem that populations can change, i.e.
originally Tom, John, and Harry had equal shares in the population
but due to differences in their survival rates it may be that in the end
times most of the people mostly derive from say Harry.
This from a Brit-Am point of view could be significant as to why in the
blessings to the Tribes
it was emphasized that the blessings would be most apparent towards the
Last Days.
[Genesis 49:1] AND JACOB CALLED UNTO HIS SONS, AND SAID, GATHER YOURSELVES
TOGETHER, THAT I MAY TELL YOU THAT WHICH SHALL BEFALL YOU IN THE LAST DAYS.
"GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER": To receive the full blessings we need unity.
"IN THE LAST DAYS" This prophecy was pertinent to the Latter Time prior to
the Messianic Era. Many believe that we are in the times spoken of.
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Hebrew Words in English: Over and Other
"Brit-Am Now"- 385
5. Hebrew Lesson
In Hebrew "Aver" is a root meaning "over" and "other" which is were these
English words come from.
It is the root of the word "Ivri" meaning "Hebrew".
The related word "avar" means past.
"avar" can also mean "cross over" or "transgress", "commit sin".
An "avarah" is a transgression.
An "avaryan" is a transgressor or sinner.
The Libavitcher Rabbi has been quoted as saying that an
"avaryan" (sinner) is someone who lives in the past ("avar")
i.e. he lets past events determine his present behavior.
True freedom from inhibitions means not committing sin but doping good.
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Welsh and Ancient Egyptian
"Brit-Am Now" - 387
3. Welsh Hebrew Language
Have been going through relevant literature including, "Comparing Welsh
Hebrew" by Karel Jongeling (2000)
of Leiden University, Netherlands. Jongeling examines the history of
scholarly claims of an affinity between Welsh and Hebrew
from the 1600s to the present day while reviewing the evidence.
His conclusions are:
Welsh Language ALMOST DEFINITELY formed from substratum that was a form of
Hebrew with some Hamitic (Egyptian-Berber type) influence over which a
minority of elite conquerors imposed Continental Celtic.
Some of the strongest evidence we have so far. Evidence is strong in its
own right
and from an academic point of view acceptable.
What applies to Welsh is also pertinent to Irish and Scottish
and maybe also Gaulish but in Wales the evidence is stronger or the
relevant researches have been more consistent
and more intense.
Believed that this said Hebrew substratum was to be found throughout
western Europe.
Relevant findings will be summarized and written up in a series of short
articles in our magazine.
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English Words "And", "add" and "odd" from Hebrew
"Brit-Am Now" - 387
6. Hebrew lesson: "od"
The Hebrew word "od" means "additional". A related word that is spelt the
same though pronounced differently is "ad" meaning , "up to" "until".
The root is comprised of two letter Ayin-Dalet
The first letter "Ayin" can be pronounced also as "an" (as in our example
of "Aegel" being Angle) and thus "od" could have been pronounced like the English word "and" and
sappears to be the source of
that word.
Likewise the Hebrew "od" and "ad" gave rise to the English words "odd" and
"add".
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Archaeologists Now Admit Megalithic Monuments from Recent Times
"Brit-Am Now"- 390
1. Megalithic Monuments: New Evidence
The evidence on the ground actually justifies our position as the experts
sometimes admit as seen
in the following instance taken from Swedish and North German finds: That
speak of stone circles once ascribed to the Stone Age and now admitted to
pertain to the period around 500 CE or later and be associated with the
migration
of people from the Scandinavian and what was once the Anglo-Saxon and
related area.
We are not dealing with the particular significance of the finds at this stage
only with the fact that our beliefs concerning Megalithic monuments
and their Israelite association are viable.
# In case of the four stone rings at Boitin, scholars for a long time
believe them to belong to the megalithic period (i.e. late stone age,
early iron age). However, the discovery of early iron age urns inside
the rings prompted excavations under some of the stones, which showed
that these stones were sitting on early iron age pottery fragments.
These fragments fell into the earth before the stones were set,
probably even during contruction. Hence, the dating to the early iron
age and pre-Roman iron age is fairly secure for the Boitin monument.#
Sahlstrom made a thorough investigation on these in Vestergotland Sweden
He came to the conclusion:
All of the "Domarringar can be dated to "Volkerwanderung age", in
Sweden 400-550.
Add to the standing stone-circles starting in Norway and going straight over Sweden and the
Baltic to the mouth of Vistula and stopping there. The same in Denmark
from Bornholm to the area between Oder and Elbe and stopping. Those
constructions in Scandinavia are dated from around 400 BC and to the
Migration Period. On the continent they are Migration period.
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British Used Egyptian Sphinx as Official Seal. GI Joes and Joseph
"Brit-Am Now"- 390
2. Symbols of Joseph officially used by USA and UK
Every Tribe had its own special standard as mentioned in the Biblical Book
of Number.
The Midrash (Numbers Rabah 2:7) said that Joseph in general was represented
by a picture of Egypt:
Ephraim by a bull; Menasseh by a unicorn.
The Great Seal (official symbol) of the USA (as seen on the dollar bill)
has a picture of the pyramid. When one sees a pyramid one thinks of Egypt.
We have mentioned this several times.
A fact that somehow missed me all these years was that Britain
ALSO has an official seal and the seal of Britain depicts a sphinx,
an Egyptian sphinx. This too can be considered a "picture of Egypt".
Both Britain and the USA, the two major nations of Joseph, therefore
have as their official emblems a "picture of Egypt". As far as I know they
are the only nations in the world that use such symbols...
William F. Dankenbring had also
mentioned this fact in an interesting article on the subject:
Mottoes and Symbols of Ephraim-America
The symbols and Great Seal of the United States, and the American
Flag, "Old Glory," have a fascinating history and origin. The terms "G.I.
Joe," and "Uncle Sam," have an amazing origin. More evidence that
America is indeed the Biblical tribe of Ephraim, the second son of Jo-
seph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham!
William F. Dankenbring
http://www.hope-of-israel.org/mottoes.htm
The British seal has two of the ancient standards or flags of Israel -- the
lion and the unicorn (or bull). On the front side of the British seal is a
lion, symbol of the tribe of Judah, which was to bear the kingship (I
Chron.5:1-2), and the unicorn.
The obverse side of the Royal Seal of Britain shows the Sphinx of Egypt.
The obverse side of the American Seal pictures the Great Pyramid.
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Anglo-Saxon Ancestor Sceath Means Joseph
"Brit-Am Now"- 390
3. Sceath
The early Anglo-Saxons said they were descended from
Sheld Sheathing or Sceath who was identified with Shem.
According to our findings Sceath was actually Joseph.
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Royal Circumcision due to Belief in Israelite Origin
"Brit-Am Now"- 390
4. Royalty and Circumcision
From: David Ben-Ariel <davidbenariel@famvid.com>
BRITISH ROYALTY AND ISRAELITISH CIRCUMCISION
See www.moheljoel.com/pdf/circ_decision.pdf:
Queen Victoria, convinced that the British royal family was decended from
King David, had her male offspring circumcised. This tradition continued
through Edward VII, the Duke of Windsor, and Charles, the current Prince of
Wales, who was circumcised by a well-known physician and Windsor, mohel,
Dr. Jacob Snowman.
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Psalm 2 and the Messiah son of Joseph
"Brit-Am Now"- 390
5. Question on Psalm 2: Messiah son of Joseph and the Ten Tribes
... one (and only one out of very many) Midrashic source says that
Psalm 2 (or at least part of it) is referring to the Messiah son of Joseph
who is both the representative and future leader of the Lost Ten Tribes.
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Anglo-Saxons Organized into Tens Like Ancient Hebrews Were!
"Brit-Am Now"- 399
1. Biblical Organization repeated by ancient Anglo-Saxons
The following point has been mentioned by us (and others) before bit since
I found the subject brought up on another list I thought
it worthwhile repeating:
According to Black's Law Dictionary Saxon organization of each
county in England comprised an indefinite number of hundreds, each
hundred containing ten tithings, or groups of ten families of
freeholders, or frankpledges. The hundred was governed by a high
constable and had its own court with corporation responsibility of the
whole for crimes or defaults of individual members. This organization into
England is attributed to Alfred, but it is thought that this collective
liability and division into Hundreds was probably known to the ancient
Germans who had this same system under Frankish kings (Clothaire),
evidenced also in Denmark.
[Exodus 18:21] MOREOVER THOU SHALT PROVIDE OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE ABLE MEN,
SUCH AS FEAR GOD, MEN OF TRUTH, HATING COVETOUSNESS; AND PLACE SUCH OVER
THEM, TO BE RULERS OF THOUSANDS, AND RULERS OF HUNDREDS, RULERS OF
FIFTIES, AND RULERS OF TENS:
[Exodus 18:25] AND MOSES CHOSE ABLE MEN OUT OF ALL ISRAEL, AND MADE THEM
HEADS OVER THE PEOPLE, RULERS OF THOUSANDS, RULERS OF HUNDREDS, RULERS OF
FIFTIES, AND RULERS OF TENS.
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Rabbinical Sources Speak of Return of the Ten Lost Tribes
"Brit-Am Now"- 399
2. Rabbinical Sources from Somewhere Else
A fulfillment of the rabbis' prophetic predictions
By Ya'acov Natan (Lawrence) Ben Alas
Extracts:
Rabbi Menachem Schneerson states that,
The future King Messiah (Messiah Ben David) will not only redeem the Jews
from exile, but will restore the observance of the Torah-commandments to
its complete state, which will only be possible when the Israelites are
living in the Land of Israel. At this same time, there will be an
ingathering of the dispersed remnant of Israel. This will make it possible
for the Davidic dynasty to be reinstated and for the observance of the
Torah and its mitsvot to be restored in its totality' (I Await His Coming
Every Day, p. 35, [see also p. 38 quoting Rambam (Moses Ben Maimon
[Maimonides]), 1135-1204] (emphasis added).
Rabbi Jacob Immanuel Schochet states,
The Jewish rabbis recognize that the ingathering of the exiles, including
the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom, will also return, be reunited with
Judah and that the whole house of Israel will serve [The ALMIGHTY] together (Ezek.
20:32-37, 40-42) (Mashiach : the Principles of Mashiach and the Messianic
Era In Jewish Law and Tradition, pp. 20-22, by Jacob Immanual Schochet
quoting from Talmud Sanhedrin 110b; Bamidbar Rabba 16:25; etc.) (emphasis
added).
Artscroll Stone Editon Chumash and Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (preeminent
Orthodox 19th Century Torah commentator):
In regards to Deuteronomy 32:26 which says, 'I said, I would scatter them
into the corners... Artscroll Stone Edition Chumash comments, 'This refers
to the exile of the Ten Tribes, who were scattered to an unknown place
where they have never been heard from again. On the phrase of the same
verse, ' would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men...'
the same Chumash states, 'This is a reference to the exile of Judah and
Benjamin, the Davidic kingdom from which today's known Jews are
descended.'It goes on to say that though nations would seek to
destroy Israel entirely [The ALMIGHTY] would never allow Israel to become extinct or
disappear. Israel's perpetual existence is a constant reminder of [The ALMIGHTY]'s
plan and eventually Israel will thrive and fulfill [The ALMIGHTY]'s intention for it'
(pp. 1105-1106).
Rabbi Hirsch in his commentary on the Pentateuch on the same verse
translates the phrase, 'I would scatter them into the corners...' as, 'I
would relegate them into a corner..' and then says that the Hebrew here
refers to the 'extreme end of a surface, the side or corner...' He, too,
relates this fate to the Ten Tribes who would be scattered to some distant
corner of the world, where, left entirely to themselves, they could mature
towards serious reflection and ultimate return to Me ...' (The
Pentateuch < Deuteronomy, by Samson Raphael Hirsch, Judaica Press, p. 650)
(emphasis added).
Artscroll Bereishis, Vol. 1(b) states in its commentary on Genesis 48:19
regarding the House of Ephraim (the Northern Kingdom of Israel of the
northern ten tribes of Israel):
'R[abbi] Munk explains: while it is true that the dispersion [of the
descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh] was caused by the unfaithfulness and
sinfulness of Ephraim's descendants (Hos. 7:8ff), Jacob's blessing was not
in vain for 'they will return to God' and will have their share in the
world to come ([Talmud] Sanhedrin 110b).' And R. Eliezer adds: Even the
darkness in which the Ten Tribes were lost will one day become as radiant
as the day' (according to the version of Avos d'Rabbi Nosson 36). And in
the perspective of history, did not these exiled children of the Patriarchs
enlighten the nations among whom they were scattered? They did so by
teaching their conquerors the fundamental ideas of the knowledge and love
of God, ideals they had never forsaken. Hence they too have a messianic
vocation and their Messiah the Maschiach ben Yosef, Messiah son of Joseph
(Succah 52a), also called Messiah son of Ephraim (Targum Yonasan on Exodus
40:11), will play an essential role in humanity's redemption, for he will
be the precursor of the Maschiach ben David, Messiah Son of David. It is
therefore not surprising to find that the prophet Jeremiah (3:12) speaks
affectionately of Ephraim. In this light, Jacob's words, his offspring will
fill the nations nation,' assume the significance of blessing' (Artscroll
Bereishis, Mesorah Publications, pp. 2121-2122) (emphasis added).