The Israelite Physical Descent of Many in the USA!
Adapted and Expanded from:
Can the US be considered a great Jewish empire state of the Ten Lost Tribes?
https://www.quora.com/Can-the-US-be-considered-a-great-Jewish-empire-state-of-the-Ten-Lost-Tribes/answer/Yair-Davidiy
Contents:
1. Introduction. Not a "Jewish" Empire" but rather a "Hebrew" One!
2. Ten Tribes Temporarily Not Obligated by the Law of Moses?
3. The Ten Tribes Still need to Repent!
4. Despite Being Disowned, Spiritually the National Mission Still Remains.
5. Some of the Blessings.
6. Rabbi Fishel Avraham Mael
7. Judah and Benjamin among the Ten Tribes
8. The Civilizing Influence of Britain, the British Empire, and the USA.
9. The USA and Manasseh
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1. Introduction. Not a "Jewish" Empire" but rather a "Hebrew" One!
The Lost Ten Tribes are not Jews but the Jews are together with them in the Hebrew Nation. They are both Israelites. The question, "Can the US be considered a great Jewish Empire State of the Ten Lost Tribes? " is pertinent but incorrectly formulated. The Jews are part of the Hebrew People. Not all Hebrews are Jews. The USA contains a large number of non-Jewish Hebrew descendants who mostly are not aware of their Hebraic ancestry.
Historically the Hebrew element, descendants of Israelite Tribes, within the USA played a major role in creating and developing the nation. The USA consequently bears a Hebrew character to some degree. This is all on a subconscious level since the people concerned were not aware of the ancestral factors involved.
Jews are part of the US population. Jews contribute to what the USA is. They are ancestrally related to the Hebrew portion of the general population but neither side is aware of it. The Jews are an important minority player in the whole scenario but not more than that. It is therefore misleading to name it "A Great Jewish Empire State." An alternate title such as "Great Hebrew Empire State" might be more appropriate.
The USA was founded mainly by settlers from Western Europe especially from the British Isles. Later many more came from other parts of Europe, as well as from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. This is in addition to the Amerindians who were already there.
Prior to that in Biblical Times, Ten out of the original 12 Israelite Tribes had separated from the others, been exiled and virtually disappeared.
Those who remained constituted the Kingdom of Judah whose inhabitants became the Jewish People as known to history. Meanwhile the Lost Ten Tribes in their places of Exile lost awareness of their origins but more or less remained together as cohesive entities. They split up into different sections but eventually all moved to the same areas in the west and re-coalesced.
From those areas where the Lost Ten Tribes were a majority, or had otherwise passed through, came a good proportion of the US population. Biblical Prophecy, Rabbinic Commentary, and numerous other factors indicate that North America, Britain, Ireland, and other related nations pertain to the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
The Historical Evidence does not absolutely confirm this but it is consistent with it. This is an Historical Possibility and an Imperative of Scripture. Put the two together and you get the USA being appropriate to the term "Great Hebrew Empire State."
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2. Ten Tribes Temporarily Not Obligated by the Law of Moses?
The religious obligations of the Ten Tribes were suspended:
Jeremiah 3:
8 ...for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce.
Hosea 1:
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the LORD said to him, 'Call her name No Mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.
7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the LORD their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.'
8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son.
9 And the LORD said, 'Call his name Not My People, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.'
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' it shall be said to them, 'Children of the living God.'
11 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
We see from the above (Hosea 1:6) the Ten Tribes of Israel are disowned. This is distinct from Judah who in the next verse (Hosea 1:7) is explicitly EXCLUDED FROM THE EQUATION.
The disowning is repeated in Hosea 1:9.
Nevertheless the Blessing of becoming exceedingly numerous will be fulfilled among the Children of Israel even though they have been disowned (Hosea 1:10).
In the End Times they will be accepted once again (Hosea 1:10 end of verse) and the two halves (Israel and Judah) will re-unite (Hosea 1:11).
Hosea 5:
7 They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD;
for they have borne alien children.
Hosea 7:
7:11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as something foreign.
The Talmud, Yebamot 17a and 17b , discusses the Ten Tribes and similar cases. The Sages quoted Hosea 5:7 above and concluded that in order to avoid legal complications under present circumstances they would all be considered legally non-Jewish for all intents and purposes. The Sages derived this authority from the Bible, see: Deuteronomy 17:8-13.
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3. The Ten Tribes Still need to Repent!
Despite the above, Scripture indicates that the Ten Tribes even in their present situation are being called upon to return to the God of Israel, cf.
Hosea 5:
15 I will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and in their distress earnestly seek me.
How this is to be done is not certain.
We all need to pray and seek guidance.
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4. Despite Being Disowned, Spiritually the National Mission Still Remains.
Hosea 1:10 indicated that despite being disowned they would still be blessed and fulfill their national purposes.
cf.
Hosea 1:
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' it shall be said to them, 'Children of the living God.'
The Blessing to Abraham had been made unconditional.
Genesis 22:
16... 'By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.'
Despite being temporarily disowned, in the Religious sense, the national tasks of Israel remained. These were to be carried out by the Ten Tribes. This did not apply to the Jews who had a mission of their own (Hosea 1:7).
Hosea 1:
7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the LORD their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.
Concerning Abraham, the forefather of the Israelite Peoples, it had been said:
Genesis 18:
18 ...Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.
In order to bless other peoples it was needed to first become "a great and mighty nation."
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5. Some of the Blessings.
The Bible states that the Israelites were destined to receive the following blessings as an enabling fulfillment of their national tasks:
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To dwell at the Geographical Extremities of the Continents, i.e. Ends of the Earth, Isaiah 24:16, 26:15, 41:8-9 43:6 49:6.
Paraphrased from the Hebrew Original.
15 You have increased the nation, O LORD,
You have increased the nation;
You added honor [to them].
You have stretched them out to all the ends of the earth [Isaiah 26:15].
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To be located to the Northwest of the Land of Israel, Isaiah 49:12.
Isaiah 49:
12 Surely these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west...
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To be in "Zarephath" meaning France and Britain,
Obadiah 1:
20 AND THIS FIRST EXILE OF THE TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL [Rashi] WHO DWELL FROM GERMANY [=CANAANITES, Iben Ezra] AND HOLLAND [Jewish sources quoted by Calvin], EVEN UNTO FRANCE [=ZAREPHATH, Rashi, Iben Ezra, Radak, Abarbanel, Daat Sofrim] AND ENGLAND [= ZAREPHATH, Abarbanel]...
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To be very Numerous (Genesis 15:5, 22:17, 24:60, 32:12, Numbers 23:10, Isaiah 10:22, 24:16, 26:15, Hosea 1:10).
Genesis 32:
12 For You said, I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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To enjoy Agricultural Plenty (Genesis 27:28, 49:25 Deuteronomy 33:13-16, Hosea 2:8).
Genesis 27:
28 Therefore may God give you
Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and wine.
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To possess great Mineral Resources (Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 33:13, 15).
Deuteronomy 33:
13 And of Joseph he said:
Blessed of the LORD is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And the deep lying beneath,
14 With the precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months.
15 With the best things of the ancient mountains,
With the precious things of the everlasting hills.
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To control most international thoroughfares and strategic points, i.e. GATE(s) OF YOUR ENEMIES (Genesis 22:17, 24:60).
Genesis 22:
17 ... in blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 24:
60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:
Our sister, may you become
The mother of thousands of ten thousands;
And may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.
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All these blessings were fulfilled along with very many more associated with them.
Applying the above verses to the Lost Ten Tribes in several cases has been confirmed by Rabbinical Sources.
In addition to that additional Rabbinical Exegesis concerning the Ten Tribes has been fulfilled in western Peoples especially those of Britain and America.
The Ten Tribes were headed by the two Tribes of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. The British had qualities more of Ephraim and the USA of Manasseh. The first-born son of Manasseh was Machir and his descendants were known in Hebrew as 'Ha-Macheri' (Numbers 26:29).
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6. Rabbi Fishel Avraham Mael
Rabbi Fishel Avraham Mael of Baltimore, USA, wrote a book in Hebrew, "Sefer Shivtei Israel" , 5757 (1997). The official title in English is:
"SHIVTEI YISRAEL. The Twelve Tribes of Israel. An Anthology and Novellae Based on Biblical, Talmudic, and Midrashic Sources," Baltimore, MD, 5757/1997. In this work Rabbi Mael analyzes Rabbinical Sources concerning each of the 12 Tribes. The analysis is done solely in its own terms without consideration of its implications in our time. Before hearing of us Rabbi Mael would probably never have imagined that we would use his conclusions as we have. Nevertheless in a telephone conversation we had with him our impression was that he did not object to our use of his findings.
Concerning Joseph, Rabbi Mael says:
The Tribe of Joseph was known for Acts of Help to Others. The positive aspects of Joseph bring blessings and prosperity to the world.
The negative aspects of Joseph are liable to cause impurity and famine. Joseph and Benjamin were destined to Rule Over the Gentiles.
He quotes from the book "Machshavot Charutz" (rough translation and paraphrase) from Rabbi Tzaddok HaKohen of Lublin (1823-1900).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadok_HaKohen
Rabbi Tzaddok was a Hassidik Rebbe or Leader. He also wrote a larger work on the First Five Books of the Bible which is read every week in the Synagogue. In this work he often mentions the Lost Ten Tribes.
Rabbi Mael quotes from Rabbi Tsadok:
# The Power of Joseph is amongst the Gentiles for over them was the main emphasis of his rule. Joseph represents the conquest of evil desires. These parallel the forces of the Gentiles in their hearts.
The Power of Judah was over his brothers. Judah represents the ability to overcome the imperfections that each of his brothers had. #
Rabbi Fishel Mael comments:
The Rulership (in Hebrew: Malcut) of the Children of Rachel, especially of Joseph, concerns the Gentiles. Joseph ruled over Egypt and other peoples.
Mordecai (in the Book of Esther) from the Tribe of Benjamin became the second in command to the King of Persia.
The task of the Children of Rachel (i.e. the Tribes of Joseph and Benjamin) is to fight against Edom and Esau.
Note: Jacob married two sister Leah and Rachel. From Leah he begat 6 sons, from Rachel 2; He also begat 2 sons ftrom Zilpah the handmaiden of Leah; and 2 sons from Bilhah the handmaiden of Rachel. These 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel.
Rabbi Fishel Mael also deduces concerning Joseph:
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/guest/mael/the-tribe-of-joseph-rabbi-fishel-mael.html
#1 The Angel Raphael represents the Quality of Healing. Raphael is associated with Ephraim.
#2 By purifying oneself from jealousy of others, and by seeking to dwell only within one's own confines it is possible to reach the level of Joseph and to be saved from the evil eye.
#3 The Anointed Priest for War is associated with Joseph and has some aspects that will also be found in Messiah son of Joseph.
#4 In the future the Task of the Messiah son of Joseph will be to save Israel from the Gentiles.
#5 On the Feast of Succoth seventy bulls were sacrificed: One for each of the major peoples of the world. This was in order that we pray that the Knowledge (that we receive on Succoth) spread to all nations. This is associated with the Children of Rachel.
#6 Joshua son of Nun from the Tribe of Ephraim fought against the nations of the World and Amalek.
So (in their own way) did King Saul and Mordecai both of whom came from Benjamin.
#7 There was a chance that Ancient Greece would accept influence from the Children of Rachel and rectify itself. They failed to do so but rather corrupted themselves even more than they already were and worked on the side of evil.
Yavan represents the offspring of Japhet in general.
#8 A certain parallelism exists between Joseph and Yavan (Javan, Hellenistic Greece). The two bodies show both similarities and antithetical attributes to each other. They counter-balance each other. One is the negation of the other.
The essence and conduct of the Children of Rachel possess an inner beauty. This was paralleled by the excellency of Ancient Greece.
#9 The primary Rulership of Judah is internal. They were to rule over Israel alone. The task of David and Solomon (who came from Judah) is to establish the Kingdom of Israel on its own and to build the Temple.
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Brit-Am Commentary to the above:
#1 The English-speaking peoples derive from Joseph. America is dominated by Manasseh and the British by Ephraim. nevertheless it may be that numerically there are more descendants of Ephraim among the Israelites of America than anywhere else.
Aspects of Ephraim may therefore be found among both Britain and America.
Ephraim (through the angel Raphael) was associated with healing. The British in Africa and India eliminated many diseases and spread healing everywhere they went. The USA has also done much along the same lines and through its international activities is still doing so.
#2 Descendants of Joseph should realize that their relative lack of jealousy and resentment of others is a strong point of theirs.
#3, 4, 6 In WW1 and WW2 the Nations of Joseph fought against the Edomite Forces of Germany and its allies. They saved other Israelites nations as well as Judah from Edomite oppression.
#5 The British Empire and the USA did much to bring peace and civilization on a relative level to Peoples of the World. This often entailed the need to firstly subdue the said peoples by force of arms.
#7, 8 The British and American Upper Classes were influenced by Classical Greece in their way of though and philosophy. They were also influenced by the Bible.
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7. Judah and Benjamin among the Ten Tribes
In point no. 6# 9 above it was said that, "The primary Rulership of Judah is internal. They were to rule over Israel alone."
So too, it was noted by Rabbi Mael that Benjamin shared aspects such as ruling over the Gentiles otherwise associated with Joseph.
The Jews primarily came from the Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. Judah is the dominant element. Minority representatives of all the other Tribes are present. Judah fulfills its Tribal Expression through the Jewish People.
Nevertheless, physically there may have been more descendants of Judah and Benjamin who were taken into Exile with the Ten Tribes than stayed behind. Nachmanides explains that this was due to the bible concentrating on that section of the said tribes who were to fulfill their Tribal Tasks.
In our article, Philistine Origins. Ancient History and the Bible
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/gis/philistineorigins.html
we have an item:
#18. An Early Exile of Judah with the Ten Tribes?
It may be that one way or another most of Judah and Benjamin in the physical demographic sense were taken away by the Assyrians. The Bible does not emphasize this for the reason explained by Nachmanides, i.e. Judah was to fulfill its destined task through those Jews who remained and stayed faithful to the Law.
Physically many of the people whom we identify as Israelite may be descended not only from the Ten Tribes but also from Judah and Benjamin!
In the past we had a series of articles and YouTube Clips concerning Benjamin.
e.g.
Are you from Benjamin?
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/bnj.html
A surprisingly large number expressed identified with the Tribe of Benjamin.
Traditionally among the Jewish People the Sephardim were dominated more by Judah whereas many of the Ashkenazim came from Benjamin.
Despite this Judah is dominant in both the Ashkenazim and Sephardim.
Jews in Israelite nations such as the USA and Britain could hardly be called dominant but they are often closer to the Rulers than the masses of people since they emphasize education and have values that help them get by.
In addition to that, many of the Gentile Ruling Classes may be physically descended from Judah.
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8. The Civilizing Influence of Britain, the British Empire, and the USA.
First Britain and the British Empire, then the international hegemony of the USA helped civilize much of humanity, relatively speaking. Despite many faults and failings they still are a force for good in the world and a barrier against excessive tyranny. There is not a single nation today that has not benefited at some time or other from American help. The Green Revolution has saved hundreds of millions of people throughout the Third World from starvation. It was mainly US policies and US NGOs that helped bring this about!
Green Revolution - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
Period of high agricultural technology transfer in the 1950s and 1960s. After World War II , newly implemented technologies, including the pesticides and fertilizers as well as new breeds of high yielded crops, greatly increased global food production. The Green Revolution , or the Third Agricultural Revolution , is the set of research technology transfer initiatives occurring between 1950 and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. [1] The initiatives resulted in the adoption of new technologies, including high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheat and rice. It was associated with chemical fertilizers , agrochemicals , and controlled water-supply (usually involving irrigation ) and newer methods of cultivation, including mechanization. All of these together were seen as a 'package of practices' to supersede 'traditional' technology and to be adopted as a whole. [2] The key elements of the revolution include: 1) Use of last capital and technological inputs, 2) adoption of modern scientific methods of farming, 3) use of high yielding varieties of seeds, 4) proper use of chemical fertilizers, 5) consolidation of land holdings. Both the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation were heavily involved in its initial development in Mexico. [3] [4] One key leader was Norman Borlaug , the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation. The basic approach was the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds , synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers.
The Green Revolution took place thanks to the USA.
This was the task of Joseph. This is what has been done!
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9. The USA and Manasseh
America comprises members of all the Tribes of Israel but Joseph and particularly Manasseh predominates. The name 'Manasseh' (Genesis 41:51) according to Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) connotes Responsible Representation. This was the principle over with the American Revolution and its break-away from Britain was fought. It is what brought the USA into being and the underlying basis of the US Constitution.
The US is popularly referred to as simply "America" The Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) gave his name to America. Vespucci received his first name due to his birthplace in Northern Italian close to southern France. This name is of Hebrew derivation.
Arthur J. ZUCKERMAN ("A Jewish Princedom in Feudal France, 768-900", New York, USA, 1972) reveals how in the early Middle Ages an autonomous Principality in Narbonne, Southeast France, under the aegis of the French Kings, Charles Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne, was ruled by Jewish descendants of King David.
A Jewish Princedom in Feudal France - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Jewish_Princedom_in_Feudal_France
Book by Arthur J. Zuckerman A Jewish Princedom in Feudal France, 768-900 Author Arthur J. Zuckerman... Published 1972... According to Zuckerman's thesis presented in the book, a vassal Jewish princedom was established in Narbonne ( Septimania ) by the Carolingian king Pepin as a reward for Jewish cooperation in the Frankish conquest of the city in 759 CE from Muslim Al-Andalus . The dynasty of Jewish rulers was later also confirmed by Pepin's son Charlemagne and endowed with significant lands and privileges. He views later counts and dukes of Toulouse ( Aquitaine ) and Barcelona ( Hispanic Marches ) under the Carolingians as scions of these Jewish rulers. The first ruler was Makhir of Narbonne , a likely descendant of the Babylonian exilarch Bostanai , of the 7th century CE. Zuckerman argues that the Princedom played an important role as a buffer zone in the border area between the Muslim caliphate south of the Pyrenees and the Christian Frankish Empire in the north. Its counts played influential roles in the imperial military campaigns in the Hispanic Marches, Aquitaine, and at the Carolingian court in Aachen.
The first Ruler of this line was named in Hebrew "Machir." Sometimes he is referred to as "Ha-Machiri." Literally in Biblical Hebrew this means "The Machirites," or "Descendants of Machir." The term "Ha-Macheri" when applied to Machir of Narbonne was a diminutive (nick-name) for "Machir." In medieval Latin records this underwent the permutation to Americo or Amerigo. He became revered as a local saint in the area and his Jewish origin was forgotten. Vespucci was named in his honor, at least indirectly. Amerigo Vespucci gave his name to "America" which was therefore named after Machir the first-born son of Manasseh (Genesis 50:23). In Hebrew the noun "Machir" can connote "Selling" or the Principle of Capitalism. This is America!
In World War-1 and WW2 the G.I. "Joes" (after Joseph) were nick-named "Yanks." This word "Yank" in Yiddish and German is short for Jacob! Jacob is another name for Israel (Genesis 32:28, 35:10)!