Ten Tribes Studies (14 January, 2013, Shevet 3, 5773)
Contents:
1. Dafydd: Sar-El Opportunities to Help the IDF.
2. Meredith Carpenter: Rabbi Lapin.
3. Clarifications. Publication of Letters, Queries, etc.
4. Returning to Israel. What is the Main Point?
5. Confirming Israelite Ancestry.
6. New Article and YouTube Clip. The Message to Judah
7. New Article and YouTube Clip. The Message from Judah to the Ten Tribes.
1. Dafydd: Sar-El Opportunities to Help the IDF.
Yair, Shalom,
Some of your readers may be interested in Sar-El which assists non-Jewish volunteers to serve in civilian roles at IDF bases in Israel. The volunteers are required to pay for their return flights to Israel and their own health insurance, and cover their out of pocket expenses for weekend excursions etc. Accommodation and food (kosher diet) is provided by the IDF, participants are expected to be English speakers. Sar-El's Australian website is at:
http://www.sarelaustralia.org/homepage.aspx
There is a link there to Sar-El in other countries.
My best wishes,
Dafydd
====
====
2. Meredith Carpenter: Rabbi Lapin.
Re: Brit-Am Now no. 1993: Ten Tribes Studies
Hey Yair,
I think it's good to learn from an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi like Rabbi Lapin, since he seems interested in sharing with us, and puts out easy to get teachings such as "Day for Atonement: Heavenly Gift of Spiritual Serenity", Let Me Go -How to overcome life's challenges and escape your own egypt," "The Perils of Profanity, You are what you speak", Transform your 24/7 Existence into a 25/8 Life". He calls it Ancient Jewish Wisdom. I don't think we have to convert to learn God's principles for our live's - just get a Rabbi.
====
====
3. Clarifications. Publication of Letters, Queries, etc.
Anything we receive is assumed to be acceptable for publication.
If it is not for publication the person sending the message should say so. Most people who send us messages WANT to see them published. They also OFTEN are pleased to see their names. So would we be in similar circumstances and I personally sometimes send letters etc to other lists.
Due to problems in the past however we now, when we publish the e-mails of others, usually delete the e-mail addresses and often also the surname and other identifying marks.
If however even this is not sufficient then it should be said so.
A person may request NOT to have their name or any identifying mark posted. Such requests are honored.
We cannot be requested not to publish what WE write. There are nearly always other people with the same issues.
A person may request us (in addition to hiding their identity ) NOT to have their queries published in which case we may re-phrase them since they are most likely standard stock in this field, i.e. we will have had similar queries posed to us quite often on the same issue.
====
====
4. Returning to Israel. What is the Main Point?
Some individuals (and even whole groups) seem to focus, at the exclusion of all other considerations, on their desire to return to Israel permanently.
They also harp on what they consider the need for the Rabbinical establishment to accept non-Jews as Israelites.
Based on what?
This may be an eventual outcome (in the Messianic Era) of our researches but it is not their aim.
See:
Seven Reasons. Why Descendants of the Ten Tribes are not Accepted into Israel at Present.
Our aim is to let the Ten Tribes know who they are and to heighten Biblical consciousness, encourage local Israelite patriotism, and support for the Jewish State of Israel.
We fight for this every day.
Most of the Ten Tribes when they return will do so as one body. At the beginning it would seem that they will conquer and settle in areas of Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon.
How they will do this we do not know.
We do know that at the present they should be made aware of who they are.
Judah should also be made aware of it.
====
====
5. Confirming Israelite Ancestry.
Either Israelite ancestry exists or it does not.
If it does not, OK.
If it does it should be made known to everybody.
At present we can establish a reasonable or at least a plausible case in most fields: Scripture, Rabbinical Sources, Secular evidence, etc.
DNA however, in its general conclusions, does not confirm our beliefs. We think there is a mistake here that may be corrected through future research.
At the moment however we cope with what there is.
====
====
6. New Article and YouTube Clip. The Message to Judah
====
(a) New Article
The Message to Judah
Extracts:
Why the Jews Should Now Know Who the Ten Tribes Are!
The Ten Tribes are now among Western Peoples. The Jews in Israel and the Diaspora should be made aware of this. They should research it and confirm it for themselves and then publicize the results. This Knowledge is the first step.
Yitzhak Rabin was once the Prime Minister of Israel. He was one of the forces behind the Oslo Accords that to my mind bordered on treason. Nevertheless here and there he may have had insights of interest.
He once said that we have to make peace with the Arabs because the Arabs are our enemies. One does not choose one's enemies. The Arabs are not Norwegians, he said. He was implying that with the Norwegians we could make peace, reach agreements, and expect honorable behavior. The Arabs are the opposite. Personally I think his attitude was mistaken but the point he made on this issue may be valid.
The peoples we identify as belonging to the Ten Tribes, for all their faults, are the best Gentiles there are.Â
The Ten Tribes will be as "daughters" to Judah (Ezekiel 16:61). Daughters need to be nurtured and treated with tact and consideration.
====
(b) New YouTube Clip. The Message to Judah.
The Ten Tribes are now among Western Peoples. The Jews in Israel and the Diaspora should be made aware of this. They should research it and confirm it for themselves and then publicize the results. This Knowledge is the first step.
Duration ca. 10 minutes.
====
====
7. New Article and YouTube Clip. The Message from Judah to the Ten Tribes.
====
(a) New Article
The Message from Judah to Joseph
Extracts:
You, or a significant proportion amongst you as the case may be, are descended from Israel. So are we.
Originally the Israelite nations as whole had several tasks.
At present each section has its own private mission to fulfill.
Eventually we shall re-unite.
Until we do unite we should know who we are.
You (the Ten Tribes)Â got lost. We (the Jews) did not.
You made it quite well in the world you found yourself in. You all live in relatively safe countries with the best standards of living in the world. You have earned respect and prestige among the nations.
We (the Jews) did not. We were scattered and persecuted.
We however remained closer to home and did not forget who we are.
Now we are coming home and establishing a State in the Land of Israel.
In a sense we are also preparing the way for you.
Perhaps we may learn from each other and be of mutual assistance.
At the least a process of gradually drawing together should begin.
For us to know who you are, and for you to know who you are, and that we are ancestral brothers is the first step. It is a beginning.
====
(b) New YouTube Clip. The Message from Judah.
Duration 1:43 minutes (sic, less than 2 minutes!)
Judah tells the Ten Tribes that they should be aware of their Israelite Ancestry. They should know that they are brother nations to the Jews. Knowledge is the first step. The two brother nations should be aware of who they are and how they relate to each other. They should draw closer together.
See:
The Message from Judah to Joseph
 http://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/tojudah.html