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Would those of the lost tribes lose their status of Israelites after converting?
The Gemara in Yevamot 17a states that the 10 lost tribes have the status of non Jews and therefore must convert
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Would those of the lost tribes lose their status of Israelites after converting?
Unfortunately, we do not need to speculate widely about the application, as this type of scenario does occur in our day.
R. Dov Lior addressed the following question (דיני גר בן לוי):
האם אדם שנולד ...
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Wives of the Shevatim
The Torah Shleima to Number 26:59 brings an interesting manuscript midrash that says Levi's wife was named Otah, literally "Her." This is based on the apparently ungrammatical structure of ...
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Would those of the lost tribes lose their status of Israelites after converting?
The notion that converts to Judaism are descendants of the lost tribes of Israel is a debatable topic in the Jewish tradition. Some sources support this idea, while others reject it or suggest ...
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Canaanite wives of the Bnei Ya'akov (Sefer HaYashar)
Assuming Sefer Hayashar's tradition is the correct one,1 I will suggest that Yaakov and Lavan's oath extended to their descendants as well, meaning that the brothers couldn't cross the Gilad and ...
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'Plonis' in Poskim on Nedarim 20
'Plony and Plonit are the Jewish equivalents of John and Jane Doe.'
https://www.becomingjewish.net/blog-into-the-jewish-pool/archives/07-2017
Oops XD
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3 Moshiachs in Midrash Rabbah?
Bamidbar Rabbah 14 is identifying all sorts of people as those who have been part of the salvation of Israel
The section reads
דבר אחר, לי גלעד ולי מנשה, לפי שיש מחלוקת הרבה על המשוחים, יש אומרים ז', ...
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Would those of the lost tribes lose their status of Israelites after converting?
The son of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, is technically not the father’s son. Legally, spiritually, and Kabbalistically, a Jew cannot be related to a non-Jew. Therefore, the non-Jewish ...
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Would those of the lost tribes lose their status of Israelites after converting?
I would like to provide additional information to answer this question, as other individuals have shared further perspectives. Thank you for taking the time to consider my input.
The Midrash From ...
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The proposed killing of Yosef would have left 11 tribes
In addition to the suggestion by others that perhaps Jacob could have had more children, maybe Jacob would split one of the other tribes, as he in fact did with Joseph. For example, splitting Peretz ...
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Burial sites of the Shevatim
https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaYashar_(midrash)%2C_Book_of_Joshua.10?ven=Sefer_ha-Yashar,__trans._Edward_B.M._Browne,_New_York,_1876&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
And Joshua cut a covenant ...
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Tribe Plates on door of Heichal Shlomo
Left to Right: Bow and Arrow with sheaves of wheat and ox at top (Ephraim/Joseph); Arched building/ castle (maybe referring to the Shechemite kingdom where Simeon led the revolt to rescue his sister ...
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