Will the Lost Tribes Return?
The Lost Tribes, will they return?
Rabbi Akiva said:
The ten tribes are not destined to return,
since it is said, "And he cast them into another land,
as on this day" (Deut. 29:28).
Just as the day passes and does not return,
so they have gone their way and will not return,"
(m.San. 10:3)
The minority of Pharisaic Rabbis taught:
The ten tribes have no portion in the world to come, as it says, And YHWH rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation (Deut. 29:28): And YHWH rooted them out of their land, refers to this world; and cast them into another land — to the world to come.
(b.San. 110b)
Rabbi Eliezer says,
Just as this day is dark and then grows light,
so the ten tribes for whom it is now dark--
thus in the future it is destined to grow light for them.
(m.San. 10:3)
R. Simeon b. Judah, of the Kefar of Acco, said on R. Simeon's authority:
If their deeds are as this day's, they will not return; otherwise they shall.
Rabbi Judah said:
They will enter the future world, as it is said, [And it shall come to pass] in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, [and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship YHWH in the holy mount of Jerusalem]. (Is. 27:13)
(b.San. 110b)
The Pharisees also say:
AND HE SAID: GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER (HE'ASEFU)... ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES, AND HEAR (Gen. 49:1f). GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER from the land of Egypt, and ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES into Raameses; GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER from [the exile of] the ten tribes, and ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He thus commanded them to show honour to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
Rabbi Aha interpreted [the word HE'ASEFU], ‘Purify yourselves,’ as in the verse, And they gathered themselves together... and they purified themselves (Neh. 12:28 ff.).
The [Pharisaic] Rabbis say: He warned them against dissension, bidding them, Be ye all one assembly. Thus it says, And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions (Ezek. 37:16). ' His companion ' is written: when the children of Israel unite in one band, then they may prepare themselves for redemption. For what follows this? And I will make them one nation in the land, etc. (Ezek. 37:22).
(Gen. Rabbah XCVIII:2)
Moreover the Pharisaic Rabbis say:
They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt--this refers to the generation of the wilderness--and as a dove out of the land of Assyria (Hos. 11:11)--this refers to the ten tribes; and of both of them it says’ And I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith the Lord (ibid).
Rabbi Judah says: When a certain kind of dove is given food, the other doves smell it and flock to her cote. So when the elder sits and discourses, many strangers become proselytes at such a time; so, for instance, Jethro heard the news and came, Rahab heard and came. So through Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, many strangers became proselytes at that time. What is the reason? Because, when he seeth his children sanctify My name, then, as it goes on, they also that err in spirit shall come to understanding (Isaiah 29:23, 24).
(Song of Songs Rabbah IV:2)
The International Nazarene Beit Din says:
The Lost Ten Tribes will return and will have a part in the World to Come, as we read:
16 And you, son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it: For Y’hudah, and for the
children of Yisra’el his companions. Then take another stick, and write upon it: For
Yosef, the stick of Efrayim, and of all the House of Yisra’el, his companions.
17 And join them for you, one to another into one stick, that they may become one, in
your hand.
18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not tell
us what you mean by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus says the Adonai YHWH: Behold, I will take the stick of Yosef,
which is in the hand of Efrayim, and the tribes of Yisra’el his companions, and, I will put
them unto him, together with the stick of Y’hudah: and make them one stick … and they
shall be one, in My hand.
20 And the sticks whereon you write, shall be in your hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus says the Adonai YHWH: Behold, I will take the children of
Yisra’el from among the nations where they are gone, and will gather them on every side,
and bring them into their own land.
22 And I will make them one nation, in the land; upon the mountains of Yisra’el, and
one king shall be king to them all. And they shall be no more two nations, neither shall
they be divided into two kingdoms, any more, at all.
(Ezekiel 37:16-22 HRV)
And again:
And I will sow her unto Me in the land, and I will have compassion upon her
that had not obtained compassion. And I will say to them that were not My people: You
are My people, and they shall say, You are my Elohim.
(Hosea 1:15 (2:23) HRV)
And as we also read in the Book of Barukh:
… but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
And shall know that I am YHWH their Elohim: for I will give them a
heart, and ears to hear: And they shall praise me in the land of their
captivity, and remember My Name, And return from their stiff neck,
and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their
fathers, which sinned before YHWH. And I will bring them again into
the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Avraham,
Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, and they shall be masters of it: and I will
increase them, and they shall not be diminished. And I will make an
everlasting covenant with them to be their Elohim, and they shall be
my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the
land that I have given them.
(Barukh (Baruch) 2:30-35)
Rabbi Akiva said:
The ten tribes are not destined to return,
since it is said, "And he cast them into another land,
as on this day" (Deut. 29:28).
Just as the day passes and does not return,
so they have gone their way and will not return,"
(m.San. 10:3)
The minority of Pharisaic Rabbis taught:
The ten tribes have no portion in the world to come, as it says, And YHWH rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation (Deut. 29:28): And YHWH rooted them out of their land, refers to this world; and cast them into another land — to the world to come.
(b.San. 110b)
Rabbi Eliezer says,
Just as this day is dark and then grows light,
so the ten tribes for whom it is now dark--
thus in the future it is destined to grow light for them.
(m.San. 10:3)
R. Simeon b. Judah, of the Kefar of Acco, said on R. Simeon's authority:
If their deeds are as this day's, they will not return; otherwise they shall.
Rabbi Judah said:
They will enter the future world, as it is said, [And it shall come to pass] in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, [and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship YHWH in the holy mount of Jerusalem]. (Is. 27:13)
(b.San. 110b)
The Pharisees also say:
AND HE SAID: GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER (HE'ASEFU)... ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES, AND HEAR (Gen. 49:1f). GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER from the land of Egypt, and ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES into Raameses; GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER from [the exile of] the ten tribes, and ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He thus commanded them to show honour to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
Rabbi Aha interpreted [the word HE'ASEFU], ‘Purify yourselves,’ as in the verse, And they gathered themselves together... and they purified themselves (Neh. 12:28 ff.).
The [Pharisaic] Rabbis say: He warned them against dissension, bidding them, Be ye all one assembly. Thus it says, And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions (Ezek. 37:16). ' His companion ' is written: when the children of Israel unite in one band, then they may prepare themselves for redemption. For what follows this? And I will make them one nation in the land, etc. (Ezek. 37:22).
(Gen. Rabbah XCVIII:2)
Moreover the Pharisaic Rabbis say:
They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt--this refers to the generation of the wilderness--and as a dove out of the land of Assyria (Hos. 11:11)--this refers to the ten tribes; and of both of them it says’ And I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith the Lord (ibid).
Rabbi Judah says: When a certain kind of dove is given food, the other doves smell it and flock to her cote. So when the elder sits and discourses, many strangers become proselytes at such a time; so, for instance, Jethro heard the news and came, Rahab heard and came. So through Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, many strangers became proselytes at that time. What is the reason? Because, when he seeth his children sanctify My name, then, as it goes on, they also that err in spirit shall come to understanding (Isaiah 29:23, 24).
(Song of Songs Rabbah IV:2)
The International Nazarene Beit Din says:
The Lost Ten Tribes will return and will have a part in the World to Come, as we read:
16 And you, son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it: For Y’hudah, and for the
children of Yisra’el his companions. Then take another stick, and write upon it: For
Yosef, the stick of Efrayim, and of all the House of Yisra’el, his companions.
17 And join them for you, one to another into one stick, that they may become one, in
your hand.
18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not tell
us what you mean by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus says the Adonai YHWH: Behold, I will take the stick of Yosef,
which is in the hand of Efrayim, and the tribes of Yisra’el his companions, and, I will put
them unto him, together with the stick of Y’hudah: and make them one stick … and they
shall be one, in My hand.
20 And the sticks whereon you write, shall be in your hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus says the Adonai YHWH: Behold, I will take the children of
Yisra’el from among the nations where they are gone, and will gather them on every side,
and bring them into their own land.
22 And I will make them one nation, in the land; upon the mountains of Yisra’el, and
one king shall be king to them all. And they shall be no more two nations, neither shall
they be divided into two kingdoms, any more, at all.
(Ezekiel 37:16-22 HRV)
And again:
And I will sow her unto Me in the land, and I will have compassion upon her
that had not obtained compassion. And I will say to them that were not My people: You
are My people, and they shall say, You are my Elohim.
(Hosea 1:15 (2:23) HRV)
And as we also read in the Book of Barukh:
… but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
And shall know that I am YHWH their Elohim: for I will give them a
heart, and ears to hear: And they shall praise me in the land of their
captivity, and remember My Name, And return from their stiff neck,
and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their
fathers, which sinned before YHWH. And I will bring them again into
the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Avraham,
Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, and they shall be masters of it: and I will
increase them, and they shall not be diminished. And I will make an
everlasting covenant with them to be their Elohim, and they shall be
my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the
land that I have given them.
(Barukh (Baruch) 2:30-35)
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