It is not only highly regarded Jewish teachers and sages from the early
centuries who have believed in the existence of the lost ten tribes.
Distinguished Jewish rabbis of more recent historical times have shared the same
belief. Consider this short list of quotes from the last 500 years down to our
day:
16th Century
• Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari, 1534-1572): "The ten tribes will
return and be part of the final redemption, emphasizing their spiritual
significance in the process of the ingathering of exiles"
(https ://www.sefaria.org/Letter_to_the_Ten_Lost_Tribes_of_Israel)
18th Century
• Rabbi Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon, 1720-1797): "The
return of the ten tribes is a necessary step for the coming of the Messiah and
the ultimate redemption of Israel"
(https ://www.sefaria.org/Letter_to_the_Ten_Lost_Tribes_of_Israel.2)
19th Century
• Yisrael ben Shmuel of Shklov {1830): "In the days preceding the
coming of Moshiach some of our brethren of the ten tribes will be discovered"
[Letter to the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, Sefaria Community Translation - A
letter sent from the Ashkenazi communities of Safed and Jerusalem to the lost
tribes that they had hoped would be found by an emissary sent to Yemen in 1830.
The letter informs the lost tribes of the contemporary circumstances of world
Jewry and brings them up to date about the development of Jewish law.]
20th Century
• Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (1865-1935): "The spiritual and physical
return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel, including the ten tribes,
is part of the Messianic vision"
(https ://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5906623/jewish/15-Wise-Quotes-of-Hillel-the-Elder.htm)
21st Century
• Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020): "The word ‘Jew’ testifies to
conflict. Before there were Jews, there was Israel, the people chosen by God to
be the bearer of his covenant. After the death of Solomon, the people split in
two, into a northern kingdom of ten tribes called Israel, and a southern kingdom
called Judah. The northern kingdom was conquered by the Assyrians and its
population deported. They assimilated and disappeared from the pages of history,
to be remembered as the lost ten tribes" (https: //rabbisacks.org/quotes/jews-and-conflict/)
Conclusion
I agree with the Bible and all of these Jewish sages that the Lost Ten Tribes
are real, that they were deported from the Land, that they have been assimilated
into other peoples in all nations. Not only that, but they will return to the
Land as a recognizable group before the coming of Messiah. My reasons for
believing this go beyond any admiration I may have for any of the famous Jewish
teachers listed above. However, the fact that all of these highly esteemed Jews
have held to this view is proof in itself that it is not anti-Semitic to
acknowledge these facts regarding the Ten Lost Tribes. Yet, that accusation is
sometimes made, as if acknowledging the Ten Lost Tribes is somehow anti-Jewish.
These quotes and others like them should put that absurd accusation to rest.
What matters here are the irrefutable facts proving that the deportations of the
Tribes of Israel actually happened, and there is a promise in Scripture of their
eventual return. In my presentation tonight I will present irrefutable secular
and Biblical evidence that will amaze and astound you, as we present:
"Revealing the Mystery of the Kingdom of Israel."
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