Nadene Goldfoot
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Maasai Tribe
For the little state of Israel, being only 8,000 square miles big, and under constant threat of attack, there are a lot of people and tribes claiming to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Right now it could use the original boundaries as given to Moses from G-d as to just how big Israel should be. Today's Israel missed out on the original size as decided by the mandate given to Britain to create the Jewish Homeland. Jews only wound up with 20% of what was planned.
We have had the Beta Israel of Ethiopia return and accepted as Jews. Following them have come the Bene Israel of India and recently and still arriving are members of the Shinlung tribe from the Indian-Burmese border. "Thousands more are desirous of coming. Other claims waiting in line are the Ibos of Nigeria, the Berbers of North Africa, various Armenian, Afghan and Persian groups of the Black and Caspian Sea regions, the Chiang-Min of Tibet, Khazars and Karaites. Now the Maasai of southeast Africa have claims and references as well as Yemenis, Abyssinians, Ganges Indians, Kareens of Burma, the Shindai tribe of Japan and Indian groups in the New World (America)."
The Maasais, monotheistic, numbering 841,622 in 2009, were recently visited by an Israeli who reports that they have long considered themselves as one of the Lost Ten Tribes, or Israelites. They are known as warriors and cattle rustlers as they raise and eat cattle. A Maasai religious belief relates that God gave them all the cattle on earth, leading to the belief that rustling cattle from other tribes is a matter of taking back what is rightfully theirs, a practice that has become much less common. They have adopted customs from their neighbors, a Cushitic group, such as circumcision. Originally they came from the lower Nile Valley. "Maasai" is found in Chronicles I, chapter 9, verse 12. Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer." A custom they share with Jews is the use of the shofar (ram's horn blown on high holidays, wars and Jubilees). . The Maasai also do not mix milk and meat. They have an aversion to eating game and birds. They do not eat the sciatic nerve as according to Genesis 32,36-33, part of the laws of Kashrut (keeping kosher) They are Christians today, mostly Pentecostal but always have Israel in their daily prayers. DNA testing shows the DNA to be 50% of E1b1b of 26 men tested. Also A3b2 and E1b1a (E-P1) was found. My Israeli contact said she heard some ladies repeat in their morning prayers, "Yesu, Israel, Maasai" which was asking G-d to keep Israel and the Maasai safe and strong.
One thing that is not acceptable in orthodox Judaism is the eating of blood. "Traditionally, the Maasai rely on meat, milk and blood from cattle for protein and caloric needs. People drink blood on special occasions. It is given to a circumcised person (o/esipolioi), a woman who has given birth (entomononi) and the sick (oltamueyiai). Also, on a regular basis drunk elders, ilamerak, use the blood to alleviate intoxication and hangovers. Blood is very rich in protein and is good for the immune system. However, its use in the traditional diet is waning due to the reduction of livestock numbers. This would tell me that they are not from one of the Lost Tribes. Also, they borrowed circumcision from their neighbors who were Cushites. Can it be that some of Judaism's practices were carried over in intermarriage with others and only some things were remembered?
This can also be a genealogist's and genetic dream. Lots of American Jews have been taking DNA tests to find out their background. The Cohen gene (directly presumed from Aaron and his brother, Moses,) has been discovered among Jews. Personally, I know of a man who is a Cohen in the synagogue who tested and is a J1 Y haplogroup (Cohen gene).
Ethiopians have been tested and have not been found to have the Ydna or MT dna of known Jewish lines, but their culture and history is so conclusive, that before the discovering of DNA, Rabbis were convinced of their claims. As DNA testing is advancing, and it already is past the usual Y and MT tracing, checking the individual 23 chromosomes for segments leading to Jewish connections might turn up facts. They were being horribly mistreated in Ethiopia. This is what Israel was created for; the return of Jews, especially those under duress. Also, the end of times has prophesied the return of the Lost Ten Tribes to Israel. Those that have been accepted and have returned want to practice Judaism and some have been doing so as they understand it. Some show traces of practices of long ago Judaism.
The group I believe to be one or more of the Lost 10 tribes are the Parthans or Pashtuns of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India. I have heard reports claiming several of the tribes such as Benjamin, for one. People I have corresponded with and very proud of their heritage and origins but have no desire to leave Islam. It's like reading a DAR tree of claims to ancestors of the American Revolution. They would like to visit Jerusalem, though, and even may have thoughts of taking it for their Islamic believers, as those I have heard from do not hide their hatred for Zionists. Their culture and practices reflect much of Judaism, but they are most reluctant to do DNA testing. They say they know the facts and that's it. However, one such brave male has tested and is very close to my father's Q1b1a Ydna, which is most exciting for me. It connects us somewhere on the timeline. " Scholars believe the 10 tribes were resettled in the region now embracing parts of Kurdistan, Afghanistan, northern Syria and Iran. But no one knows for sure where their descendants are today. “Can we really assume that in all these years they didn´t move?” rhetorically asks Shalva Weil, a Hebrew University anthropologist and one of the few recognized experts on the lost tribes."
“In Somalia, a Muslim majority country of 9,558,666 population with 100% Sunni Islam, and Djibouti, 496,374 population Muslim majority country of 94% Sunni Islam, both in Eastern Africa, “there are 20,000 members of a group called `Ivru Adokeit,´ who see themselves as part of the Jewish people.” said Absorption Minister Yair Tsaban of Israel.
Jewish people today are from the southern kingdom of Judah (also referred to as Jerusalem). Others living in Judah were the Levites from Levi and some from Benjamin as Queen Esther and her Uncle Mordecai were from Benjamin, and they lived in Judah after the division of Israel. The northern Ten Tribes of Israel (also referred to as Ephraim, Samaria or Joseph) that were taken away by force were "prophesied to be scattered through the nations and become like Gentiles ("not My people"). Hosea 1-3 puts this most clearly." Knowing that this has happened and was prophesied gives me goose pimples of awe!
In end times is the restoration of all Israel to the land which means the recovery of the Lost Ten Tribes to both their identity and their destiny as Israelites or as we say today, as Israelis. This is found in "dozens of chapters in Hebrew Prophets, beginning with Jeremiah 30-31, Ezekiel 37; Hosea 1-3; and Isaiah 11."
Scandinavian, Celtic and England also have claims. Research so far is lacking in high standards in academic circles. Everyone wants to lay claim to the lost tribes but there are few who recognize Israel's rights to even exist. Israel has been hit with mortars, missiles and rockets since 2001 without any country doing anything to stop Hamas.
As it is today, this present major problems for Israel because hundreds of 3rd World groups are already claiming Israelite ancestry. Some may just want to get into the industrial world. An estimate of Africans is at 100 million! Most all Israelis today are living in small high rise apartments. Space is limited.
Most people have thought of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel as just legend or myth, which so many think of our Torah or (Old Testament) anyway. The Jerusalem Report, Israel's major weekly news magazine had a cover story called "Return of the Lost Tribes" in their September 9, 1993 issue. Discovery and acceptance has been happening, but must go through an exhaustive and reliable check.
1/17/13 Update: The 2,000th Bnei Menasha olah just arrived in Israel from Manipur, India. She was from the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph whose mother was Rachel, 2nd wife of Jacob. .
10/18/13 Update: Israel is allowing Shavei Israel to bring 899 Bnei Menashe from India to Israel. This makes a 300% increase of Bnei Menashe who will come in the next 15 months beginning in December this year. They are of the tribe of Manasseh, exiled by Assyrian empire over 2,700 years ago. This next group coming are from the Mizoram region of India. It is costing Israel $2.7 million to bring them in. Donations would be great to help with this expense.
Resource: http://www.unitedisrael.org/biblical_Research_on_the_Lost_tribes/Searching for the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel!"
http://www.shavei.org/communities/bnei_menashe/articles-bnei_menashe/return-of-the-lost-tribes/?lang=en
http://jewishfactsfromportland.blogspot.com on What Haplogroup We Be?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people
Bat Zion Susskind-Sacks, report on Maasai Tribe of Kenya
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19733.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164316#.UPhsmx1LXqE
For the little state of Israel, being only 8,000 square miles big, and under constant threat of attack, there are a lot of people and tribes claiming to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Right now it could use the original boundaries as given to Moses from G-d as to just how big Israel should be. Today's Israel missed out on the original size as decided by the mandate given to Britain to create the Jewish Homeland. Jews only wound up with 20% of what was planned.
We have had the Beta Israel of Ethiopia return and accepted as Jews. Following them have come the Bene Israel of India and recently and still arriving are members of the Shinlung tribe from the Indian-Burmese border. "Thousands more are desirous of coming. Other claims waiting in line are the Ibos of Nigeria, the Berbers of North Africa, various Armenian, Afghan and Persian groups of the Black and Caspian Sea regions, the Chiang-Min of Tibet, Khazars and Karaites. Now the Maasai of southeast Africa have claims and references as well as Yemenis, Abyssinians, Ganges Indians, Kareens of Burma, the Shindai tribe of Japan and Indian groups in the New World (America)."
The Maasais, monotheistic, numbering 841,622 in 2009, were recently visited by an Israeli who reports that they have long considered themselves as one of the Lost Ten Tribes, or Israelites. They are known as warriors and cattle rustlers as they raise and eat cattle. A Maasai religious belief relates that God gave them all the cattle on earth, leading to the belief that rustling cattle from other tribes is a matter of taking back what is rightfully theirs, a practice that has become much less common. They have adopted customs from their neighbors, a Cushitic group, such as circumcision. Originally they came from the lower Nile Valley. "Maasai" is found in Chronicles I, chapter 9, verse 12. Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer." A custom they share with Jews is the use of the shofar (ram's horn blown on high holidays, wars and Jubilees). . The Maasai also do not mix milk and meat. They have an aversion to eating game and birds. They do not eat the sciatic nerve as according to Genesis 32,36-33, part of the laws of Kashrut (keeping kosher) They are Christians today, mostly Pentecostal but always have Israel in their daily prayers. DNA testing shows the DNA to be 50% of E1b1b of 26 men tested. Also A3b2 and E1b1a (E-P1) was found. My Israeli contact said she heard some ladies repeat in their morning prayers, "Yesu, Israel, Maasai" which was asking G-d to keep Israel and the Maasai safe and strong.
One thing that is not acceptable in orthodox Judaism is the eating of blood. "Traditionally, the Maasai rely on meat, milk and blood from cattle for protein and caloric needs. People drink blood on special occasions. It is given to a circumcised person (o/esipolioi), a woman who has given birth (entomononi) and the sick (oltamueyiai). Also, on a regular basis drunk elders, ilamerak, use the blood to alleviate intoxication and hangovers. Blood is very rich in protein and is good for the immune system. However, its use in the traditional diet is waning due to the reduction of livestock numbers. This would tell me that they are not from one of the Lost Tribes. Also, they borrowed circumcision from their neighbors who were Cushites. Can it be that some of Judaism's practices were carried over in intermarriage with others and only some things were remembered?
This can also be a genealogist's and genetic dream. Lots of American Jews have been taking DNA tests to find out their background. The Cohen gene (directly presumed from Aaron and his brother, Moses,) has been discovered among Jews. Personally, I know of a man who is a Cohen in the synagogue who tested and is a J1 Y haplogroup (Cohen gene).
Ethiopians have been tested and have not been found to have the Ydna or MT dna of known Jewish lines, but their culture and history is so conclusive, that before the discovering of DNA, Rabbis were convinced of their claims. As DNA testing is advancing, and it already is past the usual Y and MT tracing, checking the individual 23 chromosomes for segments leading to Jewish connections might turn up facts. They were being horribly mistreated in Ethiopia. This is what Israel was created for; the return of Jews, especially those under duress. Also, the end of times has prophesied the return of the Lost Ten Tribes to Israel. Those that have been accepted and have returned want to practice Judaism and some have been doing so as they understand it. Some show traces of practices of long ago Judaism.
The group I believe to be one or more of the Lost 10 tribes are the Parthans or Pashtuns of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India. I have heard reports claiming several of the tribes such as Benjamin, for one. People I have corresponded with and very proud of their heritage and origins but have no desire to leave Islam. It's like reading a DAR tree of claims to ancestors of the American Revolution. They would like to visit Jerusalem, though, and even may have thoughts of taking it for their Islamic believers, as those I have heard from do not hide their hatred for Zionists. Their culture and practices reflect much of Judaism, but they are most reluctant to do DNA testing. They say they know the facts and that's it. However, one such brave male has tested and is very close to my father's Q1b1a Ydna, which is most exciting for me. It connects us somewhere on the timeline. " Scholars believe the 10 tribes were resettled in the region now embracing parts of Kurdistan, Afghanistan, northern Syria and Iran. But no one knows for sure where their descendants are today. “Can we really assume that in all these years they didn´t move?” rhetorically asks Shalva Weil, a Hebrew University anthropologist and one of the few recognized experts on the lost tribes."
“In Somalia, a Muslim majority country of 9,558,666 population with 100% Sunni Islam, and Djibouti, 496,374 population Muslim majority country of 94% Sunni Islam, both in Eastern Africa, “there are 20,000 members of a group called `Ivru Adokeit,´ who see themselves as part of the Jewish people.” said Absorption Minister Yair Tsaban of Israel.
Jewish people today are from the southern kingdom of Judah (also referred to as Jerusalem). Others living in Judah were the Levites from Levi and some from Benjamin as Queen Esther and her Uncle Mordecai were from Benjamin, and they lived in Judah after the division of Israel. The northern Ten Tribes of Israel (also referred to as Ephraim, Samaria or Joseph) that were taken away by force were "prophesied to be scattered through the nations and become like Gentiles ("not My people"). Hosea 1-3 puts this most clearly." Knowing that this has happened and was prophesied gives me goose pimples of awe!
In end times is the restoration of all Israel to the land which means the recovery of the Lost Ten Tribes to both their identity and their destiny as Israelites or as we say today, as Israelis. This is found in "dozens of chapters in Hebrew Prophets, beginning with Jeremiah 30-31, Ezekiel 37; Hosea 1-3; and Isaiah 11."
Scandinavian, Celtic and England also have claims. Research so far is lacking in high standards in academic circles. Everyone wants to lay claim to the lost tribes but there are few who recognize Israel's rights to even exist. Israel has been hit with mortars, missiles and rockets since 2001 without any country doing anything to stop Hamas.
As it is today, this present major problems for Israel because hundreds of 3rd World groups are already claiming Israelite ancestry. Some may just want to get into the industrial world. An estimate of Africans is at 100 million! Most all Israelis today are living in small high rise apartments. Space is limited.
Most people have thought of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel as just legend or myth, which so many think of our Torah or (Old Testament) anyway. The Jerusalem Report, Israel's major weekly news magazine had a cover story called "Return of the Lost Tribes" in their September 9, 1993 issue. Discovery and acceptance has been happening, but must go through an exhaustive and reliable check.
1/17/13 Update: The 2,000th Bnei Menasha olah just arrived in Israel from Manipur, India. She was from the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph whose mother was Rachel, 2nd wife of Jacob. .
10/18/13 Update: Israel is allowing Shavei Israel to bring 899 Bnei Menashe from India to Israel. This makes a 300% increase of Bnei Menashe who will come in the next 15 months beginning in December this year. They are of the tribe of Manasseh, exiled by Assyrian empire over 2,700 years ago. This next group coming are from the Mizoram region of India. It is costing Israel $2.7 million to bring them in. Donations would be great to help with this expense.
Resource: http://www.unitedisrael.org/biblical_Research_on_the_Lost_tribes/Searching for the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel!"
http://www.shavei.org/communities/bnei_menashe/articles-bnei_menashe/return-of-the-lost-tribes/?lang=en
http://jewishfactsfromportland.blogspot.com on What Haplogroup We Be?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people
Bat Zion Susskind-Sacks, report on Maasai Tribe of Kenya
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19733.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164316#.UPhsmx1LXqE
