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What did Ancient Rabbis say about 10-Israel?

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The Babylonian Talmud (Mishnah) Sanhedrin 110b quotes the opinions of Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus (note: we align ourselves more with Eliezer's view than with Akiva's):
"THE TEN TRIBES WILL NOT RETURN [TO THE PROMISED LAND], FOR IT IS SAID, AND CAST THEM INTO ANOTHER LAND, AS IS THIS DAY: JUST AS THE DAY GOES AND DOES NOT RETURN, SO THEY TOO WENT AND WILL NOT RETURN: THIS IS R. AKIBA'S VIEW. R. ELIEZER SAID: AS THIS DAY - JUST AS THE DAY DARKENS AND THEN BECOMES LIGHT AGAIN, SO THE TEN TRIBES - EVEN AS IT WENT DARK FOR THEM, SO WILL IT BECOME LIGHT FOR THEM."
Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 14:56  

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