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"He who scattered Israel
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Jeremiah 31:10 |
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Over 1,000
Bnei Menashe Jews have immigrated to Israel from
India.
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Some
7,000 more are waiting in northeastern India to do so. |
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Visit our «Media
Center»
to listen to and watch the interesting stories of the Bnei Menashe
homecoming. |
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Aliyah
News from Jerusalem
בני מנשה |
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The Bnei Menashe
of India |
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The descendants of the
Biblical tribe of Manasseh—Bnei
Menashe—are returning to Israel
after 2,700 years! |
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In northeastern India, in
the land mass that lies
between Myanmar
(formerly Burma) and
Bangladesh, there lives
a group of people. They
call themselves Bnei
Menashe, descendants of
the tribe of Manasseh,
one of the 10 lost
tribes. Also known as
the Shinlung, the Bnei
Menashe date their
history back to the exile from
the Northern Kingdom of
Israel in 721 B.C.
From there, their
ancestors sojourned across the silk route
and
finally ended up in
India and Myanmar. After
thousands of years of
exile, they have
rediscovered their roots
and are now coming home to
Israel. |
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The story of these
people is an amazing
one. In the early 1950s, a tribal
leader named Chalianthanga had a
dream in which his
people returned to Zion.
The Bnei Menashe have
ancient traditions, handed
down from generation to
generation, which refer
to the patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. They adhere to Jewish customs,
including observing
dietary laws, keeping
the Sabbath, and
circumcising baby boys
on the eighth day after
birth. |
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The Israeli organization
«Shavei Israel»(which
literally means the "returned" of Israel)
helps such lost tribes. Click above for further information. |
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