05-10-2008, 06:06 PM
Precisely. It is for this reason that they were banished. And they can never be again acceptable unless they are once again Shomer HaTorah.
Good. I am not giving you an opinion. I am telling you only what was reported by Mosheh and the Nevi'im. Saying that they were never "Jewish" is purely semantics. In post exilic writings all of the chosen people are always referred to as "Jews" or "Judeans."
And I answered that he very well may have meant them.
No, you did not. You asked if I already knew.
If you like I can quote the Samaritan sources that may disagree to an extent with you.
Except that if this means the COE, then they have once again become apostate from the Torah, and are in need of a renewal of their teshuva and tsedaqa. There is but one Law for all Israel, as well as the proselyte.
Good. I am not giving you an opinion. I am telling you only what was reported by Mosheh and the Nevi'im. Saying that they were never "Jewish" is purely semantics. In post exilic writings all of the chosen people are always referred to as "Jews" or "Judeans."
And I answered that he very well may have meant them.
No, you did not. You asked if I already knew.
If you like I can quote the Samaritan sources that may disagree to an extent with you.
Except that if this means the COE, then they have once again become apostate from the Torah, and are in need of a renewal of their teshuva and tsedaqa. There is but one Law for all Israel, as well as the proselyte.