My family is of Jewish descent and they immigrated to the United States (I'm not sure when or how); I am from the tribe of Ephraim... but the "i" and "a" has been switched around because of slavery problems in the past. Are there any organizations dedicated to the Ephraims? And hopefully not racist... I have ran into some pretty racist Rabbis that were rude to my mother and I because we do not look like Ashkenazi Jews (I look Mizrahi).
2007-05-19 10:09:38 · 5 answers · asked by Baah 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't know...It's all very mixed up.
2007-05-19 10:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by Afi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev 7:5-8 - the purely list contained in the hot testomony of the twelve tribes; John hears that one hundred forty four,000 Israelites were "sealed" for salvation, 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes; this list curiously lists both Manasseh and Joseph yet omits Dan and Ephraim.
2016-11-04 11:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by lobos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alternate spelling apparently does not change facts.
You are of your mother and father and therefore carry their
genes and name.
The Bible Genesis 41:51-53
Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, " It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household." The second son he named Ephraim and said, " It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
The Bible Genesis 46: 20
In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
One race the Human race.
Check out the trials of the Lemba Jews.
2007-05-19 11:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by zurioluchi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of "surnames" is relatively new, and came far after the loss of the ten tribes. I do not look "Askenazi" either, but that does not make all Ashkenazim false...
2007-05-19 10:14:33 · answer #4 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're going to heaven
2007-05-19 10:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by kramaster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋