以色列失落的10個支派之一「瑪拿西」流散世界2700年後回歸故土的故事
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以色列古王國時代所羅門王死後，以色列王國分裂，以色列12個支派中有10個支派（流便Reuben支派、西緬Simeon支派、但Dan支派、拿弗他利Naftali支派、迦得Gad支派、亞設Asher支派、以薩迦Issachar支派、西布倫Zebulun支派、以法蓮Ephraim支派、瑪拿西Menasseh支派）分離重組北以色列王國。 南部原有2個支派（猶大支派Juddah、便雅憫Benyamin支派，及部份利未Levy支派）自組猶大王國，也就是今天猶太人的祖先。 北以色列王國後來被亞述帝國摧毀，所有國民俘虜到兩河流域安置奴役，後被波斯帝國阿契美尼德王朝建國君主居魯士二世釋放回迦南地重建猶太第二聖殿。 但也有一批猶太人繼續住在波斯，後來西元前323年為逃避希臘馬其頓王國亞歷山大大帝東征，這支瑪拿西支派猶太人往東遷往貴霜帝國（今天阿富汗巴基斯坦中亞烏茲別克地，也是佛教傳入中國的管道）再往北遷到西域，進入漢朝西域駐軍治下，之後隨著漢朝撤軍進入甘肅與開封。 開封猶太人社群一直居住到19世紀才被完全同化，但這支也住過開封的一段時間的瑪拿西猶太人在歷史上某個時間繼續南下遷到中國西南某個稱為新隆的穴居地，居住很長時間後繼續遷往最後的居地，今天印度曼尼普爾邦和米佐拉姆邦之地。由於只有口述口傳歷史，無文字記載，確切年份不可考。 1970年代被以色列拉比發現並前往探查，調查後發現他們口傳神話與風俗習慣、宗教戒律等與猶太教相符，瑪拿西猶太人的女人體內也有東地中海閃族基因組特徵存在，認證他們是瑪拿西支派後裔，允許他們經過歸化程序後可以回歸以色列。 2007年1,500人回歸以色列，剩下7,000人繼續等待回歸以色列。2020年12月15日有252名瑪拿西支派猶太人搭機飛抵以色列Aliya（離散的猶太人回歸以色列），回到離別2700年的故鄉。這是一個持續將近三千年的悠久民族遷徙史，也是上帝對他選民的試煉。 To my Jewish friends. I want to tell you one story of 2700 years travel diaspora and return home. After the death of King Solomon, Kingdom of Israel was spited into Norther Kingdom of Israel made up of 10 tribes(Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naftali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim and Menasseh), and southern Kingdom of Juddah made up of two tribes Juddah and Benyamin. Northern Kingdom was then destroyed by Assyrian empire. All Israelis living there was captured and sent to Assur in today's Iraq central area. Assyrian kingdom and also Juddah Kingdom were both destroyed by Babylon king Nebukadnessar, Finally Babylon was destroyed by Persian Achaemenid dynasty founder Cyrus the Great, he released all captured, Jewish went back to Israel and build second temple. However some Jewish people stayed in Persia. After Alexander the Great invaded Persia, Menasseh Jewish escaped to the East to Kushan empire and then to the north to Western part the China's Han Dynasty at around 200B.C. Then those Menasseh Jew traveled further to East and settled in Gansu and Kaifeng city where the 1000A.D. Song Dynasty's capital city was located in. Those Menasseh Jews lived there thousand years and escaped again to South-West of China due to the war between agricultural Han people and nomad people from the north. They lived in a caved place called Shinlung and finally moved and settled in today's North-East part of India Manipur and Mizoram. Then Israel Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail found them and recognized they are Mennasseh Jew and called them Bnei Menasseh. THey are making aliya to Israel now. That's really a touching story.

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