Hello Everyone,
Last week we began our discussion of the Ten Tribes who were exiled by the kings of Assyria. The important idea that I sought to get across was that we need to understand how the Halacha views the descendants of these Ten Tribes. We saw last week that the great 16th century authority , Rabbi David ben Zimra did not think it all bizarre to hear that there are people in Ethiopia who claim to be Jews descended from the tribe of Dan.
The Jews of Ethiopia maintained their identity as Jews. Tomorrow we will see how the Halacha treats descendants of assimilated Jews, such as apparently was the fate of most of the members of the Ten Tribes.