Abraham is the father of so many nations ( The Ten Lost

Tribes of Israel In Afghanistan, Pakistan,India , Myanmar,

and China ,Japan,Korea,Ethiopia, Ghana) ,Abraham is the
father of jews, christians ,muslims ,arabs,
What Are Israelites?

Around the time of 1900 B.C.E., there was a man named Jacob who was the ancestor of
the people of Israel. Later Jacob's name was changed to Israel.
Israel had 12 sons, who were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zevulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad,
Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin. The descendants of these sons formed 12 tribes
of Israel. These 12 tribes are called "Israelites".
When they had territories in Canaan (Israel, Holy Land), the tribe of Levi did not have a
territory for they were the tribe of priests. Instead, the tribe of Joseph was divided into the
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh and has their own territories. Thus the land
of Canaan was divided into 12 territories.
Later, the 12 tribes of Israel experienced the height of prosperity in the time of King
Solomon in the 10th century B.C.E.. But after Solomon died, the united kingdom of
Israel was divided into two countries: One is the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the
other the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The Northern Kingdom is also called Samaria,the
Southern Kingdom is also called Judea.
The word "Jews" is used basically for the people and descendants of Judea, the Southern
Kingdom, but sometimes used for the same meaning as Israelites.
The Ten tribes of Israel belonged to Samaria, the Northern Kingdom of Israel. They were
Reuben, Gad, Ephraim, Issachar, Zevulun, Naphtali, Asher, Dan, Simeon, and Manasseh.
While the other tribes belonged to the Southern Kingdom of Judah.
In the 8th century B.C.E., the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the army of
Assyrian empire, and the Ten Tribes of Israel was led captive and compelled to march to
the land of Assyria. They did not come back to the land of Israel. They are so called "the
Ten Lost Tribes of Israel."

Josephus Wrote About the Lost Tribes of Israel

Where was the exact place of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel to be carried captive in
Assyrian Empire? The Bible records:
"the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by
the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes." (2 Kings 18:11)
These places are located in today's northern Iraq or Northwest Iran called Kurdistan. The
Ten Tribes of Israel were firstly compelled to emigrate there, and this is also a starting
point of our research.
There is a Jew named Josephus Flavius, a very reliable historian who lived in the first
century C.E.. In his book of history, there is a description about whereabouts of the Ten
Tribes:
"...the Ten Tribes who are beyond the Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude,
whose numbers cannot be estimated." (Antiquities 11:2)
Josephus wrote that in the first century C.E., the Ten Tribes of Israel lived as an immense
multitude beyond Euphrates River. This may mean that some of them lived in the close
area east of Euphrates River and others moved to a place far beyond east of the
Euphrates.

The Lost Tribes of Israel in Afghanistan

The Bible mentions the cities of Medes, today's Iraq and Iran, as the locations of the
Assyrian exile of the Ten Tribes of Israel. It is an accepted tradition that the people of this
area are from the Assyrian exile.
It seems that later, many of the Ten Tribes of Israel moved to the east along the Silk
Road. We find the descendants of them
in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Myanmar(Burma), China and other countries, which
are along the Silk Road. I will have a brief explanation about them in this chapter. The
information is mostly from the books which were written by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer and
published in Japan, and "Beyond the Sambatyon, The Myth of The Lost Tribes" written
by Simcha Shtull.
East of Iran is Afghanistan. There are so many tribes in Afghanistan with names that have
Yusuf in the name as Yusufzai, Yusufuzi, Yusufzad, etc.. Yusuf means Joseph and
Yusufzai means children of Joseph.
They claim their origin to be from the Lost Tribes of Israel, that is, from the tribes of
Joseph, which are the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh and are a part of the Ten Lost
Tribes of Israel. They also call themselves Bani-Israel meaning children of Israel. Their
tradition is that they were carried away from their ancient homeland.
Formerly they were shepherds in search of pasture but they gave up their nomadic life
and settled into village communities. The people of Yusufzai live separated from the rest
of the world by mountains and difficult rivers and it is hard to find them. They marry
among themselves.
Today they are devout Muslims but have Hebrew names, wear the fringes which only
Jews and Japanese Shinto priests wear, light candles for the Sabbath on Friday night
which only Jews do (The Sabbath is from the sunset of Friday until the night of
Saturday). They also have the custom called peyot (side-curls) which is to have curled
hair of about 10 centimeters long in front of both ears. This is a custom which only Jews
have and which may very well be of the Lost Tribes of Israel.

Pathans As the Descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel

In Afghanistan and Pakistan, there also live people called Pathans numbering about 15
million. They live mainly in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as in Persia and India.
Most of them are Muslims but they have a tradition of being of the Lost Tribes and have
Israeli customs.
According to a book written by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, the Pathans have custom of
circumcision on the 8th day. This is a known Jewish custom, and is the oldest Jewish
tradition. Rabbi Tokayer once told me that he had witnessed and been present at a very
joyous circumcision ceremony on the 8th day after birth among the Pathans. Muslims
have custom of circumcision but it is not on the 8th day, usually at the age of 12.
The Pathans have a sort of small Tallit called Kafan. This is a 4 cornered garment which
they tie strings similar to the fringes (Jews call them Tzitzit) and is one of the oldest
Jewish traditions going back to the Torah and it is a sign of their Israeli origin.
The Pathans have custom of the Sabbath, Israeli tradition of the day of rest. On the
Sabbath they do not labor, cook or bake. The Pathans prepare 12 Hallot (traditional
Jewish bread, Leviticus 24:5) in honor of the Sabbath as was done in the ancient Israeli
temple. One of the significant indicators proving the Israeli origins of the Pathans is the
lighting of the candle to honor the Sabbath. After lighting, the candle is covered usually
by a large basket. The candle is lit by a woman past her menopause. This is the same as
Israeli custom.
Pathans have custom of Kosher, dietary laws same as Jews. Pathans do not eat horse or
camel meat, which is most common in their area but forbidden to Jews. There is some
evidence to their not eating meat and milk together which is also an ancient Israeli
tradition. And they have a tradition regarding differentiating between pure and impure
birds which means permitted and not permitted birds similar to the Torah.
Some still wear a small box which Jews call Tefilin (phylactery) containing a verse of the
Bible. This box resemble Japanese Tokin of Yamabushi's forehead, too, which I will
mention later. This is an ancient custom of Israel. In the Jewish box there is the verse
of Shema Israel, that is, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"
(Deuteronomy 6:4) This custom of Tefilin came from a verse of the Scriptures, "You
shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes"
(Deuteronomy 6:8).
It is interesting to note that the Pathans retain family names of the Lost Tribes such as
Asher, Gad, Naphtali, Reuben and Manasseh and Ephraim. Among them there are people
who are called by these names, which are of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. There are also
people who are called Israel, Samuel, and so on, which are never found among the
Muslims.
The Pathans were mostly called "Bani-Israel" meaning children of Israel even though
they live today as devout Muslims.
The legal system which is known as Pashtunwali, the law of the Pashtu, is very similar to
the Torah, which is the holiest Jewish book and the book of ancient Jewish way of life.
There are pages and even complete books among the Pathans and they honor greatly what
is called Tavrad El Sharif (the Torah of Moses), and they rise at the mention of the name
of Moses even though it is not important in Islam.
Besides the oral tradition related by the elders of the tribe, there are also interesting
testimonies of keeping of scrolls of genealogy among the tribes, reaching back to the
Fathers of the Jewish nation. These scrolls are well preserved and some are written in
gold on the skins of a doe.
No less interesting and significant are the names of the tribes which bear close
resemblance to the Tribes of Israel. The Rabbani Tribe is really Reuben,
the ShinwareTribe is Simeon, the Lewani Tribe is Levi, The Daftani Tribe is Naphtali,
and the JajiTribe is Gad, and the Ashuri Tribe is Asher, The Yusefsai Tribe is children of
Joseph, and the Afridi Tribe is really Ephraim. These are the names of the Ten Lost
Tribes of Israel.
The Pathans themselves point out the differences between the original names of the tribes
and their present names are because of the different dialects of the languages so that, for
instance, Jaji was actually called Gaji for the tribe of Gad.
Women of the Pathans keep laws similar to the Jewish laws regarding menstruation.
During this time and for 7 days after, no contact is allowed with the husband. After this
period, the woman immerses in a river or spring or in a bathhouse if a natural spring is
not available. This is exactly the same as the Israeli tradition going back to the days of the
Bible.

The Lost Tribes of Israel Who Came to Kashmir

Leaving Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Pathans live, when one goes east, it is the
State of Kashmir in northern part of India which is west of Nepal.
There are 5 to 7 million people there. Generally speaking, they have clearer complexions
and are different from the other citizens of India. An Interesting tradition is passed down
among the Kashmiri people regarding their ancestry from the Lost Tribes of Israel.
The people in Kashmir perform a feast called Pasca in Spring, when they adjust the
difference of days between the lunar calendar and solar calendar and the way of this
adjustment is the same as Jewish. Several books are published on this. The Urdu
language which is used in Kashmir includes many words of Hebrew.
In Kashmir, various places are called with Israeli names,
like Har Nevo, Beit Peor,Pisga, Heshubon. These are all the names in the land of the Ten
Tribes of Israel.
The same thing is true in the names of people, male names, female names, and names of
village. For example, one of the tribes of Kashmir is called Asheriya which is Asher, the
tribe of Dand is Dan, Gadha is Gad, Lavi is Levi. The Tribe of Shaul is the Hebrew name
of King Saul. Musa is Moses, Suliamanish is Solomon. And you also have the tribe
of Israel, the tribe of Abri which is the tribe of Hebrew, and the tribe of Kahana which is
the word for Jewish priest.
There are also 50-75 names of places in Kashmir which are in fact the Hebrew names that
ancient Israelites were very familiar with. There is a place called Samaryah which
is Samaria. Mamre is Mamre, Pishgah is Pisgah, Nabudaal is Mt. Nevo, Bushan is
Bashan, Gilgit is Gilgal, Heshba is Heshbon, Amunah is Amon, Gochan is Goshen,
Median-pura is Midian, and Guzana is Gozan which is a place name in Assyria and the
very place where the Ten Tribes of Israel were deported.
The name Israel is very common among them as it is among the Pathans, and this name is
never used among the Muslims.
The history of Kashmir is shrouded in mystery as is the history of other people in that
region. Most Kashmir researchers are of the opinion that many inhabitants of Kashmir are
descendants of the Lost Tribes who were exiled in 722 B.C.E.. They wandered along the
Silk Road into the countries of the East, Persia and Afghanistan until they reached
the Kashmir valley and settled there.
The priest Kitro in his book, the General History of the Mughal Empire, said that
theKashmir people are the descendants of the Israelites. The priest Monstrat said that in
the time of Vasco da Gama in the 15th century, "all the inhabitants of this area who have
been living here since ancient times can trace their ancestry, according to their race and
customs, to the ancient Israelites. Their features, their general physical appearance, their
clothing, their ways of conducting business, all show that they are similar to the ancient
Israelites."
Among Kashmiri people there are customs to light a candle for the Sabbath, have
sidelocks, beards, and emblem or design of the Shield of David (Star of David) just like
Jews do.
In an area which is on the border of Pakistan, called Yusmarg (Handwara), there lives a
group which to this very day calls itself B'nei Israel meaning children of Israel. Many of
the inhabitants of Kashmir say that this is the ancient name of all the people of Kashmir.
The two primary historians of Kashmir, Mulla Nadiri, who wrote The History of Kashmir
and Mulla Ahmad who wrote Events of Kashmir have established without a trace of
doubt that the origins of the Kashmiri people are to be found in the people of Israel.
In Kashmir there is a strange legend which says that Jesus did not die on the cross but in
his search for the Ten Tribes reached the Kashmir valley and lived there until his death.
They even point to his grave in Kashmir.
This is very much like a legend which exists in Japan (Herai village, present Shingou
village in Aomori prefecture), where they also have the legend that Jesus came to Japan
and died there. They even point to his grave. It seems that sometimes the legend of
coming of Jesus and his tomb is born where the Ten Tribes are said to come.
In Kashmir, there is another strange tradition of a small community next to
the WallarLink who point out the grave of Moses. There is yet another tradition in
connection with King Solomon according to which even King Solomon reached
the KashmirValley and through his wisdom aided the people of Kashmir by successfully
regulating the Jalum river. This tradition is also connected to a place called Solomon's
throne which is situated above the capital of Kashmir, Srinagar. Isn't it strange and
fascinating that there are historical and even folkloristic tales of ancient Israeli heroes in
these strange and exotic places?
These also strangely resemble the legends of Japan. There is so called the grave of Moses
on Mt. Houdatsu in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, and also a legend says that many secret
treasures of Solomon are kept in Mt. Tsurugi in Shikoku, Japan. What is this
phenomenon?

The Lost Tribes of Israel Who Came to India and Myanmar,

In the mountainous region which lies on both sides of the border

between India andMyanmar (former Burma), lives the Menashe (Shinlung) tribe which
numbers between 1-2 million people. They intermarried with the Chinese and look
Chinese-Burmas, but the entire tribe is conscious of their Israeli ancestry.
Recently, Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail, who is the president of Amishav, an organization
inJerusalem for the search of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, went to Myanmar and
investigated the Menashe tribe.

Menashe people with Rabbi Avichail (right)

The word Menashe appears often in their poetry and prayer. It is the name of their
ancestor and they call themselves children of Menashe (Beni Menashe). When they pray,
they say, "Oh, God of Menashe," which is from the name Manasseh, a tribe of the Ten
Lost Tribes of Israel.
According to the history which Menashe people say, they were exiled to Assyria in 722
B.C.E. with other Tribes of Israel. Assyria was later conquered by Babylon (607 B.C.E.),
which was later conquered by Persia (457 B.C.E.), which was later conquered by Greece
of Alexander the Great (331 B.C.E.), when the people of Menashe were deported
from Persia to Afghanistan and other places.
There Menashe tribe became shepherds and Idol worshipers. They were later conquered
by Islam and forced to convert to Islam. Because of their speaking Hebrew they were
called the Semitic speakers. Throughout this entire period they possessed a Hebrew
Torah scroll which they guarded with their elders and their priest.
Among them there were those who left Afghanistan and migrated eastward until they
reached the area of the Tibetan-Chinese border. From there they continued into
China following the Wei River until they reach the central China, near Kaifeng. They
settled there at about 231 B.C.E..
But the Chinese were cruel to them and made them as slaves. Some of them escaped and
lived in caves in the mountainous areas called Shinlung, which became another name for
the tribe of Menashe. They are also called the cave people or the mountain people.
Menashe people lived in caves in poverty for about two generations but they still kept the
Torah scroll with them. But they started to assimilate and have Chinese influences. Later
they were banished from their cave area and went west through Thailand and eventually
reached the area in Myanmar.
There they wandered along the river until they reached Mandaley. From there they
reached the Chin Mountains. In the 18th century a part of them migrated to Manipur and
Mizoram which are in northeastern India. Generally, they maintained the tradition about
their wandering and they realized that they were not Chinese even though they spoke the
local language.
They call them themselves Lusi which means the Ten Tribe ("Lu" means tribes, and "si"
means ten).
According to the history which Menashe people state, when they were banished from
their cave area they lost their Torah scroll when or perhaps it was stolen or burnt by the
Chinese. But the priests of the tribe of Menashe continued to hand down their tradition
orally including their ritual observances until the 19th century.
They had kept the custom of circumcision, which when it became difficult was no longer
practiced but they blessed the child in a special ceremony on the 8th day. They also had
holy days which were very similar to the Jewish days.
The following poem accompanied them throughout their migrations. It is a traditional
song about the crossing of the Red Sea which was written by their ancestors. This is the
English translation:

We must keep the Passover feast

Because we crossed the Red Sea by dry land
At night we crossed with a fire
And By day with a cloud
Enemies pursued us with chariots
And the sea swallowed them up
And used them as food for the fish
And when we were thirsty
We received water from the rock

This content is similar to the experience of Israelites written in Exodus. The people of
Menashe call their God Y'wa, which is the same as Biblical God's name Yah, or Yahweh.
In every village they had a priest whose name was always Aaron, the brother of Moses
and the first Jewish priest. One of his duties was to watch over the village.
The priest wore a tunic and a breastplate and an embroidered coat fastened with a belt
and a crown on his head. And they always sang about Menashe at the beginning of each
gathering.
Rabbi Tokayer says that he met this group in the jungles of Burma in 1963 or 1964 and
he can describe their offerings and sacrifices as exactly the same as was offered in the
Bible.
Recently a return to Judaism began. Several thousand people of Menashe decided to
observe the laws of the Torah and returned to Judaism. They have synagogues in
Manipur, Assam, and Mizoram. There are also those who immigrated to Israel.
Thousands long for returning to Israel.

The Lost Tribes of Israel Who Came to China

In the mountainous area of northwest China, west of the Min River, near the border of
Tibet, in Szechuan lives the ancient people called by the Chinese, Chiang or Chiang-Min,
who numbers about 250 thousand people.
In 1937, a book was published entitled, China's First Missionaries, subtitled, Ancient
Israelites, by Rev. Thomas Torrance, who was a missionary in this area of China and was
the first to write about this tribe and what he believed to be their ancient roots of the Lost
Tribes of Israel.
According to the reports by Torrance, he believed that the customs, rituals, modes of
thought, domestic and religious practices of the Israelites who were the contemporaries of
Amos, Hosea and Elijah, were found within the Chiang people of
northwestern China. Torrance was basically very impressed with the simple monotheism
of this people in China in an area where the term God was not even known.
The language of the Chiang tribe had been forgotten and they had also lost their ancient
script. Today they speak Chinese.
They themselves see themselves as immigrants from the west who reached this area after
a journey of three years three months. The Chinese treated them as Barbarians, while
Chiang people related to the Chinese as idol worshipers.

Chiang Min people (Photo: Thomas Torrance in 1920's)

Hate and enmity existed between the Chinese and this tribe for a long time. They lived
independently until the middle of the 18th century when they became part of the general
population to earn more freedom. The religious pressure from the Chinese, the spread of
Christianity, and the influence of intermarriage caused the Chiang tribe to generally and
greatly give up their special monotheistic way of life.
However it is still possible even today to learn about the past traditions of the Chiang
tribe through their customs and their faith which they still keep. This tribe had been living
a special Israeli way of life since the time of B.C.E..
According to their tradition, the Chiang tribe is the descendant of Abraham and their
forefather had 12 sons. Those among them who did not take Chinese wives after their
victory in war still look Semitic.
They believe in one God whom they call Abachi meaning the father of heaven, or
Mabichu, the spirit of heaven, or also Tian, heaven. As a result of Chinese influences
they all call Him God of the mountains as the mountains are the central place for worship
of God.
Their concept of God is that of an all powerful God who watches over the entire world,
judges the world fairly, rewards the righteous, and punishes the wicked. This God gives
them the opportunity to do repentance and to gain atonement for their actions. In times of
trouble, they call God in the name of "Yawei", the same as Yahweh.
They also believe in spirits and demons and they are forbidden to worship them, but this
is probably a Chinese influence. In the past they had written scrolls of parchment and also
books but today they only have oral traditions. They themselves do not understand the
prayers that they recite every week.
The Chiang tribe lives a very special way of life based on the offering of animal
sacrifices which seems to have been seen among the Ten Tribes of Israel. It is forbidden
to worship statues or foreign gods and anyone who offers a sacrifice to another god faces
the death penalty.
These priests wear clean white clothes and perform the sacrifices in a state of purity as
the priests in ancient Israel did (1 Samuel 15:27). I recall that Japanese Shinto priests also
wear clean white clothes at holy events.

A priest of Chiang Min tribe (Photo: Torrance in 1920's)

The priest of the Chiang tribe wears a special head turban. The priest is ordained in a
special ceremony in which sacrifices are also offered. Unmarried men may not be a
priest, which was the same in ancient Israel (Leviticus 21:7, 13).
The altar itself is built of earth which is molded into stones which are then laid one on top
of the other without being cut of fashioned by any tool of metal. It is important to
remember that in the Torah, the ancient altar could not be made of cut stones (Exodus
20:25), since the sword or whatever tool to be used to cut the stone was also an
instrument of war and harm.
The main part of the service is performed at night perhaps to conceal it from other
Chinese or because of the special effect of the silence and the tranquility of night. This
was also ancient Israeli tradition. It is interesting that the important rituals of Japanese
Shinto religion are also performed at night.
Before the offering of sacrifices, one is required to wash one's self and one's clothing and
to dress in clean garments. Sacrificial animals themselves must be washed and purified.
There is a special place for purification and washing. The elders and priest place their
hands on the head of the sacrifice which is to be slaughtered then offer their prayers.
Circumcision is not performed. It seems to have become obsolete. But after the 7th day or
at the eve of the 40th day of the child's life, a white rooster is slaughtered in the child's
honor and he is given a name.

Ancient Jewish Communities in Kaifeng, China

As I mentioned before, Menashe people once went to the region near Kaifeng, China.
The Jewish community in Kaifeng is most famous as the very ancient one which had
existed since the time of B.C.E..
Kaifeng was the former capital for several dynasties in China. The Jews there did not eat
the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, which is a custom of Israelites,
and their religion was called by the name meaning this.
There are still a few thousand Jews in Kaifeng. They had maintained some Jewish
tradition. In Kaifeng they had a synagogue. They intermarried with the Chinese and look
Chinese.
We can trace the history of Israelites in China to very ancient times. According to a stone
monument in Kaifeng, Israelites already came to Kaifeng in 231 B.C.E.. Many Israelites
or Jews lived in parts of China even before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E..

The Lost Tribes of Israel Went East Along the Silk Road

I have mentioned above about the people of the Yusufzai and the Pathans in
Afghanistan and Pakistan, the people of Kashmir, the Menashe tribe in India and
Myanmar, and the Chiang (Chiang-Min) tribe in China. These places are all along theSilk
Road. Are these all where they went?
Otherwise, were there any other people who went further east along the Silk Road?
Where is the destination of the Silk Road? Japan. Did the Ten Tribes of Israel come
to Japan?
If the Ten Tribes came to China, we must say that there is a strong possibility that they
came to Japan also, for next to China is Japan. But someone may think, "There is a sea
between China and Japan, which makes it difficult to get to Japan."
However, it was not a big problem for the Israelites. Scholars say that Israelites already
traded in the time of King Solomon (the 10th century B.C.E.) with India and other
countries of the Mediterranean Sea with a fleet of ships (see 1 Kings 10:22, Some of the
words are from Sanskrit). Israelites knew well about ships even in the times before the
country of Japan started.
The Silk Road was actually Silk Roads because there were several roads on the land and
the sea already in the time of B.C.E. The Israelites were experienced people for getting
across the ocean.
Proof that there was Trading between India and Israel in BC time
you will be wondered , Indian Gopal yantra ( Lakshmi
narayana yantra ) and Star of David in Israel Flag is same,how
this came ???
1. Indian people are giving training to elephants for war in Israel Read Catholic Bible 1 Macabes
(6; 28-38 , 1; 31-54 ) ,this war happened when Israel was under GreeK ( BC 100 )
2.It is clearly telling , every three year ,by water ,things like peacock , tungs, monkeys.gold used
to come to King Solomon’s ( BC 900 )Palace , India is the origin of peacock , from India only , it
reached to other places ,1 Kings(10;22) , 2Cronicles(9;21)
3, if you are reading Catholic Bible you can see , India’s name is continuously mentioned in
Esther ,(1;1 , 16;1 ) ,Macabes(8;8)

Solid proof for Jew people in India during BC time is Emperor Ashoka’s stone writing , it
was written in Aramaya, Greek and Pali Langauge ,it was not written in Sanskrit , why ???
, because that time , there was no Sanskrit ,not a single book of Budha was written in
Sankrit , all written in Pali Language only , Sankrit is developed in Approx AD 150 ,if you
have any doubt regarding this , you can refer this book “ ANTI SANSKRIT SCRIPTURE “
BY SHYAM RAO , he is written with clear evidence , anybody can get it from google

that time,
That time , mainly communication purpose Aramaya Langauge was using ,
aramaya has the status of present English for
communication,pls refer catholic Bible Ezra
(4:7),2Kings (18: 26-28) regarding this communication
there is Avesta and Arabic language also , when Islam came , Arabic become main language ,
now very few tribal people are using this Aramaya language ,Hebrew is the language of Jew ,
when Babylon conquered Israel and made as slaves ,brought them to Babylon , they learned this
Aramaya easly,because , there is very little difference between Hebrew and Aramaya , it is like
American English and Briton English , for escaping from slavery ,they entered to Mohanchadaro

Jew – Indian custom comparison

if you are reading Bible old Testament , especially , Genesis,exodus, number.

Levictus,deutronomy , you can come to know Jewish custom ,priest’s dress, wearing thread
,method for treating temple holy, people holy,bowing head, washing legs,priest work only for levi
tribe,priests benefits,making special sound before prayer ,untouchability, making marks on
forehead, tying commandment on hand, each and every custom is matching, I will write Bible
words , anybody can read
1, dress for priest , wearing thread , Exodus(28;42),Levictus ( 6:10), 1 samuel (22;18)
2, bowing head Genesis(18;1-2 , 19;1 ,23;12 , 33;3-6 , 48;12 )
3, priest work only for Levi tribe , their rights Numbers(18) ,exodus ( 28 , 29 ) , levictus (6)
4, making sound for get together or prayer, numbers(10; 1-10 )
5, first thing to God deutronomy (26;1-15 )
6, offering things to God 1 samuel(6; 1-16 )
7), washing feet Luke (7;44 ) , Jesus himself is washing the feet of his disciples in Last supper
time
8) removing hair for some special purposes Acts of appastoles(18;18 , 21; 24-26 )
9,)custom for making temple holy, untouchability ,2 Macabes (10) , Acts of appastles(21;28 ,
24;6 , 10 , 11 ) genesis ( 43;32 ) ,deutronomy (23;3-6),Levictus( 21;10-15 ),Joshua ( 7: 12-13 )
10) if you are reading Daniel , you will come to know that Daniel is vegetables only like our
Brahmins
11) God’s commandment should wear on hand and forehead , still this custom in India , but
without knowing what they are wearing or doing , so many Brahmins are making mark on their
foreheads Deutronomy (6 : 6-8 , 11;18 ) ,exodus ( 13; 9 )
12) Jews used to make mark on their foreheads for the memory of getting freedom from Egypt
Exodus ( 13;16 ) , India , people are putting Kumkumam on forehead without knowing the
meaning
13)Jews were considering fire holy , for every special function fire will be there , you can see the
same system in India , 2 Macabes( 1 , 2 ) ,exodus ( 8 ;20-21)
14)Jew people are against statue worship , but their weak point was ox worship , when Moses
went to mountain for receiving Commandments from God , Israel people , downside was making
statue of Ox for worshipping , when they came to India , they follow the same, in any ancient
temple in India , you can find statue of ox on front side exodus (32)
15) there was custom to keep wealth in temple , same they followed in India also , we know about
Somanath Temple in Gujarat India and Sree Padmanabha Temple in Kerala India
2 Macabes (5: 11-22)
16)Jew people were not giving value to ladies , same situation was in India with Brahmin
ladies ,there was a very bad custom in Kerala Brahmins- Namboothiri s, known as
“smarthavicharam ,” if we are searching the origin of this custom , you can find , it was a jew
custom , as per this custom , if a Brahman lady is accused of adultery , there will be a public
meeting of all elder people , publically all will question this poor lady , and give severe
punishment , this cruel system was there in Kerala , anybody can ask any elder people from
kerala regarding this very cruel system , Read Bible book Daniel –Chapter 13)– Susanna , read
Judges ( 9: 54 )
17) if we comparing Jew festival and Indian festival , you will be wondered , you can find all of
them are more or less on the same date
Holi – Feb –March , jews are celebrating for the memory of Esther
Deewali – October , Jews are celebrating for the memory of 40 years wandering in desert
Levictus (23;33 ) ,Macabes (12;1-24 , 16 ;14-49 )
Vishu – April jew celebrating for the memory of getting freedom from Egypt exodus (12; 1-14)
Onam- Parci new year –jew harvest festival all are more or less on the same time exodus(23;10)
18)Gradualy 12
tribes of Israel became different castes in India ,
levi tribe became priest tribe , 99.9 % of priests in India are
from this Brahmin -(levi) caste only

19) Followers of Abraham became Brahmins,in India they never

calling God’s name directly , they started calling Param Abraham , gradually it became
Parabrahma , exodus ( 3;15 )
20) , there was animal sacrifice throughout India , same you can see in Bible old testament , just
read Rig veda (Indian Holy book)
21) before entering temple , or doing any thing in temple , they used to take bath , for that there
was pond nearby temple , you can see the same system in India , they are considering water holy
,exodus (40;32 , 29;4 , ) levictus (8;6 ), Nehemiah ( 8;16), Numbers (19), John (5 )
22) If other than Jews are approaching temple , they should be killed numbers (3;10 )
 After reaching India Jews forget their root , their
23)
God , worshipped others
Isiah ( 62;2 , 50 ;6 ) Jeremiah (16;14 , 17;4 ,3;16 ,2; 20-28 ),

Indian Gopal yantra ( Lakshmi narayana yantra ) and Star of David in Israel Flag is same

Yadav people in India are Jews

If you are reading the book of famous ethist Edamaruk’s “ Krist and Krishna “ ,he has made
wonderful comparison between both

There may be others also , main thing I observed only I have written

Did the Lost Tribes of Israel Come To Ancient Japan?

The Land of Far End

There is a book called the Forth Book of Ezra, which was written in the end of
the first century C.E.. Although this is not the Bible but just one of the ancient
Hebrew documents, an interesting thing is written:
"They are the Ten Tribes which were off into exile in the time of King Hosea,
whom Shalmaneser king of Assyria took prisoner. He deported them beyond
the River and they were taken away into a strange country. But then they
resolved to leave the country populated by Gentiles and go to a distant land
never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws, which
in their own country they had failed to keep. As they passed through the narrow
passages of the Euphrates, the Most High performed miracles for them,
stopping up the channels of the river until they had crossed over. Their journey
through that region, which is called ARZARETH, was long, and took a year
and a half. They have lived there ever since, until this final age. Now they are
on their way back, and once more the Most High will stop the channels of the
river to let them cross." (13:39-47)
This article was mentioned in the form of a vision and we cannot immediately
think that this is a historical fact. But it is possible to think that there was some
fact which became the background for this article. There might be the news or
oral tradition that the Ten Tribe of Israel started their journey to the east and
settled to a land of a year and a half distance away.
Where is ARZARETH which the Ten Tribes are said to have gone to? We
cannot find the same name in the world by looking at the map.
Dr. Schiller Szinessy suggests that this is nothing else but the Hebrew words
"eretz ahereth" (ARZ AHRTh) which means the other land. Otherwise, if we
interpret this as the Hebrew words "eretz aherith" (ARZ AHRITh), they mean
the end of land, or most far away land. Not a few people thought
that Japan might be the land.

Japan Which Kaempfer Saw

Engelbert Kaempfer was a German medical doctor who stayed at

Dejima, NagasakiJapan during 1690-1693 C.E.. He came to Japan after he
traveled and saw various countries of the world. He was an erudite man and
published a book about Japan after he went back to Europe.
In the book Kaempher states that the Japanese language, customs and religion
are much different from the ones of the Chinese or the Koreans, and that the
main race of the Japanese are not derived from the Chinese or Koreans but
rather a tribe from the area of Babylon came to Japan and became the main race
of the Japanese. He wrote:
"The Japanese must be of a tribe who emigrated directly from the area
of Babylon."
The area of Babylon is the Middle East where there was the Assyrian Empire
which the Ten Tribes of Israel were exiled to. Kaempher also states:
"The appearance of the Japanese is so different according to regions
in Japan that we can clearly distinguish. This proves that the Japanese are
formed through the process that several tribes were added to a basic nation. The
most noble, old lineage family and "daimyo", feudal lords, and high officials
are generally intelligent, elegant in appearance than others, full of dignity,
having higher nose and somewhat look European. The people in the region of
Satsuma, Oosumi, and Hyuga are middle in the height, but strong and manly in
language and ability...."
And he states that there are differences in appearance and nature according to
the peoples of various parts of Japan. He also states:
"As for the roots of the Japanese and their origin, it seems that we should admit
the Japanese are independent from others and did not derived from the
Chinese."

Rabbi Tokayer's Experience

Rabbi Marvin Tokayer tells a story about what he saw in Japan. He lived
in Tokyo, and on the first Sunday in Japan he visited Meiji-jingu, a grand
shrine of Shinto which is the religion unique to Japan. There he saw a Shinto
priest wearing a white robe, putting a unique cap, and on the corners of his robe
were fringes which were cords of 20 - 30 centimeters long.
The Shinto priest was waving a branch of Sakaki tree to right and to left and
upward and downward. He was purifying a baby of one month old who was
brought to him by the parents but never carried by the mother. When seeing
this scene, he says he thought:
"Did I come to my home land?"
Because all of these he saw were the customs of ancient Israel. The way of
waving the branch by the Shinto priest resembled Jewish custom. And in
ancient days of Israel, the mother was considered impure, after birth, and would
not carry the baby for the ceremony in the temple. Today, Jews no longer
observe this ritual, but how fascinated he was to see everyone except the
mother holding the baby. He said, "Cute." to the family and asked why the
mother was not carrying the baby, and his wife and he were stunned into
silence, when told that the mother was still impure, just as the Bible.
He asked a Shinto priest, "Why do you put on fringes on your robe?" The priest
answered, "This is just a tradition from ancient times." But this is originally the
custom of Israel. There is a description about the fringes in the Bible
(Deuteronomy 22:12).
Fringes were actually a trademark that he was an Israelite. Today, Jews wear
prayer shawl called Tallit which is a large white cloth with fringes (called
Tzitzit) on the corners. These are the same as the ones of the Japanese Shinto
priest.

The Three Holy Objects in Israel and Japan

Like the ancient Israelites had three holy objects, the Japanese have three holy
objects, which are a mirror (called Yata-no-kagami), a bead (Yasaka-no-
magatama), and a sword (Kusanagi-no-tsurugi). These have been believed very
holy as the tokens of authority of the emperors and as the holy Yorishiro since
very ancient times. Today these three are kept separately in different places.
There are several differences between the holy objects of ancient Israel and the
ones of Japan, but are common in having three things and thinking them holy.
Though in fact the three holy objects of Israel were lost in the time of
Babylonian Empire, so it was impossible to have the same objects in Japan.
An orthodox Shinto believer, a Japanese scholar and a professor
of Kyushu ImperialUniversity, Dr. Chikao Fujisawa, believed that the three
holy objects of Japan originated from the three holy objects of ancient Israel.
And there are not a few Shinto scholars who think the same. Some suggest a
parallelism between the mirror and the tablets, the bead and the manna, the
sword and the rod.
Some point out that mirrors were also used in the temple of King Solomon (1
Kings 7:28). Others point out that the shape of the Japanese bead is the same as
a Hebrew letter yod which is also the first letter of the holy name Yahweh.

Offerings
To Shinto shrine people bring rice, Mochi (Japanese Matzah), Japanese liquor
(Sake), cereals, vegetables, fruits, confectioneries, salt, water, fish (sea bream,
etc.), and bird (pheasant meat, etc.) as their offerings to god and place them in
the Holy Place of the Shrine. These must be the best ones, and the fire for
cooking them must be a holy one lit by flint or heat of rubbing.
The offerings are displayed beautifully on a table of wood and the priest prays
to god in front of it. After the ceremony the priest and participants are to eat the
offerings. In that, modern Shintoists find significance that man eats with god or
dines with god.
In the Holy Place of the Israeli tabernacle or temple, there was also a table of
wood on which the bread made of cereals of the land, liquor (wine), and
incense were offered (Exodus 25:29-30). These offerings to God had to be the
best ones. The priest prayed to God and after the ceremony the offerings, which
had been offered to God, were eaten by the priest and his family (Numbers
18:11). And in the Bible there is an article that Moses and the leaders
of Israel "ate and drank" in front of God on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 24:11).
The Bible does not mention the concept of "dining with God" though, later,
Jews in Talmudic times find significance of dining with God.
With a few exceptions, meat of four legged animals is generally not offered in
Shinto religion. The most common offerings are first fruits, salt, fish as bonito,
Mochi (Japanese Matzah), rice, liquor (Sake), seaweeds, etc. Usually most of
them are Kosher, or permitted foods in the Jewish dietary laws. But in modern
Shinto, shellfish is sometimes offered (Abalone is offered at Ise grand shrine).
This is non-Kosher and the Jews not only never eat it, but also never offer to
God. How was it in the start of Japanese Shinto?
In the Holy Place of the Israeli tabernacle or temple, there were also lamps
which were never extinguished (Exodus 27:20-21), since they were holy fire.
There is also an eternal light burning in every synagogue to this very day. In the
same way, in the Holy Place of Japanese shrine, there is holy fire as lamps lit
by divine means. Placing fire as lamps and the table with offerings on it in
the Holy Place of the Shinto shrine resemble the Holy Place of ancient Israeli
tabernacle. Thus the functions of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies of the
Japanese shrine are very similar to the ones of ancient Israel.
It is noteworthy that the liquor is indispensable for both Israeli and Japanese
shrines. Like the liquor was offered in the Israeli temple, the liquor is offered in
the Japanese shrine. The Bible says that the drink offering shall be of "wine,
one-fourth of a hin" (Leviticus 23:13). "A hin" is about 6 liters, and I hear that
its one-fourth is about the quantity of the liquor which is offered in grand
shrines of Shinto.

Surprise of Chief Rabbi of Israel

Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, who used to live in Japan, tells a story about when the
chief rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Goren, once visited Japan.
Chief rabbi Goren was very curious and fascinated with Japan and enjoyed his
stay very much. He said that he wanted to learn the essence of Japanese Shinto
religion, and he attended for a while a lecture at Kokugakuin University which
is a Shinto university in Tokyo.
At the lecture, the chief rabbi asked the lecturer a question about how to guard
Shinto grand shrine, that is, where the guards stand, how they patrol, in what
turn they patrol the places, and how to shift the guards. Hearing the answer,
Rabbi Goren was very surprised and said, "Unbelievable." Turning his face
pale, he said to Rabbi Tokayer who was young in those days, "Do you
understand the importance of what the Shinto lecturer said?" Then he added,
"Read the Mishnah, and you will know why I was so surprised to hear it."
The Mishnah, the teachings of ancient Jewish scholars, has an explanation on
how the ancient temple of Jerusalem had been guarded. As a matter of fact,
Shinto's way of guarding, patrolling, and shifting guards at shrine is just the
same as the one which had been done at the ancient temple of Jerusalem.
The temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 C.E. and not yet rebuilt. How
could the way of guarding at Japanese Shinto shrine be the same as the one at
the temple of ancient Israel? Chief rabbi's word "Unbelievable" is a natural
response.

Using Water and Salt for Sanctification

In Japanese Shinto they have a custom to use water or salt for sanctification.
Most of the Japanese shrines are built near clean river, pond, lake, or the sea.
This is to do sanctification there. In Shinto, water is to purify man. In
ancient Israel they had this custom, for the Bible says that before priest serves
at holy events or at the temple, he has to "wash his clothes" and "bathe in
water" (Numbers 19:7).
So, it was also an ideal in ancient Israel that they have clean water near a
worship place. Japanese Shinto priests also wash their clothes and bathe in
water before they serve at the shrine. Buddhist priests generally do not have
this custom.
In the Shinto religion they also use salt for purification. Japanese Sumo
wrestlers sow the Sumo ring with salt several times before they fight. The
Western people wonder why they sow salt, but the Jews get the meaning
immediately that it is to purify the ring. In Japan, salt is used to purify the holy
place of shrine, or to purify Omikoshi.
And when you go to a Japanese-style restaurant, you will sometimes find some
salt put near the entrance. The Western people wonder why, but the Jews get
the meaning immediately that this is for purification. Even today, the Jews have
a tradition of welcoming a new neighbor or distinguished guest with salt. If a
world leader were to visit Jerusalem, the chief rabbi would welcome him at the
entrance to the city with Hallah (Jewish bread) and salt.
Jews start each meal by salting bread, this makes every meal table an altar.
Meat is "Koshered" by putting salt on the meat to remove all the blood.
In Japan they offer salt every time they perform a religious offering. So is the
offering at Japanese feasts. Salt is not offered in Buddhism. Offering salt is
again the same custom used by the Israelites, for it is written in the Bible that
one has to offer salt with all his offerings (Leviticus 2:13).
In Judaism, salt is very essential. Talmud (the wisdom of Judaism) confirms
that all sacrifices must have salt. Salt is preservative. While, honey and leaven
were prohibited with sacrifices since they symbolize fermentation, decay and
decomposition, the opposite of salt. There is the words "the everlasting
covenant of salt" in the Bible (Numbers 18:19). Salt has meaning of anti-decay
and permanence, and symbolizes the everlasting holy covenant of God.
The Temple of Jerusalem had a special salt chamber, and Joshephus, a Jewish
historian in the first century C.E., records a Greek king making a donation of
375 baskets of salt to the temple.
According to Zen'ichiro Oyabe, Japanese people before Meiji-era had the
custom to put some salt into baby's bath. The ancient people of Israel washed a
new born baby with water after rubbing the baby softly with salt; there is a
description about "rubbing baby with salt" in the Bible (Ezekiel 16:4). Salt has
cleansing and hygienic power and newborn babies were rubbed with salt.
Thus, there was the common custom of sanctification in both
ancient Israel and Japan, and for this sanctification water and salt were used in
both countries.

Salt to Offensive Person

In old days, the Japanese had a custom to sow offensive person with salt. When
watching Japanese TV drama of Samurai times, we sometimes see the scene of
sowing offensive person with salt.
This can be understood by Jews, since the Bible has an article that an Israelite,
Abimelech, captured and destroyed an enemy city and "sowed it with salt"
(Judges 9:45). Salt is also a symbol of barren, death, and curse.
In Israel, there is a lake named Dead Sea, which is called
in Hebrew Salt Sea (Yam Ha-melech) since it has very high density of salt (5
times as the ocean). No fish. The surroundings are also covered with salt or
rock salt. This place is also the ruin of ancient cities called Sodom and
Gomorah.
Bathing

The Westerns use soap inside bathtub and enter the tub with their bodies still
unclean. But Jews never do this. They wash their bodies and make themselves
clean and then enter ritual bath. Every Jewish community has a Mikveh, ritual
bath. Jews follow ritual of washing before entering the Mikveh. Everyone from
the Western is surprised to see the washing before bath.
But this is the same as the Japanese custom of bathing.
When you get to a public bath in Japan, there you will see that Japanese people
wash their bodies and make themselves clean before they enter the bathtub.
This is the same in their homes. European and American people do not have
this custom except for Jews.
The Japanese like cleanness very much. Many of them have a bath everyday,
make their clothes clean, and wash their hands very often. This is a tradition
from ancient times
In the 14th century of Europe, there was a big fatality of plaque called Black
Death and many people died, although only a few Jews died. So, the people
of Europe doubted the Jews and spread the groundless rumor that the fatality
was due to that the Jews sowed with poison. But the fact was that the Jews
liked cleanness very much, made their cloths and houses always clean, have a
bath, and washed their hands very often. While most of the people except for
Jews in Europe had never experienced bathing even once in their whole lives.
The reason why perfume was developed in Europe was the smell of their
bodies.
But the Jews washed hands after going to restroom, after going outside, and
before every meal. That was why they rarely became sick. The Japanese have
had this same custom since ancient times.

The Kagome Crest at Ise Grand Shrine

While, you can see the same design as the Shield of David (Star of David), the
symbol of the Jews, in various places in Japan.
In Mie prefecture, Japan, is located Ise grand shrine which was built for the
Imperial House of Japan, and a symbol which looks very much like the Shield
of David is carved on all the lamps along the approaches to the shrine.
The Japanese call it Kagome crest, which means basket reticulation in
Japanese. This was named because the crest looks like the reticulation of
Japanese traditional bamboo basket.
The lamps at Ise grand shrine were built and offered from the donators to the
shrine after the World War 2. The Kagome crest is also carved at
a monument of Manaishrine, the former (original) Ise grand shrine located
in Kyoto. This monument is also offered to the shrine.

In Japan, people have been using crests which look like the Shield of David
since very old days. For instance, Asa-no-ha crest, which also resembles the
Shield of David, has been used widely as symbols for clothes since about
Kamakura-era (the 12-14th century C.E.). And Kagome crest was used by
Komiya clan and Magaribuchi clan, etc., who are descendants of emperor
Seiwa (the 9th century C.E.).
We can also see the symbols which resemble the Shield of David as regalias of
several cities of Japan. The city regalias of Nishi-no-miya city (Hyogo
prefecture), Oomuta city (Fukuoka), Otaru city (Hokkaido), Wakkanai city
(Hokkaido), and Fukuchiyama city (Kyoto) are all in the shape of 6 pointed
star, and resemble the Shield of David very much.
But did they really originated from Jewish Shield of David? Or, did they only
happen to resemble?
You can recall the badge of American sheriff to be the same design as the
Jewish Shield of David, but it does not mean that he is a Jew. The same thing
could be said concerning the crests in Japan. The design of six pointed star was
used widely in various countries from old days because of its geometrical
beauty.
In Israel, this symbol is discovered as a design without national significance in
old remains; for instance, Shield of David is discovered in a synagogue
in Capernaum,Israel, built in about second century C.E.. But it was only a
design and was not unique to the Jews. Even among other nations than the
Jews, this design It was since the 17th century C.E. when this design started to
be used generally as the formal symbol for the Jews.
So, it is difficult to judge whether or not the Japanese design of six pointed star
originated from the Jewish Shield of David.

Japanese "sumo" wrestler sowing with salt

Japanese "sumo" wrestlers sow the sumo ring with salt before they fight.
European or American people wonder why they sow salt. But
Rabbi Tokayer wrote that Jews quickly understand its meaning.
Japanese people offer salt every time they perform a religious offering, This is
the same custom used by the Israelites:
"With all your offerings you shall offer salt." (Leviticus 2:13)

Japanese people in old times had the custom of putting some salt into their
baby's first bath. The ancient Israelites washed a newborn baby with water after
rubbing the baby softly with salt (Ezekiel 16:4). Sanctification and cleansing
with salt and/or water is a common custom among both the Japanese and the
ancient Israelites.

In the Hebrew Scriptures, the words "clean" and "unclean" often appear.
Europeans and Americans are not familiar with this concept, but the Japanese
understand it. A central concept of Shinto is to value cleanness and to avoid
uncleanness. This concept probably came from ancient Israel.

Similar to Judaism, in Japanese Shinto Religion, There Are No Idols

Buddhist temples have idols which are carved in the shape of Buddha and other
gods. However in Japanese Shinto shrines, there are no idols.
In the center of the Holy of Holies of a Shinto shrine, there is a mirror, sword,
or pendant. Nevertheless, Shinto believers do not regard these items as their
gods. In Shinto, gods are thought to be invisible. The mirror, sword, and
pendant are not idols but merely objects to show that it is a holy place where
invisible gods come down.

In the ark of the covenant of ancient Israel, there were stone tablets of God's
Ten Commandments, a jar of manna and the rod of Aaron. These were not
idols, but objects to show that it was the holy place where the invisible God
comes down. The same thing can be said concerning the objects in Japanese
shrines.

Reference books are

*The Biblical Hebrew Origin of the Japanese People, written by

Joseph Eidelberg (English and Hebrew).
*In the Footsteps of the Lost Ten Tribes, written
by Avigdor Shachan (English and Hebrew).
*The Tribes of Israel - The Lost and the Dispersed, written by Rabbi
Eliyahu Avichail (English and Hebrew).
*If you can read Japanese, "Nihon-Yudaya, Huuin no Kodaishi" which
is written by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer and published by Tokuma-
shoten is the best book on this topic (This book includes many pictures.
The English version is not published yet).

*Emergance of Hinduisam from Christianity, written by Prof.NN

Ninan (English available in Google ,anybody can download).

* Krist and Krishna , written by Edamaruk

* Catholic Bible

*Anti Sankrit Scripture, written by Shyam Rao

Other recommended links:

The Mystery of Jews in Japan (video)
Who are the Japanese?
Bnei Menashe
Japanese-Jewish Resources
Straight Talk About God (Lost Tribes)
Was Japanese Culture Influenced by Ancient Israel