Judaism ForumAsk an Orthodox JewHi all! This is not what we understand regarding either the Messiah or Moses. We believe that this is moot because . This is their privilege & their right. However, it is our privilege & our right to respectfully disagree. Maimonides says only that he'll complete his obligations in his lifetime. Tribal affiliation in Judaism is passed in the male line only. If the Messiah is to be a descendant of David then it stands to reason that his father must be as well. How do we know that "Tribal affiliation in Judaism is passed in the male line only"? Numbers 1 refers to the tribes as being according to their father's houses. Look at Numbers 36 and the daughters of Zelophedad. The men from the tribe of Manasseh were concerned that Z's daughters would marry men not from Manasseh & that Z's inheritance, which had been divided up amongst his daughters, would thereupon pass out of Manasseh because the daughters' children would not be Manassehites because they would belong to whatever tribes their fathers belonged to. A Jew's mother's tribal affiliation doesn't count for anything. See http://www.aish.com/tishaBavHolyTemple/tishaBavHolyTempleDefault/The_Lost_Art_of_Prophecy.asp, http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=84902 & http://www.jewfaq.org/prophet.htm. Howzat? Be well! stillsmallvoice |
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