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Are Mizos a lost tribe of Israel?
Aizawl
March 29.
Are the natives of Mizoram the descendants of a lost tribe of ancient Israel, which was banished by powerful invaders centuries ago before Jesus Christ was born?
The lost-tribe theory has now found its advocate in the Chief Minister, Zoramthanga, who said he strongly believed that the Mizos were the direct descendants of Manesiah, the ancestors of the Menashe tribe, one of the ten tribes which disappeared from Israel after attacks by the Assyrians which the Bible later described as the ``lost tribe of Israel''. The Chief Minister's comments came in the wake of a rabbinical visit from Israel to Aizawl.
The rabbis were here to celebrate `Porim', one of the most important festivals of Jews.
They also held a rabbinical court here, where a number of native Mizo believers were admitted to the Jewish faith by the court's decree and the new converts were apprised of the various aspects of the religion.
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