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Theory of Kashmiri descent from lost tribes of Israel
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel posits that th”. Today it says “descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel is a fringe th”.
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It has been claimed by some sources that the Kashmiri people are descendants of the twelve lost tribes of Israel .1 Rabbi Marvin Tokayer claims that the Kashmiri people are originally of Jewish descent, a claim that he backs up, by making similarities between various Kashmiri places and Kashmiri tribes, which bear resemblance to Hebrew words and places. .2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel posits that th”. Today it says “descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel is a fringe th”. Read the current article and compare.
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descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel posits that th
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descendants of the ten lost tribes the theory of kashmiri descent from the lost tribes of israel is a fringe th
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