THE "PREHISTORIC" PERIOD
There is a legend that many of the Native American peoples are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel – the Chumash, for example, who inhabited the area in and around, what is today, Los Angeles. Is it possible that this tribe was named after the Five Books of Moses? Are they, and other such tribes, among those who are descended from the ancient Isra
elites? This can be open to speculation (or DNA), but the first American/Israelite contact of which there is definite record occurred in 1759 with the visit of Rabbi Moshe Malkhi of Safed to the Spanish/Portuguese Congregation Shearith Yisrael in New York, the oldest congregation in North America and presided over by Rabbi Joseph Pinto. The following year, Rabbi Malkhi arrived in Newport RI, one of the main mercantile centers in 
North America at that time, and visited the Yeshuat Yisrael Synagogue headed by Rev. Isaac Touro, a hazan from Jamaica. These visits were the result of the Halukkah system in Palestine, an ancient system that sought to send out emissaries to the Diaspora
elites? This can be open to speculation (or DNA), but the first American/Israelite contact of which there is definite record occurred in 1759 with the visit of Rabbi Moshe Malkhi of Safed to the Spanish/Portuguese Congregation Shearith Yisrael in New York, the oldest congregation in North America and presided over by Rabbi Joseph Pinto. The following year, Rabbi Malkhi arrived in Newport RI, one of the main mercantile centers in 
North America at that time, and visited the Yeshuat Yisrael Synagogue headed by Rev. Isaac Touro, a hazan from Jamaica. These visits were the result of the Halukkah system in Palestine, an ancient system that sought to send out emissaries to the Diaspora communities to raise funds for the poor in the Homeland.
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