|
The Samaritans call
themselves
Bene-Yisrael
“Children of Israel”, or
Shamerim “Observant Ones”
Hebrew: שומרונים
Shomronim,
Arabic: السامريون as-Sāmariyyūn
~~~~~~~~
Number of
Samaritans in the World Today
The Samaritans
number increase yearly
Total Samaritans in 2022 – 874 souls
January 2021 – about 850 souls
Total in 2020- 818 souls
Total in 2018 – 810 souls
Total number on 1.1.2017 - 796 persons, 381 souls on Mount
Gerizim and 415 in the State of Israel, of the 414 males and 382 females.
Distribution by Personal status: Married - 372; Bachelors -
218; Bachelorettes - 170 - ages 1-78. Widowers -7; Widows- 24; 2 males divorced
– 0 female divorced.
In 1.1.2016 in Mount Gerizim and the State of Israel the
community numbered 785 people.
Over 2016, 12 children have been born in the community - 5
males and 7 females; 3 brides from outside the community joined by marriage
to three young men, one from Mount Gerizim and two from Holon, Israel; 4
died, three males and one female.
In 1786, the
Samaritans numbered approximately 100 (as mentioned by El-‘Ayyeh)
Benyamim Tsedaka
“A.B. - The Samaritan News”
Number of Samaritans in the World Today
On January 1, 2015, the Samaritans number 777
souls.
In May 2014 the Israelite-Samaritans numbered
760 individuals, 400 in Holon, Israel and 360 in Kiryat
Luza, Mount Gerizim, Samaria.
On January 1, 2013 the Israelite-Samaritans numbered 756 [of them 357 in Kiryat Luza and 399 in Holon;
of them 399 males and 357 females] On January 1, 2012, the Community numbered
751 persons [353 in Kiryat Luza
on Mount Gerizim, Samaria; 398 in Neve Pinchas, a
District of Holon in the State of Israel: 396 males [190:206] and 355 females
[170: 185]. The community totaled 745
individuals on Jan. 1, 2011. In 1919, there were only 141 individuals.
Source: Benyamim Tsedaka,
A.B. - Institute of Samaritan Studies, Holon, Israel
The Samaritan
High Priest Aabed-El b. High Priest Asher
High Priest Aabed-El
b. High Priest Asher, son of the High Priest Matzliach.
He is mild-mannered, pious, and a successful
businessman, may the Almighty extend his days.
The Israelite Samaritan High Priest is chosen by the Almighty based on the
Torah principle:
“The Eldest Priest of His Brothers” [Book of
Leviticus].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It
has been 3661 years since the entrance into the Holy Land began April 1st
2022
This counting began on the Sixth Month of the Year of
Creation (Samaritan’s typical calendar)
It
has been 6451 years since Creation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Future Dates of the
Samaritan Passover Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim
Wednesday May 3, 2023
Monday April 22, 2024
Friday April 11, 2025
Thursday April 30, 2026
Tuesday April 20, 2027
Other Future Events
2023 Events
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Thirteenth Month
3661 Tuesday evening, 21 March 2023
The First Month 3661 (6450)
Wednesday evening, 19 April 2023
Passover Sacrifice
3661 Wednesday evening, 3 May 2023, from sunset to morning
Beginning of the days
of Unleavened Bread evening 3 May.
Wednesday sunset, May
3, 2023 - The Passover Sacrifice
Thursday, May 4, 2023
- The Festival of Passover - Starts with the offering of the Sacrifice on May
3, 2023 and ends with the complete burning of the rest of the meat on early
morning of May 4, 2023.
May 4-10, 2023 - The
Seven Days of the Festival of Unleavened Bread
May 6, 2023 - Special
Sabbath - The Sabbath of the Unleavened Bread Festival
Sunday, May 7, 2023 -
The First Day of the Counting of Omer - Ending on Sunday, June 24, 2023. Each
day it should be mentions the number of the day of this counting.
Wednesday, May 10,
2023 - THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD [MATZOS]
May 13, 2023 - The
First Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting of the Omer
May 20, 2023 - The
Second Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting of the Omer
11. May 27, 2023 - The
Third Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting of the Omer
12. June 2, 2023 -
Friday Sunset - The Second Passover - For those who were impure in the first
Passover - The 27Th day of the Counting of the Omer.
June 3, 2023 - Please
read Leviticus 19:9 - 22:33 - The Fourth Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting
of the Omer
June 10, 2023 - The
Fifth Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting of the Omer
June 17, 2023 - The
Sixth Sabbath of the Seven Weeks of the Counting of the Omer
THE SEVEN DAYS OF
SHAVUOTH [FEAST OF WEEKS] - Monday - Sunday, June 19 - June 24, 2023
Tuesday, June 20,
2023, Evening, Memorial Day of Sinai Assembly
Wednesday, June 21,
2023 - Memorial Day of Sinai Assembly - The 46Th day of the Counting of the
Omer
June 23, 2023 -
Special Sabbath of the Ten Commandments
June 24, 2023 - Saturday
- The Festival of Weeks
The Fourth
Month: evening of 17 July 2023
The Fifth
Month: evening of 15 August 2023
[Calculated
by: Priest Yakkiir
['Aziz] b. High Priest Jacob b. 'Azzi – Kiriat Luza, Mount Gerizim]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
View Our Free Online Library of Selected
Material of
Samaritan Resources
https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles.html
Biblioupdate2014.pdf
New Online Samaritan Bibliography 2018
Most
files are in PDF format Large selection of articles and Ebooks!
Or To Best Search this site Use Google.com, add theSamaritanUpdate.com plus
the key words you are searching for.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah:
First English Translation Compared with the
Masoretic Version
http://www.eerdmans.com/Products/6519/the-israelite-samaritan-version-of-the-torah.aspx
By Benyamim Tsedaka (Editor / Translator),
Sharon Sullivan (Co-Editor)
James H. Charlesworth (Introduction), Emanuel Tov (Foreword)
Learn
about the Samaritan-Israelites
A Short History
by Benyamim Tsedaka
A.B. - Institute of Samaritan Studies, Holon, Israel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a
brief information booklet about the Samaritan-Israelites
By the Editor of TheSamaritanUpdate.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The-Samaritans.net from Osher Sassoni is happy
to be online once again
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Link to the Samaritan Museum on Mount
Gerizim.
http://www.samaritans-mu.com/
If you would like to visit the Samaritan
Museum, you may make an appointment with
Salwa Kahen, email
her at slwas@hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Benyamin
Tsedaka Inverview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GC3-p1O9g&list=PLEBFAB21384FC71F8
TheSamaritanUpdate.com
Supports the
Société d'Études Samaritaines (SES) (Society
for Samaritan Studies)
socsam.org
(May not be available)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Samaritan Update Thanks for visiting our
website.
We would like to thank you for
visiting our website. We ask you to forward the Update to your friends. The
purpose at our web site is the education of the existence and history of the
Samaritan-Israelites, descendants of the ancient Kingdom of Northern Israel.
Answering questions from surfers will always be our top priority of our site.
We try to maintain our archives of articles to be the best location on the
net for the advancement of Israelite studies in English as well as Hebrew.
Many gracious scholars have permitted us to exhibit their related articles.
Recently we have been working on expanding our web site. Again we thank you
for visiting us.
Our Readers Observations Regarding
TheSamaritanUpdate.com
"We
have been amazed when reading the texts that are available on The Samaritan
Update site." Kelly
"I love it!! Keep me on your
list!!" Blessings, Brenda
“Very interesting reading, thank you for sharing it with me. I really did
enjoy it, I'm not just being polite.” Thanks, Cheryl
"I
really appreciate the Samaritan Update that you started sending. Putting in
the excerpts from Marqa, Book of Joshua, etc. is
very helpful." Gabe
“Thank
you for the Updates. They are always interesting and informative. I also
sound so smart when I throw out a tidbit, pertaining to a Sunday school
lesson on the Sundays that I teach! Please keep me on the list. By all means,
include me on the list for your Samaritan Update. I have enjoyed the news of
the special occasions to the fullest.” Vernon Powell (RIP)
“I always like to see new material.” Alan
Crown (RIP)
“Thank
you for the updates and recommendation to subscribe for A. B. – The Samaritan
News.” Benny
“Yes,
please continue sending me the Samaritan update. Thank you very much!” Martin
“Please
keep me informed!!! What is happening with the Samaritans! You got my ears up
and I want to know more!" Jess (aka) Hanfatt.
(RIP)
“Would enjoy receiving future copies of the
update – thanks.” Gary
"Shalom!
Today I purged deeper into the Samaritan website, oh how it moves me, how I
can relate & feel the history. I read from the pages Knowledge, etc! Thanks again!" Ilan
"I
read your bi-weekly newsletter every time and I think it's very
educational." Ursa
"Thanks
for the Update. You're doing very important work." Reg
"Thank
you, thank you, thank you for posting your web
site!" Scott
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Map added 7-2011
(Map shows locations of people that visited
this site!)
|