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The Samaritans call
themselves
Bene-Yisrael
“Children of Israel”, or
Shamerim “Observant Ones”
Hebrew: שומרונים
Shomronim,
Arabic: السامريون as-Sāmariyyūn
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Number of Samaritans in the World
Today
The Samaritans number increase
yearly
Total
Samaritans 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].
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It has been 3658
years since the entrance into the Holy Land
This
counting began on the Sixth Month of the Year of Creation (Samaritan’s
typical calendar)
It has been 6448
years since Creation
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Future Dates of the Samaritan Passover
Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim
Wednesday
May 6, 2020
Sunday April
25, 2021
Thursday
April 14, 2022
Wednesday
May 3, 2023
Monday April
22, 2024
Friday April
11, 2025
Thursday
April 30, 2026
Tuesday
April 20, 2027
Other
Future Events
2020 Events
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Monday evening July 20, 2020: 1st day of the 4th
month
Tuesday evening August 18, 2020: 1st day of the
5th month
Wednesday evening September 16: 1st day of the 6th
month
Friday evening October 16: 1st day of the 7th
month
Festival of the Seventh Month Friday 17, 2020
Day of Atonement Sunday evening October 25-26 Monday
evening
Sukkot: Saturday October 31, 2020
Eight Day of Sukkot: Saturday November 7, 2020
Saturday evening November 14: 1st day of the 8th
month
Monday evening December 14: 1st day of the 9th
month
2021 Events
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Tuesday evening January 12: 1st day of the 10th
month
Thursday evening February 11: 1st day of the 11th
month
Friday evening March 12: 1st day of the 12th
month
Sunday evening April 11: 1st day of the 1th
month of 3659
Passover Sacrifice April 25, 2021
[Calculated by: Priest Yakkiir
['Aziz] b. High Priest Jacob b. 'Azzi – Kiriat Luza, Mount Gerizim]
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/ 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
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