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UriYosef wrote:

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Douggg wrote:

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Does Judaism believe that when Elijah comes that he will tell every Jew (generic term) what tribe they belong to?

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Not as far as I know.....

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In chapter 12, halachah 6 of Mishneh Torah, Hilchot M'lachim (see the opening post of this thread), the Rambam says---

ו בִּימֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ, כְּשֶׁתִּתְיַשֵּׁב מַמְלַכְתּוֹ וְיִתְקַבְּצוּ אֵלָיו כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל - יִתִיַחֲסוּ כֻּלָּם עַל פִּיו בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁתָּנוּחַ עָלָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וְיָשַׁב מְצָרֵף וּמְטַהֵר..." וּבְנֵי לֵוִי מְטַהֵר תְּחִלָּה וְאוֹמֵר זֶה מְיֻחָס כֹּהֵן! זֶה מְיֻחָס לֵוִי! וְדוֹחֶה אֶת שֶׁאֵינָן מְיֻחָסִין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר "וַיֹּאמֶר הַתִּרְשָׁתָא לָהֶם וְגּוֹ', עַד עֲמֹד כֹּהֵן לְאוּרִים וּלְתֻמִּים". הִנֵּה לָמַדְתָּ, שֶׁבְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִתְיַחֲסִין הַמֻּחְזָקִין וּמוֹדִיעִין הַמְּיֻחָס. וְאֵינוֹ מְיַחֵס יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָּא לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶם, שֶׁמּוֹדִיעַ שֶׁזֶּה מִשֵּׁבֶט פְּלוֹנִי וְזֶה מִשֵּׁבֶט פְּלוֹנִי. אֲבָל אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר עַל שֶׁהֵן בְּחֶזְקַת כַּשְׁרוּת זֶה מַמְזֵר! זֶה עֶבֶד! שֶׁהַדִּין הוּא שֶׁמִּשְׁפָּחָה שֶׁנִּטְמְעָה - נִטְמָעָה׃

6. In the time of the King-Messiah, when his kingdom has been secured and all of Yisrael has gathered around him, every person's pedigree will be established by him through the prophetic insight that he will be imbued with, as it is written "...he will sit refining and purifying [silver]..." (Mal'achi 3:3). He will purify the pedigree of the L'viyim first, stating "this one is a Kohen by pedigree" or "this one is a Lévi by pedigree", and any who are not designated in this way will be allocated the status of common Yisrael. This is what is meant by the verse "The Tir'shata [N'hemyah] decreed that [none of them should eat any of the kod'shei kodashim] until such time as a Chief Kohen arises who wears the Urim v'Tummim" (Ezra 2:63) - from this we can see that the pedigrees of those who right now can only be presumed will in his time be determined and made known through prophetic insight. He will define the lineage of the other Yisr'élim according to their tribe alone [not by individual families], that is, he will declare "this one is from such-and-such tribe" and "that one is from such-and-such tribe". But he will not declare a person who is presumed to be legitimate a mamzer or a slave, following the legal principle that once a family has been emancipated, it remains so [even if it is later found that it was emancipated in error].