MICHAEL FREUND: Ezekiel is commanded by God to take two sticks. On one, he is to write "For Judah," and on the other "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim." Then comes the crucial instruction: "Bring them together into one stick so that they become one in your hand" (37:17). Ezekiel's vision is not one of uniformity. The two sticks do not cease to be what they are. Judah remains Judah; Joseph remains Joseph. Unity does not erase difference – it sanctifies and elevates it by placing it within a larger shared destiny.


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Ketriel Blad: In other words, in order for a total restoration to take place, the restored Ephraimites from among the nations will have to become Jewish, in the legal sense of the word, thus accepting the Jewish authorities and becoming obedient to Jewish halachah. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 37:19 the Hebrew text can be understood as HaShem giving Yehuda's stick the function of being over Ephraim's stick and this way both sticks will become one. This teaches us that the Ephraimite movement that comes from heaven cannot rise apart from the Jewish people without submission to the Jewish leaders' authority. This is not for all the gentiles.

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Shlomo Skinner: Rabbi Steinsaltz explains it this way: The blessing is for Joseph's children. A blessing for the children is also a blessing bestowed on the father.

YISSOCHER FRAND: Yosef’s philosophy was to be holy and separated – only to G-d alone! (bilti l’Hashem livado [Shmos 22:19]). Yosef felt a person should be a loner and grow spiritually through inner contemplation, having as little interaction with the outside world as possible, because that just takes away from a person’s personal growth. This is what the Torah means when it refers to Yosef as “Nezir Echav” [Bereshis 49:26] (which may be translated as ‘the nazirite amongst his brothers’). A Nazir is really someone who is outside of society. He does not drink wine; he does not cut his hair; he does not go to funerals. He is separated. He is holy — distinct from the rest of his peers.

YISSOCHER FRAND: Yehudah agreed to Yosef’s approach and Yosef acknowledged that there was a time and place for Yehudah’s approach; therefore, the Children of Yaakov were able to merge into a unified people. A merging of differing philosophies creates a strong nation.




A Time to Vote Democrat and A Time to Vote Republican

A Dirge is heard in Ramapo:
Bitter Melon and Lamentations.

Rachel weeps for her Mestizo Grandsons.
Manasseh and Ephraim are no more.

She refuses to be comforted.

Refrain your voice from weeping.
Wipe your eyes and dry your tears,
For your hard work shall be rewarded.
Bnei Menashe shall free the Land of the Slaves.
Netanyahu shall Occupy Earth and call it Greater

Israel.

God shall implant His Covenants into Bene Ephraim's Brains.
He shall engrave His Word very close to Joseph's Hearts.
No longer shall Neighbors teach Forbidden Knowledge.
Each shall come to know Him on their own iPhone.

The Persian Magi outwitted Trump.
Joe Biden fled to Figurative Egypt,
Where Messiah and [h]is Mother

Dream.



Rona Shapiro: Joseph is about our past, and the Torah is telling us that we cannot move forward without bringing our past with us.

Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin, and Baruch Halpern: The Book of Joshua (12:21) specifically mentions the defeat of the king of Megiddo and the allotment of his territory to the tribe of Manasseh;

JACQUELINE SCHAALJE: Beit Shean is mentioned as belonging to the conquered area of the Israelite tribe of Manasseh

NETANYA MUNICIPALITY: thanks to the Lord for giving them {Netan~ya, lot. "gift of God"} the ability to continue the legacy of the 12 tribes who settled in the Land of Israel, and particularly of the half~tribe of Manasseh, which settled in the region.

Stephen Epstein: Some went down the Mekong River into Vietnam, the Philippines, Siam, Thailand and Malaysia, while some of the Israelites moved to Burma and west to India.

אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י גִלְעָד֮