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.

แสดงบทความที่มีป้ายกำกับ יְהוּדָה แสดงบทความทั้งหมด
แสดงบทความที่มีป้ายกำกับ יְהוּדָה แสดงบทความทั้งหมด

วันเสาร์, ธันวาคม 27, 2568


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.

วันเสาร์, ตุลาคม 26, 2567

Eliyahu Safran: My grandfather references the well-known posuk (in Devarim 17:11) where we are told to always and without exception follow the decisions of the beth din (court), even if "you are convinced that they are wrong." Rashi tells us that even if the court seems to be saying that "right is left, and left is right," still we must listen.

From this my grandfather divined the lesson that we are not to stray from what our elders/chachamim teach us. Their word is God's word. We follow the Beth Din because God agrees with the Beth Din. We may not "get it" but in due time the wisdom and truth will become evident.
The last word always belongs to the beth din. God, His Torah and its legitimate interpreters.
Badd: Of the ten lost tribes, Malays were said to be the Manasseh

Daniel Korobkin: The point is that Menashe possessed this ability to forgive and forget, to move on from the past and to view everything, even the adversities that one has suffered at the hands of others, to be part of the Divine plan and ultimately of benefit to oneself. This is probably the most important trait that one needs in order to be a bridge-builder and reconciler. One has to look past previous offenses and transgressions in order to create reconciliation and peace between two factions. This is why Menashe was chosen to be the tribe to create the bridge between both sides of the Jordan.
הרב ד"ר אמיר משיח: Menashe stands between Judah's particularistic approach and Joseph's universalistic vision. He is "between them," a rare fusion of these ideologies. Half of the tribe settles in Israel, like Judah, and the other half resides abroad, like Joseph. This is Menashe's path: the path of integration, of "the interpreter between them," who knows how to balance Israel's sanctity in its homeland with its sanctity as a light to the nations.

Filipinas are obligated to follow the Ancestral Matriarchy of Rachel and Asenath, as well as Zelophehad's Daughters Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

วันศุกร์, กรกฎาคม 16, 2564

"Then make my joy complete by having the same mind, the same love, the same soul, the same thoughts" (Philippians 2:2, adapted from Orthodox Jewish Bible translation).

GREGORY ELDER: The Christians were unpopular for a number of reasons. Most of them were Jewish, and the territory of Judah was known for its dislike of Rome. They did not worship their civic gods.

วันพุธ, ธันวาคม 30, 2563

محور مقاومت

ADNAN AAMIR: The governments of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan will revive a transnational rail service linking Istanbul, Tehran and Islamabad in 2021. Speaking on condition of strict anonymity, a Pakistani government official told Nikkei that the ITI railroad will connect to China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region through Pakistan's ML-1 railway line.

MOHAMMAD MAZHARI: A member of an Islamabad-based think tank believes that a triple partnership between Iran, China, and Pakistan can enhance Islamabad’s global position.


MIDDLE EAST MONITOR: Members of the "Axis of Resistance" (Persian: محور مقاومت) are said to include Iran, Syria, Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Houthi-led government of Yemen, Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Although an informal alliance already exists, the aim of the "NATO-style" treaty is to oblige members to respond collectively to any attack on any members by Israel or other hostile states.


יעקב צבי זקס: It is all too easy for a leader to pursue popularity by being what people want him or her to be – a Raver to Ravers, a Goth to Goths, a Queer to Queers, a Catholic to Catholics, a Protestant to Protestants, a Christian to Christians, a Jew to Jews, a Witch to Witches, taking decisions that win temporary acclaim rather than flowing from principle and conviction. The only answer is to "know thyself." No one is stronger than one who knows who and what they are.

วันศุกร์, กันยายน 25, 2563

JUDAH ARI GROSS: Military Intelligence received the “golden” communique — and didn’t tell anyone for over 10 hours. The laconic four-sentence message, marked “urgent,” explained the reason the IDF had noticed that Soviet military advisers and diplomats to Syria in the previous days had begun leaving the country, en masse, along with their families.

At the time the message was received, the IDF had also seen a similar mass exodus of Soviet advisers and their families from Egypt and all Soviet ships leaving Egypt’s Port Said and Alexandria.

วันจันทร์, สิงหาคม 24, 2563

It is much easier to confess, "Ani Filipinit," than to admit, "Ani Edit."










YOSEF EISEN: There were no more corrupt kings or nobility – in Babylon the Torah scholars had complete authority.

WIKIPEDIA: As part of the Persian Empire, the former Kingdom of Judah became the province of Judah (Yehud Medinata) with different borders, covering a smaller territory.



WIKIPEDIA: Certainly, the descendants of the Davidic line occupied an exalted position among their brethren in Babylonia, as they did at that period in Judea.


OZER ALPORT: Yehudah and Binyamin are often viewed as one tribe.

YOSEF EISEN: Many Jews abandoned the fields and farms of Babylonia, which they had tilled for centuries, and went forth to take advantage of many new and exciting opportunities.

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