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.
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.
I'm a practicing Roman Catholic - I go to mass at least twice a week. I pray twice a day. It's not a political statement to say that the Vice-President using his time to push the host of a morning talk show to apologize to people is troubling...she's not a candidate for office. https://t.co/XrI3t3QaVe
You know when you eat something disgusting and then you try to make your friends take a bite of it?
That’s what it’s like when you retweet Dinesh D’Souza. I don’t want to taste it. I know it tastes like trash. Frankly, it’s your fault for ordering it in the first place.
In the News: An Indian citizen living in the US on a temporary visa, was accused of sex assault, he was traveling on Spirit Airlines, overnight and arriving in Detroit on Wednesday morning from Las Vegas. https://t.co/5uBHmshjE2
Earlier today, near Ramallah, a Red Crescent ambulance transported Palestinian rioters to a violent protest against IDF soldiers. This is an unacceptable and dangerous violation of the trust placed in medical organizations pic.twitter.com/IH8CBxwQuj
#Israel police say border police officer was stabbed twice and moderately injured after #Palestinian dressed as a journalist approached. Investigation looking into reports he had an explosive vest on him pic.twitter.com/1awJ32tqFq
This was our safe room for a couple of hrs in Cypress. Tornado a few miles away. Never had that experience.Thankful. God Bless Texas pic.twitter.com/DUzaKXOfmA
Erik Kolacek: Sorry for the lack of updates, but I haven’t had much time to spare these past few months.
Finished a year-long B'nei Mitzvah under a fantastic rabbi, filed legal papers for my business, went to court to get my family name back. Also getting married in one month to this amazing woman.
Flying the hell out of SF for a couple of weeks. Literally counting the days.
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;
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.
