Links between Manasseh and the Big Apple (8 March 2017, 10 Adar, 5777)
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Question
3. York and New York
4. Yank and Jacob
5. Jacob and Manasseh are Especially Close!
6. Manasseh, Cheshvan, and the Temple
7. New York, the Jews, and Joseph
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1. Introduction
Does the name New York carry an especial signification concerning the identification of the USA with Manasseh.
It could be. the article below discusses this issue.
Nicknames for New York City include the following:
Nicknames of New York City
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicknames_of_New_York_City
The Capital of the World (Caput Mundi), popularized by the author E. B. White[8][9] and by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani[10]
The Center of the Universe, particularly in reference to Times Square
The City, or The Big City, a reference to the city's predominance in world finance, politics, art and media.
The Empire City, derived from George Washington in the alleged quote "Surely this is the seat of the empire!" though first published in an 1836 newspaper as "the Empire City of the New World"[10]
The Melting Pot, a reference to the wide variety of ethnicities and language groups in the city, and popularized by various authors including playwright Israel Zangwill in his 1908 play The Melting Pot
The Modern Gomorrah, referring to the sinfulness and organized crime of Manhattan, first popularized by Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage in 1875 at the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
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2. The Question
Yair, do you have any knowledge on the Name New York and it's connection and significance to the house of Jacob?
I saw that Yankee according to you is some version of Jacov Or Jacob. Any insight would be appreciated.
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3. York and New York
New York is named after the city of York in Northern England.
At first is was called "Nouvelle Angouleme" i.e. New Angouleme after an area in Southwest France. Then is was called New Amsterdam after a city in the Netherlands, then again New Orange after a province int he Netherlands, then New York after the city and region of York in Northumberland, England.
The name York before passing through several changes originally came from the name "Iber" meaning "Hebrew"!
York
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York
The word York (Old Norse: Jorvik) derives from the Latinised name for the city, variously rendered as Eboracum, Eburacum or Eburaci. The first mention of York by this name is dated to circa 95�104 AD as an address on a wooden stylus tablet from the Roman fortress of Vindolanda in Northumberland.
The toponymy of Eboracum is uncertain because the language of the pre-Roman indigenous population was never recorded. They are thought to have spoken a Celtic language related to modern Welsh..... In his Historia Regum Britanniae the 12th century chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth, suggests the name derives from that of a pre-Roman city founded by the legendary king Ebraucus.[11]
The term "Ebor" from which the name York is ultimately derived comes from the Hebrew "Iber" meaning Hebrew, as shown in our articles:
Hebrews or Yew Trees?? What Did the Celts Call Themselves?
http://www.britam.org/HebrewCelt.html
The Name 'Hebrew'
http://www.britam.org/Proof/Attributes/roleHebrew.html
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4. Yank and Jacob
Americans are often nicknamed Yank or Yankee.
Yank is derived from the Hebrew Yaacov i.e. Jacob.
Jacob is another name for Israel.
See:
Jacob
http://www.britam.org/Proof/Attributes/roleHebrew.html#Jacob
We therefore have the name New York associated with Jacob.
This in turn links up with the Tribe of Manasseh.
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5. Jacob and Manasseh are Especially Close!
Joseph had two sons Ephraim and Manasseh.
We find Ephraim to have been dominant among the British.
Manasseh in the USA.
Fishel Mael ("Sefer Ha-Shevatim," 5757 ) quotes the book "Bnei Yissachor" ( by Zvi Elimelech Shapiro, d. 1841) and other sources as saying that when Joseph brought his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, before Jacob to be blessed
he did it in a certain way.
Genesis 48:
12 Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Joseph put Ephraim on his right side facing the left of Jacob (i.e. Israel) and he placed Manasseh on his left side opposite the right of Israel. Jacob crossed his hands over but the relative positioning of the boys remained the same.
Fishel Mael says we learn from this that Ephraim is especially close to Joseph whereas Manasseh was closer to Jacob.
Another point is that the "Bnei Issachar" deduced from the way the hands of Jacob were placed on the heads of Ephraim and Manasseh that Ephraim would chronologically precede Manasseh in becoming a great nation.
Manasseh was to the right of Jacob but Jacob crossed his arms and put his left arm on the head of Manasseh.
The "Bnei Issachar" said that Manasseh remaining on the right hand side meant that Manasseh would be the greater in some respects but at a later date due to the left arm being generally weaker and slower.
This is what happened. Britain (Ephraim) became great before the USA (Manasseh) did.
See:
Is the USA Ephraim or Manasseh?
http://britam.org/ephraim-or-menasseh.html
We therefore see New York in the USA associated through its name with Jacob, and the term "Yank" (for American) also being associated with Jacob, and the Tribe Manasseh in turn being especially close to Jacob.
Fishel Mael points out that both Jacob and Manasseh shared the quality of Tiferet connoting "Glory."
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6. Manasseh, Cheshvan, and the Temple
The Month of Cheshvan is that of Manasseh.
The month of Cheshvan is also known as Marcheshvan. The "ch" letters in this name, as in all transcribed Hebrew Words, is pronounced like a "h" but with a slight guttural emphasis. If you find this difficult at first you are probably best off pronouncing it like an "h".
This month according to the Ari and the Vilna Gaon, whom we most rely on, is the month of Manasseh. In the Zodiac it has the sign of the Scorpion.
This is also the month of the Feast of Chanucha and in tradition associated with rebuilding the Temple.
Manasseh is also linked with rebuilding the Temple.
"Jacob agreed only that Manasseh remain at his right-hand side for he is destined to complete the quality ...of Jacob himself in the building of the Third Temple# (Mael p. 490).
See:
Why the USA is Manasseh: A Summation
http://www.britam.org/USAManasseh.html
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7. New York, the Jews, and Joseph
New York is a major city in Manasseh perhaps THE major city.
New York also has the largest concentration of Jews from Judah in the Diaspora.
In New York the future re-union of Judah and Joseph has in some ways already begun.
New York City
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
# New York, is the most populous city in the United States.[9] With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405[1]
Home to the headquarters of the United Nations,[18] New York is an important center for international diplomacy[19] and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.[20][21][22][23][24]
# The city's population in 2010 was 44% white (33.3% non-Hispanic white), 25.5% black (23% non-Hispanic black), 0.7% Native American, and 12.7% Asian.[238] Hispanics of any race represented 28.6% of the population,[238
# New York City has the largest European and non-Hispanic white population of any American city.
# According to 2012 Census estimates, there were roughly 560,000 Italian Americans, 385,000 Irish Americans, 253,000 German Americans, 223,000 Russian Americans, 201,000 Polish Americans, and 137,000 English Americans.
# .... Judaism, with approximately 1.1 million Jews in New York City,[282][283] over half living in Brooklyn.[
NEW YORK CITY
http://dbs.bh.org.il/place/new-york-city?gclid=CjwKEAiA0fnFBRC6g8rgmICvrw0SJADx1_zAtvTa-GtOGZSX9hSwYlaha793RFqOEwaVJ_hOgb4FKxoCRz3w_wcB
# "Shearit Israel", the first congregation in New York, was probably organized in 1706.
Shearit Yisrael means the Remnant of Israel. The expression is found twice int he Bible, in Jeremiah 31:3 referring to the Lost Ten Tribes and in
Zephaniah 3:13 where it concerns Zion i.e. Judah.
# The city of New York is home to the largest Jewish population in the entire United States. Behind the central districts of Israel, New York City has the highest number of Jews in any metropolitan area in the world. By 2013 there was approximately 1.5 - 1.7 million Jews living throughout New York City, accounting for nearly 18% of the city's total population (8.3 million).
# By 2000, approximately 30,000 Israeli Jews were living in New York City. The Israeli community is well known for its entrepreneurship, having opened many startups and branches of existing Israeli businesses.
Demographics of New York City.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City
# The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel. ... After dropping from a peak of 2.5 million in the 1950s to a low of 1.4 million in 2002 the population of Jews in the New York metropolitan area grew to 1.54 million in 2011.