Ten Tribes Studies (26 November, 2014, 4 Kislev, 5775)
Contents:
1. YouTube Clip. H4. Adultery
2. Hoax Revealed.
3. The State of Israel is a Source of Blessing!
4. Addition to Article on Plautus from Cristian Sildan
5. Extracts from Article. Jews and Thanksgiving
Why the whole world should be Jewish by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
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1. YouTube Clip. H4. Adultery
Duration: 26.43 minutes. To Read Articles Please Scroll Down!
It is forbidden to commit adultery but people do. The Bible condemns and warns Israel for this. We compare rates of immorality throughout the world with an emphasis on Israelite nations. The Bible tells us that we can rectify the wrongs we have done, turn back the clock, and reverse the negative dynamism we have released. Psalm 128 describes the reward we shall receive for doing the right thing.
See: Adultery.
A Survey of Sexual Morality, the Bible, Israelites, and the World
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/ca/adultery.html
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2. Hoax Revealed.
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(a) Mark Williams wrote:
Shalom Yair
Ya might wanna read this from the originating website
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/
Sorry to disappoint everyone
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(b) From Yair:
We are sorry for inadvertently posting an item that turned out to be a hoax.
In,
BHR-117. Brit-Am Historical Reports
http://hebrewnations.com/features/bhr/bhr117.html
#3. Red Sea: Archaeologists Discover Remains of Egyptian Army From the Biblical Exodus -
This item was a hoax. We should have known better. We slipped up. I hope it does not happen again.
Mark Williams sent us a link to the following disclaimer,
Disclaimer
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/
# World News Daily Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within worldnewsdailyreport.com are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction. #
Sorry.
Winston Churchill ... All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes
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3. The State of Israel is a Source of Blessing!
Psalms 128:
5 The LORD bless you from Zion.
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
Zion in our time stands for the State of Israel. Whosoever helps the State of Israel shall be blessed.
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4. Addition to Article on Plautus from Cristian Sildan
re Plautus.
Linguistic Evidence Comparing Irish to Punic Phoenician
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/linguistics/irish.html
Cristian Sildan reports that other opinions exist and variant translations of the Punic making the version quoted by6 O'Connor appear doubtful.
See:
#8. Cristian Sildan: A Divergent Opinion
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/linguistics/irish.html#a8
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5. Extracts from Article.
Jews and Thanksgiving
Why the whole world should be Jewish.
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
http://www.aish.com/sp/pg/Jews_and_Thanksgiving.html
Extracts:
I have a mission to make the whole world Jewish.
No, I don't mean that I'm trying to convert everybody to Judaism. I'm perfectly content to let everybody pray to the God of his or her own choice. If the divine plan is to ultimately have everyone join our people, I'll leave it to Messiah to handle that herculean task.
I'm talking about something else that defines Jews by our very name. It's a character trait that Jews are supposed to exemplify.
And it's something that is needed today perhaps more than at any other time in history.
The reason we are known as Jews is because most of us are descended from Judah. Of the 12 children who came from Jacob, 10 of the tribes of Israel were lost, scattered to unknown destinations and no longer identifiable by their heritage. We, who remained, other than the priests and Levites, stem either from the large tribe of Judah or the much smaller one of Benjamin. Since the odds are very great that the survivors of historic diminution by assimilation or persecution are in the majority from Judah, we are called Jews.
...a number of Jewish commentators believe the secret of Judah's blessings are implicit in the Hebrew meaning of his name. When Leah, his mother, gave birth to him she said, "This time I will give thanksgiving unto the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah" (Genesis 29:35) - from the Hebrew hodah, giving thanks.
Jews are the people who gave to the world, in addition to the awareness of God, the concept of gratitude.
Biblically, names do far more than designate. They invest an object or person with a quality that defines their very essence and purpose for being. When Leah called her son Judah she hoped that the soul of this child as well as those who would descend from him would be the paradigm of the particular value that motivated her choice of name.
Thankfully, and the pun is intended, others incorporated this idea into their traditions as well. The pilgrims who came to the American shores were steeped in the ideas of the Bible. In 1621, when the colonists in Plymouth Massachusetts survived a harsh winter and were blessed with a bountiful harvest, they recalled the Torah holiday of Sukkot and in imitation celebrated the first American Thanksgiving.
More and more, it is becoming understood that capitalism requires a moral underpinning. Part of that must be the recognition that we do not take our gifts for granted. Eric Hoffer had it right when he said, 'The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.'
Let's acknowledge our gratitude to God for everything he's given us instead of complaining about how much more we think we deserve.
And that's why I wish the world would be Jewish - or at least adopt the attribute that motivated Judah to get his name.