Ten Tribes Studies (8 September 2015, 24 Elul 5775)
Contents:
1. Weekly Portion: Each Tribes has its own INDIVIDUAL TASK!
2. Upcoming New Year: A Free Gift of Life.
Tishrei Month of Ephraim
3. Message from Irishman
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1. Weekly Portion: Each Tribe has its own INDIVIDUAL TASK!
Nitzavim
DEUTERONOMY 29:10 to 30:13
http://www.britam.org/deuteronomy/8nitzavimvayelec.html
[DEUT 29:10] YE STAND THIS DAY ALL OF YOU BEFORE THE LORD YOUR GOD; YOUR CAPTAINS OF YOUR TRIBES, YOUR ELDERS, AND YOUR OFFICERS, WITH ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL,
YOUR CAPTAINS OF YOUR TRIBES: Commentary of the "Natziv" (Naphtali Zvi Berlin, an important 19th century Rabbi in Russia whose opinion is still greatly respected) in free translation:
##YOUR CAPTAINS OF YOUR TRIBES: The expression "of your tribes" would appear to be superfluous...rather it comes to teach us that each tribe and its heads are not judged the same as the others. Each tribe is judged according to its own nature and according to that quality it was recognized to be most adhering to. It is judged by the extent of its deviation from its own special characteristic. This is similar to Amos:
[AMOS 2:4] THUS SAITH THE LORD; FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF; BECAUSE THEY HAVE DESPISED THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND HAVE NOT KEPT HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND THEIR LIES CAUSED THEM TO ERR, AFTER THE WHICH THEIR FATHERS HAVE WALKED:
[AMOS 2:6] THUS SAITH THE LORD; FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF; BECAUSE THEY SOLD THE RIGHTEOUS FOR SILVER, AND THE POOR FOR A PAIR OF SHOES;
##The main judgment against Judah is because they departed from their good path of keeping HIS commandments meaning the qualities of the Torah. It is an honor for the Written Law that it be kept very strictly. When they departed from the good path it was as if they despised the Torah. This did not apply to the [other] Tribes of Israel who had never been really strict about learning the Torah. On the contrary, their main characteristic was kindness [empathy] between a man and his fellow. The main judgment against the [northern ten ] Tribes is because they departed from this quality of social empathy and sold THE POOR FOR A PAIR OF SHOES?. ##
[DEUT 29:15] BUT WITH HIM THAT STANDETH HERE WITH US THIS DAY BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD, AND ALSO WITH HIM THAT IS NOT HEREWITH US THIS DAY:
According to tradition [Midrash Tanchuma] the souls were present of all those who were destined to accept the Torah whether by birth or by conversion. The Covenant was being made with those who were physically there then and with those who were not but eventually would be part of the people.
[DEUT 29:28] AND THE LORD ROOTED THEM OUT OF THEIR LAND IN ANGER, AND IN WRATH, AND IN GREAT INDIGNATION, AND CAST THEM INTO ANOTHER LAND, AS IT IS THIS DAY.
INTO ANOTHER LAND = THE 'NEW WORLD' = AMERICA = LOCATION PREDICTED TO BE THE PLACE OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES!
It was predicted that if Israel did not keep the commandments they would be cast out into an "Eretz Acheret" which is translatable from the Hebrew as meaning both "another land" (Deuteronomy 29;28) and/or a "New World". The Mishna (Sanhedrin 10) opines that the verse in Deuteronomy refers to the Lost Ten Tribes who are destined to remain in "Eretz Acheret" until close to the End Times. The American hemisphere when first revealed in our era to European eyes was known as "The New World". Deuteronomy (29;28) and the Mishna, may be therefore understood as saying that the Lost Ten Tribes would be mainly in "The New World" (i.e. "Eretz Acheret") after its discovery (or re discovery) by Europeans since only then did the term become applicable. It follows that either North or South America was intended as a place of exile and all other evidence points to Northwest Europe and North America.
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2. Upcoming New Year: A Free Gift of Life.
Tishrei Month of Ephraim
14th and 15 th of September 2015 begins the New Year in the Hebrew Calendar of 5776.
It is also the month of Tishrei.
We have already referred to the importance of the New Year day which is a time of judgement.
The month of Tishri has a name which in Hebrew would be consdiered as related to the word "TeSheR" meaning "tip" in Modern Hebrew or "teshurah" in Classical Hebrew meaning gift.
On this day we shall (God willing) be given our lifes back as a free gift. Let us endeavor to use this gift well.
The month of Tishrei according to the most accepted authorities (Arizal and HaGra) pertains to the Tribe of Ephraim.
Other opinions say the Tribe of Manasseh (Midrash Peliah), or the Tribe of Binyamin (Rabad).
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3. Message from Irishman
From: Patrick
Hi,
I've always felt a strong connection to Judaism and Israel-- and it's brought me to do a lot of research on my ancestry and Judaism. I've always felt a strong connection to the Jewish people also.
When my one Jewish friends told me some of the Irish may be descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel (he felt this from his own experience their too)-- it really struck a chord.
.... I'd love to help how I can.
Thanks for your work!
Regards,
Patrick
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