Ten Tribes Studies (22 August 2016, 18 Av, 5776)
Contents:
1. John Hemingway: The Sheep of Jacob Return from Canada to Israel
2. Jeremy Kalmbacher : Joseph even dominates the Olympics
3. Penelope Anne Owen: Natural Disasters Hit US After US Turns Back On Israel
4. Biblical Proofs. Ends of the Earth
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1. John Hemingway: The Sheep of Jacob Return from Canada to Israel
Subject: This article might give you a light side...
Shalom Yair,
The story of the upcoming return of Jacob’s sheep to Israel might interest you as much as it has fascinated Adele and me in reading it. Alhough it does not refer allegorically to the return of the descendants of Jacob to Israel at all, you will probably find the story of the returning four-footed creatures light and heart-warming.
The link is http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6817223-jacob-s-sheep-head-home-through-hamilton/.
Regards,
John
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Jacob's sheep head home through Hamilton
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6817223-jacob-s-sheep-head-home-through-hamilton/.
Extracts:
It will be a historic journey for 120 descendents of the sheep of Jacob, yes, the biblical Jacob. They are on a Copetown farm, awaiting their journey back to Israel which has been without this ancient breed for generations
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6817223-jacob-s-sheep-head-home-through-hamilton/
Hamilton Spectator
By Jeff Mahoney
Extracts:
I'm not sure Copetown is ever mentioned in biblical prophecy, but by turns of fate and circumstance, the small farm community on Hamilton's rural rim finds itself in the role of way-station on a Promised Land journey of Mosaic proportions.
A Copetown farm is where 120 Jacob sheep are now being quarantined before going home to Israel. Home. After centuries, perhaps millennia. (And you thought your cat was impressive, finding its way back after falling asleep in the neighbour's moving van.)
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky tell me that the Jacob sheep, which they adopted and saw multiply in British Columbia (they started with 14), are descended from the sheep bred by Jacob. Yes, that Jacob, he of the ladder and angel wrestling, patriarch of the 12 tribes of Israel.
"This is the oldest breed of sheep in the world," says Gil, who was born in Israel but raised in Canada.
# Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-coloured lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages # Jacob in Genesis 30-31
"In Genesis 30-31, Jacob got his uncle Laban's speckled and spotted sheep as wages," says Gil.
Indeed, there it is in the Bible, Jacob to Laban, saying: "Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-coloured lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages."
And now here the sheep are, in stalls in Copetown, feeding on hay, rams in some, ewes in others, distinctively speckled and spotted. And then there are their horns, especially the rams. Jacob sheep have between two and six. On the males they curl and spiral and spike, some projecting laterally, in formidable-looking racks of hardware around their heads.
"Joseph (one of Jacob's sons) took the flocks (of Jacob's sheep) to Egypt (during the Jewish captivity there) and it is their wool that made the coat of many colours," says Gil.
That's what Gil and Jenna are changing. They have convinced the governments of both Israel and Canada to allow passage to Israel for the heirloom sheep, which will be resettled on a heritage farm. No easy diplomatic feat.
There is trade between Israel and Canada but the two countries have never once exchanged livestock, there's no import agreement. This will be a first. Initially, when Jenna (she's done most of the statecraft) broached the subject with the Israelis, the agriculture minister refused. But last year, the Israeli ambassador to Canada, Rafael Barak, bucked hard for it to go through. Minds were changed, and now it is happening.
But the plot thickened before that happened. Gil and Jenna got word out about their Jacob sheep and soon they were hearing about other flocks of the rare and endangered breed in Canada and the United States. They rescued several. Between the rescues and the multiplication of the original flock and the newer finds, the Lewinskys now have 119 Jacob sheep.
In the process, their cause has become celebrated, and stories about them have been appearing around the world, including one in the New York Times. Many people have come to see the increasingly famous flock. The Israeli ambassador even witnessed the birth of a Jacob lamb when he visited the Lewinsky flock.
"I love their story," says Gil. "It triggers strong emotions. Sheep are spiritual teachers."
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Jacob sheep
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_sheep
Extracts:
The Jacob sheep is a rare breed of small, piebald (white with colored spots), polycerate (multi-horned) sheep. Jacobs may have from two to six horns, but most commonly have four. The most common color is black and white. Jacobs are usually raised for their wool, meat, and hides. They are also kept as pets and ornamental animals, and have been used as guard animals to protect farm property from theft or vandalism and defend other livestock against predators.
Generally referred to as an unimproved or heirloom breed (one that has survived with little human selection), the Jacob is descended from an ancient Old World breed of sheep, although its exact origins remain unclear. Spotted polycerate sheep were documented in England by the mid-17th century, and were widespread a century later.
Unlike most other old-world breeds, the Jacobs of North America have not undergone extensive cross-breeding and selective breeding; their body habitus resembles that of a goat. Relative to their American counterparts, British Jacobs tend to be larger and heavier, and have lost many of their original characteristics through artificial selection.
According to the Book of Genesis (Genesis 30:31-43), in what may be the earliest recorded attempt at selective breeding,[3] Jacob took every speckled and spotted sheep from his father-in-law's (Laban's) flock and bred them. The Jacob is named for the Biblical figure of Jacob.[1][4] The resulting breed may have accompanied the westward expansion of human civilization through Northern Africa, Sicily, Spain and eventually England.[2] However, it was not until the 20th century when the breed acquired the name "Jacob sheep".[5] .... a recent genetic analysis has provided compelling evidence supporting a direct link between the Jacob and certain unimproved breeds in Southwest Asia and Africa rather than other British breeds.[6]
Jacob Sheep Return to Israel
In 2015, Israelis Gil and Jenna Lewinsky petitioned the Israeli Agricultural Ministry to return 130 Jacob Sheep back to the land of Israel from a farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Initially, the petition was not granted.[16] However, after the intervention of diplomats of the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa[17] the Jacob Sheep might return in mid 2016 to Israel on a specially modified aircraft.[18]
The organization that is petitioning the Israeli Government, Friends of the Jacob Sheep, hopes to establish a Heritage Park in Israel's North for the breed's future conservation[19] and aims to make it the "national animal" of the Jewish people due to its prominence in the Old Testament.[20]
In June 2016 the Israeli National Airline, El Al, agreed to fly the sheep from a major North American centre and become a sponsor of the project by heavily subsidizing the transport costs.[21]
Tay-Sachs disease model
Tay-Sachs disease is one of several related genetic disorders in humans ....Tay-Sachs disease is characterized by progressive deterioration of mental and physical abilities, usually resulting in death by the age of four years.[29]
Recent research has revealed that this entity exists in some flocks of Jacob sheep.
[In humans, Tay-Sachs is considered a typically "Jewish" affliction - editor.]
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2. Jeremy Kalmbacher : Joseph even dominates the Olympics
Hi Yair,
The Olympics just ended. Manasseh (USA) - 121 medals. Ephraim (Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, & New Zealand) - 138 medals. Tribe of Joseph combined - 259 medals. Joseph even dominates the Olympics. Next closest is China with 70 medals.
You probably have already anticipated this!
Have a good week,
Jeremy
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3. Penelope Anne Owen: Natural Disasters Hit US After US Turns Back On Israel
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/natural-disasters-hit-us-after-us-turns-back-on-israel/
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4. Biblical Proofs. Ends of the Earth
http://britam.org/Proof/geo/geoEnds.html
Adapted and Extracted:
The Land of Israel - Center of the World
Ezekiel refers to the Land of Israel as being at the center of the world. The King James renders the Hebrew "Tabor Ha-Aretz" as "IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND" (38:12) which is a valid rendering though somehat limited. Ezekiel was in fact referring to those dwelling in the Land of Israel at the CENTER OF THE EARTH and the expression may be so understood as referring to the Geographic Central position of the Land of Israel from the Biblical viewpoint.
Ends of the Earth and Joseph
Moses prophesied concerning Joseph:
(Deuteronomy 33: 13-17)
"And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land (for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that croucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits...And for the chief things of the ancient mountains of the everlasting hills...of the earth and fullness thereof...the good will of HIM that dwelt in the bush.. His glory is like the firstling of his BULL, and his horns, are like the horn of a Unicorn with them he shall push the people together unto the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Menasseh"
In this (and other) blessings Joseph was promised agricultural bounty, mineral resources, favorable climate; He was associated with a people being pushed together unto the ends of the earth.
"Ends of the EARTH" when considered from the Land of Israel means: The continents of America and Australia, and the geographical extremities of South Africa and Northwest Europe.
Ends of the Earth and Britain
The very name of England (Angleterre in French) can be understood as meaning "Corner of the Land", i.e. Angle-Land, or "End of the Earth". The prophet Isaiah appears several times to have located the Lost Tribes of Israel in the "Ends of the Earth" e.g. England, in the French language is called 'Angleterre', or literally end of the earth. We have shown how 'end of the earth' and 'ends of the earth' were one of the descriptions applied to the location of the Lost Ten Tribes in the End Times - according to the Prophets.
Ends of the Earth and the Lost Ten Tribes
The word used for 'end' or 'ends' in Hebrew, in connection with ends of the earth and Israel, is usually "Katseh", or in plural "Kastvot". This word, when connected with the word for "Earth" (Aretz), can be associated everywhere it appears in the Bible with the Tribes of Israel.
In Isaiah 49:6 the Tribes of Jacob are expressly linked with the ends of the earth.
[Isaiah 49:6]
"AND HE SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY
SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL: I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE FOR A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THAT THOU MAYEST BE MY SALVATION UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH."
The poem below, apart from its entertainment value, sums up the argument:
Poem: Ends of the Earth
Scripture tells us clearly
The Ends of the Earth
Where the Tribes are really.
For all its Biblical worth.
Jerusalem is the center
North America an Atlantic Berth
Guarding all ways to enter
Sea Lanes and Landward Edges.
The British Isles and the rest
Border of Europe hedges.
Climes and locales of the very best
You may put it to the test.
France, Holland, and Scania-Thule
Describe a line around the rim
Merry England of John Bull
Over Gentiles did they rule.
Continental borders they trim.
Located on the very brim.
Britain, Scotland, the unicorn
To all peoples a shining light
Breaking forth in early dawn
Against tyranny to fight.
Ireland lies out in the sea
Ulster on the northern hinge.
At the very global fringe
Playing out their destiny.
South African Anglos and Boers
Located on the Southern End
They dwell on distant shores
Where Africa and sea blend.
Australia and New Zealand
At the south and eastern angles
They are the Antipode band
In the Ocean where land dangles.
Only those from Brit-Am Places
Who meet all signs noted
Still retain ancestral Traces
Of Bible Patriarchs quoted.
There are other places
Sundry lands and races
Far out in the Ocean blue
At the furthest points
Ends of the Earth too
Sea and land make joints.
But these different folk
Like something of a joke
Lack the Ancestral Yoke.
They do not fit the criteria
Of Hebrews from Assyria.
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