Research Sources from Brit-Am Now nos. 676-700
Contents:
1. Families in Germany were keeping Together
2. Troubles with Iran Predicted by Midrash?
3. The Angels Michael and Gabriel Alone on the Side of Israel?
4. Are Israelites Only a Minority in the USA?
5. Is the Temple Music Reflected in Irish and US Country and Western Tunes
6. Steven Collins: Finland as a Buffer Zone reflects Issachar Characteristics
7. Pro-Jewish Adherents of British Israel Do Exist!
8. Discussions Concerning NZ, the Kiwi, and Biblical Quail
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1. Families in Germany were keeping Together
"Brit-Am Now"-679
2. Family History from Germany Illustrates Brit-Am Point
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-676
item #2. Question on the Effects of Intermarriage and Ancestry
Hi Yair,
  It's interesting about families living in small villages and intermarrying with a few families. One branch of my maternal family came over here from Germany (Bavaria). My relative was the first to come in 1865 and most of the rest of the village came over by 1929 when a huge group of about 40 people came together. My family intermarried repeatedly with one or the other of the three families (Klein, Swartzkkofpt, and Sautter) even for about 50 years after they got to America, going back and forth between 3 cities to find mates with the family branches there. I had always thought Klein was a Jewish name and I know lots of Swartzes are Jews. But when I've tried to find out about religious persuasion it always comes up Catholic, although they were Lutheran when they got to America.
 G
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2. Troubles with Iran Predicted by Midrash?
"Brit-Am Now"-680
4. Chaim Hayman: Interesting Midrash about Persia and the Last Days
Yalkut Shimeoni (Isaiah):
<< Rabbi Yitschak said: In the year when the Kingly Messiah appears all the rulers of the world will be struggling with each other. The King of Persia [Iran?] will be fighting the King of Arabia and the King of Arabia will go to Aram to receive advice from them. Consequently the king of Persia will destroy the world and all the nations of the world will be in an upheaval and be panicking and falling on their faces and they will seized with pains as in the throes of childbirth. Israel also be in upheaval and panicking and asking,
Where shall we go and to whom do we turn?
Where shall we go and to whom do we turn?
God will say unto them:
My children Do not be afraid. You have nothing to fear. All that I did I only did for your sake.
Why are you afraid?
You have nothing to fear.
The Time of Your Redemption has arrived. The Final Redemption is not like the First Redemption.
The First Redemption was accompanied by sorry and subjection and followed by foreign rulership but the Final Redemption will not be accompanied by sorry and subjection and not be followed by foreign rulership.>>
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3. The Angels Michael and Gabriel Alone on the Side of Israel?
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2. EVEN THE ANGLES OPPOSE ISRAEL!
A new chapter (ch.10) has been added to
the Brit-Am Commentary to Daniel:
http://britam.org/DanielContents.html
Chapter Ten: Michael: Guardian-Angel of Israel
Even Most of the Angels Are Against Us!
Extract:
[Daniel 10:21] BUT I WILL SHEW THEE THAT WHICH IS NOTED IN THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH: AND THERE IS NONE THAT HOLDETH WITH ME IN THESE THINGS, BUT MICHAEL YOUR PRINCE.
The Commentary "Daat Mikra":
<< BUT MICHAEL YOUR PRINCE. Here it mentions that Michael, "ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES" (Daniel 10:13), is Your Prince, the Prince [Ruler, Protector] of Israel. "MICHAEL THE GREAT PRINCE WHICH STANDETH FOR THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE" (Daniel 12:1). Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel wrote: "This tells us that all the Supreme Princes aligned with the Heavenly Constellations were against Israel. Gabriel however was an advocate for them and Michael his motivator strengthened him". The existence of Gabriel is an extension of Michael. Michael is higher up than Gabriel who executes his will.>>
Israel is alone even in heaven. If you are an Israelite you are part of a lonely people.
LO, THE PEOPLE SHALL DWELL ALONE, AND SHALL NOT BE RECKONED AMONG THE NATIONS [Numbers 23:9].
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4. Are Israelites Only a Minority in the USA?
"Brit-Am Now"-683
2. "The USÂ a Israelitish nation: wishful thinking"?
From: Al Ramsay
Subject: Re: Jerusalem News-427
Yair, here is the official US census of the major racial groups that currently form the population base of the USA.
A rough count shows 28 % of the population are of the tribes of Israel, unless you include the German immigrants too.
I think that it is wishful thinking to imply that the US is a Israelitish nation. Sure there are huge pockets of Israelites but 28% is far from a majority.
I am reminded what G-d said to Moses before the Children of Israel marched across the Jordan and into the promised land. Moses was told that through time the people would rebel against God and He would send them into captivity and would serve other races. It looks like the same situation is again happening in Europe, with 58 million Moslems as well as the US where they are becoming overrun by other cultures. Are we looking at the prophetic 'time of Jacob's trouble'?
- Al
Answer: We do identify most of those of German descent in the USA
as descended from Israel and regard them as a different origins from the
Germans of Germany as we have explained frequently and justified in detail
in our book "Joseph. The Israelite Destiny of America". The same principle applies to
many of the peoples in the USA.
See also:
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesGermany.html
Q1. Brit-Am does not include Germany amongst the 'Israelite" nations. What is your explanation for the fact that a great many citizens of the USA descend from German immigrants?
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5. Is the Temple Music Reflected in Irish and US Country and Western Tunes?
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1. Israelite Temple Music, Irish and Appalachian Music
Ashira Morgenstern is a Musician, a Composer, and a Teacher of
Music in Jerusalem.
Ashira for quite a long while has been conducting intensive
research into the Music that was used in the Temple.
This research is still in progress.
Music was an important part of the Temple Service.
There were choirs of Levites in the Temple and
instrumented orchestras.
The Psalms of David were composed to be set to Music
and David himself invented musical instruments.
[Amos 6:5] THAT CHANT TO THE SOUND OF THE VIOL,
AND INVENT TO THEMSELVES INSTRUMENTS OF MUSICK,
LIKE DAVID;
Ashira believes that the Music used in the Temple gave rise
to the traditional melodies of Ireland and that Spanish music also
shows the same influence. She says that Appalachian Music
(from which evolved much of Country and Western) in the USA
is closely related.
This is not my field but I spoke to Ashira and my impression was
that the research is serious and the results could be
significant.
2. The Bagpipes in Scripture
There is an opinion that musical instrument termed
"NABAL" (pronounced "naval" and translated as "psalter" in the KJ)
was a form of bagpipe.
See the Brit-Am Commentary to 1-Samuel 10:5
http://britam.org/samuel-10.html
Ashira Morgenstern points out that the bagpipes are also recalled
elsewhere in Scripture and we have used her references to add the
following to our Commentary on Daniel 3:5:
<< PSALTERY>>: "Simponia" in Aramaic. PSALTERY in the King James is the usual translation for the Hebrew word "nabal" which we have interpreted to mean "bagpipes" (1-Samuel 10:5).
So too, the meaning is here also to bagpipes.
Saadia Gaon (882942 CE) says, "Sumponia. This is what the shepherds play [tunes] on. It is like a blown up animal skin [nod], for example the "bait sumponia" [animal lung] mentioned in the Mishna, Hulin 3;1. "
Saadia is referring to a type of bagpipe as confirmed by the Rabbinical Commentary, "Shilti Giborim" p.41, who includes an illustration of a primitive type of bagpipe.
 [This source was pointed out to us by Ashira Morgenstern who is a Musician, a Composer, and a Teacher of Music in Jerusalem.]
So too, the very early Medieval Rabbinical Reference book "Aruch" says that the word "Simponia" means "a musical instrument, a kind of bagpipe".
This is also the opinion of "modern" commentators as mentioned by Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes
<<although the Aramaic word sumponyah ( ), appearing in Daniel 3:5, 10, and 15, has been translated "dulcimer" (a stringed instrument) and "symphony", modern Bible translations generally render the expression as "bagpipe." Koehler and Baumgartners Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros gives the meaning "bagpipe" (Leiden 1958, p. 1103).>>
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2. Ashira Morgenstern: Modality not Melody
R' Yair - Shalom,
An important correction in what you posted recently about music.
There is no possible way -- at present -- to discern melodies from the Beis HaMikdash.
If you replace the word "melody" with "modality" in what you wrote -- we'll be closer to the truth.
I believe mentioned the distinction to you, but I apologize for not explaining the concept more fully.
All the best,
Chag Kasher v'Samayach,
A.M.
Brit-Am Comment: Ashira explained that in layman's terms "modality" means type of music whereas
"melody" means a specific tune.
We said:
<< the Music used in the Temple gave rise
to the traditional melodies of Ireland and that Spanish music also
shows the same influence. >>
This should preferably be replaced by:
<< the Music used in the Temple would seem to have had
a similar modality to that later known from
the music of Ireland. Spanish music also
shows the same influence. >>
Since the research on Temple Music is still in progress and some tentative conclusions have yet to be confirmed
Ashira would prefer NOT to correspond on the issue at this stage.
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6. Steven Collins: Finland as a Buffer Zone reflects Issachar Characteristics
"Brit-Am Now"-692
4. Steven Collins: More on Issachar and Finland
From: Steve Collins <scollins@ll.net>
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-691
Shalom Yair,
I would like to make a short comment on the Israelite ancestry of the Finnish people. I agree with Yair's linkage of the Finns with the tribe of Issachar. One additional point further strengthens the link between Issachar and Finland.
Genesis 49:14-15 prophesies that Issachar, in the latter days, would be a nation which was "couched down between two burdens," and in a position of being under "tribute" to more powerful nations. The Finns fulfill this prophecy very well. They have been between "two burdens" (two stronger nations) for centuries. They have been in a buffer zone first between Sweden and Russia, then between Germany and Russia and, during the Cold War, between the Eastern Bloc and NATO. The situation of being caught between two more powerful nations or alliances is so closely linked to Finland in the modern world that being caught in a buffer zone between two greater powers is often called "Finlandization."Â Genesis 49 is a key prophecy as it gives specific traits or characteristics of each tribe's situation or condition in the latter days of this age. God has surely guided historical migrations and developments so each tribe now fulfills the prophesied situation for each tribe.
These aspects of Finnish history are examined in considerable detail in my most recent book, Israel's Tribes Today.
Steve Collins
Brit-Am Note: The Israelite and Tribe of Issachar (along with elements from Gad and Simeon)
identity of Finland is also discussed in some detail in our work "The Tribes"
which includes original and exclusive information of value and great relevance to this subject.
 http://britam.org/the-Tribes.html
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7. Pro-Jewish Adherents of British Israel Do Exist!
"Brit-Am Now"-696
4. British Israel Actually Pro-Jewish?
Letter Received by John Hulley
From: DAVID SCOTT HILL
To: jonhully@netvision.net.il
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:22 AM
Subject: Hello John
Hello John....looking forward to your book being published. I definitely want a copy when the press is done.
I found your website thru Yair Davidiy weekly email announcements. Looking over your website, I noticed that you label British Israel as a false doctrine that replaces the Jews. I am a British-Israelite and do not support that view at all, nor anyone else I know. Maybe the so called "Christian Identity" doictrine does this which is pure heresy in my oponion....but not the British Israel I know, nor any of the pastors I listen to do this.
I believe my dear brother, that the Jews are a part of Israel consisting of 2 of 12 tribes. They are our brothers that must come together and be joined into one stick, one kingdom, ....
Anyway I just wanted to say my peace on this and let you know that the majority of British-Israelites do not believe this and we are supportive of our brothers, the Jews.
God bless you and your efforts, David Hill.
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8. Discussions Concerning NZ, the Kiwi, and Biblical Quail
"Brit-Am Now"-699
http://www.britam.org/now/699Now.html
1. Wayne Laurence: Kiwi bird incorrectly described
2. Facts about the Kiwi
(a) The bird
b. The Symbol
c. Vast Numbers Once Existed
d. Kiwi Shoe Polish
e. The Nickname "Kiwi": bird, coin, and fruit
3. (a) The Pertinence to "Quail" in the Bible
(b) New Zealand birds like the Biblical "Quail" in in Numbers 11:30-32