Are you From the Tribe of Naphtali? Traits to Test whether you belong to an Israelite Family Group.
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Queries Given followed by answers and some explanation of the sources.
Physical Attributes.
Are you a fast runner? Do you have alacrity? Are you a good wrestler? Judo? Martial arts? Dancing. Do you have musical ability? like gymnastics? dancing?
Talents.
Are you artistic? Do you have musical ability?
Sexual Personality Points.
If you are a male, Are you open to your feminine side yet retain your masculinity? If you are female do you have a tom boy side? In your marital union do you tend to involve your partner as much as possible? Or do you take the opposite attitude and compartmentalize your life? Are you faithful?
Do the colors of pink, mauve, light purple appeal to you?
Character.
Do you prefer compromise to confrontation? Do you flatter potential adversaries and overseers to avoid unpleasantness?
Are you good at taking the ideas and initiatives of others and using them well rather than beginning matters on your own?
Does the blowing of the shofar attract you?
Are you aesthetic and appreciative of beauty to a greater than average degree?
Would you like to join the Navy? If there was a war and you had to join one of the services would you prefer the Navy?
Characteristics.
Do you usually avoid the lime-light? Are you eloquent in your speech and penetrating in thought?
Do you tend to sometimes take good fortune for granted? When someone does you a favor do you have to remind yourself to thank them? Could others consider you an ingrate?
Social
Are you a good team-worker rather than a leader?
Are you sometimes placed last in line, at an above average rate, when things are being given out but do not really mind?
Are you basically happy? Progressive?
Together with this, is their a certain negativity in your family?
Are you liberal, anti-colonialist, third-world sympathetic in your politics?
Even if you support the State of Israel are you sympathetic towards they who demonstrate against her? Do you at least understand them? Could you see yourself participating with them?
Are you a peace-maker? A unifier?
Likes , Dislikes.
Do you like Fishing? Do you think the Sea of Galilee would appeal to you? Are you attracted to Lakes?
Family
Do you have family relations from Scandinavia, especially Norway and Iceland? East Ireland e.g. Dublin? the northeast of England? the north of Scotland? Central Russia? Hungary? the east, e.g. India?
If you are an African-American or West Indian do you feel an inexplicable attraction to Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations teachings even though they do not really seem to concern you?
Good Points.
Do you see yourself trying to present mundane events in a Biblical perspective? If you believed in the Bible would you try to spread its message?
Would you like to play a major role in the Redemption of Israel and the world?
Physical Attributes.
Are you a fast runner? Do you have alacrity? Are you a good wrestler? Judo? Martial arts? Dancing. Do you have musical ability? like gymnastics? dancing?
Genesis 49:21 'Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
Naphtali was compared to a female deer (Hebrew: ayalah) which was distinguished by its quickness of movement and speed.
The very name Naphtali was given to connote struggle and wrestling:
Genesis 30:
1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or else I die!'
2 And Jacob's anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?'
3 So she said, 'Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.' 4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid as wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, 'God has judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.' Therefore she called his name Dan. 7 And Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, 'With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed.' So she called his name Naphtali.
Combine this aspect of wrestling with speed and alacrity and you already have martial arts and gymnastics. Naphtali was also to have musical ability, artistic inclinations, and sensitivity. This together with his physical attributes of fast movement gives us dancing.
Talents.
Are you artistic?
Do you have musical ability?
Genesis 49:21 'Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
beautiful words according to the commentators, in Hebrew "Imrei shefer", indicate musical ability in addition to natural eloquence. The beautiful words used by Naphtali included musical abilities. Artistic sensitivities are also implied.
Sexual Personality Points.
If you are a male, Are you open to your femine side yet retain your masculinity? If you are female do you have a tom boy side?
First of all, let us make matters clear. The Bible is against sexual deviation.
Exodus 22:
19 'Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 18:
22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:
13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
The Bible is also against transvestism.
Deuteronomy 22:
5 'A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Nowadays men dressing and acting like women etc is accepted in society, even children shows sometimes seem to promote it.
The Bible however forbids it.
Men should be men, women should be women. In practice this is not the case. We all have something of the opposite sex in us.
Personally I feel that men should be encouraged to be masculine and women feminine.
This will however change from time to time and from one social setting to another.
Without making value judgements it appears that Naphtali allowed the freer expression of unisex tendencies than other tribes did.
We identify Naphtali with groups that obtained a dominating influence in Norway. Norway is part of Scandinavia where women in general enjoy more privileges than elsewhere.
Norway is considered to possibly be the most advanced country in the world as far as womens rights are concerned.
# Since the 1980s, Norway's changing governments have always been almost 50 per cent women. #
See:
The Position of Women in Norway by Pernille Lonne Morkhagen
Norway also endeavors to export womens rights to other countries:
Norway to promote women's rights in developing countries
Iceland is associated with Norway, and in Iceland the feminist situation is even more progressive.
The symbol of Naphtali in Hebrew was an "ayalah" (Genesis 49:21) i.e. a female deer, i.e. a doe or hind.
The doe represents alacrity and speed. Naphtali was therefore represented by a female deer. The Commentators explain that the female deer is faster than the male one. The choice of a female was therefore to stress the gift of fleetness rather than to imply anything else. Nevertheless the simile was made and the implications fit the facts
Naphtali in the Bible stands out for its role, together with Zebulon, in the war against the Northern Canaanites.
They were lead by Deborah the prophetess from Ephraim and by Barak, the son of Abinoam from Naphtali.
The account is found in the book of Judges chapters 4 and 5.
Jabin the Canaanite King centered on Hazor and his general Sisera had been oppressing the Israelites for twenty years. They cried out to the Almighty for salvation.
Deborah told Barak from Kedesh Naphtali in the territory of Naphtali to raise an army of ten thousand from Naphtali and Zebulon and fight against Canaanites. Barak insisted that Deborah accompany him in this enterprise. The Canaanites were defeated. Sisera fled and came to the ten of Jael (pronounced: Ya-ael) the wife of Heber the Kenite. Jael (Yael) gave Sisera milk and covered him with a blanket inducing him to sleep. While Sisera was sleeping Jael killed him by hammering a tent peg through his skull.
Deborah then sang a song of victory (Judges ch.5). The song emphasizes the role of women in general. Deborah and Jael are ascribed most of the credit for the victory. Deborah describes herself as a "mother in Israel". On the other hand the mother of Sisera the Canaaanite general is depicted as anticipating in vain his victorious return from the battle with plunder and one or two girl captives for each warrior as booty. The word in Hebrew translated as girls is Racham meaning literally womb i.e. cunt. The feminine aspect and the role of women in the whole affair could not be more explicit.
Do the colors of pink, mauve, light purple appeal to you?
These were the colors of Naphtali whose stone was called in Hebrew "shebo". This is believed to be an agate which also often has a pinkish hue. Pink today is considered a feminine color.
It is also interesting to consider the attributes attributed in folklore to this stone: It calms, allays fears, it mitigates anger, it strengthens the immunity system, neutralizes negative energies, etc.
This suits Naphtali who has a moderating peacemaking calming side to his being.
In your marital union do you tend to involve your partner as much as possible? Or do you take the opposite attitude and compartmentalize your life? Are you faithful?
The name of Naphtali according to the Commentaries is derived from the word root PeTiL connoting combining different things together. It may also connote intertwine and from this we have secondary meanings such as struggle and wrestle.
Character.
Do you prefer compromise to confrontation? Do you flatter potential adversaries and overseers to avoid unpleasantness?
Are you good at taking the ideas and initiatives of others and using them well rather than beginning matters on your own?
Does the blowing of the shofar attract you?
Are you aesthetic and appreciative of beauty to a greater than average degree?
Would you like to join the Navy? If there was a war and you had to join one of the services would you prefer the Navy?
The name of Naphtali according to the Commentaries is derived from the word root PTL connoting combining different things together.
The task of Naphtali is to help unify and join the Tribes of Israel together.
A Midrash (quoted in the Commentary "Tsror Ha-Mor"): Leaders of Naphtali would send gifts of fruit to the rulers and through flattery and placation mollify the bad reports that had been received concerning themselves.
Naphtali (as explained by the Abarbanel) is a faithful emissary. From Naphtali emerged those who were eloquent in expression. Naphtali had qualities making him worthy to serve monarchs but not necessarily to become a king himself.
A characteristic of Naphtali was his sociability.
Deuteronomy 33:
23 And of Naphtali he said:
'O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the LORD,
Possess the west and the south.'
Abarbanel: Naphtali is sociable, He is "satisfied with favor" good with company and pleasing to all.
Genesis 49:21 'Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
The beautiful words also connote words in plenty (shefer- shefa) and hyperbole, shefer (cf. super) i.e. flattery and exagerration.
S. R. Hirsch considers Naphtali to be more of an agent for others rather than an original source of inspiration in his own right.
What others have decided for the good of the generality Naphtali adopts for himself and endeavors to put it into practice as if it was his own.
Naphtali has the good of the community in general at heart. He seeks to harmonize and in his own character is harmonious.
Naphtali keeps the Tribe of Dan attached to Israel.
The chief city of Naphtali was Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias in a sense was at the center of Israel. So too, Naphtali is in the middle of what is going on and his region serves as a gathering place for all Israel.
Genesis 49:21 'Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
The beautiful words in Hebrew are "imrei shefer" where the word shefer (translated as beautiful) hints at shofar.
Isaiah 27:
13 So it shall be in that day:
The great trumpet [Hebrew: SHOFAR] will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt,
And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
who are about to perish in the land of Assyria in Hebrew is Ha-OVDIM in the Land of Assyria i.e. those who were lost in Assyria. This means the Ten Tribes.
Naphatli will be instrumental in the Ultimate Redemption.
imrei shefer also indicates aesthetic appreciation, artistic ability.
"shefer" can also connote improve, make better. Naphtali also has this quality. The Hebrew-Semitic word "shefer" probably gave rise to the Latin word "super".
Naphtali and Dan were full brothers. They were the sons that Jacob begat from Bilhah who was the maidservant of Rachel. Dan and Naphtali may share some traits.
The prophetess Deborah described Dan as dwelling in ships. So too, Naphtali dwelt besides the Sea of Galilee which sustained boats for fishing, and local trading and communications.
The Sea of Galilee in Ancient Times was probably much larger than it is now.
Characteristics.
Do you usually avoid the lime-light? Are you eloquent in your speech and penetrating in thought?
Do you tend to sometimes take good fortune for granted? When someone does you a favor do you have to remind yourself to thank them? Could others consider you an ingrate?
Fishel Mael points out that Naphtali is always counted last of the Tribes. This could indicate a self-effacing tendency on his part. We are what we wish to be or rather what we have reconciled ourselves to become.
Genesis 49:21 'Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
Beautiful words i.e. super words, words that inspire.
Naphtali had an ungrateful streak. The representative of Naphtali was the most culpable party amongst the spies (Fishel Mael, "Shivtei Yisroel", based on the names and different sources).
Nachbi [Nahbi] was the name of the representative of Naphtali amongst the 12 spies sent to spy out the Land of Canaan.
Numbers 13:
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
Nachbi was responsible more than any of the others for the bad report the spies brought back!
The name Nachbi is linked to the root "cHBI" i.e. hide. Nachbi hid the goodness of the Land in his report.
The representative of Asher was also to blame.
The spies of Asher and Naphtali were the least grateful for what was promised their tribes in the Land of Canaan.
Social
Are you a good team-worker rather than a leader?
Are you basically happy? Progressive?
Together with this, is their a certain negativity in your family?
Are you liberal, anti-colonialist, third-world sympathetic in your politics?
Even if you support the State of Israel are you sympathetic towards they who demonstrate against her? Do you at least understand them? Could you see yourself participating with them?
Are you a peace-maker? A unifier?
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The very name Naphtali suggests being entwined and involved with others. Abarbanel points out that Naphtali lacked the monarchical touch. He was a follower rather than a leader.
Naphtali will help bring about the reconciliation between Judah and Joseph. This indicates a gift for conciliation.
Taking some of the points we have mentioned above and combining them we see that Naphtali has a feminine side. In our time the feminine side is associated with left-wing politics and third world sympathies. Women and homos are stronger supporters of Obama because he represents their lower instincts: He will let them do what they like at his expense i.e. at that of the USA in general: No penalties, all entitlements, free immediate abortions and medical care paid by others and damn the consequences. Free sex with anyone who wants it, of either sex.
The spy of Naphtali was against the Israelites entering the Land of Israel. Naphtali has a gift for conciliation and flattery. Taking all these ingredients together i.e. third world tendencies, anti-Land of Israel inclinations, and an instinct for conciliation and what do we get?
The Oslo Accords!
The Olso Accords are named after the capital of Norway.
In Norway we find a strong contingent from Naphtali. After WW2 Norway was ruled by Socialist governments that felt an affinity for Israel especially since Israel was also ruled by socialist progressive elements. Gradually this attitude changed to become more and more pro-Palestinian. It should be mentioned however that the peace attempts of the Norwegians and some of their efforts to help the Palestinians were in their eyes also for the sake of Israel. They genuinely felt that Israel would benefit by giving into the Arabs for the sake of peace.
The Oslo Agreements were a continuation of the Madrid (Spain) Negotiations of 1991. The Oslo negotiations were conducted in secret and released in 1993.
They were:
#signed at a public ceremony in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993[2] in the presence of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and U.S. President Bill Clinton. The documents themselves were signed by Mahmoud Abbas for the PLO, foreign Minister Shimon Peres for Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher for the United States and foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev for Russia. #
Oslo I Accord
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_I_Accord
The Oslo Agreements weakened the control of Israel over sections of the West Bank. They gave the Palestinians autonomy and the right to bear arms. They brought Yasser Arafat and thousands of his underlings back from Tunisia and gave them control of the Arab populace, not necessarily with the will of that populace. As soon as the Arabs had arms they attacked Jews. Thousands were killed or injured. The Jewish right to the Land of Israel is no longer recognized in the world today partly due to the Oslo Crime.
It should be mentioned that Judah is dominated by Judah and Benjamin and Levi. Judah also includes minority elements from all the other tribes. These minority elements come especially from Simeon, Manasseh, Ephraim, Issachar, Zebulon and Asher. The Tribes of Naphtali, Dan, and Gad are relatively sparse in Judah. This could result in a momentary greater lack of empathy for Judah.
The Jews of Judah in reclaiming the Land of Israel are serving the cause of all Israelites. By weakening the Jews in Israel one betrays all the other Israelites.
The Naphtalites of Norway were repeating the sin of Nachbi their representative amongst the spies who were against Israel entering the Land.
It should also be mentioned that nowadays Norway contains a large number of immigrants and refugees from Muslim countries. These Islamic creatures harass the local Jews and persecute them.
The Norwegian authorities do little about this and even seem to sympathize with the Muslim actions. Many Jews are now leaving Norway. This also is an outcome of the Oslo Agreements. Israel is being blamed. This shows you that when one compromises over what should not be compromised then one is liable to gain nothing but loose everything. There is no compensation, only further betrayal.
Naphtali is progressive.
Deuteronomy 33:
23 And of Naphtali he said:
'O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
Abarbanel: Naphtali is sociable, He is "satisfied with favor" good with company and pleasing to all.
The beautiful words and his use of flattery are there to seek compromise and reconciliation.
The beautiful words in Hebrew "imrei shefer" can also mean "words of improvement" "shefer" means to make better, to improve". Naphtali is progressive.
Naphtali had an inner happiness and contentment along with a desire for progress.
Naphtali had an urge for inner stengthening and constant renewal.
Naphtali could be associated with horse-riding.
The well-known city of Tiberias by the shores of the Sea of Galilee is in the territory of Naphtali. Its Hebrew name is Reket.
Likes , Dislikes.
Fishing? Do you think the Sea of Galilee would appeal to you? Are you attracted to Lakes?
The territory of Naphtali was along the western shores of the Sea of Galilee. This is in effect a large fresh-water lake. It still supplies fishing and in the past was quite important in this respect.
Not everyone likes fishing. I personally would prefer to read a book or something else. An aptitude for fishing may be a quaintly of Naphtali.
Incidentally the fishing industry is important to Norway and always has been. A plentiful supply of fish has been one of the characteristics of Norwegian domestic existence.
Family
Do you have family relations from Scandinavia, especially Norway and Iceland? East Ireland e.g. Dublin? the northeast of England? the north of Scotland? Central Russia? Hungary? the east, e.g. India?
If you are an African-American or West Indian do you feel an inexplicable attraction to Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations teachings even though they do not really seem to concern you?
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We trace Naphtali to Scandinavia especially Norway but elements from Naphtali were also found elsewhere. The first Naphtalites reached Norway in the Bronze Age before ca. 500 BCE. These together with Danes were pushed out and became the Vikings. Norwegian Vikings settled on the east of Ireland, the west of England, the north of Scotland. The Normans (of France) were also associated with Norway and many place-names in Normandy have names of Norwegian origin.
Additional Naphtalites in the 500s to 700s CE entered Norway from Central Asia. They pushed the Vikings out. In Central Asia these Naphtalites were known as Naphtalite Huns. They were associated with the Khazars. Some of the Khazars went to Hungary while others stayed in Eastern Europe and southern Russia. Naphtalites may have been amongst them. [Incidentlaly, there were also Khazars in Scandinavia.] A group of peoples known as the Huna who had once been subject to the Naphtalite Huns (and are sometimes confused with them) conquered Bactria and India and intermixed with Indian warrior castes. Here too, there may have been Naphtalites amognst them.
An offshoot of the Naphtalite Huns entered Arabia and then linked up with Israelite Himyarites in Yemen. Some of them also went to Ethiopia when the Ethiopian Christians conquered Yemen and deported Jews and Himyarites to Ethiopia. They contributed to the ethnic mix of Ethiopian Jews.
[We have discussed this in our work, Ephraim, the Gentile Children of Israel].
Some of them probably moved on and mixed in with other Africans. Who knows? Everything has a reason and purpose.
The Almighty promises that none of the Seed of Israel will go to waste.
Amos 9:
7 'Are you not like the people of Ethiopia [Hebrew: Cushiim] to Me,
O children of Israel?' says the LORD.
'Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
The Philistines from Caphtor,
And the Syrians from Kir?
8 'Behold, the eyes of the LORD God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,'
Says the LORD.
9 'For surely I will command,
And will sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.
Good Points.
Do you see yourself trying to present mundane events in a Biblical perspective? If you believed in the Bible would you try to spread its message?
Would you like to play a major role in the Redemption of Israel and the world?
Naphtali
The Blessing, "Return Our Judges", parallels Naphtali:
NAPHTALI IS A HIND LET LOOSE: HE GIVETH GOODLY WORDS [Genesis 49:21].
GOODLY WORDS or "words of pleasantry" meaning pleasant sayings to clarify the judgment and to establish counsel. The word translated as pleasant in Hebrew is "Shepher". This root is related to the Latin and English word "super". In Hebrew it is also used in verbal form and pronounced as "shipar" meaning to improve. "GOODLY WORDS" (Hebrew: "Imri Shepher") connote words that improve the situation and lessen contention. This quality is connected to Royalty since the main point of Kingship is the judgment that emanates from it as it says "The king by judgment will establish the earth" (Proverbs 29).
Source:
Rabbi Nathan and the Twelve Tribes
Naphtali sanctifies the profane.
Naphtali will become an emissary to spread the Torah (Nachmanides).
The task of Naphtali is to help unify and join the Tribes of Israel together.
Different sources indicate that Naphtali will help initiate the final reconciliation between Judah and Joseph.
Selected Sources:
Naphtali. Tribal Characteristics in a Nutshell
Tribal Identifications: Naphtali
BATR no.6
Brit-Am Tribal Researches
#3. Interesting Article in Hebrew on Naphtali -Translated Extracts
Naphtulav shel Naphtali [The Inertwinings of Naphtali] by Rafi Yaacovi.
Characteristics of the Tribe of Naphtali
[Based on the work ("Shivtei Yisrael") of Rabbi Fishel Mael.]