"Brit-Am Now" no. 3536.
13 June 2024, 7 Sivan 5784.
Contents:
1. New Article.
Did David have Red Hair?
2. New Video Clip.
Was David Red-Haired?
3. More Corrections on our part.
4. New Article. The Divine Plan.
Why did the Ten Tribes Get Lost?
5. Correction:
Midrash Bamidbar Rabah 2:7
Naphtali is mauve or pink. His stone is "Ochlamah."
Gad is grey or bluish grey. His stone is "Shebo," also pronounced as "Shevo."
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1. New Article.
Did David have Red Hair? A Study of Interest.- Illustrated.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/david/redhair.html
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2. New Video Clip.
Was David Red-Haired?
https://studio.youtube.com/video/YufXvQbSAGM/edit
Duration: 18.40 minutes.
CC sub-titles edited.
The Bible tells us that both Esau and David had red-hair! David was to begat the future Messiah.
Just as David looked somewhat like Esau so were there similarities of personality.
David however manages to channel these qualities in a positive direction.
David is shown to have had red-hair through linguistic analysis of the Biblical text supplemented
by archaeological and cultural findings and a consensus among the Jews of today.
See:
Did David have Red Hair? A Study of Interest.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/david/redhair.html
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3. More Corrections on our part:
In
BHR-156.
https://hebrewnations.com/features/bhr/bhr156.html
#2. Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes were all one?
we misquoted a source and gave the wrong impression. We have since corrected this.
Previously we quoted:
According to the Babylonian Talmud:
'Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes were all one. He was called Cyrus because he was a worthy king; Artaxerxes after his realm; while Darius was his own name' (Rosh HaShana 3b).
This is also the opinion of Steve Phillips.
Steve commented:
You have taken the quotation from my paper A Radical Review of the
Chaldean and Achaemenid Periods.
https://www.academia.edu/38733098/A_Radical_Review_of_the_Chaldean_and_Achaemenid_Periods
# It should also be clarified that the Cyrus in question was Cyrus the Younger #
# NOT Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Younger was an alternative name for the king dubbed Darius III. #
Steve Phillips has other articles including some we agree with and some we do not.
For instance:
in an article on the Temple Mount
https://www.ancienthistoryreconsidered.com/news/Was-the-Temple-Mount-Built-by-Romans.php
Stephen Phillips says (along with others) that the site now known as the Temple Mount IS that on which the Temple actually stood.
We agree with this. Previously we had misunderstood his poistion on tihs issue. This has since been corrected.
So too, on a different matter,
some people received four copies (instead of one) of our recent e-mail
"Brit-Am Now" no. 3535.
The four copies were due to a mistake on our part due to not understanding properly how the Server works.
The event will hopefully not be repeated.
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4. New Article. The Divine Plan.
Why did the Ten Tribes Get Lost?
Contents:
1. What was Supposed to Happen? Plan 1. Similar to the Coming Messianic Era.
2. What did Take Place?
3. The Role of Esau.
Who Was Esau? What Was the Role of Esau in this Whole Scenario?
4. What was the Back-Up Arrangement? Plan 2?
5. The End Game. Plan 3?
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5. Correction:
Midrash Bamidbar Rabah 2:7
In short: The Bible lists the 12 stones in the Breastplate of the High Priest. Each stone represents a tribe
but which stone goes to which tribe is not given. Two main opinions are those of the Midrash Bamidbar Rabar and Rebieni Bahya.
They differ from each other only concerning the Tribes of Gad and Naphtali where they switch the stones one from another.
We have only now clarified this for ourselves and that is why we were confused before then.
Naphtali is mauve or pink. His stone is "Ochlamah."
Gad is gray or bluish grey. His stone is "Shebo," also pronounced as "Shevo."
This is how we had it in most places beforehand.
Later We thought we had been mistaken
and posted a notice to that effect that has now been removed.
"Brit-Am Now" no. 3535.
https://hebrewnations.com/features/now23/3535.html
We were not the only ones to be confused.
How did the confusion arise?
I was leafing through an illustrated Hebrew-language Bible in the Synagogue this afternoon
and came across the same possible misunderstanding. The stones had been reversed!
The confusion is repeated in an online article.
Tribal Gemstones
Life Lessons from the Heart of Rebbetzin2 comments
https://www.berotbatayin.org/tribal-gemstones/
# 8. Naftali's Driving Stone
Naftali's stone was a Turquoise (Agate) /shavo. This stone helps a person remain seated when riding (driving) and helps him succeed in driving all of his life. Since it connects him to his chariot, it was given to Naftali whose name means connection (Bereishit 30:8). A balancing stone, it is particularly suited for those who use logic more than intuition. It strengthens motoric abilities and aligns the body with the brain. It provides the sensation of courage and strength.
# 9. Gad's Courage Stone
Gad's stone was an Amethyst /achlama.
Apart from a few other difference from the Midrash. This article is otherwise quite good.
Where did this possible misunderstanding come from?
Rebainu Bachya (Bahya) is responsible.
https://www.evenruby.com/articles/the-hoshen-gems-in-jewish-sources/
He makes the same Precious Stone-Tribal Equations as the Midrash Rabah except concerning Naphtali and Gad where he reverses them.
Bahya ben Asher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahya_ben_Asher
Bahya ben Asher ibn Halawa (1255-1340) was a rabbi and scholar of Judaism, best known as a commentator on the Hebrew Bible. He is one of two scholars now referred to as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda.
It may be that Rabbi (otherwise referred to as "Rabeinu" i.e. "Our Rabbi") had a different version of the Midrash than we have?
There were therefore differences of opinion that we were not aware of and that is what confused us. Or he has made his own emendation?
Exodus (LTS) 28:
15 And you have made a breastplate of judgment, the work of a designer; you make it according to the work of the ephod; you make it of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; 16 it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth. 17 And you have set settings of stone in it, four rows of stone: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row; 18 and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond; 19 and the third row [is] opal, agate, and amethyst; 20 and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper; they are embroidered with gold in their settings, 21 and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, [as] engravings of a signet, each with his name; they are for the twelve tribes.
Exodus (CJB) 28:
17 And you shall fill into it stone fillings, four rows of stones. One row: odem, pitdah, and bareketh; thus shall the one row be.
18 The second row: nofech, sappir, and yahalom.
19 The third row: leshem, shevo, and achlamah.
20 And the fourth row: tarshish, shoham, and yashpheh; they shall be set in gold in their fillings.
21 And the stones shall be for the names of the sons of Israel twelve, corresponding to their names; [similar to] the engravings of a seal, every one according to his name shall they be, for the twelve tribes.
Our problem concerns the third row (Exodus 28:19).
The Midrash has leshem (Dan) before shevo (Gad) and shevo before achlamah (Naphtali).
This is not according to their birth since (Rashi) Naphtali was born before Gad.
Rabeinu Bahya understood that the stones to be listed according to birth and that may be why he switched the stones for Naphtali and Gad around.
We are now sticking with the version given in Midrash Bamidbar Rabah.
We have three video clips based on this understanding:
Pink Doe. Naphtali? (1/1)(1/2)
(1/3).
See:
Are you Naphtali?
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/tribes/naphtali.html
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18 EARLY THE NEXT MORNING JACOB TOOK THE STONE HE HAD PLACED UNDER HIS HEAD AND SET IT UP AS A PILLAR AND POURED OIL ON TOP OF IT.
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