2 October 2024, 29 Elul 5789.
Contents:
1. Brit-Am and a "Commonwealth of Nations."
2. New Video.
Lost Ten Tribes Return to Lebanon!
3. Psalms - Tehilim (TCT Tanakh - Chabad) 61.
4. Yair Daviidy Answer to Query:
Why do Palestinians blame all the stuff happening in Israel on the Jews when in fact the Ottomans and British started to occupy Palestine?
5. New Book Gone to Press. Soon (we hope) to be available.
"Hebrew Questions. Need to Know Series-1."
by Yair Davidiy.
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1. Brit-Am and a "Commonwealth of Nations."
Query from Rabbi Avraham Feld
Hey there,got a question.What best say that the term common wealth of nations could be used for the tribes etc.
What word best express that notion...
Brit-Am Reply:
The term "commonwealth" is derived from late Middle English from common & wealth.
It was probably originally "commonweal" meaning "common welfare, common health," the welfare of the public.
In political science of the past "commonwealth" came to connote "covenant" or mutual agreement of society. This is the same as the Hebrew word "brit."
Also we have the Hebrew expression "Brit-Am" where "brit" means "covenant" and "am" means "people" in the singular BUT can also connote a generic "PEOPLES" (or "nations") in the plural.
We therefore get the possibility of it meaning "Commonwealth of Nations."
See:
Name, Signs, and Overview.
Brit-Am Understandings
https://hebrewnations.com/about-us/overview.html
The expression "Brit-Am" appears in the Hebrew Bible twice.
Isaiah (NKJV) 42:
6 I, THE LORD, HAVE CALLED YOU IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WILL HOLD YOUR HAND; I WILL KEEP YOU AND GIVE YOU AS A COVENANT TO THE PEOPLE (Hebrew: "BRIT-AM"), AS A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES.
Isaiah (NKJV) 49:
8 THUS SAYS THE LORD: IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU; I WILL PRESERVE YOU AND GIVE YOU AS A COVENANT TO THE PEOPLE (Hebrew: "BRIT-AM"), TO RESTORE THE EARTH, TO CAUSE THEM TO INHERIT THE DESOLATE HERITAGES.
"Brit-Am" is therefore the equivalent term for "Commonwealth of Nations."
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2. New Video.
Lost Ten Tribes Return to Lebanon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBuMuPcQ5no
Duration: 11.28 minutes.
The Lost Ten Tribes are now among Western Nations especially those of the English-speaking world. They are destined to return to re-unite with Judah.
Before that happens there is an intermediate stage where they sojourn in Lebanon and Syria.
Is this taking place now?
Should we help it along?
See:
Tribal Resettlement. Coming Home to Lebanon.
https://hebrewnations.com/hebrewn/resettlement.html
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3. Psalms - Tehilim (TCT Tanakh - Chabad) 61.
1 FOR THE CONDUCTOR, ON NEGINATH, OF DAVID.
NEGINATH - instrumental.
2 HEARKEN, O GOD, TO MY REQUEST, LISTEN TO MY PRAYER.
3 FROM THE END OF THE EARTH I CALL OUT TO YOU WHEN MY HEART BECOMES FAINT; ON THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I, YOU LEAD ME.
4 FOR YOU WERE A SHELTER FOR ME, A TOWER OF STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY.
5 I SHALL DWELL IN YOUR TENT TO ETERNITY; I WILL TAKE SHELTER IN THE COVERT OF YOUR WINGS FOREVER.
6 FOR YOU, GOD, HAVE HEARKENED TO MY VOWS; YOU HAVE GIVEN THE HERITAGE OF THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME.
7 ADD DAYS TO THE DAYS OF THE KING, HIS YEARS AS EVERY GENERATION.
8 MAY HE DWELL FOREVER BEFORE GOD; KINDNESS AND TRUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GUARD HIM.
9 SO WILL I SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME FOREVER, WHEN I PAY MY VOWS EVERY DAY.
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4. Yair Daviidy Answer to Query:
Why do Palestinians blame all the stuff happening in Israel on the Jews when in fact the Ottomans and British started to occupy Palestine?
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Palestinians-blame-all-the-stuff-happening-in-Israel-on-the-Jews-when-in-fact-the-Ottomans-and-British-started-to-occupy-Palestine/answer/Yair-Davidiy
This relates beck to a similar question:
Why is it Israel vs Palestine when the British are the ones who started this mess in the first place?
The British and Ottomans did not start the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! They picked it up from where it had been left off! The British initiated a solution. The Bible tells us how all the Land was promised to the forefathers of the Jewish people. At first there were 12 Tribes of Israel. Ten of these Tribes were conquered by Assyria, exiled, and lost in so far as they were not longer recognized by themselves nor by others. Meanwhile the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained along with many from Levi and minority elements of the other Tribes. These are known collectively as "Judah" i.e. "Yahudim" - the Jews. They in their turn were exiled to Babylon by the Babylonians.
The Persians conquered Babylon. Cyrus king of Persia allowed the Jews to return and rebuild their Kingdom (Ezra-1: 1-2, cf. Isaiah 45:1).
They did so with some success.
The Romans later conquered the Jews in Judaea and eventually expelled them. After this, the Jews made intermittent attempts to re-settle the Land and they never ever renounced it. In the same way as they did abandon their God neither did they abjure their Land.
WERE MY BOSOM AS FALSE AS THOU DEEM'ST IT TO BE,
I NEED NOT HAVE WANDER'D FROM FAR GALILEE;
IT WAS BUT ABJURING MY CREED TO EFFACE
THE CURSE WHICH, THOU SAY'ST, IS THE CRIME OF MY RACE.
IF THE BAD NEVER TRIUMPH, THEN GOD IS WITH THEE!
IF THE SLAVE ONLY SIN, THOU ART SPOTLESS AND FREE!
IF THE EXILE ON EARTH IS AN OUTCAST ON HIGH,
LIVE ON IN THY FAITH, BUT IN MINE I WILL DIE.
I HAVE LOST FOR THAT FAITH MORE THAN THOU CANST BESTOW,
AS THE GOD WHO PERMITS THEE TO PROSPER DOTH KNOW;
IN HIS HAND IS MY HEART AND MY HOPE -- AND IN THINE
THE LAND AND THE LIFE WHICH FOR HIM I RESIGN.
Lord Byron, ca. 1812, 1820.
Meanwhile the Christians in England began to actually read the Bible and take it seriously.
They understood that the God of Scripture would like them to help the Jews return to their Land.
They came up with the movement of Restorationism. In the beginning it had the support of only a few enthusiasts but they were important and vigorous and they kept at it. Later, Jews were being persecuted in Russia and elsewhere and here too the English did not like it. Some of them wanted to do something about it and the Restorationists along with the Zionists had a solution.
Palestine and its neighbors was then ruled by the Turks, the British were already in Egypt and Cyprus. The Turkish Empire had for some time been considered an almost defunct enterprise ripe for dissolution. It then entered WW1 on the wrong side. With victory in sight Britain and France decided to divide the soon-to-be-available Turkish portions of the Middle East up between them into areas of interest. France agreed that Britain should have Palestine but there were problems. Others also had wanted a piece of the pie.
The Balfour Declaration solved the problem. It virtually gave Palestine to the Jews under British Aegis. This had the backing of the USA, France, Italy, Japan, and others. It also helped clear the way for Britain to take over. The Arabs objected but they benefited a lot and may have continued to do so if they had have so wished.
Meanwhile in Europe the Prussian and Russian Secret Services between them had manufactured the forgery known as 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion.' In the early 1900s many in Europe believed in this sinister hateful hoax, i.e. that the Jews were trying to take over the world. (In Arab Countries and places of similar mentality the "Protocols" are still given credence. ) The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 at the beginning for a short while was almost dominated by renegade Jews. In the eyes of anti-Semites this confirmed the basic theme of the "Protocols." For that and other reasons some of the early British administrating staff in Palestine were anti-Semitic. Others however were objectively neutral or pro-Jewish. The Jewish colonists themselves were also frequently confused as to what they really wanted. Despite this confusion the skeleton of an independent functioning polity began to emerge.
It eventually gave the world the State of Israel.
In history, the British Empire did many good and a few bad things. On the whole its overall effect was a positive one. The greatest deed they ever did was to help bring the State of Israel into being.
Despite, towards the End, their wavering and inconsistencies and half-hearted attempts to back-track they had helped bring the State of Israel into existence.
The 'Battle of Britain' in WW2 may well have given Britain its "Greatest Hour."
On the other hand, having helped create the State of Israel has bestowed upon them a claim to immortality. Many among them are aware of this.
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5. New Book Gone to Press. Soon (we hope) to be available.
"Hebrew Questions. Need to Know Series-1."
by Yair Davidiy.
This work is an anthology of Questions and Answers most of which appeared on the Quora Forum.
Most of them have been edited and re-arranged.
Veteran followers of Brit-Am will already be familiar with much of the subject matter.
Nevertheless, there is an advantage in having it presented in book-form and in an easy-to-access format.
We hope to eventually make other works of this nature available.
Contents: Queries Answered.
Q.1. The Original Bible.
How many layers and redacters have been put on the Tanakh? Is there anyway to see what was originally there?
Q.2. Adam.
Who was the first man on the Earth?
Q.3. Soul. Does the Bible Speak of an Afterlife?
What about Reincarnation?
Q.4. Center.
Is Israel the Center of the Earth?
Q.5. Rainbows. Were there Rainbows before the Great Flood?
Q.6. Giants. Did Giants Once Exist?
Q. 7. Ancestors of Races.
Who are the descendants of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth?
Q.8. Milk. Land of Milk and Honey?
Q. 9. Favoritism. Jacob and Esau.
(1) Why did God hate Esau and love Jacob? They both dishonored God. Malachi 1?
(2) Isaiah 34:5-6 says God devoted Edom for destruction. How can God love Jacob and hate Edom so much when Esau was the one wronged by a Jacob? Was Esau Really Wronged by Jacob? Or was it the opposite way round?
(3) Was the Conduct of Jacob in Deceiving Isaac his father Justified?
(4) Why did Rebecca Favor Jacob Over Esau?
Q. 10. A Broth of Red Lentils.
Was Jacob wrong to trick Esau into compromising his Birthright? Should Jacob have taken advantage of the desperate hunger of his brother to acquire the Birthright?
Q.11. Another Blessing.
How could Jacob get away with his lie, and why can't Isaac give Esau another blessing? Does it cost Isaac anything to say a few extra words for his son?
Q. 12. Deceit and Jacob.
Why did God bless Jacob in the Bible when Jacob was a liar and a deceiver?
Q. 13. Two Nations. What two nations were Jacob and Esau?
Q. 14. Zeus is Esau. Does the name of the Hebrew God YHWH share roots with the Indo-European sky God that has homophonic names like Zeus and Jove?
Q. 15. Prophets. Were there any Prophets from the descendants of Esau?
Q. 16. Rome and Sparta.
Where did the Romans originate from?
Q.17. Belief. Seeing is believing!
What Rational Explanations exist for the 10 Plagues?
How is it possible to cross the Red Sea in 4 hours?
Q. 18. Why is Homosexuality Prohibited?
Q. 19. Does the Bible Forbid Perversion?
Q.20. Ten Tribes. What are the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel?
Q. 21. Dan. What happened to the Tribe of Dan?
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Jacob (aka Israel) Kept the Law of Tithing: Jacob linked his tithing to a Return to the House of his Father. We can do the same.
Genesis (NIV) 28:
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.
19 HE CALLED THAT PLACE BETHEL, THOUGH THE CITY USED TO BE CALLED LUZ.
20 THEN JACOB MADE A VOW, SAYING, IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME AND WILL WATCH OVER ME ON THIS JOURNEY I AM TAKING AND WILL GIVE ME FOOD TO EAT AND CLOTHES TO WEAR
21 SO THAT I RETURN SAFELY TO MY FATHERS HOUSEHOLD, THEN THE LORD WILL BE MY GOD
22 AND THIS STONE THAT I HAVE SET UP AS A PILLAR WILL BE GODS HOUSE, AND OF ALL THAT YOU GIVE ME I WILL GIVE YOU A TENTH.
MALACHI 3:
10 BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE,
THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE,
AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS,
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS,
'IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
AND POUR OUT FOR YOU SUCH BLESSING
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.
Proverbs 3:
9 HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH
AND WITH THE FIRST OF ALL YOUR PRODUCE,
10 SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH ABUNDANCE,
AND YOUR VATS WILL BURST OPEN WITH NEW WINE.
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