"Brit-Am Now"-285

August 30, 2003
Contents 285(a):
1. More Questions from Rabbi YM and answers

Contents 285(b):
1. Rosenblum: Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness?
2. Hebrew book
3. Atlantis in Tarshish?
4. Reactions to "Brit-Am Now"-285: 1. More Questions from Rabbi YM and answers
5. Biblical Proof no. 17 The West.

"Brit-Am Now"-285 (a)
Contents 285(a)1. More Questions from Rabbi YM and answers
 
BS"D
 
Dear Yair,
 
Thank you for your prompt and enlightening reply.
 
1)    > We are not telling Gentiles that they are really "Jewish".
        > We are saying that many of the people to whom we address ourselves
are of
        > Israelite PHYSICAL descent.
> We are also saying that according to the prophets these prophets [people?]
have an
> historical ROLE TO PLAY and will be
> acknowledged Israelites in the future.
> If for instance you were to tell someone that their father was Jewish but
> their mother was not you would be telling
> them that physically they were descended from Jews but they are not
legally
> Jewish.
> We are telling our people something more than this but the cases are
similar.
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Having been raised with Gentiles (in my early years till the age of 32) I
doubt whether they have the ability to distinguish between the subtleties of
being Jewish in strictly religious terms and being of Israelite physical
descent.
Assuming this is true or not...what is accomplished for the good by
publicizing this opinion of inclusion and/or Israelite descent to the
Gentiles?
Again..I am but trying to understand what is happening here.
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2)            > We are telling certain people that with a reasonable degree
of certainty
                > they are probability of Israelite descent.
                > We also believe that through study, prayer, leading good
lives, and the
> results of further research the degree of intuitive
> certainty may be heightened.
> I do not think our approach can be criticized per se.
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I am not criticizing. I am trying to appreciate this.
 
Were you to be promoting presently the 7 Laws of Noach to the Gentiles as a
present chiuv on their part serving as a "stepping stone" that would be
followed ultimately thereafter by conversion  (at the time of Moshiach) for
their eventual inclusion as Jews that would make spiritual sense to myself.
 
- Are you doing that?
-  Have you pondered the consequences of millions of Gentiles believing that
they are somehow Jews and demanding or proclaiming (incorectly) inclusion
prior to Moshiach's full revelation?
 
Rabbi M Y
 
Brit-Am Replied:
 
Answers:
 
You asked:
 
<<Assuming this is true or not...what is accomplished for the good by
publicizing this opinion of inclusion and/or Israelite descent to the
Gentiles?>>
 
Answer:
 
Shalom,
 
Thank you for your letter and questions. I am taking this opportunity to answer you at length since in the process I will be enabled to enunciated certain ideas that need expression.
Your letter and the answers (without your full name) will be published in a posting to our e-mail discussion group.
 
Brit-Am  is true. The truth of Brit-Am needs to be told. People have a right to know. Also this truth and its implications needs
to be researched further and spread abroad.
The world is developing and this includes the realization of new knowledge in the scientific, religious, Biblical, and historical spheres.
 
Beyond that, we have a duty to publicize this truth. Judah has an obligation to reach out and initiate re-unification, see Jeremiah 3:18 and Yalkut Shimeoni, Song of Solomon 905.
Ezekiel (37:15-28) saw the return of the Ten Tribes as an indispensable requirement for the deliverance of Judah.
This is part of the Messianic process. A beginning needs the telling of this truth and refining it. A preliminary  to anything else entails the confirmation of this information and making it known.
The results can be negative or positive.
On the negative side: the information could be misused and twisted.
On the positive side the information could enable people to better themselves, make them more pro-Jewish and more supportive of the State of Israel.
 
You could say (as you seem to suggest) that we should not take risks, leave the task to the Messiah, and keep quiet
BUT
the process is ongoing EVEN WITHOUT US!
 
 Attacks on the Bible are increasing and this influences Jewish belief (like or not) as well as Gentile. Brit-Am helps strengthen belief in the Bible.
 
The peoples we are speaking to (in the English-speaking and West European world) are wound up with the Jewish people for better or for worse. The fate of the one concerns the fate of the other. Brit-Am serves to resolve this situation on the positive side. It can strengthen and direct those who would be on our side anyway but may wather.
Cases are also known of people who were inclined towards anti-semitism changing over for the better towards us.
 
Jews and others are looking for the Lost Ten Tribes. They are "finding" them in all kinds of the mainly wrong places. Religious as well as secular Jews are getting involved in this. If the search is on, let it be focused where the truth is.
 
In the long run, the truth cannot hurt you. It can only help.  There are some situations in life where you do not tell everything or where you are better off perhaps in not knowing certain matters. These situations however should be temporary
and strictly exceptional. If something is true it should be made known to those who are concerned and thoroughly explored if and when necessary. Our impression is that the time has come, or is drawing near, for this knowledge to be revealed. A need is felt for it. The vacuum should be filled by the truth.
 
The potential for the knowledge or realization to be misused is already in play.  Some Christians say that they are now the true Israel having replaced the Jews as the chosen. Some (a minority but well publicized) of Identity people say they are
the true Israel and the Jews are impostors. Brit-Am can rectify these false impressions.  We can provide an alternative that is genuine and welcome.
 
There is an awakening amongst those Gentiles who we believe are descended from the Lost Ten Tribes. More and more of them feel they are descended from Israel or Judah. They are adopting Jewish customs, supporting the State of Israel, and actively taking an interest in matters connected with Judah.  This phenomenon exists without any connection to us.
We have an explanation for this arousal and potentially can provide a positive ideological framework for it.
 
You asked:
<<Were you to be promoting presently the 7 Laws of Noach to the Gentiles as a
present chiuv [obligation] on their part serving as a "stepping stone" that would be
followed ultimately thereafter by conversion  (at the time of Moshiach) for
their eventual inclusion as Jews that would make spiritual sense to myself.
 
- Are you doing that?>>
 
Answer: The seven laws of Noach were expounded on in our work "Ephraim".
The Lubavitcher Rabbi was one of the main figures who encouraged the publication
of these laws. He said that in the past Jews had not publicized these laws since the Gentiles were not then open to them. In our age however, said the Rabbi, the Gentiles have changed and it is possible and desirable to spread this knowledge.
On the same principle times change, people change. Brit-Am has knowledge that the situation requires.
Experience shows that the peoples to whom we are addressing themselves do not really want to feel like "Good Gentiles".  They want to be part of Israel (as according to their ancestry many of them are) and they often would like to draw closer to the Law (usually within their present frameworks) without being obligated by it
at this stage. We provide both an explanation and a rationalization for this phenomenon. We did not cause it, we are reacting to it. We have a duty to explain it.
 
You said:
 
<<-  Have you pondered the consequences of millions of Gentiles believing that
they are somehow Jews and demanding or proclaiming (incorectly) inclusion
prior to Moshiach's full revelation?>>
 
Answer:
 
In the meantime the figures are in the hundreds, or thousands, or tens of thousands,
according to what degree of exposure one relates to.
So far only positive results have occurred at our end.
Here and there we were exposed to negative phenomena but this was due to people reaching us from elsewhere
and being unable to free themselves from what they had already acquired.
 
The Lost Ten Tribes do number millions or rather hundreds of millions. This is what the Bible says
(Genesis 15:5, 22:17,  24:60, 24:4, 32:12), (Numbers 23:10), (Isaiah 10:22, 24:16, 26:15) (Hosea 1:10).
 Eventually they will re-unite with Judah.
Re-unification does not necessarily mean that they will all come pouring in alongside of us.
Our understanding is that there will be an initial political re-union and combination of action. Segments from the Lost Tribes will take over Syria and Lebanon and other outlying regions of the Middle East (Micah 7:14, Zechariah 10: 10). They will settle there and "heal" the land.
Together with Judah they will subdue the enemies of mankind. Each tribe will dwell more or less in its own area (Ezekiel ch.48).
Instead of crazy Palestinians the Jews in Israel will only have civilized "Norwegians" and the like to contend with as their neighbors.
These will, at that time, more or less share our religion, be determined to get along with us, and inclined to keep to themselves.
This is the Messianic Era.
To paraphrase what you seem to be saying and what others have said along the same lines:
<<Supposing that these people are descended from Israel (which you may doubt)
why tell this to them especially if you do not want to change them by teaching them
the seven laws of Noah. They are not all sophisticated enough to appreciate the reservations you are making. Some (or very many, maybe millions) of them are liable to start saying they are Jewish and go around wanting to be recognized as Jews by Jews, marry Jewish girls, and move to Israel as Jews, and who knows what else.  When they realize they are not being accepted they are  liable to be disappointed and troubles could arise.>>
 
We reply (as above):
1. Our message is a true one and we have an obligation to make it known.
2. Our task is to spread knowledge of ancestry not a religious message per se. Other people can do that. We work through the Bible. The Bible is more powerful than any other source. The Bible has been the main book of the English-speaking world for at least 400 years (actually on and off for many many more than that) and permeates every aspect of our existence. All truth is to be found in the Bible and can be explained through the Bible.
3. None of the projected problems will arise because of us. We can even help prevent them. On the other hand the said problems could arise from other sources and regions. Ten of thousands of technically non-Jewish immigrants from Russia and the Ukraine are being brought into Israel under the Law of Return. Ariel Sharon in an interview to the Jerusalem Post justified this due to the needs of Israel for people who will identify with us and fight for the country.
 
This raises all kinds of questions for which Brit-Am could provide alternate and better answers.
 
What existed in the past was not necessarily always the best and at all events it may not be applicable to the present.
 
If, for instance, one has an adolescent daughter who starts running around with the wrong type of boys in some cases the solution may be to keep her away from boys altogether. In other cases it may be that there is a need that cannot and should not be denied. In such a case it would be better to introduce her to male suitors who are suitable.
 
The Jewish people taken as a whole has exhibited a need to find the Lost Ten Tribes and speed up the Process of Redemption.  The Jewish people as represented by the State of Israel has also evidenced a need to bring in other people from elsewhere. The Jewish people has also established a de facto partnership and ongoing interrelationship with the English-speaking peoples in general and the USA in particular. A vacuum and experienced need is being fulfilled.
 
It is evident that questions are being asked and needs expressed but the answers are not the correct ones.
 
Brit-Am offers solutions to existing problems and existentional questions.
Brit-Am has answers.
 
Optimally,
 
The ideal solution would be that indicated by the Bible for the Messianic Era: All the Jews repent, abortions be stopped, early marriage and larger families encouraged and family stability promoted. Jews overseas should be encouraged more to come to Israel. A recent magazine article asserted that in Romania the Jews are not being encouraged or sufficiently assisted to come to Israel. This could be changed.
 
The Lost Ten Tribes could be publicly and openly identified. Eventually Judah and Joseph would unite politically, defeat their enemies, transfer the Palestinians elsewhere, and the Ten Tribes would establish colonies in the middle East around Israel.
 
If on the other hand, this does not happen:
 
The Jews do not repent and things continue as they are. If they are going to search for the Lost Ten Tribes anyway then at the least they should be informed as to who the REAL Lost Tribes are and the Lost Tribes themselves should also be informed (as Brit-Am tries to do).
 
If non-Jews are going to be brought into the country and made Jewish (??) or attempts be made to make them Jewish then it is better that the non-Jews in question be of Israelite ancestry especially since they are potentially better in quality and can help us with elements that already support us and are our only friends in an antagonistic world..
 
Whatever happens AND HOWEVER things develop, Brit-Am suggests options: the best options available for every scenario..
 
[Jeremiah 31:31] BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, SAITH THE LORD, THAT I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH:
[Jeremiah 31:32] NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY THAT I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; WHICH MY COVENANT THEY BRAKE, ALTHOUGH I WAS AN HUSBAND UNTO THEM, SAITH THE LORD:
[Jeremiah 31:33] BUT THIS SHALL BE THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAITH THE LORD, I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR INWARD PARTS, AND WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS; AND WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
All the best Yair Davidiy


"Brit-Am Now"-285 (b)
Contents 285(b) Contents 285(b):
1. Rosenblum: Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness?
2. Hebrew book
3. Atlantis in Tarshish?
4. Reactions to "Brit-Am Now"-285: 1. More Questions from Rabbi YM and answers
5. Biblical Proof no. 17 The West.

1. Rosenblum: Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness?
http://www.jewishmediaresources.org/article/589/

Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness?
by Jonathan Rosenblum
Jerusalem Post
June 5, 2003

Even more disturbing was Prime Minister Sharon's May 9 interview with The
Jerusalem Post, in which he revealed that he excluded haredi parties from
the government because he does not want too many questions being asked
about the religious identity of new immigrants.

The more than half a million non-Jews who entered Israel in the '90s, even
with haredi parties in the government, did not satisfy Sharon. He would
like to bring a million more. The proliferation of churches and
missionaries, the request by one northern IDF base for 600 New Testaments
upon which to swear in soldiers, the appearance of Israel's very own
neo-Nazi website (in Russian), and the sale of classic anti-Semitic
material in the largest Russian-language bookstores accord, in the prime
minister's view, with the interests of the "Jewish State."

As far as Sharon is concerned, anyone willing to live in Israel and bear
arms in its defense is a Jew. He would turn Israel into a mercenary state.
(At the very least, the prime minister should read Gibbon as a cautionary
tale about states that depend on mercenaries.) The only result of this
process of de-Judaization will be to further alienate Diaspora Jewry, whose
commitment to Israel is, in any event, waning.

2. Hebrew book
From: Dbenariel@aol.com

Shalom Yair,
Share with us more details about publicizing Israelite identity in the
Hebrew language and specifics about cost and such so folk will be more
encouraged to give and help spread this wonderful knowledge unto the ends
of the earth!

May G-d continue to rise and shine upon this Work and shed light where
before had only been darkness.

David Ben-Ariel
Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall
www.benariel.com

3. Atlantis in Tarshish?
From: Georgeos Díaz-Montexano <Georgeos@lycos.es>
Subject: [epigraphy] Discovered the Atlantis? Expedition

Discovered the Atlantis? Expedition "Atlantis-Ibero-African"...
(((((o)))))

Dear atlantologists:

As already it is known, Georgeos Diaz-Montexano the past are from
day 15 of August in the heat of submarine expedition under waters of
the Straits of Gibraltar, Cadiz and the delta of the Guadalquivir.

Although are appearing clear evidences of constructions under the
sea, to the same depths calculated by Georgeos, and in the same
areas, from Gibraltar, Tarifa and Trafalgar, to the environs of
Cadiz, these evidences are much more huge or spectacular of which in
principle they hoped to find. Nonsingle they have appeared
unequivocal rest of walls, roads, columns and enclosures, also have
been discovered furnaces or factories of smelting with its granite
crucibles, circular, quadrangular rest of dreg, flashes and ingots
or rectangualres of bronze. Until have been some objects like
striker pins, identical to used by the craftsmen of the metal or the
goldsmiths, who seemed of gold by their brightness, color and
aspect, but that has turned out to be from copper, almost to a 98%,
probably same oreichalkós (orichalcos) that mentions Plato, and that
in Greek means indeed, "copper of mount" or "copper of mountain",
that is to say, "natural copper" or "pure copper". Same the Plato
said that he was extracted directly of mounts without mixing it with
other metals that is that were "pure copper or natural" like that
the divers near Cadiz and Trafalgar have found.

The theory of Georgeos - as all you know proposed the discovery of
submerged cities of end of the Age of the Bronze between Gibraltar
and the Madeira Islands, following the coastal strip of the
southwest of Iberia or following the coast of Morocco, which would
demonstrate that Plato would be transmitting a history based on real
facts, on the disappearance of a great city or a set of important
cities of end of the Bronze ibero-morrocian, but fundamentally
cities of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

Now will open a new stage in the study of the scientific
atlantology, for the first time in the history of the atlantology,
are irrefutables tests of constructions under the sea corresponding
with the characteristics described by Plato, and in the same area of
low dangerous, stumbling blocks and salt marshes that Plato it
describes like immediate to the "Columns of Hercules" or Gibraltar.
For the first time, the words and precisions of Plato, on the
location of Atlantis could scientifically be confirmed.

To investigate much!! An equipment of camgraphers has accompanied
Georgeos Díaz-Montexano an the members of "The International Society
of Scientific Atlantology" (I.S.S.A.), and the images already have
been prepared for The National Geographic, that is had it jeopardize
in the production of documentary and a due financing to follow with
this scientific project, if the images are convincing.

According to Georgeos Diaz-Montexano:

"if these evidences do not demonstrate the precisions of Plato when
it located to the atlante kingdom and the island or the Acropolis of
Atlantis near Gibraltar, and cobeing contiguous with Gadira or
Gades, because nothing then could vindicate the words of the Greek
wise person Plato. If these constructions and these submerged
factories of smelting, do not belong to the civilization that Plato
denominated Atlantis or Atlantic, indeed to live in the Atlantic
coasts, near Gibraltar and Cadiz, because then we will have
discovered the disappear and so looked for city of Tartessós or
Tarshis. Another civilization that has had its seat and cradles in
these places to not consists us in no source."

María Fdez-Valmayor
Secretary of "The International Society of Scientific Atlantology"
(I.S.S.A.) http://www.Atlantologia.com/

4. Reactions to "Brit-Am Now"-285: 1. More Questions from Rabbi YM and answers

(a)Dear Yair,
         Your answers are sound and sane.  The information that you are
promulgating
continues to be refuted by Jewish rabbis (even messianic ones).  I know that
you are telling the truth because historical, archeological facts back you
up.  To Hashem be the glory.  Don't stop what you are doing.  I am an
insignificant Montessori teacher here in Idaho, but at the mention ...
  being able to support and be part of modern Israel I am
thrilled. For a few years now, I have felt so moved by the plight of the
Jewish people and feel a significant bond with Jews/Israel.   My
significance will hinge upon how well I am able to line up with Hashem's
Will.  Your research and your unrelenting quest for the truth gives me hope
and encouragement. Shalom, Cindy

(b)  Give us some credit  YM... we can understand the difference between
Jewish by religion and Israeli by descent!  I'm not saying that I'm
convinced that we are Israeli by descent, but I can grasp the distinction.
Dave

(c)  Yair,
Off the top of my head, I can't quite recall... does this Rabbi think you
are also a rabbi or religious person? Preaching, that is? That is what I
get from his questions the most: are you preaching the gospel of the lost
tribes...

I think your answers are quite right, but if you did not specify, you
should tell him as you tell others: that you are not a "religious" leader,
just a teacher and disseminator  of history and a philosopher. :)
Joan
The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying people. -
Alexander Jablokov

(d)  Yair,
  your response to Rabbi YM was one of the best replies you've written.

As for: "There is an awakening amongst those Gentiles who we believe are
descended
from the Lost Ten Tribes. More and more of them feel they are descended
from Israel or Judah. They are adopting Jewish customs, supporting the
State of Israel, and actively taking an interest in matters connected with
Judah.  This phenomenon exists without any connection to us.
We have an explanation for this arousal and potentially can provide a
positive ideological framework for it."

If I may paraphrase you by way of expressing my view of what you do....
I was emotionally connected to Jews & Israel for decades before I found
Brit-Am.
I sensed, somehow, that I was or, at least, should be part of the great
family but I could find no earthly logical reason for the longing.
And, being firmly ensconced in my own religious beliefs, I was never
tempted to convert to Judaism.
Brit-Am clarified things for me.
"All Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jews."
I am not a descendant of Judah, therefore, I'm NOT JEWISH;
But I do believe now, thanks to your research, that I'm very likely a
descendant of Benjamin.

Brit-Am didn't tie the cord that binds me to Israel; it was already there.
Yair merely made it visible and understandable for me.

I do hope that your letter to Rabbi YM touches his heart as well as his mind.

Sincerely,
Aram Paquin

(e)  Dear Yair:

Your responses to the Rabbi have been wonderfully enlightening. Thank you.
I noticed that, even in this second email, the Rabbi  still refers to us
LTT as thinking we are Jewish, rather than Israelite. I guess it takes a
while to sink in.

It is also very wonderful to hear you say to the Rabbi that what has been
happening among us LTT has happened, for the most part, independently of
Brit-Am--at least until now. Brit-Am has been that witness, helping me to
understand what I was reading in the Bible. The unveiling of my eyes was
strictly from the Spirit of G-d, but the confirmation was from Brit-Am.

Blessings and thanks,
Ruth

(f) Shalom Yair,  First, let me say thank you for your hard work.  The Brit-Am
project is very much needed at this time. The instability of world events is
spiraling out of control.  It is my belief that HaShem has raised up this
group  and others for the days ahead.  When you know what is coming, it
prepares the mind and body to stand in the time of trouble.

The next part of my mail will be addressed to Rabbi YM.  In reading his
letter to you, it's apparent that he has not read the articles from your
site, or the archives.  I do hear fear expressed in his letter,and I wanted
to put his mind to rest.  We have no intention of taking over Israel, but we
would be better neighbors then the ones they have now.  While I am not
speaking for everyone, it is a little offensive to me that he thinks
thousands or tens of thousand raging gentiles might descend on Israel saying
we are Jews. If the statistics were in, "these Gentiles" that he is says
can't appreciate the finer nuances of your teaching are very educated.  It
comes across that the majority of us need to be taught the 7  Noach Laws so
we will be more civilized when we land on the shores of the Holy Land
wanting our portion.

While Brit-Am is not a religious site, many of us are well beyond the 7
laws.  We do this out of love for HaShem, not to be a Israelite.  Our love
of G-d came first, before the call.  That is something I didn't understand
until I  was directed to this site.  People around the world were "awakened
" for lack of better term  by one or two's.  No one is out there saying this
is what you are, lets go to Israel. We are staunch supporters of Israel,
foremost we believe that what is written in the Torah and Prophets is true.
Then the factor of our heritage comes to play.

I would encourage Rabbi YM to stay on the mailing list, and get to know us
and what you are teaching.  It is exciting to be tool in the hands of our
Creator.  Until that time we will grow and be ready for the time that Judah
will call for help.  I don't believe any want to be something we're not.
But...we are all very much in support of Israel.  Some of us believe you
shouldn't give up any land, and yes we do believe we are a part of Israel;
Not a replacement.  We will be there for you when the time comes, and most
important, we will be ready because of this site.   Thank You,  Sharon

5. Biblical Proof no. 17 The West.

The Lost Ten Tribes in the End Time will be mainly situated to the west of
the Land of Israel

The exiles would be taken to the west (Isaiah 24:14).

[Isaiah 24:14] THEY SHALL LIFT UP THEIR VOICE, THEY SHALL SING FOR THE
MAJESTY OF THE LORD, THEY SHALL CRY ALOUD FROM THE SEA.

FROM THE SEA: In Hebrew also meaning from the west. The Aramaic and
Commentators say it means the exiles will be in the west in the last Days.
Then it goes on to speak of Britain.

  [Isaiah 24:15] WHEREFORE GLORIFY YE THE LORD IN THE FIRES, EVEN THE NAME
OF THE LORD GOD OF  ISRAEL IN THE ISLES OF THE SEA.

Isaiah says (49:8) that the exiled of Israel will be preserved and become a
covenant of people (in Hebrew a Brit-Am), who will establish the world and
inherit wasted heritages. They will use released prisoners to colonize
these heritages (49:9), as the British did at first in North America and
Australia. They shall return from the north and from the west, and from the
land of Sinim, meaning Australia  [Isaiah 49:12] BEHOLD, THESE SHALL COME
FROM FAR: AND, LO, THESE FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST; AND THESE FROM
THE LAND OF SINIM.

Midrashim confirm that these verses are referring to the Lost Ten Tribes of
Israel.

The Exiles will return from the west (Hosea 11:10).

[Hosea 11:10] THEY SHALL WALK AFTER THE LORD: HE SHALL ROAR LIKE A LION:
WHEN HE SHALL ROAR, THEN THE CHILDREN SHALL TREMBLE FROM THE
WEST.

<<THE CHILDREN SHALL TREMBLE FROM THE WEST>>: Commentators (such as the
Aramaic Translation) say that this refers to the exiles of
Israel  returning from the west.

[Hosea 11:11] THEY SHALL TREMBLE AS A BIRD OUT OF EGYPT, AND AS A DOVE OUT
OF THE LAND OF ASSYRIA:  AND I WILL PLACE THEM IN THEIR HOUSES, SAITH THE
LORD.

<<A DOVE OUT OF THE LAND OF ASSYRIA>>: These are the Ten Tribes(Shir
HaSHirim Rabah 1:63)

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