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After counting the people in the first chapter, God sets out the organization of the camp. The encampment was set up like a giant plus sign. The Mishkan was in the middle surrounded by the Levites. To the north of the Mishkan were the tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali. To the east was Judah, Issaschar, and Zebulon. To the south was Reuben, Simeon, and Gad. To the west was Ephraim, Benjamin and Menashe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The breakdown of the tribes seems a little off. The sons of Leah were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issaschar and Zebulon. Zilpah had Gad and Asher, Bilhah had Dan and Naphtali, and Rachel had Joseph and Binyamin. The breakdown needed to be split into four groups of three to reach twelve. The grouping of Rachel was easy as she had three tribes- Benjamin, and Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Menashe. The other groupings were a little more complicated with Leah having five kids and the two concubines with two each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Reuben as the initial first born could not be juxtaposed with Judah, the eventual leader of the people. They are split up. Levi is not included in the count, so he is left out. So the first group starts in age order with Reuben and Simeon, skips Levi and cannot have Judah. It would be odd to leave Judah with sons of a different mother, so he gets to be with his younger brothers Issaschar and Zebulon, continuing the age order. Reuben still needs one more, so Gad, the first born of Zilpah, goes to his group and Asher is split off with his other two brothers from Bilhah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why do Bilhah\u2019s children stay together,and Zilpah\u2019s are the ones that are split? There are two possible answers. The first is that Zilpah was Leah\u2019s maidservant, so it makes sense that one of her sons goes with a group of Leah\u2019s children. Her other son then matches with the other maidservant children. Another possible answer is that Bilhah is Rachel\u2019s maidservant. Because Rachel was Jacob\u2019s favorite, her maidservant\u2019s children are given the honor of being kept together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If this is only ordered in the second year- how did the people march before? The structure of the tribes is now part of the transition into moving to the land. The tribes will be split when they enter, so God is starting the process by splitting them up now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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She sits on a woven mat spread across the sands,
\r\n<\/span>a colorful shawl pulled around her shoulders,
\r\n<\/span>wisps of white hair brushing her temples.
\r\n<\/span>In her lap, a tambourine lies ready
\r\n<\/span>to accompany her songs.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now, in the soft light of evening,
\r\n<\/span>we sit around her in a circle,\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>leaning forward to hear her words,\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>savor them, remember them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Her eyes dance from face to face
\r\n<\/span>as she tells of Isaac and Ishmael,
\r\n<\/span>the one, with angels\u2019 tears\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>falling into his eyes as he lay
\r\n<\/span>bound on the mountain-top,
\r\n<\/span>the second, awaiting his father\u2019s return,
\r\n<\/span>waiting together with the donkey
\r\n<\/span>in the valley.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And here, in the wilderness that sustains
\r\n<\/span>no animal, no tree, no bush, we all wait,\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>wait for the signal to pull up tent\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>and journey on.
\r\n<\/span>The prophetess tells of the promise\u00a0
\r\n<\/span>and urges patience for the sign
\r\n<\/span>and for the promise.
\r\n<\/span>Her words and the silent wilderness
\r\n<\/span>nourish our souls.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Illustration for Numbers chapter 2:<\/p>\r\n

Moses and Aaron are told to arrange the Israelite encampment according to a divine plan: \u201cThe Israelites shall camp each with his standard, under the banner of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance\u201d (Num. 2:2). How was the encampment set up? How can we discern the appearance of the tribes\u2019 standards as they are not described in the text?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My painting for <\/span>Parashat Ba-midbar<\/span><\/i> suggests answers to both these questions. The \u00a0portrayals, which seem to be modeled on the fourteenth-century <\/span>Duke of Sussex Pentateuch<\/span><\/i> tradition and later illustrated <\/span>ketubot<\/span><\/i> (marriage contracts) and synagogue decorations, reflect Jacob\u2019s blessings to his sons from the Book of Genesis. The individual images are arranged in the order of the encampment, divided into four sections, each one displaying one large banner representing the major tribe of the section and two smaller ones for the two associated minor tribes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From right to left, we first meet the camp of Judah, on the east side of the Tabernacle. Its emblem \u00a0is a lion: \u201cJudah is a lion\u2019s whelp\u201d (Gen. 49:9). Under it are the banners of the other two tribes. Issachar\u2019s is a donkey: \u201cIssachar is a strong boned ass\u201d (Gen. 49:14), and Zebulun\u2019s emblem is a boat: \u201cZebulun shall dwell by the seashore. He shall be a haven for ships\u201d (Gen 49:13).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To the left of Judah is the banner of Reuven\u2019s tribe, south of the Tabernacle. Pictured are the mandrakes that Reuven brought to his mother (Gen. 30:14), and Jacob, furious at him for bedding his concubine (Gen. 49:4). Below is the banner of Simeon, holding a knife to kill Hamor, who defiled his sister Dinah (Gen. 34:26); and an angry Jacob referred to that episode: \u201cSimeon and Levi are a pair; their weapons are tools of lawlessness\u201d (Gen. 49:5). The tribe of Levi is not shown as it was not part of the encampment, but occupied an area adjacent to the Tabernacle. Next to Simeon is Gad, whose temporary dwellings were attacked: \u201cGad shall be raided\u2026but he shall raid at their heels\u201d (Gen. 49:19).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The third camp, that of Ephraim, on the west side, is marked with the figure of a bull, based on Moses\u2019 blessing: \u201cLike a firstling bull in his majesty\u201d (Deut. 33:17). Manasseh and Benjamin, the other of Rachel's descendants, are together with Ephraim. Manasseh is figured as a stylized deer in accord with Moses\u2019 words: \u201cHe has horns like the horns of the wild ox\u201d (Deut. 33:17). Benjamin\u2019s symbol is a wolf: \u201cBenjamin is a ravenous wolf\u201d (Gen. 49:27).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The fourth camp is that of Dan on the north side: \u201cDan shall be a serpent by the road\u201d (Gen 49:16). With him are the tribes of Asher, represented by an olive tree: \u201cHe shall yield royal dainties\u201d (Gen. 49:20), and Naphtali, symbolized by a gazelle: \u201cNaphtali is a hind let loose\u201d (Gen. 49:13).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, who holds a\u00a0<\/span>PhD in Art History and has published extensively on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/p>\r\n

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There is another name for Sefer Bamidbar: the Book of In-the-Wilderness. Awkward in English translation, this is its common Hebrew name; the word Bamidbar is simply the first usable word in the book. But the wilderness plays a central role in the book: it is the great leveler, place of death, that which engulfs all. Three times, God speaks of \"this wilderness,\" conveying the uncanny horror of the place. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The relation of the two names\u2014Numbers and In-the-Wilderness\u2014creates a field of tension: between them, the failure of a great enterprise is positioned at the very heart of the book, in that physical and metaphysical space that is called <\/span>midbar<\/span><\/i>. The wilderness is more than context; it provides the tone and tension of a narrative of dying. The journey of the people over these thirty-eight years has as its purpose its disappearance into the unmarked sands. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is this <\/span>midbar<\/span><\/i>? For that original generation of travelers, it was once intended as the transitional space between Egypt and the Land of Israel; now it has become something else\u2014a clearing ground for the future. What can be said about the space that is to become a dead end for those who once embarked on a journey? Is this the very nature of the <\/span>midbar\u2014<\/span><\/i>the unmarked surface on which no human trace is visible? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

We remember previous and later references to \"that great and terrible <\/span>midbar<\/span><\/i>.\" For instance, Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, makes his way from Midian \"to Moses, to the wilderness where he was encamped, the mountain of God\" (Exod. 18:5). Rashi responds to the apparent redundancy (\"We too know that Moses was in the wilderness!\"), by reading Jethro's journey as a moral choice: \"The text speaks in praise of Jethro, who was ensconced in all the glory [<\/span>kavod<\/span><\/em>] of the world when his heart moved him to leave for the wilderness, that place of void\u2014<\/span>tohu<\/span><\/em>\u2014in order to hear words of Torah.\" <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The wilderness is the place of emptiness and void. Like the uncreated world, it lacks all <\/span>kavod<\/span><\/em>, all the density and structure of the settled world that Jethro comes from. What brings him on this strange journey\u2014to a place where the human being is unknown and unhonored\u2014is his heart's desire to \"hear words of Torah.\" With such a wish, he will brave the voids of the midbar. Or, more strangely, perhaps this void is the only possible site in which his wish may be granted. Precisely in this silent, unmarked place, the voice of God will resound.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Sometimes in the evening we come<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>with tambourine or drum<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and gather near the center of the camp<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and sing songs of yearning,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>celebrating our new freedom. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the center of our circle,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>with a colorful wrap around her shoulders,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and her deep eyes dancing from face to face,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Miriam tells stories of our fathers,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>of the promise that awaits. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Transfixed, we sit on a woven mat<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>spread across the sands, our eyes<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>on the prophetess, her voice<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>singing, filling our mind<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>as we listen to the magic of her words.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 'The Israelites shall camp each with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance' (Num 2:1-2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A flag is a curious item \u2013 a scrap of cloth that can inspire a sense of unity and courage to those joined by its symbolism. Abraham Lincoln captured this very sentiment when he said, \u201cStanding as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.\u201d Jews around the world are moved by the blue and white on thousands of tiny Independence Day flags, the flag that lays on the shoulders of an Israeli Olympic medalist, or one draped on the coffin of a hero. It is no wonder, that each tribe had a flag on the ancient wilderness journey. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The flag not only demarcated where to camp, it also created a sense of purpose, stability and togetherness, especially when times were difficult. Rashi on Numbers 2:2 explains what the standards are in the wilderness: \u201cEach banner shall have a different sign \u2014 a piece of colored cloth hanging on it, the colour of the one not being the same as the colour of another, but the colour of each tribe shall be like that of his stone that is fixed in the breastplate (of. Exodus 28:21). By this means everybody will be able to recognize his banner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Flags as visual symbols can also enrage or anger those who see them as a symbol of racism, an exclusive or oppressive flash of nationalist identity, or the colors of the enemy. Perhaps there were times when the Jews of the ancient desert community saw their flags as reminders of a punishment that seemed to last indefinitely. One wonders, at these times, why each tribe had a flag but there was no flag for the entire camp to offer a sliver of hope and direction? The clouds of glory may have been the ephemeral flag of the community, a reminder in the sky of transcendence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In the beginning of our chapter, we are told how the Israelite tribes encamped in the Desert of Sinai: \u201cThe Israelites shall camp each by his flag and the emblems of their ancestral homes (<\/span>ish \u2018al diglo ve-otot le-vet avotam)<\/span><\/em>. They shall camp around the Tent of Meeting, but at a distance\u201d (Numbers 2:2). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to the Midrash (Numbers Rabbah 2:7) each tribe had a flag whose color was that of its stone in the <\/span>hoshen<\/em> <\/span>(breast-plate) of Aaron, the High Priest:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Reuben\u2019s stone was ruby; the color of its flag was red and embroidered on it were mandrakes (see Genesis 30:14). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Simeon\u2019s stone was topaz; its flag was green and the town of Shechem (see Genesis 34:25-26) was embroidered on it. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Levi\u2019s stone was beryl; the colors of its flag were one third white, one third black, and one third red and embroidered on it were the Urim and Thummim (see Deuteronomy 33:8).<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Judah\u2019s stone was a carbuncle; the color of its flag was blue like the heavens and embroidered on it was a lion (see Genesis 49:9).<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Issachar\u2019s stone was a sapphire; the color of its flag was black like antimony and embroidered on it were the sun and moon by which the calendar is set (see I Chronicles 12:33). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Zebulun's stone was an emerald; the color of its flag was white like silver indicating their wealth and embroidered on it was a ship (see Genesis 49:13). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Dan\u2019s stone was a jacinth; the color of its flag was sapphire red and embroidered on it was a serpent (see Genesis 49:17). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Gad\u2019s stone was an agate; the color of its flag was a blend of black and white and on it was embroidered a military camp (see Genesis 49:19). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Naphtali\u2019s stone was an amethyst, the color of its flag was light red like clear wine and on it was embroidered a hind (see Genesis 49:21). <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Asher's stone was an aquamarine; the colors of its flag were that of women\u2019s gemstones and embroidered on it was an olive tree (see Genesis 49:20 \u201chis bread shall be fat\u201d with olive-oil).<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Joseph\u2019s stone was onyx, the color of its flag was jet black and embroidered on it were not one but two designs, one for each of Joseph\u2019s two sons, for Ephraim a bullock and for Manasseh a wild ox. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>The stone of the tribe of Benjamin was jasper; the color of it flag was a combination of all the twelve colors and embroidered on it was a wolf (see Genesis 49:27).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just imagine how this would look in 3-D Technicolor!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The books of Numbers is certainly living up to its name. Chapter 2 not only repeats the final count of adult males for each tribe, it saves us the trouble of doing the math, adding up the totals of each group of three tribes that camped together. Even more repetitive than this, the Torah then totals these numbers to give us the sum of all the tribes, a number that we already saw in the last chapter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It seems like the Torah could have chosen a much simpler path, especially for the mathematically challenged. As we are organizing ourselves into a nation, you would think the number we most want to emphasize is the number one. \"One flag, one land, one heart, one hand. One nation, evermore,\" wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. To form diverse groups made up of diverse people into a unified nation, you would think that what's needed is to create a singular identity that all can partake in.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This was the approach of the young Jewish state as it tried to erase the exilic identities of its returning sons and daughters and transform them into New Jews. Although it had the best of intentions, it was an attitude that burdened Israel with deep, persisting wounds, with suffering, discrimination and hatred of the other, while depriving it of cultural richness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Jewish people doesn't have one flag, it has twelve, each one proudly expressing the uniqueness of each tribe. Each tribe has an identity, the groupings of tribes have an identity, the nation has an identity, and every individual has an identity that should not be erased by any of those groups.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After all, if there is something that the Torah is counting, apparently, we are meant to understand that - it counts.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":51432,"alt":"","title":"dt23-community","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-1024x1024.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-1200x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-420x420.png","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"We Are All Individuals","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The Jewish people doesn't have one flag, it has twelve, each one proudly expressing the uniqueness of each tribe","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":51432,"alt":"","title":"dt23-community","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-1024x1024.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-1200x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-community-1-420x420.png","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"119","date":"20260211","wall_id":"119"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"734","name":"Individual","old_id":"1134"},{"term_id":"792","name":"Tribes","old_id":"1192"}]},{"order":12,"id":"46407","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Tribe Of Dinah ","post_title":"The Tribe Of Dinah","slug":"the-tribe-of-dinah","old_id":"46407","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36669,"post_title":"Yakov Azriel","slug":"yakov-azriel","old_id":"36669","first_name":"Yakov ","last_name":"Azriel","description":"Yakov Azriel, who lives in Israel, has published five books of poetry in the USA and hundreds of poems in journals and magazines. 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\"And the <\/span>Lord<\/span> spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, \"<\/span> Every man of the children of Israel will camp by his own standard, with the ensign of his father\u2019s house\u2026 \" <\/span>\u00a0(Numbers 2:1-2)<\/span>
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\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hidden<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Behind the river <\/span>Sambatyon<\/span><\/i>
\r\n<\/span><\/i>And the jagged, barren mountains of aloneness,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Dwells the tribe of Dinah \u2014<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Women without husbands<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To love,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Women without children<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>To embrace,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Women who rock empty cradles;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Women abused or raped and then discarded,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Battered women with bruises no salve can heal,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Shattered women whose slivered moons will never again be full,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Lonely women whose eyes are blinded by gray clouds;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Each one in her hut,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Without heat, without light,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Drinking cold, thin broth in the dark. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

And to the tribe of Dinah<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men come, too;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Broken-spirited men who limp and lean on canes,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Hunchbacked men carrying burdens of failure on their shoulders,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Mute, brooding men who have lost all words of song;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men with downcast eyes that stare at the dust,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men who shudder when winds rattle in leafless trees,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men who blink, unable to gaze at the glare of gray clouds at dusk;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men who have never kissed a wife,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Never hugged a daughter,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Never stroked a son\u2019s soft hair;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Men who have never touched a star. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the tribe of Dinah,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No children play,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No children laugh,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But pain is born, and bourne;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Loneliness too.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Gray clouds envelop shattered slivers of the moon,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As winds scatter fallen autumn leaves;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Fog smothers all green;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Here, spring never arrives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the tribe of Dinah,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No one talks;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Hands communicate in sign language:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\"Pass the salt.\"<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\"Close the door.\" <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Only Dinah's tribeswomen<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And her clansmen<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Hear her voice<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>As on each passing birthday,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Dinah cries.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":38898,"alt":"","title":"Theredtentcover","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","width":220,"height":333,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover-198x300.jpg","medium-width":198,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","medium_large-width":220,"medium_large-height":333,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","large-width":220,"large-height":333,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","1536x1536-width":220,"1536x1536-height":333,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","2048x2048-width":220,"2048x2048-height":333,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","post_full_size-width":220,"post_full_size-height":333,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","home_baner-width":220,"home_baner-height":333}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"The Tribe Of Dinah","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Only Dinah's tribeswomen and her clansmen hear her voice","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":38898,"alt":"","title":"Theredtentcover","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","width":220,"height":333,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover-198x300.jpg","medium-width":198,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","medium_large-width":220,"medium_large-height":333,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","large-width":220,"large-height":333,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","1536x1536-width":220,"1536x1536-height":333,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","2048x2048-width":220,"2048x2048-height":333,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","post_full_size-width":220,"post_full_size-height":333,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Theredtentcover.jpg","home_baner-width":220,"home_baner-height":333}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"119","date":"20260211","wall_id":"119"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"},{"term_id":"532","name":"Dinah","old_id":"932"}]},{"order":13,"id":"46398","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Numbers 2 ","post_title":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Numbers 2","slug":"sefaria-source-sheets-numbers-2","old_id":"46398","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":42228,"post_title":"Sefaria","slug":"sefaria","old_id":"42228","first_name":"","last_name":"Sefaria","description":"Sefaria is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way. 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\u201cFinding Connections: Banners in the Wilderness\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone: What is the significance of each tribe\u2019s banner? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBalancing Individuality with Communal Responsibility\u201d <\/span><\/a>by Shoshana Weintraub: How do we reconcile our own needs with those of the group? <\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Sefaria Source Sheets - Numbers 2","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Click to get links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"119","date":"20260211","wall_id":"119"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":14,"id":"46386","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"A Lesson on the Daily Chapter- Numbers 2 ","post_title":"A Lesson on the Daily Chapter- Numbers 2","slug":"a-lesson-on-the-daily-chapter-numbers-2","old_id":"46386","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":40936,"post_title":"David Silber","slug":"david-silber-2","old_id":"40936","first_name":"David ","last_name":"Silber ","description":"Rabbi David Silber is the Founder and Dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. 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  1. Standards and banners.<\/em> According to verse 2, every tribe had its own symbol or colors. The midrash makes a connection between the colors of the tribal flags and the colors of the stones of the priestly <\/span>choshen<\/span><\/em>, or breastplate. Other commentaries imagined the tribal symbols according to Jacob\u2019s blessings to his sons (Gen. 49) and Moses\u2019 blessings to the tribes (Deut. 33). Some of these can be seen in modern-day Israel, in the insignias of the regional authorities that bear the names of the tribes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Tribal leadership<\/em>. All the tribal chieftains are listed by their full names. A few are well-known, and others are surprising or distinctive. Check it out.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. A question of leadership.<\/em> The arrangement of the tribal camps are reflective of some of the power relations between the tribes. Which tribes are the leading ones (for instance Judah, not Reuben the first-born), and who is next to whom (Rachel\u2019s two sons for instance are together).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. And the Levites?<\/em> Stay tuned tomorrow!<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Numbers 2","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"119","date":"20260211","wall_id":"119"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/46091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}