The Me'am Lo'ez on the Descendants of the Sons of Noach

26/10/2020

This post is basically a continuation of The Nations Established by the Sons of Noach: Where are They Now?

It's all based on the Me'am Lo'ez on Parshat Noach.

Cham

The Kaftorim (offspring of Mitzrayim from Cham) are the pygmies.

The Patrusim & Kasluchim (also offspring of Mitzrayim from Cham) indulged in the immorality of exchanging wives. From these adulterous unions came the Plishtim (Philistines).

The Lehavim (also offspring of Mitzrayim from Cham) acquired this name because their faces were like flames (not sure if in shape or some other quality). Lahav is "flame" in Hebrew.

Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and Canaan were the leaders of the plan to build the infamous Tower of Babel.

Yefet

Tiras (Yefet's youngest son) initiated the custom of wearing gold or silver rings on the fingers.

Shem

Ever (son of Shelach from Shem) was the biggest tzaddik of these offspring & he also possessed tremendous genius. Both these attributes inspired him to establish the incredible yeshivah in which our Patriarchs studied, commonly known as "the yeshivah of Shem and Ever."

Chatzermavet (literally: "courtyard of death) was the grandson of Ever (via Yaktan), who descended from Shem.

A nation of ascetics descended from Chatzermavet. The Me'am Lo'ez states they went around unclothed "like the Dervishes" and "were interested only in death."

Only recently did I have a clue as to what this could possibly mean.

Could this be the ghoulish Aghori cult on the banks of the Ganges River in India?

(For more on them, please see: How Going to the Extremes of "Transcendent" Spirituality Leads to Disturbing Death Rituals & Cannibalism.)

This aligns with Rav Gedalia's theory in Shalshelet HaKabbalah that all the sons of Yaktan ended up in the East. While certainly there are countries even farther East than India, his specific term is that they ended up on the eastern "side," which easily includes India, as well as the Far East.

3 Comments

bracha

26/10/2020 22:36:29

We know that Avraham Avinu sent his other offsprings to the Far East, that's why we know that the Indians are also from the Abrahamic clans. Also, we know that the Greeks, Turks, Germans and others are from Yefet. I also read where the children of Yoktan might be the Indians who reside in the Yucatan in the southwest U.S./Mexico.
Suprised that the Plishtim descend from Cham, being where I read they were from the Greek Isles and were called 'invaders'(plishtim).
This type of info is always so interesting; I guess we'll know everything when Moshiach comes, even this.

Myrtle Rising

26/10/2020 23:59:13

Right, I also read that the Plishtim came from the Greek Isles.

I think it still matches up because some descendants of Cham settled around the Mediterranean, including Italy & Greece, according to Shalshelet HaKabbalah.

Also, the sefer specifically mentioned where the Kasluchim ended up, but I couldn't understand. Maybe it was somewhere in the area of Greece, but I couldn't recognize the name he used.

Thanks for your contribution here, Bracha. Always good to hear from you.

Myrtle Rising

27/10/2020 15:33:11

Shalom,

I did a major update with corrections in the original post, plus the addition of maps, all of which should make things clearer.

It's here:
http://www.myrtlerising.com/blog/the-nations-established-by-the-sons-of-noach-where-are-they-now

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