Attributes Of The Tribes Of Israel
By Rabbi Dr. Hillel ben David (Greg Killian)
MONTH / MAZZAROTH / TRIBE[1] / TRIBE[2] / STONE / FLAG COLOR[3] / FLAG PICTURE[4] / LE
T
T
E
R / A
T
T
R
I
B
U
T
E[5] / E
L
E
M
E
N
T / BODY[6] / P
L
A
N
E
T / Characteristic
Nisan
(revealed miracle) / Toleh ram / Judah / Reuben / Ruby / Red / Mandrakes / v / speech / fire / rt. foot / Mars - Ma'adim / function
Iyar / Ziv
(brightness) / Shor bull / Issachar / Simeon / Topaz / Green / Town of Shechem / u / thought / earth / rt. kidney / Venus - Nogah / stabilization
Sivan / Teomim twins / Zebulon / Levi / Smaragd / white, black, red / Urim and Thummim / z / motion / air / lt. foot / Mercury / change
Tammuz / Sartan crab / Reuben / Judah / Carbuncle / blue-green / Lion / j / sight / water / rt. hand / moon - Lavanah / function
Av / Aryeh lion / Simeon / Issachar / Sapphire / purple / Sun and Moon / y / hearing / fire / lt. kidney / sun - / stabilization
Elul / Bethulah virgin / Gad / Zebulon / Emerald / White / Ship / h / action / earth / lt. hand / Mercury / change
Tishrei / Moznaim scales / Ephraim
(Joseph) / Dan / Jacinth / dark purple / Serpent / k / mating / air / gall / Venus - Nogah / function
Cheshvan / Aqurav scorpion / Manasseh
(Levi) / Naphtali / Amethyst / purplish like wine / Hind / b / smell / water / intestine / Mars - Ma'adim / stabilization
Kislev
(security) / Keshet rainbow / Benjamin / Gad / Agate / Blend of black and white / Tents / x / sleep / fire / stomach / Jupiter - Zedek / change
Tevet / Ghedi goat / Dan / Asher / Beryl / light blue-green / Olive Tree / g / anger / earth / liver / Saturn - Shabtai / function
Shevat
(the staff that afflicts) / Deli water bearer / Asher / Joseph / Onyx / Jet Black / Bullock and Ox / m / taste / air / stomach / Saturn - Shabtai / stabilization
Manasseh / Jet Black / Bullock
Ephraim / Jet Black / Ox
Adar
(mast of a boat - hidden miracle -Aramaic) (strength) / Dagim fishes / Naphtali / Benjamin / Jasper / All twelve tribe colors
(like a diamond) / Wolf / f / laughter / water / spleen / Jupiter - Zedek / change
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[1]Above The Zodiac, Matityahu Glazerson, according to Ari, this is the travel and encampment order.
[2] According to the Zohar, this is the birth order. All the rest of the chart pertains to the tribes in this column.
[3]The tribes according to Midrash Rabbah - Numbers II:7.
[4] The tribes according to Midrash Rabbah - Numbers II:7.
[5] According to Gra.
[6] According to Gra.