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Matot: A Tribe, Rod or Branch?

By Nissan Dovid Dubov

Topics: Matot, Tribes, The Twelve

There are two different words the Torah employs when referring to the Tribes of Israel: Shevet and Mateh; why the two expressions?

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	Rabbi Nissan D. Dubov is director of Chabad Lubavitch in Wimbledon, UK.

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