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The noun nasi and variations occurs 132 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, and in English is usually translated "prince," occasionally "captain." It is not a ruler but ''one lifted up'' like ''arising mist.''
The noun nasi<Ref name="nasi">{{05387}}</Ref> and variations occurs 132 times in the [[Masoretic]] Text of the Hebrew Bible, and in English is usually translated "prince," occasionally "captain." It is not a ruler but ''one lifted up'' like ''arising mist.''


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The first use is for the twelve "princes" who will descend from Ishmael, in [[Genesis 17]]:20, and the second use, in [[Genesis 23]]:6, is when the Hittites recognising [[Abraham]] as "a godly prince" (נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים‎ naśi elohim).
The first use is for the twelve "princes" who will descend from Ishmael, in [[Genesis 17]]:20, and the second use, in [[Genesis 23]]:6, is when the Hittites recognising [[Abraham]] as "a godly prince" (נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים‎ naśi elohim).


In [[Leviticus 4]]:22–26, there is the rite of sacrifices by leaders who are in err where a special offering is made by a "nasi".
In [[Leviticus 4]]:22–26, there is the [[rite]] of sacrifices by leaders who are in err where a special offering is made by a "nasi" (נָשִׂ֖יא).


In [[Numbers 7]] each tribe has a ''nasi'' who brings a gift to the Tabernacle. In [[Numbers 34]]:16–29 the nesi'im of each tribe is responsible for apportioning tribal inheritances.
In [[Numbers 7]] each tribe has a ''nasi'' who brings a [[gift]] to the Tabernacle.  


Later in the history of ancient Israel, the title of nasi was given to the political ruler of Judea (Ezekiel 44:2–18; Ezra 1:8). Similarly, the Mishnah defines the nasi of Leviticus 4 to mean the king.[1]
In [[Numbers 34]]:16–29 the nesi'im of each tribe is responsible for apportioning of tribal inheritances.
 
Later in the history of ancient Israel, the title of [[nasi]] was given to the political ruler of Judea (Ezekiel 44:2–18; Ezra 1:8) which was an alteration of the way taught and intended by Moses.
 
This was the result of the people turning from being ruled by God in their [[heart and mind]] to being ruled by a king which we see in [[1 Samuel 8]]. That neglect of the people was the [[sloth]] that opened the door to the [[foolish]]ness of [[King Saul]]. This in turn led to the [[Mishnah]] defining the ''[[nasi]]'' of [[Leviticus 4]] to mean the ''king''.
 
This king were the [[benefactors]] who [[exercise authority]] spoken of by Christ.


Second Temple period
Second Temple period
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During the Second Temple period (c. 530 BCE – 70 CE), the nasi was the highest-ranking member and president of the Sanhedrin, or Assembly, including when it sat as a criminal court. The position was created in c. 191 BCE when the Sanhedrin lost confidence in the ability of the High Priest to serve as its head.[2] The office of nasi in the Land of Israel was comparable with the office of exilarch in Babylonia.[3] The Romans recognized the nasi as Patriarch of the Jews, and required all Jews to pay him a tax for the upkeep of that office, which ranked highly in the Roman official hierarchy.


Late Roman empire
During the Second Temple period (c. 530 BCE – 70 CE), the nasi was the highest-ranking member and president of the [[Sanhedrin]] which would become lawmakers rather than repected men engaged in righteous service like [[Simon the Just]].
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This position as patriarch or head of court was reestablished several years after the Bar-Kokhba revolt.[4] This made the nasi a power which both Jews and Romans respected. The Jewish community in Babylonia also recognized him. The nasi had controlled leadership and served as a political representative to the authorities while the religious leadership was led by Torah scholars. The nasi had the power to appoint and suspend communal leaders inside and outside of Israel. The Romans respected the nasi and gave extra land and let control of own self-supported taxes. Under Jewish law, the intercalary thirteenth month in the Hebrew calendar, Adar Bet, was announced by the nasi.[5]
Instead of protecting the people from injustice through the appeal process of the [[cities of refuge]] it began to ''legislate'' through the a judgment seat of a court.
 
By 191 BC the [[Sanhedrin]] usurped the High Priest and sought to be head of itself.
 
The nasi became like unto the ''exilarch of Babylonia'' and the office the "[[fathers]] of the earth", [[Conscripti Patri]], and [[Patronus]] [[person|respected]] by the Romans.
 
The transformed [[nasi]] of this new Jewish State as Patriarch relied upon [[taxation]]  of both strangers and members for the support of an hierarchy.
 
Later the nasi became an exercising authority that both Jews and Romans [[person|respected]].


Gamaliel VI was the last nasi. He died in 425 CE, after which Emperor Theodosius II[citation needed] suppressed the office of the patriarchate. The patriarchal tax was diverted to the Roman treasury from 426.
The nasi served as a political power and liberty of the people diminished. This expanding power of the nazi to appoint and suspend leaders and porters and set the thirteenth month of the calendar, Adar Bet, for payment of compelled tax liabilities.


Middle Ages
Christ fired the [[moneychangers]] or [[porters]] of the temple and appointed those chosen through the [[tens]].
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The term nasi was later applied to those who held high offices in the Jewish community, and Jews who held prominence in the courts of non-Jewish rulers. Certain great figures from Jewish history have used the title, including Judah the Prince (Judah haNasi),[6] the chief redactor of the Mishnah.


The nasi were also prevalent during the 8th-century Frankish kingdom. They were a highly privileged group in Carolingian France. The Jews of Narbonne collaborated with King Pepin to end Muslim rule over their city in 759. The Jews accepted surrender and Pepin was able to hold off the Saracens in the Iberian peninsula. Pepin rewarded the Jews with land and privileges such as the right to judicial and religious autonomy under rule of their own leadership. The heirs of the King and nasi held a close relationship until the tenth century.[7]
Gamaliel VI was the last nasi of that corrupt system. He died in 425 AD, after which Emperor Theodosius II diverted the tax to the Roman treasury.


17th–20th-century Jewish community in Yemen
The term nasi fluctuated in its meaning as societies moved in out between system of legal charity and liberty until modern Hebrew defined the term nasi to mean "president".
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According to ethnologist Erich Brauer, among the Jews of Yemen, the title of nasi was conferred upon a man belonging to the community's most noble and richest family. There was no direct election for this post. In general, the nasi was also a scholar, well-versed in Torah, but this was not a condition for his office. Among his duties, he was a representative of the community in all its affairs before the government. He was also entrusted with the duty of collecting the annual poll-tax (ğizya), as also to settle disputes arising between members of the community.[8]


Chabad
The word [[Nasi]] is used as the title of the Head of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Israel today. But all that nation has returned to [[public religion]] entangling them in the [[bondage of Egypt]] and the ways of [[Nimrod]] and his [[Babylon]].
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The term Nasi was used by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn to refer to the spiritual leaders of the Chabad movement. In particular, he used the term "Nesi Hador" (נשיא הדור‎; "the prince of the generation") or "Nesi doreinu" (נשיא דורנו‎; "the prince of our generation") to refer to his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.[9] This phrase was later adopted by the Rebbe's own followers to refer to Rabbi M. M. Schneersohn himself.


Modern Hebrew
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In Modern Hebrew, nasi means "president", and is not used in its classical sense. The word Nasi is used, in Israel, as the title of the Head of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In Hebrew, the word "prince" is now expressed by a synonym: "nasi" (as in Yehuda HaNasi) and nasīkh (נָסִיך‎).


Much more recently, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz took the title nasi in an attempt to re-establish the Sanhedrin in its judicial capacity as the Supreme Court of Judaism.
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 10 January 2024

Nasi

The noun nasi[1] and variations occurs 132 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, and in English is usually translated "prince," occasionally "captain." It is not a ruler but one lifted up like arising mist.

What does that mean?

The hidden meaning of this simple word is tied to one of priatory themes and mysteries of scripture and the kingdom of God.

The first use is for the twelve "princes" who will descend from Ishmael, in Genesis 17:20, and the second use, in Genesis 23:6, is when the Hittites recognising Abraham as "a godly prince" (נְשִׂיא אֱלֹהִים‎ naśi elohim).

In Leviticus 4:22–26, there is the rite of sacrifices by leaders who are in err where a special offering is made by a "nasi" (נָשִׂ֖יא).

In Numbers 7 each tribe has a nasi who brings a gift to the Tabernacle.

In Numbers 34:16–29 the nesi'im of each tribe is responsible for apportioning of tribal inheritances.

Later in the history of ancient Israel, the title of nasi was given to the political ruler of Judea (Ezekiel 44:2–18; Ezra 1:8) which was an alteration of the way taught and intended by Moses.

This was the result of the people turning from being ruled by God in their heart and mind to being ruled by a king which we see in 1 Samuel 8. That neglect of the people was the sloth that opened the door to the foolishness of King Saul. This in turn led to the Mishnah defining the nasi of Leviticus 4 to mean the king.

This king were the benefactors who exercise authority spoken of by Christ.

Second Temple period

During the Second Temple period (c. 530 BCE – 70 CE), the nasi was the highest-ranking member and president of the Sanhedrin which would become lawmakers rather than repected men engaged in righteous service like Simon the Just.

Instead of protecting the people from injustice through the appeal process of the cities of refuge it began to legislate through the a judgment seat of a court.

By 191 BC the Sanhedrin usurped the High Priest and sought to be head of itself.

The nasi became like unto the exilarch of Babylonia and the office the "fathers of the earth", Conscripti Patri, and Patronus respected by the Romans.

The transformed nasi of this new Jewish State as Patriarch relied upon taxation of both strangers and members for the support of an hierarchy.

Later the nasi became an exercising authority that both Jews and Romans respected.

The nasi served as a political power and liberty of the people diminished. This expanding power of the nazi to appoint and suspend leaders and porters and set the thirteenth month of the calendar, Adar Bet, for payment of compelled tax liabilities.

Christ fired the moneychangers or porters of the temple and appointed those chosen through the tens.

Gamaliel VI was the last nasi of that corrupt system. He died in 425 AD, after which Emperor Theodosius II diverted the tax to the Roman treasury.

The term nasi fluctuated in its meaning as societies moved in out between system of legal charity and liberty until modern Hebrew defined the term nasi to mean "president".

The word Nasi is used as the title of the Head of State and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Israel today. But all that nation has returned to public religion entangling them in the bondage of Egypt and the ways of Nimrod and his Babylon.

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  1. ↑ 05387 ^אישׂנ^ nasiy’ \@naw-see’\@ or ^אשׂנ^ nasi’ \@naw-see’\@ from 05375; n m; AV-prince 96, captain 12, chief 10, ruler 6, vapours 3, governor 1, chief + 05387 1, clouds 1, part 1, prince + 05387 1; 132
    1) one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader
    2) rising mist, vapour
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