Tribes with their Flags: Nature’s Nosh

Text: Locations of the Tribes and their Flags  CUT PORTIONS FROM TRANSLATION FROM TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS FROM SEFARIA.ORG

Bamidbar / Numbers 2:1	G-d said to Moses and Aaron:	וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃
2:2	The Descendants of Israel shall camp each man with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance.	אִישׁ עַל־דִּגְלוֹ בְאֹתֹת לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם יַחֲנוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִנֶּגֶד סָבִיב לְאֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד יַחֲנוּ׃
2:3	Camped on the front, or east side: the standard of the division of Judah, troop by troop. …	וְהַחֹנִים קֵדְמָה מִזְרָחָה דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה יְהוּדָה לְצִבְאֹתָם… ׃
2:5	Camping next to it: The tribe of Issachar. …	וְהַחֹנִים עָלָיו מַטֵּה יִשָּׂשכָר …׃
2:7	The tribe of Zebulun.	מַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן…׃
2:9	… These shall march first.	…לְצִבְאֹתָם רִאשֹׁנָה יִסָּעוּ׃ {ס}
2:10	On the south: the standard of the division of Reuben, troop by troop. …	דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן תֵּימָנָה לְצִבְאֹתָם …׃
2:12	Camping next to it: The tribe of Simeon. …	וְהַחוֹנִם עָלָיו מַטֵּה שִׁמְעוֹן …׃
2:14	And the tribe of Gad. …	וּמַטֵּה גָּד …׃
2:16	…. These shall march second.	… וּשְׁנִיִּם יִסָּעוּ׃ {ס}
2:17	Then, midway between the divisions, the Tent of Meeting, the division of the Levites, shall move. As they camp, so they shall march, each in position, by their standards.	וְנָסַע אֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד מַחֲנֵה הַלְוִיִּם בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּחֲנֹת כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחֲנוּ כֵּן יִסָּעוּ אִישׁ עַל־יָדוֹ לְדִגְלֵיהֶם׃ {ס}
2:18	On the west: the standard of the division of Ephraim, troop by troop. …	דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה אֶפְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם יָמָּה …׃
2:20	Next to it: The tribe of Manasseh. …	וְעָלָיו מַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה …׃
2:22	And the tribe of Benjamin. …	וּמַטֵּה בִּנְיָמִן …׃
2:24	… These shall march third.	…וּשְׁלִשִׁים יִסָּעוּ׃ {ס}
2:25	On the north: the standard of the division of Dan, troop by troop. ….	דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה דָן צָפֹנָה לְצִבְאֹתָם …׃
2:27	Camping next to it: The tribe of Asher. …	וְהַחֹנִים עָלָיו מַטֵּה אָשֵׁר …׃
2:29	And the tribe of Naphtali. …	וּמַטֵּה נַפְתָּלִי …׃
2:31	… These shall march last, by their standards.	… לָאַחֲרֹנָה יִסְעוּ לְדִגְלֵיהֶם׃ {פ}

	Dan	Asher	Naftali
Benjamin	Levi			Judah
Menashe				Issascahar
Efrayim				Zevulun
	Gad	Shimon	Reuven

Ingredients as shown:

• Cooked Sushi Rice
• Dried seaweed
• Avocado

Tools:

• Toothpicks
• Knife
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Make 13 small rice balls. Put one in the center of your platter (the Levi tribe).

2. Cut avocado into triangles to form tents.

3. Arrange avocado pieces, which are the tents, around the “camp.”

4. Cut nori into the size flag you prefer. For the snack nori I buy, I cut each piece into two.

5. Attach nori to toothpicks using sticky rice, as shown.

6. Repeat to make 13 flags.

7. Put the flags in the rice balls.