Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “NOMEN EST OMEN
Latin for ‘Your name is your destiny.’
Today, people will tell you that this is probably not true, but the way it was meant in Ancient Rome was more collective rather than individual.
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It was said about the Jews sometime before the war against the Jews in Eretz Yisrael and before the Temple (Beit Hamikdash) was destroyed by Roman legions.
2)
At that time, of 6.2 million Jews — 10% of the Roman Empire — two-thirds of the Jewish people lived outside Israel, mostly in Southern Italy, North Africa, and what is now Turkey. Jews had a reputation as educated, literate, hard-working, and serious, and
3)
Rome considered products from Israel to be the equivalent of luxury and quality. To some Roman leaders, Israel and Jews were seen as competition for cultural influence, and some saw that as a threat.
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One reason for the way Rome treated Israel was that Rome had once been invited to help keep order when the Jews became contentious with one another over politics and control of government. (Sounds familiar today?)
Don’t let history repeat itself.”
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