[Avodah] national flag???

[Zev Sero]

On 5/10/2011 2:52 PM, Harvey Benton wrote:
> Question was there a national flag for ancient bnei yisrael? if so,
> what did it consist of, if so, is the current israeli flag, neged hatorah
> [chukas hagoyim??]

Flags were invented in the early 2nd millennium CE.  They did not exist
in Biblical times, or in Chazal's.  I don't know when standards were
invented; the medrash about the tribes' standards may be historical for
all I know, but it wouldn't shock me if it weren't.

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