[Avodah] national flag???

[Lisa Liel]

On 10/5/2011 3:44 PM, Zev Sero wrote:
> 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.

As I understand it, the word "nes" means pretty much what a flag is.

Lisa