Interesting! I hadn't realized that what we call in English as Israel's President is actually Nasi. That makes sense - but I realized only upon reading this that I had never actually considered what the Hebrew word for President even was. I also find it fascinating in comparison to the story of why the United States picked President as a title (as opposed to King - which was considered at some point). The founders of the United States wanted to throw off any story that would tie the government to a monarchy or the old way of doing things. The modern state of Israel wanted to call back to its previous version's as a reminder that Jews had lived and governed themselves on that land before. Another reminder of how and why the words we choose tend to reflect larger stories.
It’s also interesting that within the Torah’s social system there are a number of quite different forms of leadership: Shofet, Kohen, Melech, Nasi and Chacham (I’m sure there are more in not thinking of at the moment).
Interesting! I hadn't realized that what we call in English as Israel's President is actually Nasi. That makes sense - but I realized only upon reading this that I had never actually considered what the Hebrew word for President even was. I also find it fascinating in comparison to the story of why the United States picked President as a title (as opposed to King - which was considered at some point). The founders of the United States wanted to throw off any story that would tie the government to a monarchy or the old way of doing things. The modern state of Israel wanted to call back to its previous version's as a reminder that Jews had lived and governed themselves on that land before. Another reminder of how and why the words we choose tend to reflect larger stories.
It’s also interesting that within the Torah’s social system there are a number of quite different forms of leadership: Shofet, Kohen, Melech, Nasi and Chacham (I’m sure there are more in not thinking of at the moment).
So Important—-to understand meanings of words, especially Hebrew.