AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

"Asher’s Beautiful Daughters"

Rashi: "Among all the tribes you will not find one that was blessed with sons like Asher"; but I do not know in which regard.

“I don’t understand what the photograph has to do with the article.” ~ Judith

“I would like to ask for permission to paint the beautiful baby in this article photograph. May I? it would also be a good thing for me to do. Thank you in advance for your kindness. I just simply love this baby’s face.” ~ Anonymous, Mesa, Arizona

“i’ll bet you dollars to donuts that Asher’s daughters picked handsome men, and that they were beautiful skin deep too.” ~ Anonymous

"The accompanying photo of the child is in black and white or sepia. The toned hue evoking charcoal or modest refinement hearkens to and is embedded within the neshama of Asher whose name means happy/[conditional] blessing." ~ Anonymous

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.