AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

Anna Daughter of Phanu'el of the Tribe of Asher

For 84 years, the Widow mourned the deaths of her Father, Husband, and Son. Skipping lunch, she would kiss the Western Wall and pray for the Redemption of Jerusalem. It was only when a pint-sized pickpocket snatched her Hula Hoop purse that she finally understood the meaning of being named after “The Face of G-d”: How proud He must be!

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.