AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם
David Israel: IDF's legacy of diversity. A Filipino soldier from the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Infantry Brigade takes a break from guerilla warfare and camouflage training in northern Israel. The Unit is primarily comprised of volunteers, new immigrants, and members of youth movements. / Photo credit: IDF

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.