AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

Carlo S. Lorenciana: Filipino hospitality at a time when the Jewish people needed it most earned the gratitude of Israel, which is now giving back by welcoming Filipino pilgrims, tourists and even skilled workers to Israel.

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.