Kumusta@Shal-om

Welcome.

Bahay Yosef serves to honor the mystical bond between B'nei Yisra'el-Ha'Filipinim.

What do you call a Filipin@-Jew from Baguio, Philippines?

A Mountain Dew.

BANNER SYMBOLISM:

"Pass, pass through the portals, clear the way of the people, pave, pave the highway, build it up, clear it of stones, lift up a banner over the peoples. Behold, the L-rd announced to the end of the earth, 'Say to the daughter of Tzi'on, "Behold your salvation has come."' Behold His reward is with Him, and His wage is before Him. And they shall call them the holy people, those redeemed by the L-rd, and you shall be called, 'sought, a city not forsaken.' (Yeshayahu 62:10-12). And He shall raise a banner to the nations, and He shall gather the lost of Yisra'el, and the scattered ones of Y'hudah He shall gather from the four corners of the earth (Yeshayahu 11:12).

The banner depicts a royal blue Star of David with a golden-yellow sun on a white background shielded by a four-cornered red border.

The sun symbolizes the Far East, a reference to the Philippine's South-Eastern navigational and geographical location in the Southern hemisphere of East Asia; the 8 primary rays of the sun carry Kabbalistic significance, besides designating the cardinal directions of solar exposure; they also represent the provinces that rose in solidarity together at the outset of the 1896 Revolution of independence against colonialist-occupying Spain, namely: Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Laguna, and Batangas.

"The tallit has two separate symbolic aspects: the light blue hue and the stripes. Some say that the stripes are meant to recall the one dyed strand of the ritual fringes (tzitzit). This leads to the significance of the hue itself. According to the Torah, one strand in the tzitzit should be light blue. To judge from references in the Talmud, it was a shade between green and blue. Many symbolic meanings were attributed to it. Rabbi Meir said that it recalls the color of the sky; Rabbi Judah ben Illai maintained that the color of Aharon's staff was light blue, as were the Tablets of the Law, and this is why G-d commanded the Jews to include it on their prayer shawls: 'As long as the people of Yisra'el are looking at this tehelet, they are reminded of {the words} written on the tablets and observe them.' In other words, the sight of the color tehelet leads to observance of the commandments. White and tehelet, along with gold and purple, were the colors of the High Priest's raiment (Exodus 28: 4,43) and of the curtains of the Tabernacle (Exodus 26). They were considered to be the colors of purity symbolizing the spirituality of the Jewish people" (The Jewish Virtual Library).

The red border signifies Zekharyah 2:9 which reads, "I will be for it—says the L-rd—a firewall around, and My She'China glory shall dwell in its midst."

CELESTIAL IMPLICATIONS:

*The Hand: The Philippines was 1 of 5 nations fought over during the Spanish-American War of 1898, along with Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Taiwan. Thus far, only The Philippines and Cuba have independence from Spain and America.

✡Quezon's List: Manuel L. Quezon ben Noakh - President of The Commonwealth of The Philippines, 1935-1941 - assisted in harboring/issuing 10,000 visas for Jewish refugees escaping Nazi tyranny, where they settled in the South-Eastern strongholds of Marikina, Manila and Mindanao, preceding Schindler's List.

✡Existential Tiebreaker: 1 of 3 decisive votes in the Intra-Nations on November 29, 1947 approving of the Partition Plan was cast by The Philippines {and was the only Asian nation to support Israeli sovereignty}, along with Haiti and Liberia.

✡Regalo from Ha'Filipinim to Israel: Guiness Record for World's Largest Flag {IsraelI}

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOUTH-EAST NAVIGATION

"According to the findings of Archaeology Professor Joseph Patrich, a large cistern of water located under the upper platform of the Temple Mount, near the south-eastern corner, points to the exact location of the Holy Altar and Sanctuary" [Ynet News].

"Eastern Gush Etzion, the Jewish towns south-east of Jerusalem on the edge of the Judean Desert, has finally been connected directly to Jerusalem via a new road, making an hour-long trip into a ten-minute excursion and representing a victory for local Jewish activists" [Arutz Sheva].

"Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) were told by the cabinet on Sunday to resume their excavations at the Rambam Gate leading to the south-east corner of the Temple Mount [aka Solomon's Stables] in the Old City of Jerusalem and complete construction of a new permanent foot bridge to the Western Wall, with all due haste. This ramp gives access to the only Temple Mount gate open to non-Muslims" [Haaretz].

"Your southernmost corner shall be from the desert of Zin along Edom, and the southern border shall be from the edge of the Sea of Salt [the Dead Sea] to the east" [Bamidbar 34:3].

"Then he brought me back to the door of Beis Ha'Mikdash, and, behold, streams of water were pouring out from beneath the threshold of the entrance eastward, for the forefront of Beis Ha'Mikdash faced the east; and the water flowed down from under from the south part of Beis Ha'Mikdash past the south side of the altar... and the steps of it shall look toward the east" [Yechezkel 47:1; 43:17].

STATS:

*The Philippines Arkipelago comprises 7,107 islands located in the Pacific Ring of Fire {South China Sea} and is the only Asian country to share no land borders with its neighbors.

*A total of 171 recognized indigenous languages are spoken by Ha'Filipinim.

*Population of The Philippines (12th largest in the world): 96,061,680+

*Just some nations with significant Pin@y constituencies: Timor, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, United States, Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Greece, Muslim and Middle East Strongholds, including Malaysia, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Yesh'a.

*Besides being founder and active member of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), East Asia Summit (EAS), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Latin Union, the Group of 24, and the Non-Aligned Movement, she is also seeking Observer Status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

*The Filipin@ diaspora is the third largest in terms of population among overseas East Asian groups. The Overseas Chinese is the largest, with about 35 million followed by the Overseas Indian at 22 million.

✡The Global Filipin@ Diaspora {"How The Filipin@ Has Helped The Jew Return To The Holy, Set-Apart Land of Israel"}: 11 Million+

✡Number of Filipinim in Eretz Yisra'el: 30,000-60,000+ {a majority concentrated in Tel Aviv's Shuk Tahana Merkazit, otherwise known as the Little Manila of Israel}

OPERATION MANONG YOSEF:

A remnant of Ha'Filipinim {Hebrew for "The Philippines" or "The Filipin@s"} trace their exilic roots to Sephardic Spain, then somehow smuggled to Mexico via ship, thus their identification as Crypto-Asians or Conversos/B'nei Anusim — linking West to East. Taglit, Hebrew for "Tagalog," is the official language of The Filipinim Arkipelego. We parabolically bridge the 6 directions of Arba'at Ha'Minim {"The Four Species"} having been invaded over the former millennium by the toxic halo-halo likes of Arab Moors from Morocco in North Africa, Eurabian-Conquistadors, Brit-ish Snobs, Cow-Badoy Amerikano-Gringos — who classified Filipinim immigrants as Indo-Filipin@s — and Japanese Homicidal Kamikazes; though, the Filipin@ Tropical Island Sanctuary itself is not known to have ever resorted to brute imperialism or Retaliatory Seizure].

"The [Warrior] Art [of Abir] was absolutely hidden. Their family were protectors of the different kings and courts of the middle east for many generations... Spain was another place where Abir was preserved for hundreds of years. You see this by the teachers of Kali. Kali is a Filipin@ Martial Art. The teachers of Kali, which by the way comes from our Hebrew word for "vessel" [singular: "Kli": כלי‎; plural: "Keilim": כלים‎]: which is our quintessential symbolic weapon in Abir — The Reed Stick/The Nabuta. They'll tell you that this is a martial art that was taught by the Jews of Spain — the Jews that fled from [Inquisitorial] Spain. This was their art. We're talking about Filipin@ trainers — Filipin@s that [mastered] this art — who are the bearers of a tradition of a unique fighting art among the Jews of Spain from five hundred years ago."
— Mori [Gurong Hudyo] Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron

According to the Midrash, the ancient Yisra'elite, much like the Yisra'elite today, had the appearance of "boxwood" or "honey brown."

May Filipin@-Jews be B'nei Efrayim, the long-lost Tribal brethren of B'nei Menashe {B'nei Menashe and Ha'Filipinim are often compared to one another in Eretz Yisra'el}:

http://www.bnei-menashe.org/
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B0A431213A10860
http://www.bneimenashe.com/
http://www.shavei.org//en/Community.aspx?Name=Bnei+Menashe
http://baleishalom.blogspot.com/2009/05/bamboo-pesakh-dance.html

Israel's perpetual blessing over the 2 Mestizo sons of Yosef and his Mizrahi wife, Asnet: Efrayim and Menashe (Bereisheet 48:8-22).....

".....he too will become a people, and he too will be great. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his children['s fame] will fill the nations." 

יט. וַיְמָאֵן אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר יָדַעְתִּי בְנִי יָדַעְתִּי גַּם הוּא יִהְיֶה לְּעָם וְגַם הוּא יִגְדָּל וְאוּלָם אָחִיו הַקָּטֹן יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ וְזַרְעוֹ יִהְיֶה מְלֹא הַגּוֹיִם:

"So he blessed them on that day, saying, "With you, Israel will bless, saying, 'May G-d make you like Efrayim and like Menashe,' and he placed Efrayim before Menashe." 

כ. וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמוֹר בְּךָ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יְשִׂמְךָ אֱ־לֹהִים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת אֶפְרַיִם לִפְנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה

MEMORABLE QUOTES:

"My mother's side had the better food, my father's side had the better jokes."
— Rob Schneider describing his Filipino-Jewish heritage

"Filipinos are like Hobbits because they are a peace-loving, party-people, who love to eat, drink, sing, dance, pipe-smoke, and laugh; who are secure in their dreams and visions, seeing well above the ordinary turn of events, giving hope to a cynical and litigious world, preferring, instead, the confines of The Shire."

— Eunice Malijan

"There were these two Jewish tourists traveling through Boracay, Philippines for vacation, post-I.D.F. shabbatical. One balmy day, they were wandering along the beach resort, barefoot and thirsty, stopping to rest at a Kamayan buffet, beneath a single Palm Tree. Exasperated, one of them wonders, out loud, 'Are there Filipino Jews in the Philippines?' Her brother replies, 'Maybe!' So they motion to the waiter and inquire about Filipino Jews. The Intsik say, 'Sir, I believe so, but i have to check with our Chef first, to be sure.' So the Houseboy disappears into the steamy kusina. After Filipino-time, the Chief finally comes out to personally greet the Chabadnikim and answers, 'Yes ma'am, yes sir! We do have Filipino Jews... What kind of Jews would you like? We have Apple Jews, Orange Jews, Banana Jews, Guava Jews, Pineapple Jews, Mango Jews, Coconut Jews, Jackfruit Jews, Starfruit Jews, Papaya Jews... You name it, we have it!'"

"Those who cannot see where they came from will never reach their destination."
— José Rizal, son of a Filipino father and a Chinese mother, was an author, physician, and polymath whose works and martyrdom made him the quintessential hero of the Filipinim Revolution and Migration.

"There are no tyrants where there are no slaves."
— José Rizal

"We are tribeless and all tribes are ours./ We are homeless and all homes are ours./ We are nameless and all names are ours./ To the fascists we are the faceless enemy/ Who come like thieves in the night, angels of death:/ The ever moving, shining, secret eye of the storm."
— From 'Open Letter to Filipino Artists' by Emmanuel Lacaba aka The Brown Rimbaud, Salvaged Poems; Author of posthumous collection of poems entitled, Bar Mitzvah.

To disguise Kali — a swift and deadly form of Filipinim Martial Arts primarily for peasant folk — from subsequent invaders, Filipinim subverted their training through a hybridized "Dance" aptly called, Singk-IL.

MabuHAI