Israel said to Joseph, "I never pilal-ti
(thought/hoped/imagined/dreamed) that I would ever see your face again, and God
has even let me see your children." (Genesis 48:11)
To this day, Jewish fathers bless their children with
Jacob's blessing: "May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh."
(Genesis: 48:20)
We focus this Vayehi blog post on our awesome reunion with the beautiful children of the Children of Manasseh (Bnei Menashe) from India.
Shavei Israel reaches out and assists Lost Tribes seeking to
return to the Jewish people.
We photographed Tzvi with his daughter in purple (segol)
and his wife Nurit with their youngest daughter as their Superman son watched.
Mel explained that the Jewish People are am segulah
that can be translated as "purple people."
We are a People chosen to teach the world that by mixing sky
blue with red (adom) of earth (adamah) we bring heaven down to
earth.
We photographed Laviyah with her four-day old son and her
son Menahem. Her husband was away
serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
We visited Beit Miriam, the Shavei Israel Community Center,
where we saw Bnei Menashe children coming for help with their homework.
Others worked with computers and on crafts projects while
two girls outside were climbing a tree.
At the entrance to Beit Miriam, the prophetic vision that we
were seeing with our own eyes was posted on the wall:
And I will return the captivity of Judah and the
captivity of Israel, and I shall assemble them as in the beginning.
(Jeremiah 33)
