Maggid ben Yoseif / Jerusalem Torah Voice in Exile
M'nashe's tie to the Chicano people

1.    Whose America?

The Hopi were instructed to migrate thorughout the Americas in much the same way Abraham prepared the Land of Promise for his descendants. With the return of the Hopi descendants to the American Southwest, what does this say about the spiritual sovereignty of America?

2.  Aztlan:  The Homeland

The banner under which hordes of returning Hopi descendants are uniting means "illegal" immigrants returning from South and Central America think of the American Southwest as their ancient homeland. Consequently America's leaders now have a dilemma not unlike the scenario they have provoked in Judea-Samaria. Chicano nationalism now shows every sign of becoming an independent entity in America's West Bank.  Connect this very real demographic foretold by Hopi sages with other Hopi prophecy and it would appear that the days of Anglo-America are numbered.

3. Survival of America rests with path of 'hopi'

Ma'asau, the ruling spirit of this land, told the new arrivals that their path must be a path of hopi (peace) and a spiritual path that would eschew material gain.  They were told -- and all of America should take note of this -- that the very existence of this land hinged on the existence of the Hopi and their descendants eventually inheriting the land and their obedience to Ma'asau's charge.  

4.  Hopi prophesies bleak but contain hope for 'hopi'

The Hopi envision the coming "purification" (earth changes) as a judgment for the materialistic condition of the world. Much of mankind will not survive but places of refuge are being prepared within the Native American communities who expect the nation to be divided by a huge body of water.

5. The 'gadol' (great) nature of M'nashe links to Hopi

The Torah refers to M'nashe as an "ohhmm gadol" (great people). Descendants of M'nashe lived in great numbers in the sacred Four Corners region bounded by the great Pacific, the great Gulf of Mexico, the great Colorado River and the grand Rio Grande.

6. The messianic vision and M'nashe

The prophet Isaiah may have referred to the rescue and return of the one separated from his brothers -- M'nashe -- as a prophetic fulfillment validating the mission of the servant to Israel, known as the messiah.

7. Chicano spirit reaches into roots of America

When America was settled, ancestors of the Chicano were already in the land.

8. Esoteric evidence of M'nashe-Chicano link

The head t'filin worn by devout Jews covers the same region of the head that the Hopi said would vibrate with spiritual energy and which has led them throughout their migrations.

9. Open the gates for M'nashe

Spiritual leaders of Aztlan welcome the children of M'nashe to their sweats, dances ... and study of Torah.