MESSIAH WILL APPEAR IN THE GALILEE

Soncino Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 220a

Said R. Simeon: ‘At the time when the dead will be awakened and be in readiness for the resurrection in the Holy Land, legions upon legions will arise on the soil of Galilee, as it is there that the Messiah is destined to reveal himself.

For that is the portion of Joseph, and it was the first part of the Holy Land to be destroyed, and it was there that the exile of Israel and their dispersion among the nations began, as Scripture says, “but they are not grieved for the hurt of Joseph” (Amos 6:6).