Shabbat on our knees... Teshuvah!

Tonight begins Shabbat and we will be on our knees. Today is the eighth anniversary of the 9/11.

We are not having a special meeting tonight but a time of prayer. Husband and I are grieved to see America has slipped back into complacency, back away from The Almighty. This is the season of Teshuvah, of returning back to the laws of The Father in preparation of the Fall Feasts and the Messiah's return.

How very fitting that tonight's Parashah is Ki Tavo, "when you enter." In this Parashah, the children of Israel are getting ready to enter the land and Moses is exhorting them to keep the law, the Torah. It is in this reading where the Moses gives them the charge for the "Blessings and Curses." Blessings if you follow the commandments, the Torah, and Curses if you don't. This is reflected in 2 Ch 7:14

Quote:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Ki Tavo is read during the season of Teshuva, or returning, the time when we are to perform cheshbon ha-nefesh and teshuvah, (soul searching and return [to the laws of the Almighty]) in the days leading to Yom Kippur. In other words, "Repent before you die." This is interesting because Husband and I feel today, the eighth anniversay of 9/11, America needs Chesbon ha-nefesh and Teshuvah!

Parashah: Deut. 26:1 - 29:9
Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1-22
Brit Chadashah: Acts 7:30-36, Eph. 1:3-6 , Rev. 21:10-27

A Labor Day Mikvah

We are now almost three years into our "Messianic" (for lack of a better term) journey. Husband has been getting increasingly anxious to learn about an immersion.

From what we've been able to learn, a Mikvah is a cleansing before entering the temple. Actually, it is the recepticable for holding the immersion water for cleansing before entering the temple.

We have no temple but it is commanded in Leviticus and Numbers.

~Also the Messiah himself was immersed.~

I was recently asked if I felt we needed to perform a Mikvah in place of our childhood Baptist Baptism. Here was my answer:

Yes, actually. We've been studying a lot and, as you have probably already figured out ,(we're just very slow and leaving all we've ever known is, at times, difficult) we have discovered that there are concepts added to scripture that were not there originally.
One concept seems to be the idea of the Trinity.

Even though we have been Messianic for almost three years now, we were challenged over the summer to study if the concept of Trinity is actually scriptural. Here is what we found:

The statements "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" are not in the oldest Greek manuscripts or ANY of the Hebrew NT manuscripts. The updated Strong's has changed their definition of "Echad" found in Deuteronomy 6:4, to actually mean "One" instead of "Unity." A Trinitarian concept does not agree with Torah.

I never realized that in being Baptist, I was very Catholic...

We wanted to be immersed into the Father's Biblical name, YHVH, and into His Son's, the Messiah Yeshua's (or Yashua, Yahosua) Name and character.
And in following the Sh'ma, Deuteronomy 6:4-11, we wanted to symbolically state we believe YHVH is truly ONE, not a unified god-head.
We prayed for the Father to immerse us in His Son's character (name, reputation)
I don't think this is a salvation issue but Husband is thinking it is. We are studying John 3 right now.

Here is something on which I would like your opinion:

How do you interrupt this verse and the whole context surrounding it?

Quote:

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

As I see it, the Messiah is using parallelism to answer Nichodemus' question; born of water being of flesh, born of spirit being spirit...

In other words, you certainly can't enter into the Kingdom if you're not first born into this world.

But, then how does that explain the evil one's access to the Throne in the book of Job? He wasn't "born of water."

But, if the "born of water" phrase means baptism, then how can I explain the robber on the cross?

Quote:

And Yeshua said to him, “Truly, I say to you today, you shall be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43

Do you have any thoughts on this?If you see any error in my logic, please point it out to me so I can study further!

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Spurred on by John 3, We decided to follow HIM.

We went to the river today and after a simple prayer, immersed ourselves in HIS name and in HIS character.

It was a wonderful experience for our entire family.

k'tiva v'chatima tova!

~wow~

How do these relate?

At first glance, this week's portion seems a rather dry, jumbled together list of laws that have little in common with each other: the rules for taking a captive to wife, a rebellious son, finding a mother bird and chicks... In fact, of all 613 laws of the Torah, I think 74 are found in is portion!

The portion is called Ki Teitzei and means "When you go out"

Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19

Isaiah 54:1-10

Matthew 5:27-30

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

In reading the Deuteronomy section, I wondered how could these laws be related? After reading again.... slower... A pattern did begin to emerge. I saw that this portion seemed to relate to family, specifically, Jacob's family.

I'll only write about the first and last parts of the Deuteronomy portion.

The Beautiful Captive is found in Deuteronomy 21:11 and, as I understand it, Strong's might have it wrong here.

The word Stong's uses is ידדות Yediduth (H3033) "beloved," but when I attempt to read this portion in a Hebrew Torah, the word is actually יפת תאר Y'fat To'ar, and is the exact word used to describe Rachel back in Genesis 29:17. It means "of beautiful form." I do not understand why Strong's would use such a different word as the original Torah but using "beloved" does make me remember Rachel. According to a few different websites, Rachel is the only woman in the Torah described as Y'fat To'ar, although I haven't checked this out.

******Edited! I have found our hard copy of Strong's uses the correct translated Hebrew word, Y'fat To'ar. It is our electronic version of Strong's and our hard copy of Green's Interliner Bible that uses the incorrect word, Yediduth To'ar, very likely a "fat-finger" mistake since the correct word is H3303 and the mistake is H3033. This just shows me to be even more diligent in Bible study*******

Rachel was from a somewhat pagan family and she stole her father's idols as she was fleeing with Jacob, presumbly to secretely continue the pagan practices, or at least to hold on to that part of her past. The Portion says for the Captive, the Y'fat To'ar, to promise to follow the Torah. Perhaps it was because Jacob didn't have her sware to follow the right rulings of the Almighty that Rachel struggled during the birth of her second child, named him "Ben-oni" or "Son of My Sorrow" and died.

A few verses later in the portion are the laws regarding the Hated Wife, the Rebellous Son, and the rejection of the firstborn. This also seems to point back to Jacob and how he did what the Torah prohibits: He took the first-born rights away from Reuben, his firstborn son of the"hated" wife, Leah, and gave them to Joseph the first-born son of the beloved wife, Rachel. Reuben WAS a rebellious son. Remember what he did with Jacob's concubine?

I have wondered why the Biblical Patriarchs often didn't follow the ideals of the Torah. I realize Moses hadn't yet been given the Torah when many of these stories took place but the Torah's ethics were in place since Creation.

Here is a quote from a Jewish website that shows this dilemma:

This brings up an issue which is quite beyond the scope of this shiur (but will be addressed in the shiurim on B'resheetGenesis later this year) - namely, how we regard those actions of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs which seem to contradict Toraic norms or ethics. We may note, however, that S'forno does address this problem in our Parashah and notes that if a firstborn son is not worthy of that inheritance (which includes a double portion and a position of power in the estate), it may be withdrawn from him and granted to another brother. This is why, as S'forno points out, the verse in Divrei HaYamim notes that Re'uven's sin (Reuben) with Ya'akov's (Jacob) concubine, Bilhah, was the cause of his losing the B'khorah, (right of the firstborn).

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The portion ends with a command to keep just weights and measures; to be fair in business dealings and reminds Israel to remember how they were treated by Amalek. Once Israel had rest, the commandment to blot out the rememberance of Amalek and not forget to do so is to be followed!

Even though Israel has yet to enter into rest from her enemies, I learned this week that in a small way, observant Jews are already following this command. When a Sofer, a scribe, is testing a Sofer quill for writing Torah pages, he will write out the name "Amalek" and then cross through the name and then blot it out.

But how does this Amalek section relate to the Torah Portion? Here again, is a quote from a Jewish website:

Much of our Parashah is devoted to inclusion and exclusion - who may marry into the Jewish people and who is excluded. One of the properties of exclusion is that it defines inclusion; i.e. by clarifying who may not enter, we begin to understand the unique qualities of those who may enter.

As we read in the genealogy of Esav (Esau), Amalek is a direct descendant of Ya'akov's brother. (B'resheet 36:12). Much as we maintain a powerful connection with family - even when they err (e.g. Onan), our lines are drawn around us and we can also define who is "not family". Although Amalek might be considered a "cousin", the Divine selection which firmly placed Ya'akov on the inside track - also pushed Esav out. His seed, though they may be genealogically related to us, are not our family.

This exclusion, as mentioned above, helps define the inclusion which is the undercurrent of the Parashah. Even if the sons and grandsons of Ya'akov sinned - even if we need to question grandfather Ya'akov's behavior - we are all still family with each other and we bear the responsibility that comes with that relationship.

The strong and uncompromising exclusion of Amalek helps to define the notion of Jewish inclusion for those who are truly of the family of B'nei Yisra'el (Sons of Israel) and Beit Ya'akov (house of Jacob).

This message runs underneath the explicit laws of family which form the basis of our Parashah and help us further understand our responsibilities towards each other - expanding on the second theme of Parashah R'eh

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So how do the commandments to not take a mother bird or to put railing around your roof fit in? These commandments do show kindness, and tradition says that these are the least of the commandments. Was this what the Messiah was talking about in Matthew 5:19?

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

I think perhaps the Messiah was referring this portion of Ki Teiztei and he was saying ALL of the Torah is important and to be kept, even the "least of the commandments."

Much, much more study is needed on my part...

k'tiva v'chatima tova!

~wow~

Shabbat menu

We've had a few sick ones this week so this Shabbat will be our favorite type: Cozy at home, just our family in our PJ's all weekend!!!!

The tentative menu:
Shabbat Dinner
Challah
GF Challah
Red Truck Pinot Noir
onion mushroom & garlic soup
Shawarma
garden salad
raw vegetables
tziki

Shabbat Breakfast
fruit
GF cold cereal
vanilla rice milk

Shabbat Lunch
wraps w/ the dinner leftovers
soup

Shabbat treats
popcicles
dark chocolate squares
new books

supper
vegetable soup
GF cornbread

Prayer for restored health

I am ready for good health and wellness for our family.

It seems at least one person has been achey and sniffley since July.

I have been doiling out Vitamin C and Echinacha, onion soup and grapefruit seed extract, fortified orange juice and zinc, Sambucol and colloidal silver, Mullein and a whole host of teas and herbals.

I have been sending the children outside to soak up some sun, making them go on walks for the fresh air and exercise, and making sure we are all well-hydrated. I have been getting them to bed for plenty of rest. I have been cooking good, healthy meals.... Yet, we are still somewhat puny.

I keep telling myself:

"And let us not be weary in well doing:

for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

Galatians 6:9

To paraphrase Moses, "Heal us now, Oh Father!"

I'm not sure what else I need to be doing to build up immunities and I'm afraid if I stop, this flu will hit us all with full force! Right now, Husband feels very poorly and my oldest daughter seems to be dragging.

I am praying for healing:

Heal us, oh Lord, and we shall be healed; save us, and we shall be saved,

for the one we praise is You.

Bring complete healing for all our sicknesses,

for, oh God, you are our faithful compassionate Healer and King.

Blessed are you, Lord, the healer of the sick of Israel.

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And this is the confidence that we have in him,

that, if we ask any thing according to his will,

he heareth us:

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,

we know that we have the petitions

that we desired of him.

1 John 5:14-15

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K'tiva V'Chatima Tova!

~wow~

~K'tiva V'Chatima Tova!~

Tonight, Friday, August 29th, begins the first full Shabbat of the Sixth Hebrew month, or the 12th Jewish Civil month commonly known as Elul. This month is the beginning of a forty-day season of Teshuva (repentance, turning back) in preparation for the coming Biblical High Holy Days.

The Sixth month of Elul is a time to search the heart and draw close to the Father. The final ten days of this 40-day season are an intense period of soul searching and repentance between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur, known as the Days of Awe. The Aramaic word, "Elul" means "search:" Elul is a time of intense searching of our hearts and forgivness from God.

Several meaningful abbreviations based on acronyms of various Hebrew verses have been associated with Elul. One source says the name "Elul" is actually an Hebrew acronym for the Song of Solomon's Ani L'dodi V'dodi Li...

Song of Songs 6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine...

Or Deuteronomy's ...Et L'vavcha V'et L'vav...

Deu 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise

thine heart, and the heart of thy seed,

to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart,

and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Another acronym has to do with the burnt offerings and sin offerings, the Olah and the Chatat. These are referred to three times in the Torah.

Echad L'olah V'echad L'chatat

"One for a burnt offering (olah)

and one for a sin offering (chatat)"

It is customary to blow a Shofar every morning from the first day of the month, Rosh Chodesh Elul, to the last day of Elul. Here is a quote from a Jewish website that may help explain this custom:

According to tradition, Moshe (Moses) went up to Mount Sinai on Rosh Chodesh Elul to recieve the second set of tablets upon which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. Moshe then spent the next 40 days on the mountain, returning to the people on Yom Kippur. The first time Moshe went up to the mountain the people worshipped the Golden Calf because they miscalculated the 40 day period after which they expected Moshe to return. When Moshe did not come down at the appointed time, the people created the Golden Calf to lead them in his stead. Tradition teaches that when Moshe went up tot he mountain the second time, a shofar was sounded throughtout the encampment, so everyone would know exactly from when to begin counting the 40 days until his return.

Another custom is to recite Psalm 27 from Rosh Chodesh Elul until the middle of the Sukkot, 45 days later. Psalm 27 begins with:

"God is my light and my helper, whom shall I fear?"

The challenging spirtual work of Elul is made easier when we know that God is with us as we strive to draw closer to Him.

Another, rather sweet custom is to begin any correspondence with this blessing:

~K'tiva V'Chatima tova!~

"a good writing and sealing (of judgement)"

It means that the person should be written and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year.

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Tonight we held our monthly Shabbat meeting. Attendance was down due to illness but we still had a good time of study and fellowship. Our Study was based on Parashah #48, "Shoftim" or Judges:

Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

Isaiah 51:12-52:12

John 1:19-27

Acts 3:22-23

The menu was varied as everyone brought a dish. My contribution was Greek, vegetarian, and gluten-free!

Shabbat Dinner

Greek Salad

Dolmas

tziki

olives

raw vegetable platter

rice pilaf

Shabbat Breakfast

cold gluten-free cereals

vanilla rice milk

fruit

Shabbat Lunch

Mediterranean Lentil salad (cold)

fruit

Shabbat Snacks

fruit

fruit juice popcicles

nuts

supper

four bean soup w/ sour grape seed and cilantro

toasted brown rice pilaf

ice cream

Other special treats:

I downloaded three rental documentaries regarding the Ark of the Covenant and the Dead Sea Scrolls. They look very interesting. I also ordered a book on the Lord's Prayer by Nehemia Gordon, and a video from AHRC about the Aaronic Blessing so we'll have lots to watch and study about this Shabbat.

Shabbat Shalom ve Shavua Tov!

~wow~

Shabbat menu

That last post was so long, I thought I'd put our Shabbat menu in a new post. We are trying to adhere to a Kosher, gluten-free, mostly vegetarian, somewhat diabetic diet... (whew!)

~Shabbat Dinner~

Challah

gluten-free Challah

Red Truck California pinot noir

Grilled Salmon w/ fresh lemon

steamed broccoli

turmeric spiced brown rice

salad

fruit

~Shabbat Breakfast~

cold cereal the chldren love

gluten free cereal for me

vanilla rice milk

~Shabbat Lunch~

wraps w/ beans, veggies, etc..

cold leftovers

salad

fruit

~Shabbat treats~

popcicles

lemonaid

Sprite and Ginger ale for upset tummys

Bible Baseball

Hebrew videos

~supper~

four bean soup w/ cilantro, sour grape seed, cumin

spiced rice

fruit

These foods are all very easy to prepare and fit in our dietary wishes. The best part is the children love them!!

~wow~

A small study...

I decided to just skip ahead to today's Torah study. I wish I could figure out how to make these posts I'm transferring from email to all look uniform. I am sorry about the appearance.

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Tonight, Friday, begins Shabbat. We've had some sick children this week so I'm ready for a rest and to just stay in my pj's all day.

Child #8, my Sweet Toddler, is doing much better and was able to keep his Shabbat meal down this evening. Child #3, the Young Lady, just wants to sleep and recover. Child #4, the Horse Lover, has really worked hard to clean the house AND take care of the sickies while I've been gone most of the day. I think she is ready for Shabbat, too!

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The Bible study this week:

Parashah#46: Ekev, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25

Haftarah: Isaiah 40:15-51:3

B'rit Chadashah: Romans 8:31; Hebrews 11:8-13

I haven't been able to put much time into our Bible study this week and my word studies have been at a snail's pace. This portion has been so very rich and I think can be somewhat summed up in this first verse, Deuteronomy 7:12, so that's where I will attempt to stay.

Deu 7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

This week's study is entitled Ekev, which is the second word of the Hebrew text, the seventh word of the English text. Here is one instance where Strong's is not as helpful to me, intially. How can the same word mean both "deciever" and "reward"???

Strong's usually gives just the root word meanings, which can be quite diverse, but leaves out the prefixes and suffixes and any middle vowels that can greatly shade the meaning of the word. Several sources all give me different meanings for this instance of Ekev and these definations are all listed in Strong's. It is up to us to figure out which applies.

This is where studying Hebrew culture and idioms comes in. I have to remember to think "Hebraiclly" which means to think in concrete terms. For instance, the concept of "Faith" is very abstract but in Hebrew thought, "Faith" is conveyed as "to stay on the path." Doesn't this wonderfully illustrate Psalm 119:105?

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

In other words, the words of the Father give us the ability to have faith and walk uprightly.

But back to the Parashah...

Some online sources give me such seemingly diverse interpertations of Ekev as:

*"On the heel of..." This source uses the first definition from Strong's and is a very concrete idea. It just makes no sense to my Western mind. The root of Ekev is actually the same as Ya'akov, (Jacob) which means "hand on the heel." Remember Jacob was the twin of Esau and was grasping Esau's foot as they were born.

*"Because..." abstract concept also in Strong's

*"if [you follow]" I think this meaning is closer to the "heart"of the matter. It is the last definition listed in Strong's and while it is getting closer to the concrete Hebraic thought, it can still lag behind.

*"Reward from..." Our friends in Israel, to whome I tend to listen, tell me Ekev means "reward from..." While this makes sense, the passage is referring to the rewards, or blessings we recieve when we follow the commands of the Father, this is still a very abstract concept. This definition is also found in Strong's.

Jeff Benner's Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible helps to work through some of this muddle. It is used similar to the concordance but puts words in a more concrete, Hebraic fashion; it is closer to a native speaker's thoughts. With the help of the Lexicon, I can think in more Hebraic terms and go back to that first definition. Here's what I might say:

It will be on the heels of the right rulings...

This is more concrete and better illustrates the Hebraic thought. It actually goes with the "if [you follow]" translation, but "to be on the heels" of something is to follow immediately with no chance of lagging behind.

What is "it" in this verse? "It" is the assurance that the Father will guard the Covenant he made with our fathers; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We need to go back to Genesis 15 and re-read about this Covenant. This Covenant was first made with Abram (later Abraham) and involved cutting or slaughtering animals. The Father, possibly in the form of a Menorah, (KJV calls it a smoking furnace and a burning lamp) passed between the cut pieces of flesh and walked through the blood. Talk about Messianic! He was in essence saying:

"May it be also done to me if I go back on my word."

Notice Abram didn't pass through the slaughter. Could the Father have made a one-sided Covenant? This thought is supported by the word "sware" later in the verse. נשבע n'shawba (H7650) "to complete" "to seven oneself." Remember, a Menorah has seven lamps, we're not talking about the more popular nine-branched Chanukeah used during the Chanukah celebration. Could the Father have completed this covenant himself? If so, what was required of Abraham, and what is required of us today: to guard and obey His commands. He says His commands are not burdensome, 1 John 5:3. What a kind and compassionate God we serve!

Back to the Parashah...

KJV translates the parashah text as:

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, to keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the convenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

But Hebraically, the text might read something like:

It will be on the heels of the right rulings when you guard and practice them, that YHVH, your elohiym (god) will guard for you the covenant and the kindness he completed to your fathers.

I know it doesn't seem like a really big difference but it is making a big impact on me. The blessings that YHVH stated to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (and in this Parashah) will be on the heels of obeying the judgements, the right rulings.

These studies take me such a long time to work out, Proverbs 25:2 has become my Motto:

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

We have purchased a Mechanical Translation of Genesis and Exodus that does help me. I hope Mr Benner's Mechanical translations of the rest of the Torah are published soon.

Now I need to figure out the rest of the today's passage...

~wow~

Shabbat of Blessing

From a July 19th email....

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Sabbath of Blessing~ the last Sabbath before the new mooon.

Today has been a wonderful day to rest. We traveled to a small fellowship last night and didn't get home until after 1:00 this morning so I have been happy for just a time to read and relax.

This week's parashah has been Mattot, (tribes) found in Numbers 30:1-32:42 and refers to when Moses gave the laws of vows, the revenge against the Midianites, and the tribes of Reuben and Gad asking for their inheritance to remain on the east side of the Jordan. It was very interesting to see how seemingly unrelated verses were actually all tied together with the concept of the vow. A vow is serious business and it's violation causes destruction and pain. While a promise is an agreement between two people and easily broken, a vow is a binding contract and involves diety.

Vow~ נדר Nader (Nay'-der)

Strong's number H5088 ~ A promise to God

Hebrew name meaning

נ Nun Seed, continue, heir, son

ד Dalet Door, move, hang, entrance

ר Resh Head of a Man, first, top, beginning

I just don't know enough about Ancient Hebrew culture to understand, but this is the deeper meaning of the word "Nader", or "Vow." We think it has to do with how vows were actually made, which to me is bizarre. We just need to study on it more.

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This is the middle of the Three Weeks of Sorrow, the time when historically the Jews befell calamaity. Both the first and second temples were destroyed, among five other noted tragedies. This time is also referred to as the days "within the straits" (bein hamatzarim)

Lamentations 1:3 "All her oppressors have overtaken her within the straits."

On Shabbat during the Three Weeks, the haftarah is taken from passages in Isaiah and Jeremiah dealing with the destruction of the temple and the exile of the children of Israel.

The Three Weeks will end on Tisha B'Av, the 9th of Av, which is the 5th Hebrew month and this year falls August 1 (sundown) to August 2 (sundown) and then the haftarah will return to parallels of the Parashah.

The Haftarah has been Jeremiah 1:1-2:3

The B'rit Chadashah has been Matthew 5:33-37, James 4:1-12.

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As I stated earlier, we traveled to another state for fellowship.

~My contribution to the fellowship's Shabbat meal:~

corn on the cob (we took 45 ears)

Humongous garden salad

carrots

kosher cheeses

olive oil

~Sabbath breakfast~

gluten free Rice Chex

Vanilla rice milk

~Sabbath lunch~

gluten free cheese bread

pinto beans

brown rice

tuna salad

garden salad

wraps

~supper~

leftovers

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The end of the season of family birthdays has arrived. I bought five bicycles this year and they were a real hit! Horse girl and Little Sister both learned to ride and now we're trying to convince Little Brother to take those training wheels off. Baby is happy with the trike. Junior, Tall Man, and Lady have been trail riding with our Friend's older children and have been loving it. Junior is trying to convince Husband to get a bike to ride along. I just may join them!

Shalom Aleichem

Peace and completeness be upon you!

~WOW~