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Shalom Ladies,
My name is Tahar (Candice in english). My husband is Yochanan. In the chat room I am Y_and_T_2 and my husband is Y_and_T. We have been fellowshipping on this site since about 2002, but have only recently been meeting people in persom. My husband and I were originally born in CA and have lived in many states. We always wondered, even as children, why our parents would choose to have children in a place like California, LOL! Neither one of us really ever liked the state. We have been married for 14 years and have been in the true names movement for about 10 years. I have been a follower for 33 years and my husband has been one for about 21 years. We are praying for Yahweh to allow us the blessing of being parents, but as of right now we only have a cat who thinks he is a real boy, LOL! EliYah's caht room is a HUGE blessing in our lives and so are all the people we have had fellowship with through this avenue Yahweh has provided for us. We pray we continue to have sweet fellowship with His children and pray that all of you will experience some of the same. Shalom to all of your hoomes and Yahweh bless!
In His love and service,
Tahar_bat_Levi

Shalom and blessings to you all. This is my very first post here. I have had my email through EliYah for quite some time, but have never been to the forum. I am relieved to see other women with similar wants, needs and concerns. To take a moment to introduce myself, I am a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother 6 times with the most recent two being twin girls!! Hallelu'yah! They are my tikvah and simcha. My husband and I have been on this path together for many years, over 25, but have in the last 10-11 years come to deeper knowledge. We live off grid, and have for 25+ years, thereby hauling our water, no elec, no phone etc. We raise and slaughter our own meats, (my husband does a kosher slaughter), have chickens and eggs, and grow much of our own food.
I read posts regarding clothing. I too found that in order to obtain high quality and comfortable clothing, I needed to do it myself. I only use 100% cottons, linens, wools etc. As far as the elastic, I do not use much, however I agree with the statement that the elastic is not woven into the garment. I do order and pay a premium price for 100% cotton socks.
We eat kosher foods, we wear unmixed clothing, and we keep YHVH's calendar, uncorrupted by society. When I say this I mean that each month starts anew with the sighting of the new moon. Then we begin the counting, 6 workdays, Shabbat. We do not use the gregorian or babylonian calendar at all. I do have to refer to it in my work environment, but usually I have no idea which day or date we are on without simply looking it up.
I am now past the time of women, having gone through menopause almost completely, but my husband and I also kept the laws of family purity/ Niddah. We had our time of separation each month. In everything we do we try our best to apply what YHVH has given us and follow His instructions given in His Torah. I hope to have many discussions with you all and hope I can find this site again after today.
Shabbat Shalom!! Tonight at sunset will be the 2nd Sabbath, the 15th day of the 6th Biblical month. (full moon)
I also saw many women talking about their Sabbath preparations. Without indoor plumbing of any kind, I do use alot of paperplates. Not just for Sabbath. I do prepare food ahead of time, but find that we eat alot of raw fruits, raw veggies, and cheese, olives, hard boiled eggs etc....
Well, sorry for being so longwinded! Shabbat Shalom, Moriahs bubbe.

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"Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy Name. The righteous shall compass me about, for thou shalt deal bountifully with me."

Hi!
I'm new here. I live in Marietta, GA. I'll be turning 19 years old soon. I have only been trying to follow Torah for the last week. It is hard, because I don't even know what Torah says!! I've read it several times, but you don't remember things you think don't apply to you....
I've already been wearing head coverings, even though now I am convicted to cover my entire hair. I'm not married, but I am engaged (although without parental recognition... :-( ), to a gentleman, who I'm sure will be coming on the forums some time soon.
Even when I was an "orthodox" Christian I had trouble finding women fellowship. When I became an "unorthodox" Christian, I still had trouble finding women fellowship. Now that I believe I might need to follow torah, I'm hoping that this will be a good fellowship place.
I have so many questions! I hope to ask them soon. I figure I should search the forum for answers first, but anyone who wants to talk to me and answer them is good too.
My email address, edited for spambots, is m3lani3_all3n_@gmail.com
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*a tad overwhelmed*
I just read the rest of the threads... mixed linen? I'm poor...(thank you college) I don't know how to sew... I want to....
I'll have to replace like *look into closet* Oh... thank goodness, not as much as I thought! Lots of 100% cotton in here. 1 turtleneck and 3 mocks, a few hoodies, a dress, gone. I hated those mocks though, kind of loved the turtleneck. But I haven't checked my denim bottoms yet.
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Edit: how is it that at a rabbinical approved site, their head coverings are of mixed linen...? I'm not happy, I just bought several.

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Shalom Hope,

Welcome to the truth! We are all glad you have decided to follow the Torah!

Please come to the online meetings here, too. There is a 6th (fri) evening 8:03pm -ish online meeting, that is a message in text form. The noon Sabbath meeting (misourri time) is an audio meeting, where eliYAH gives the same message but he has an audio hookup. After the message eliYAH has a time to call in and ask questions, sing songs, give praise reports, and generally just encourage each other.

The headcoverings you mentioned are made from mixed linen? Do you mean the linen is mixed with something like cotton or wool? If they are, you have found out some truth about most of the "orthodox jews." They follow the talmud, not the Torah. D; sad but true They often do things that are in direct opposition to the Torah!

I just went through my clothes, too. I have three bags of clothes I am going to get rid of! I know how you feel about some of the clothes, ); I had to get rid of some of my most comfy turtle necks, and pants, too. I have a dilemma as to what to do about getting rid of them. I don't know if I should trash them, donate them to people in africa, or give them to a thrift store?


Great to meet a new sister!

angeL
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Hi, my name is Heidi. My family has been listening to the Sabbath meetings for about a year now, but I only recently ventured into the chat room as sheepmommy. My husband and I have been married for seven years and have 4 children, the oldest of which just began homeschooling. We are doing our best to keep the Torah, Sabbath, and the feasts. It is such a delight. We were thrust out of the church system in February for teaching the children how to write Yahshua in Hebrew, but we couldn't be happier.

I'm glad to have the opportunity to learn from other women, and maybe, just maybe, have something to share in return. We live on a farm with sheep and cows, and my husband pays the bills by flying a plane. I also have a small knitting business that I enjoy working at. I look forward to getting to know each of you a little better.

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Hi Heidi - I've talked to you in the chat room. I'm the one with the sheep and goats in WV.

Do you use knitting needles, or do you use a knitting loom? My kids have begun using those circular looms, and they are really enjoying it. We've just used commercial yarn, but we're working on spinning some more wool so they can try and knit with wool. So far they've only made hats )

Nancy

Hi Nancy,
I have used the looms, and my daughter enjoys it, but I am very much in love with my needles. They only get put down on Sabbath. I'm getting better at keeping my hands still and enjoying the day.

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I might have the wrong take on this but I cannot relate to this conversation. The whole thing is that I am a male who is single. I have not 'dated' in "seventeen years". What characterizes my general behavior would be practical righteousness That the only thing where I wavered is an exchanging a couple of emails at two Dating 'sites', no discrepancy in that. For the forum..Hi it's a bachelor who is a man above the age of majority who has never been married (see single). For now Im a man who has not been formerly married (and not a divorcee or a widower either) The legal exceptions are within cases where there was legally no marriage—especially if it was never 'consummated',.The Term "confirmed bachelor" can also refer to heterosexual men who show no interest in marriage or classes of committed relationships. Too many Pauline studies I guess. Working things out w/Fear and trembling,. That is not to say there wasn't 3 months of "living with a girl" when I was at the age of 19. Actually im not in the habbit of leaving things undisclosed or things as is,.. Thank Heaven, It's all about "Light" these days,.I am awaiting by being a patient guy. I always brighten up the room as people say! Most times I the one with a great sence of humor. By nature, I am completely unpragmatic. I am warm, sensitive, emotional, kind and a homebody but sociable. I am a possessive man. But Pray.Warriors are like that,.I am very light-hearted and love to have a title in each hand... I am principled Even at my own expense (umm, preferably at someone else's though, LOL). I enjoy living each day as it comes but at the same time, have long term goals. I look at the glass as half full and live my life that way. I am a positive person and have no time or room in my life for negativity.You might ask what it is I want.Not to sound like a lounge lizard but I would find it most interesting to know some folks. Dating sites for what it's worth gets old. Just a suggestion,. Oh, And I do not have children and have not been "partying" . Sorry if I ve got the wrong end of the stick but that's a little bit about me. The male in the forum.

> POSTSCRIPT : Abnormal as it is; I know it really must count for something.

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Shalom, Ladies

The Sabbath, yes, preparing so that we can reap the benefits has been a challenge for me as well because I have a full-time job. It's not as big of a challenge during the summer months, but when it starts getting dark really early on Friday, that's when I have to make some real adjustments. Here are some new habits I have formed and some other actions I have taken:

1. I no longer commit myself to elaborate evening meals Monday through Thursday. So a salad or snack will have to do, or my husband will prepare something more elaborate for himself. I use that new available time for Sabbath preparation.

2. All day Sunday, Monday through Thursday evening, I do house chores/errands so that on Sabbath they are either done or they will be done on Sunday, and therefore they aren't 'hanging over my head' on Sabbath. I also cook a very nice meal for us on Sundays because I like to cook, and I like to do this for my husband.

3. Friday morning, I prepare something in the slow cooker, so that there is a nice meal ready on Friday evening, and enough for leftovers the next day.

4. I am fortunate that I work for a company where I can have some flexibility in my schedule, and as a manager, I can pretty much control a lot of the activity for which I am responsible. So on Fridays, I start earlier and leave earlier. Sometimes I work extra long on Thursdays and leave early on Friday, so that I am not arriving home close to dusk like I would with a normal schedule.

In addition, I do not make it part of preparation to set a beautiful table or any other such custom. We do use regular dishes which we rinse and put in the dishwasher (which is empty and ready to go before Sabbath) and then we run it once Sabbath ends.

It took me a long while to learn new habits because I used to work during the week, and cook meals, and then do housework on the weekends. And I must say, I actually have a whole new attitude and feeling about my weekends. I feel refreshed after Sabbath, and I don't resent the housework anymore, and I actually have time even on Sundays to relax and rest before starting a paid work week.

Shalom, again!

My name is Mary Ann, and I live in the Midwest. I also do not live near any fellowship. There Torah fellowships an hour to two hours away, but that is really further than I want to drive, and they don't necessarily meet on regular schedules. There are a couple of Messianic congregations, again the same distance, but I disagree with some of their doctrine, so I just have to do this on my own, and I am at peace with that now.

I am coming to my new spiritual understandings as I began to explore the Hebraic roots of my faith about two years ago. I was not a mainstream Christian and had not been one for over 25 years.

As with many of you, my path is something new for my husband. So, I'm hoping this fellowship forum can be a place where we can share this experience.

We live on six acres of wooded land next to a national forest. We have created a wildlife habitat on the property, and so such creatures as deer, and wild turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, box turtles, and a wonderful assortment of birds find food and sanctuary here. We also have 4 rescue dogs that we have taken in and have provided a home for.

So that's a little bit about me.