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covenant in today's society.Of how marriage is the basisof all government in societyand of the restoration ourFather is bringing and ourvision of the 8th day. Ittouches something deep inall of our hearts. The newlymarried couple ran throughthe arch of raised hands,around the house and intothe front door. Then wegathered under their windowand sang a love song tothem. "If we could have allthe riches of this world…"They stood at the window,Emmunah's head resting onIsrael's shoulder framed bythe lacy foliage of the treeswhich surround the window.It was a very beautifulscene. Israel said later hewas so happy not to have toleave, but to spend their firstnight at home - a part of thepeople.

We saw our guests off(which included several ofour neighbors who thankedus so much for inviting themso they could see what ourlife was really about.) Wedanced together with ourfew remaining guests until itwas time for the minchah,where our thankfulnessoverflowed to our wonderfulAbba for all that He hasgiven us and for the greatprivilege it is to be His peo-ple…

There are so many essen-tial things which we arelearning right now here in theTribe of Asher, but we will

have to communicate thosethings more fully next timein our intertribal newsletter.

Until then…Shalom to everyone!

PEARLED BARLEY

This is a very nice alter-native to millet for break-fast. We soaked and cookedthe barley as described inthe last newsletter fromHyannis.

Cook the onions in somesalt and garlic. Fry or steamzucchini, cauliflower (veg-ies) until slightly soft, with alitt le salt. Fry the eggs

and cut into pieces. Toastsunflower seeds and chopspring onions.

Combine barley andabove ingredients together.Serve with olive oil, soysauce and lecithin. That's it!A delicious and nutritiousvariation to our morningbreakfast.

This is a picture fromIsrael and Emmunah’s

wedding invitation

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There is going to be a Wedding!

And ... because of their love for one another, Nathaniel and Derushah’s weddingwas announced, to be celebrated January 25 with dancing, feasting, and prophecy. Allare invited.

Ish Chadash, our new Rabbi, announced that his wife, Alisa, is pregnant. Thismeans four children in just two years! Now how did that happen? (Ish and Alisa carefor Ebed and Elnatah, two of Ruth’s children.)

And that’s not all ... for three years we have struggled to make ends meet in ourrestaurant/bakery. The new candle shop is beginning to take off there, but every timewe start to make headway, the real estate company that acts as rental agency uncannilyraises the rent accordingly... so, what can we do? How can we please our Father? Well,finally, after many attempts, we managed to get into indirect contact with the owner ofthe Segunda Eva building. He is a wealthy Jewish diamond dealer in Rio de Janeirowho claims he was born right in what is now the restaurant. Apparently, he has a planfor us... and we are waiting to hear what it is.

It is becoming clear to us that our Father is wanting to establish Naftali quicklyand thoroughly.

We realized this during the Yom Kippur teachings which were presented to agroup of the older brothers and sisters during three consecutive days. We had neverdone this before . . . and suddenly our Father was speaking among us, revealing manyhurtful and inadvertent ways in us, communicating how earnestly he longs for a peoplewith a heart fully turned to Him.

Tahila, a sister who has suffered many things here in her struggle to be saved fromthe subtleties of Christianity, has finally clearly entered the door into safety and peace.

We have three visitors who appear to be on the verge of salvation.We are still hearing much, pondering and considering in our hearts,

calling out for wisdom. But one thing is clear —our Fatherwants Naphtali. Please pray that we may become worthy ofHim.

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This is an article written by Yochanan Abraham about what Yoneq has

been learning about a very important subject for our health......

Wonderful news about salt!!!Our Master said that salt is good (Mk 9:50). He said that we should have salt in our-

selves, and live in peace with one another. It’s clear that this was spoken with a spiritual

application... but it was only until recently that I discovered the deep and far-reaching con-

sequences of the physical application. I never knew the great value of salt. It is quite appro-

priate that our Master used salt in His explanation of how we’re to be with one another.

Just recently Yoneq gave me an article to read about salt. I had never given the subject

much serious thought before, but by the time I finished that article, I was excited, amazed,

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She decided instead to surrender and wait on our Master’s timing to

bring her to birth. With each contraction that came she gave thanks,

waited and prayed for another one, knowing that only such suffering

would bring the child to birth. We all wait for the suffering that will

cause us to become what we need to be in order to bring the male

child to birth. It is the deepest longing of our hearts. It is so

wonderful how our Master uses every circumstance of our lives to

encourage us and lead us on to be who He needs us to be, who we

were created to be.

Isaac has been summoned to court at the end of February, in

relation with the lengthy abduction case of his son Michael. Please

pray for Isaac and the brothers in the government that we would

have proper discernment and wisdom in this whole affair. Michael is

now 14 and has had very little contact with his Abba. Shalom for

now from all of us.

About Pine OilDear brothers and sisters,

Greetings to all of you who are in our wonderful Master Yahshua. I wantedto take this opportunity to tell you about something that we have found to bevery helpful to us here in the tribe of Gad. Ever since my wife, Savav, was a little

child she knew of a herbal medicine called Pine Oil. Her imma hadused it for years growing up herself and she was faithful to pass it on toSavav. Pine oil is made from the sap of the pine tree (although ourexperience has shown that sap from the spruce tree is effective also).

What her imma used was a product that was available in DrugStores and was a clear, light, non-sticky liquid that was

distilled from the pine sap. In Savav’s family Pine Oilwas used anytime you got a cut or scrape, a sore

throat or earache, infection, burn or bruise.Always applied externally directly on the

affected area, it would be absorbedthrough the skin and bring almostimmediate relief and healing.

So effective was pine oil that when the company thatsold it went out of business in the late ’40s, Savav’s immabought as much of it as she could so that they wouldcontinue to have it for their family. When Savav and I gotmarried her imma gave us a bottle of it for our family, one of

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her last bottles. For years we used it whenever needed, but it was obvious it wasgoing to soon be gone. We had tried to duplicate it several times, once comingclose in Island Pond about 17 years ago, but we never were able to quite get it.Then last year as we were at a craft show for the candle shop in Chicago withNathaniel and his wife, we had an opportunity to spend some time with arepresentative of a company that supplied the candle shop with essential oils. Wehad brought our last few milliliters of pine oil with us, in the hopes that theywould be able to help us locate a source of it. Amazingly enough, as soon as theysaw it they were able to identify it as one of the essential oils they carried! Theyran a test on our sample to compare it with theirs and the two products wereidentical. They even gave us a sample to test out here in the community. And itwasn’t expensive, only about $5 (CAN) a pound.

After returning to Gad we did test out the sample they had given us andfound it to be identical in every respect to the pine oil we had. Since then wehave continued to purchase it from them and it has come into widespread usehere in Gad, with much success in treating many different ailments. Because ofthis we wanted to let everybody know about it and make it available to all whowould like to use it. Pine oil is most effective against burns and infections, evenpreventing infection. Since it is an oil, to use it for burns, you should first applycold to remove all heat from the burn before applying the pine oil. It should onlybe used for first and second degree burns, not third degree. (In fact it was fromour knowledge of pine oil that pine tea first came into use.) For cuts and scrapesto promote healing and prevent infection, dab it right on the affected area. Forearache or sore throat, put some on your fingers and spread it on the outside ofyour throat or around the ear. It is absorbed through the skin to work on theinfection underneath.

Some things to remember. NEVER cover the area where pine oil is appliedwith a bandage or restrictive clothing (loose clothing is all right). Covering maycause burning or blistering of the skin. Keep pine oil away from the eyes and theinside of the nose (although you can saturate a cloth with pine oil and hang itover someone to breathe in the fumes). It usually doesn’t hurt to take it in themouth, although it doesn’t taste good and we have never used it in this way.Sensitive skin can react to pine oil, so if you suspect someone may have sensitiveskin, try a little first before going ahead with it. Also, it can be drying to the skin,so we often alternate the pine oil with a moisturizing cream.

I hope this will help anyone who wants to use pine oil. We are very pleasedwith the good results we have had with it here in Gad. We can order and supplyit to anyone who wants it, but outside of North America it probably would beexpensive for shipping. I would recommend trying to find a local supplier.Someone who supplies essential oils should be able to provide it.

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We are interested in things that our brothers and sisters are learned

in different tribes on health... Please send us interesting findings

you have made on foods that may increase our understanding.

todah, ha-emeq

Update on Phytic Acid

Several Newsletters ago we first shared about phytic acid. People wereexcited about getting more nutrition out of their food and began soaking grainsand talking about the new recipes for breakfast grains. Since then though, manypeople have forgotten about why we did it to begin with and wondered if it reallymakes a difference anyway. So we wanted to refresh your memory and make itmore practical as well.

Phytic acid is a coating on all grains. It keeps the grain from breaking downuntil it is planted in moist soil. It is a marvelous creation that enables us to storegrain from one planting time to another, or even longer. Phytic acid is not somarvelous in our bodies though. It is an inhibitor. It “locks” onto minerals andprevents them from breaking down. Since they are too big for our bodies tohandle, they are passed out as waste.

So, when we eat a meal that has unsoaked rice, or sunflower seeds, etc., init, our bodies will not take in as much nutrition. For example, 1 and 1/2 slices ofwhole wheat bread that has not been made from a sponge or sour, will keep youfrom absorbing 97% of the iron in the food of your whole meal! You will onlytake in 3% of the iron in the food. If you didn’t eat the bread, or if it had beenmade from a sponge, you would have been able to absorb 97% more iron. It willdo the same thing to vitamin supplements. Phytic acid inhibits!

The same thing happens with calcium, copper, zinc, magnesium, andmanganese. This may be why many of us are calcium and iron deficient eventhough we eat foods high in these nutrients. Knowing this we will want to takethe extra time to soak our grains and sunflower seeds, and sponge our breads.Just a little extra time and planning will help us all be a lot healthier and keep ourimmune system stronger.

Remember, for the soaking to work, use cold or room temperature water,not hot, and do not put any salt or anything containing salt, like soy sauce, in yourwater. From Miriam, wife of Racham

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and thankful to our Father for His care. Our Father wants us to live and not die prematurely.

Salt is one of the ways that He provided that this could be accomplished.

When I say salt, most of us think about that dry, white powder we buy in the super-

market, or health food store (if you’re into sea salt). It’s commonly known as Sodium Chlo-

ride (NaCl), and is usually inexpensive. We’re all familiar with this type of salt... but that is

not the type of salt that is good for you.

Sodium Chloride is POISON (skull and crossbones)!!! It is chemically made by process-

ing out all the vital constituents for resale, and Sodium Chloride is the by-product that is

sold for food. Sometimes iodine is thrown in as a bonus, but the type of iodine used can

cause reproductive paralysis. Even sea salt is taken through the same processing so that it

is worthless by the time it gets to the consumer. It’s true that it came from the sea, but it’s

value was destroyed through processing. So, are we going to throw away all our salt-shak-

ers? Maybe... but don’t throw away your salt dispenser. Help is on the way!!

The kind of salt that is the subject of this article is called CELTIC SALT. It is made in

Northern France, where the conditions are most favorable. It’s possibly made in other

places, but France seems to be the most preferred by most salt enthusiasts. Celtic salt is

murky brown in colour, or dingy grey (appetizing, huh?). Don’t worry about looks... it’s

what it does that counts. It is not dry, but rather damp, and sticks together. That’s why

some sort of dispenser is preferable to a salt shaker (unless the lid has big holes).

The healing powers of Celtic salt equal those of Vitamin C, E, and many other nutri-

ents you find in the health food store.

If you have high blood pressure, this salt will bring it down to normal in a relatively

short time. Low blood pressure is brought up to normal. In America the doctors tell you

not to use any salt if you have high blood pressure... but in France they ask what kind of

salt you use, because they know that Celtic salt is good for blood pressure control.

Celtic salt has the proper amount of sodium in it, which is necessary for the heart

muscles to function properly. It also has 84 different elements which help to insure that the

body uses the sodium, and then that the body gets rid of the sodium after it has been

used. That’s what helps to lower the blood pressure... the removal of the excess sodium. If

you put Celtic salt on vegetables, you get up to seven times more nutrition out of them. It

is recommended that you put a bit of the salt in your herb tea. It acts as a potentiator...

that means it causes you to get more of the healing properties of the herbs out of the tea

than usual. Kidney stones are dissolved with Celtic salt if you drink plenty of water.

Regular supermarket salt stuns and numbs your taste buds. That’s why you dump

more and more salt on you food, wondering why you can’t taste the salt any more. Celtic

salt awakens the taste buds so that you don’t need as much salt as you used before. Since

it increases the nutritional intake, you won’t need as much food. Sourdough bread works

well with Celtic salt.

As a final note... once you start using Celtic salt, you will find that your body will

have a mild reaction. You could possibly get a rash for a short time, or sores under the arm

pit. If these things happen, be thankful. It means that your body has begun to eliminate

the toxins that are in it. Continue with your Celtic salt until it’s over.

Here in Reuben we are looking into ways of obtaining the salt at a good price, or make

it ourselves, if our Father opens a door in the region of France.

Until next time, Saltom!!!....uh....I mean Shalom!!!

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Licorice Root

I just wanted to pass on something I’ve learned about thiswonderful herb. Recently, we have discovered that it helps to restorethe body after going through physical stress, like hives for example. Itboosts the adrenal glands which become sluggish under duress and helpthe body overcome. It has proven an invaluable aid to help Chets Barurwith the hives. We have also known how good it is for all sorts ofbronchial problems and also for people who may suffer with swollenglands. Boil for 10-15 minutes before use. Judith

by it. The more she struggled, the moreshe got trapped until the little goat wastotally wrapped up in it, totally helpless -bleating for help. Chets Berur was like

Yahshua to her, he set her free, but he could only doit when she was still and surrendered, giving up all

her struggling.We can struggle with the enemy and attempt to pull

ourselves away from him but we often get into a confused mess,totally ensnared. Eventually we realize we need to lay down andcry out for help - surrender our lives into Yahshua’s hands. Hewill always come quickly and set us free.

We need to listen to the still quiet voice of our Master -“Be calm, come, I want to help you.”

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Bitter & SweetI have been encouraged lately that our father has spoken to us

that we should soak our grains and use celtic salt, both of whichincrease the minerals available to us in our food.

Because nourishing our bodies is of importance for living all of our120 years, I wanted to write to you about two issues that will furtherincrease the availability and absorbtion of nutrients in our bodies. Twotastes that are often avoided by modern eaters, bitter and sour, seemto have been created to help us properly digest our food. It isinteresting to note here that Yapheth may have held to somethingfrom our Father longer than Shem. In the West we plan meals bythe basic food groups, protein, dairy, friuts, vegetables, andstanches. However, in the East, the meals are balanced by sweet,

sour, bitter, spicy, and salty.When our taste buds encounter a sour taste, there is a built

in reflex that causes saliva to be produced. The bitter taste, inthe same way, causes the flow of the digestive enzymes in

the stomach, the small intestines, and the pancreas. Italso stimulates the production of bile. In addition, a

tonic action is released which affects the over-all repair of the digestivesystem. There is evedence of many unfortunate conditions resulting becausepeople repeatedly do not turn on their digestion “switch” or the digestivesystem’s repair switch.

I would like to propose several ways our life style could be altered to reflectour Father’s wisdom in giving us the bitter and the sour taste. It is consideredoptimal to eat something bitter 20 minutes before the main meal. We mightwant to restore the serving of a big meal by courses, with the salad course beingthe beginning; the salad should have a bitter taste and a sour taste. Childrenavoid salad dressing from early on, but now we can expect them to develop theiracceptance of the vinegar or lemon juice in the salad dressing. The bitter taste issupplied by endive, fresh parsley, radicchio, watercress, or arugula. It doesn’t takemuch in the whole salad if we chew each bite so we don’t miss any of theflavors.

Perhaps the honey in our vinnie recipe needs to be reduced slightly so thatthe vinnie is a little bit more sour. There are a few other foods that are sour —yogurt, sauerkraut, sour dough bread — that we could come to enjoy more fortheir sourness.

There is one more note of encouragement that I would like to pass on. Somewriters have noticed that eating bitter and sour foods eventually restores a desirefor these foods. They believe that the excessive desire for sweets results from aliver imbalance that results from too much sweet and little or no sour and bitter.Thus eating sour and bitter foods will bring a good measure of restoration to ourwhole body.

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In our family we have a tendency to have dry hair, years ago Istarted diluting our shampoo with water and adding a little bit ofolive oil to it. This helped a lot. I had heard that shampoo is veryconcentrated soap, and it is aggressive for your hair since it elimi-nates the natural greasy coating that protects your hair and scalp.When you mix it with water it spreads better throughout your hair

and washes it better, although being milder. This way yousave the natural protection on you hair from being totally

removed.Later on I studied what kind of herbs grow in our

country that are good for hair. I found many herbs that growat least in Europe and are good for many different problems. I

started making teas to dilute our shampoo instead of water. Forexample:

To strengthen your hair or keep it from falling:Walnut tree buds or leavesBasilRosemaryNettlesOlive oil

For dandruff:Chestnut tree leavesThymeOak barkNettles

To activate the growth:NettlesThymeAchillea Millefolium

Natural conditioner:SageRosemary

These herbs are commonly found in Europe, but in every part of theworld people have used herbs locally growing to maintain the health oftheir hair, making it nice and strong. For example, in Israel they usedMyrtle. In some countries they use coconut oil, etc...

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Chocolate has been found to be theculprit in a number of ailments. For ex-ample, an 11-year-old was hospitalizedfor abdominal pain and vomiting blood.He had suddenly developed pupura (tinyspots of hemorrhage in the body). It wasdiscovered, while he was in the hospital,that his attacks of skin hemorrhage andabdominal pain could be induced in a fewminutes by giving him chocolate (either bythe mouth, or by a scratch test in theskin).

Chocolate is also a common cause of“pruritis ani,” an uncomfortable itcharound the anus. Stopping the use ofchocolate results in a prompt cessation ofthe itch.

An evaluation of chocolate as beingsuitable for consumption will result incondemning chocolate on at least threecounts. Let us take a look at each of thesefactors individually.

The methylxanthine (theobromine)in chocolate causes such things as centralnervous system stimulation, sleepless-ness, general or localized itching, depres-sion, anxiety, just to name a few.

Caffeine (another methylxanthine)content may be as high as 112 milligramsper cup of cocoa beverage.

Tannins have been implicated in cer-tain cancers of the digestive tract, andcocoa contains more tannin per cup thantea.

Cocoa may interfere with calciumabsorption. Therefore, cocoa given to chil-dren (hoping that this addition will in-crease calcium intake) may actually tie upthe calcium they get from such excellentsources as whole grains, legumes andgreens.

Additives Required toMake Chocolate Palatable

Additives are required to mask thebitterness of chocolate. A bitter taste isusually associated with harmful alkaloids,pyrolysates and strongly alkaline sub-stances. An unpleasant taste is a signalthat something potentially injurious is inthe mouth; masking with sugar does noteliminate the danger. Lots of sugar is nec-essary to make chocolate palatable.

Furthermore, oils must be combinedwith chocolate in order to eliminate thegrainy consistency. Milk, cream, and/or oilare added which produce an extremelyrich and unhealthy food. Eating this sub-stance is certain to obstruct digestion andcause fermentation.

Harvesting andPrimary Manufacture

The way chocolate is harvested andprocessed causes “natural contaminants”in the substance. Most cocoa beans areproduced in countries where sanitationlevels are far below those practiced in theUnited States.

Cacao is a small, beautiful tree indig-enous to the tropical regions of the worldwhere millions of pounds of chocolate,milk chocolate and cocoa powder are pro-duced annually. Cocoa is prepared bybeating and cracking the beans from thecacao tree; chocolate is the solid or semi-plastic substance prepared by finelygrinding cocoa and has a minimum of50% fat.

The pods are cut from the tree, piledup in the yard of the farmer, and fer-mented (a process that takes from 3-8days). During this process people walk allover the piles; insects, rodents, small ani-mals and other living things make their

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nests in these piles; and many other typesof contamination may occur.

During the fermentation process, thetemperature builds up, promoting thegrowth of bacteria and molds. Large quan-tities of aflaxtoxin, the cancer-producingagent from the molds, can be in those co-coa beans. The bean’s own enzymes andwild yeasts enhance this fermentationprocess which is essential to develop thechocolate flavor. After fermentation theseeds are sun or kiln dried.

They are now roasted and ground tomake the chocolate “liquor,” somewhatlike soft peanut butter. In this stage bacte-rial contaminants multiply.

There is a booklet, “The Food DefectAction Levels,” which is published by theUnited States Department of Health, Edu-cation and Welfare. It contains a “specifi-cations listing” of “current levels for natu-ral or unavoidable defects in food.”

This list includes the amount of “in-sects, rodents, and other natural contami-nants” that are allowable (in chocolate) bythe Food and Drug Administration.

For example, up to 120 insect frag-ments or two rodent hairs per cup are

allowed in the chocolate or chocolate li-quor used in the manufacture of suchproducts as chocolate bars. Visible or solidanimal excretions must not exceed 10 mil-ligrams per pound. For chocolate powderor pressed cakes there must not be morethan 75 insect fragments in three table-spoons of the powder. Four percent of co-coa beans may be infested with insectsand still carry the blessing of the FDA!

Many individuals who think they areallergic to chocolate are really allergic tothe animal parts that are in chocolate.

Since sugar and fat both tend to ex-ude from candy, additives are placed in itto prevent the surfacing of these materi-als. Rancidity of the fats can usually bedetected after storage at 86°F from six totwelve weeks. The unpleasant flavor her-alds the presence of the harmful changethat occurs with aging of fats.

Carob is a good substitute for choco-late. It has a more favorable manufactur-ing process and a greater likelihood ofbeing prepared under more sanitary con-ditions. It contains no methylxanthines, isnaturally slightly sweet, and does not re-quire fermentation to develop its flavor.

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emotions, our intellect... He knows where our weak areas are, wherewe have to fully develope in the life of our Master. For me; it is myemotions. I am at a low point and leviathan knows it. He would lovefor me to give in and attach myself to him, to an easier way of life. Butwe must use our will and be attached to our Master Yahshua totally.Heis waiting to fill us with His life, restore us physically, mentally,emotionally, socially and spiritually. But first we have to stop gettingour life from other things and turn our hearts to Him. Huldah

If we love our life we will lose it. But if we have to hate our lifewe will have eternal life.... Bekor ben Keli

Jn.12:25 The reason a person must hate his life in this world to be saved is

because that is the only way to die. If there is the slightest emotion,

attention, affection, or intellectual emphasis given to something of this

world, then your have not died because you still are being fed by outside

sources, which hinders the life of Yahshua from filling every fiber of your being.ChetsBarur

Remedy for flu and intestinal virus:When you feel the flu coming on, you feel chilly and sometimes you havestomach cramps. Use this simple remedy: To 1/2 glass of water, add 1tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (without honey). Drink this down, andrepeat in another half hour if necessary. It works every time. You will feelrelief in minutes. (Bacteria cannot survive in an acid environment.)

Do not wait until you have a full-blown case of the flu to try this. It's toolate then. You take it when you feel symtoms coming on. I've used this formany years and it's never failed me when I was faithful to take it at theproper time. Keep a bottle of vinegar where you work... you will be gladyou did.

Channah(LeBlanc) of the clan of Cambridge

To our precious brothers and sisters who are reading these words....take hope. Somethingwonderful is happening today right before our eyes.... if we have eyes to see. We praythat the eyes of all of our heart will be enlightened...and we will no longer see men astrees! Shalom from ha-emeq at Oak Hill

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of God was manifested that He might destroy (therefore, destroy law-lessness) the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does notcommit lawlessness. For His seed remains in him; and he cannot belawless, because he has been born of God.

I was thinking that it really makes sense that if we are connectedto our Master, we will not sin, we will not do our own will, but if we areconnected to Him, we will do His will. He was connected to His Abba,so he did not do anything (Jn 5:19) on His own initiative, but whateverHis Abba commanded Him to do, because there was no lawlessness inHim. Lawlessness is sin and there is no sin in Him.

1 John 3:3 — And everyone who has this hope in Him purifieshimself, just as He is pure. Just a little bit to stimulate the gifts to re-spond so I can gain greater understanding.

I love the Intertribal Newsletter!Kepha

RoachesI wanted to write something about cock-

roaches because they are such a terrible problem inmany places where we will be establishing tribes and

clans. It is very important that we do not see this as “just one of thosethings that happen” but to see it as a very, very dirty and unclean thingthat has infiltrated our homes and we need to do everything we canpossibly do to rid ourselves of these filthy pests.

There should be no unclean thing in our midst and we must takeaction and fight against it. The main thing is to make sure our housesare clean. Not just clean in appearance, but really clean. You know aswell as I do that there are places and crevices in our homes that veryrarely get cleaned like they should. These are the breeding grounds ofall kinds of germs and viruses and cockroaches. The areas under thesinks where it gets dusty and dirty, damp and stinky, behind therefiigerators, stoves, and counters, in cracks in the Formica countertops— all are perfect for the roaches to nest and reproduce. They can live ina clean house if the dishes are not dried. They will live off the water onthe dishes. They love the water in the rinse pan that doesn’t get emptiedor the rinse water catcher cleaned. Sinks that are not cleaned after thedishes are done are like a feast of delicacies for the roaches. They lovegrease and oily substances like the damp, greasy dirt around the faucets

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that we sometimes forget to clean off.Have you ever heard that when you see one cockroach in your

house that means there are from 1,000 to 5,000 roaches that you don’tsee? So if you work really hard to keep your house clean and use pow-dered sugar mixed with borax faithfully every day, don’t stop just be-cause you only see one or two once in awhile. Even after you don’t seeany more you need to keep using the solution for at least a year. Thiswas how we finally got rid of them in Island Pond.

I cannot express it enough how important it is to not tolerateeven the smallest beginning of these infesting our homes and work-places. If we are faithful and do our part, our Father who is in control ofall things will help us get rid of them. The roaches are not greater thenHim.

Sarah Masse was telling me about how they had roaches at theArbor years ago and they were pretty bad. She said when Spring camethe house also became invaded with all different kinds of ants. After awhile they noticed they still had lots of ants but couldn’t find anyroaches anywhere and never saw one again. Their only conclusion wasthe ants must have killed them off by eating the eggs and babies. OurFather must have sent the ants to the Arbor to take cue of the roachproblem.

NaomiResponses from Gader’s story about “The Yellow Boat”From Lebanah Masse:

When Gader was telling the story it reminded me of what I had been thinking

about. I was thankful for my parents and those that went ahead of me and decided to get

on the boat although it wasn’t as pretty as their boat. But they got on it because they knew it

was a better life than theirs and that we can have a future ahead of us instead of being out

in the world without any hope or future of even knowing why you are alive. But I am

thankful that I was chosen to build his Kingdom and know that I am not alive just for

anything but for a purpose and that purpose is to see that the Kingdom will be built. (The

boat is the Edah.)

From HavilahI am eternally grateful for those who had the faith to leave their sinking

“ships” and get on Yahshua’s “boat” so that I could be here. Those of us who were

raised here do not have to experience the heartbreak of being lost, without hope,

without our Master, in the world and on a sinking ship. We were born on the boat.

We should be the most thankful people who ever lived. The whole world is lost,

sinking into death, but we were born right in the center of life! It’s too much for me

to fathom. I’m so thankful. It’s easy for me to take for granted the life our Master

has given us. I never want to forget what I have been saved from. I know our

Master is worth all we have.

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and the autumn weather hadn’t turned sour there yet. The meetingwas held in another football stadium, this one surrounded by free-ways. The parking for the event overflowed into the second lot thatwas more than a good walk away. We wondered how we would getall the papers to their destination having to park soooo far away. Wewere in the line of cars heading to this far away lot when suddenly aman took down the barricade and started turning cars into the mainlot. We were in the main lot and not just in the main lot but up nextto the stadium evenly spaced between the two main entrances. OurFather had heard our prayers.

We met some other group there that had been passing outpapers in Washington. They told us that the police had told them tonot pass out papers and if they did they would be arrested. OurFather wanted these papers to get into the eager hands of these Tex-ans. We were unhindered in passing out all but a few hundred papersto eager people who lined up to take them as fast as we could handthem out.

And back in St. Joseph

A man who had been visiting the community in Rutland,Vermont, came to us early one morning at about 3 a.m.He had left Vermont heading to Arizona thinking that this life wasn’tfor him. Halfway across the country he had second thoughts andturned aside to St. Joseph. His name is Chris and now he is ourbrother. He is young and tall and is happy to have given up his life tofollow Messiah.

And on a more practical note:We in Manasseh like soy sauce on our grains — but what kind of saltis in it? For now we dilute 1/2 gallon of soy sauce with 8 cups of waterand 1/4 cup of Celtic Salt.

Does anyone know how to make soy sauce? EschetShalom from the tribe of Manassah

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When in at the WayOut House in Florida we discovered from Zahavah a wonderful way to get “living

calcium” to the people who are needing calcium supplements without having to buy expensive pills

(which may or may not be effective). It will not be practical for us in Israel to be constantly needing

to go to the healthfood stores to buy vitamin and mineral suppliments, but that supplimentation

may be necessary for some people. So, now it the time to find the ways our Father can provide this

extra-potent source of the needs vitamins and minerals in a natural and “living” form. We are very

open to hear from the tribes for ways they have found to meet this need.

Please send it to us to publish in the ITN. (all the words in italic I have added,

ha-êmeq)

LEMON EGGS

In the same way that our hearts were rendered damaged anddeficient by an insensitive world bent on destruction, ourphysical bodies exhibit many signa of our need for restoration to the perfectdesign our Master intended. One day, through our obedience and suffering, wewill be fully restored in and to Him; meanwhile we are grateful for each revital-izing revelation we receive through the anointing. ha Emeq encouraged me tosubmit the following recipe for a very assimilatable form of calcium: calciumcitrate. Its cost is low, but its value is great.

1.Wash eggs (don’t use the bad eggs they sell in supermarkets) and dry them2.Gently place them in any wide mouth jar, depending on the desired quantity3.Juice enough fresh lemons to cover the eggs with juice ( you can use thefrozen lemon juice without preservatives as a substitute for the fresh lemons,but fresh lemons may be hard to get in the far-north. Fresh is always prefer-able).4.Place a lid on the jar and keep it refrigerated for 48 hours, gently tipping andtwisting the jar several times a day to help the process in which the calcium inthe egg reacts with the citric acid of the lemon juice to form calcium citrate.5.After 48 hours the eggs are to be carefully removed. You may use them!6.Strain the liquid to remove any pigmentation, lemon seeds, and pulp. Keeppouring strained liquid through the strainer to dislodge any of the calciumcitrate precipitation left there.7.Store the calcium citrate / lemon juice in the refrigerator for use as needed.Begin with one teaspoonful (be sure to stir well first) and work up to atablespoonful once per day; take a week to work up to that from a teaspoon.(Remember this is “living calcium” and thus it will go bad after a few days, so make a

batch with is just big enough for your needs and always keep a fresh batch going in the

refrigerator. I have found it better to make small batches, like 4 eggs at a time. It is

enough to last for a couple of days and then the new batch is ready.)

Calcium is a very abused, much needed mineral for all of us. Now we have asource we can take with confidence. Shalom, Zahavah

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To Absalom ben AyilI read your article in last month’s ITN. I am honored that you

have that in your heart for us. I was among those that were sent to thePromise Keepers event in Washington D.C. Those of us at that event couldnever have won the victory that day without those who remained behindbeing faithful. It makes me think of Moshe and Joshua in Joshua 1:9.Those of you at home, both adults and children supported us. You were athome supporting your abba’s and imma’s hands like Aharon supportedMoshe. Remember everyone in Israel is important to building up the king-dom of Yahshua.

Yanaton of Manasseh

I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t having life. I was being obedient. I wasrepenting quickly for the wrong things I saw in my life. I didn’t get it. Theredidn’t seem to be anything wrong. Why wasn’t I hearing from our Master?Then I read something that Bynah wrote in the June ITN about how our Mastercauses us to lie down in green pastures and about being thankful. Oh, I get itnow! I need to be thankful! Being thankful is a green pasture! When I firstgave up my life, I was so thankful. I know I need to stay that way, not justsaying thanks or recognizing that I have received something but being thankfuland appreciating the new beginning He has given me. If I am not thankful, Iwon’t have any zeal to reach out to others. I’m so thankful for our Master! It isso simple.

Love,

Qatan of Manasseh in Providence on the way to Coxsackie, NY

One small note on Soy Sauce... the debate rages. Is itreally a strange form of green mold that we are eating? Aprocess for making it was submitted and it includded “greenmold” as part of the recipe. Please, someone find out if thereare really ANY health benefits to eating soy sauce or tamariand send the information to me. If we hear nothing, it may be

that Soy Sauce should not be part of the diet of Israel!!! (ha-emeq)

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More News

We have always been blessed tolive so close to the Hunt’s Point pro-duce market in New York City.Raphael began making friends withthe merchants and Ben Chesed con-tinued the relationship whenRaphael moved to Island Pond.They have always given us wonder-ful deals and we have found friendswho have often just given us food.Recently it was on Gebar’s heart forus to pursue getting organic pro-duce. This was not easy because outof 400 dealers, only one sells a vari-ety of organic produce. And most ofhis prices are double that of theother merchants. But Gebar hadfaith and we responded in ourhearts to his faith.

The first week the foreman atthe organic dealer gave us a gooddeal on two things. The next weekwe met one of the two brothers whoowned the company and he gave usquite a bit of free produce and webought a little. The next week wemet the other brother and he wel-comed us at the door and said, “I’vegot a load of stuff for you.” He filledour truck and when we wanted to

pay him for it he said, “Please, keepyour money, we want to help youany way we can.”

The next week we decided togive our friends a gift basket of someof our products, but we had littletime or money to get what weneeded for our baskets. There wereeight dealers in particular who hadblessed us over the years. We calledour brothers at Common SenseProducts and the Candle Shop inBoston and they came to our help.By the very next morning, the daybefore we were to go to the market,the boxes arrived from our brothers.We were thankful!

We made beautiful little basketsand everyone at the market was sotouched by our appreciation. Whenwe are arrived at our friend’s place,the organic produce vendors, theyloaded our van to overflowing withorganic produce! Because of theirgreat generosity we were able tocare for our brothers in other com-munities like Palenville. We arethankful for our Abba’s provision.

~ Shalom, John Imperial

A timely word

It has been said that hand wash-ing is the single most importantmeans of preventing the spread ofillness and disease. It is true. I re-member a story that Yoneq told usonce about a man who came to visitat Tabitha’s Place. This person had avery bad cough. So when Yoneq no-ticed this about the visitor, he wasquick to wash his hands after shak-ing the guest’s hand, and because of

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that he was kept from the acquiringthe same illness.

Recently, I was speaking to aman that we do work for in Bridge-port. We greeted each other with ahandshake and as is the custom, Iasked him how he had been. At thatpoint he removed his sunglasses andgingerly rubbed his hand over thearea surrounding his right eye. Hid-den behind his glasses were verypainful looking blisters all clumpedtogether. He explained to me thathe had recently been diagnosed withshingles and how it was; “the mostterrible pain I have ever experi-enced”. He said his eyebrows evenached! This disease is related to thesame virus which caused chickenpoxin us when we were younger. Afterour conversation you can be surethat I washed my hands quickly. Imade sure that I didn’t put myhands near my face until I had thor-oughly washed them with soap andwater because I didn’t want to expe-rience the kind of pain he was expe-riencing unnecessarily.

It has been my experience bothin and outside of the Communitythat people lack in seeing the impor-tance of proper hand washing.Many times when I have used publicrestrooms while I having been trav-eling, I notice that people who usethe toilet walk out of the bathroomwithout washing their hands. Oneperson walked out of the bathroomwithout washing and went straightto the pay phone to make a call.How many times do we use payphones? How many people handle

thingswhich areaccessible toothers like pay phones withoutwashing their hands after using thebathrooms, or after they havecoughed, or...? It must be in us andin our children to wash our handsafter we use the toilet. We need toteach these things to our childrenand not assume that they automati-cally know to do them. Also weshould check on them after theyhave used the toilet to make surethey are being diligent to wash withsoap and water.

If you will listen carefully to the voice ofYahweh your Elohim and do what isright in His sight, and give heed to Hiscommandments and keep all His stat-utes, I will not bring upon you any ofthe diseases that I brought upon theEgyptians; for I am Yahweh who healsyou. (Exodus 15:26)

Our Elohim has promised thatnone of these diseases will comeupon us if we obey Him. He lovesus. So let’s be faithful to wash ourhands and by doing so, keep our-selves healthy during this year’s fluseason.

~ Shalom, Hoshua

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the capacity of the metal to drawdown the power from the rainclouds.

To our forefathers who leftEgypt and wandered in the wilder-ness for forty years, YHWH accom-panied them in a cloud every day.His very presence was in that cloud.In the edah we have the promisethat our Master Yahshua will visit usevery morning and every evening atthe appointed time. We can’t seeHim in a visible cloud, but His pres-ence is like those electrical chargesin rain clouds. As the cloud passesover our minchah every morningand evening, the Spirit is looking forconductors, pure vessels that candraw down His power to the earth.He is looking for disciples throughwhom His life can pass. Therefore,whoever is prepared by making him-self ready, purifying himself, will bea conductor, able to draw down the

spirit through himself. This is wherewe get the inspiration to sing, todance, to prophesy, and to teach inthe minchah.

The cloud will release as muchpower to the earth in the minchah aswe are able to draw down. Once ourMaster Yahshua has released asmuch to us as we are prepared toreceive, He moves on until the nextminchah. So, we have an awesomeprivilege to be prepared each day todraw down the power of the spirit togive us everything we need to livefor our Master and to do His will.Let’s remember this when the heat isturned up in the crucible of commu-nity life. Our Father’s intention is tomake us into precious metal so thatwe can be the best conductors wecan be. Remember the promise ...“For iron I’ll give you silver and forbrass I’ll give you gold.”

Ben Nabiy

On Soy Sauce — The Debate Continues...

I got several responses about soy sauce. It is clear thatthere are varying opinions, but the fact that the process of makingit involves fermentation and yeast/mold substances does not alonemake it unfit for us. Bread is yeasted, wine is fermented, and thesethings are not excluded from our diet. Even seaweed can be usedmedicinally, and also algae may be valuable for its curativepowers.

But the artificial ingredients in cheap soy sauce are clearlybad, and like all synthetic, chemically-processed foods, we muststay away from using it.

~ ha-emeq

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Other news frOther news frOther news frOther news frOther news from Boston...om Boston...om Boston...om Boston...om Boston...

Yathar from Providence is with usnow. We are so thankful for hiswilling, and thankful heart. He is aman of much hope. And so aftersharing his heart with a belovedbrother he is now Yachil. His namemeans hope.

We sent our precious sisterBatach to Palenville this month. Wemiss her much. We are so thankfulfor her. She is such a wonderfulexample to us of one who has beenset free in Messiah. May she abun-dantly bless Palenville.

Our friend Josh is still with us.Some of you might remember himfrom his time in Burlington six yearsago, He also spent some time inLancaster recently before he came hereto Boston. He has been with us forabout two months now. We believehe is receiving revelation about theworth of our Master Yahshua. Wepray for him daily that he would becut to the heart to the point ofcomplete surrender.

A friendly rA friendly rA friendly rA friendly rA friendly reminder about aereminder about aereminder about aereminder about aereminder about aerobicobicobicobicobicexerexerexerexerexercise frcise frcise frcise frcise from a convicted heart:om a convicted heart:om a convicted heart:om a convicted heart:om a convicted heart:

I’ve been thinking a lot about ourvision for increased health and naturalhealing as well as taking in a diet richin live, unprocessed, natural, organicfoods. As one who used to be quitean advocate for this kind of lifestyle inthe world, I am greatly encouragedthat we, as a body, are coming intothis. There is a wealth of informationto be understood. I’m thankful thatwe can understand these things in theright spirit as our Father reveals Hiswisdom to us and communicates toour hearts about these things.

Of course we know from theanointing that what is also necessaryto living a clean, long life is exercise. Irecently read an excerpt from a bookwritten by a well known health expertabout the benefits of aerobic exercise.We all know that it is good for us butI thought we could all use a gentlereminder. I know that attendancehere in Boston is waning. I am part ofthe problem. I have been lazy inrising to do aerobics. It is much easierto sit and read or to take a quiet walkbut if we aren’t faithful to do ouraerobics this is only a sample of whatwe miss out on.

“Aerobic exercise conditions ourhearts and arteries and respiratorysystems. It increases stamina andgeneral fitness. It promotes cleansingof the blood by stimulating circulationand perspiration. It gives us a senseof strength and well-being, in part byreleasing endorphins, the opiatelikemolecules in the brain which canmake us more tolerant of the discom-fort of our aging bodies. It increasesthe flow of oxygen to all organs,enabling them to work more effi-ciently. It burns calories, undoingsome of the damage done by eatingtoo much..” (Of course we need tojudge ourselves in this area) “Itstrengthens the immune system. It

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people from all over the world. We will

see what our Father wants us to do....

News also came this month that

we have been accepted for the Sydney

Royal Easter Show. This is a two week

long agricultural show (country fair),

which receives over 1.5 million people

every year. This is very big for “Down

under”. Many families and farmers from

all over Australia come to this show. It

will be a wonderful opportunity for us to

reach out in our one story café to quite

a different spectrum of people. It is

hard to get into this event and will be

an excellent stepping stone to the

Olympics if the door opens up to us to

participate in this. The names “Twelve

Tribes of Israel” and “Common Ground

Café” are slowly becoming known

throughout Sydney and Australia. Two

women have called us recently from

Melbourne, having read some of our

papers there in Victoria. The Three

Eternal Destinies Papers are going out

and people have the opportunity to

come to know our Master. We are

remembering what our Master Yahshua

said to His disciples, “I tell you in truth,

the fields are already white for har-

vest... but the laborers are few.” We

want to be the “few” our Master can

use to bring in the fruits of His King-

dom.

Soon the educational authorities

will make a visit to our farm in order to

evaluate our training. So far it has been

encouraging with them. We are praying

that we will find servants and establish

a good relationship with the authorities

here in New South Wales. We want to

form a relationship with them where

they respect our right to train our

children - keeping to our God’s stan-

dard and likewise, we respect their right

to know what we do and how we teach

our children. Please pray for us in this

A little note concerning“Celtic Salt”Celtic Salt”Celtic Salt”Celtic Salt”Celtic Salt”

Living here in Australia, one mustalways be on the alert and aware ofthe possible dangers that are everpresent. Some of the world’s deadli-est creatures dwell here - such as poi-sonous snakes and spiders. It had evenbeen discovered that we had two verylarge (one meter long) fresh water eelsliving in our creek (they look more likemoray eels).

One day, Ruth (one of the preg-nant women here - shortly to givebirth) went down to the ole swimminghole to do her daily routine of exer-cise. As she first just started easing herway into the water, the largest of theeels struck out to take a bite of someof her toes. It left a nasty looking lac-eration on her right foot.

We had heard from YochananAbraham that Celtic Salt heals awound very quickly. In no time, herfoot was in salty foot baths and thenwe even applied some Celtic Salt di-rectly to the grazes and then bandagedit. Within three days, the wound wascompletely healed and you couldhardly detect any scars. Wow!!! Weagain used it on Yedidah’s foot to closeup a wound. Again it dried and disin-fected the entire area and sealed upthe wound within a few days.

We strongly suggest that you useCeltic Salt medicinally; it has amazingcurative properties. It kills bacteria andreduces the risk of infection, healingwounds quickly and leaving hardly atrace of injury.....

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reduces stress. It lowers serumcholesterol. It tones the nervoussystem. So with all the benefits, howcould we not want to do our aero-bics?” He goes on to say: “in factsome part of us resists, even hates thewhole idea of exercise. It is our lazyself, the principle of inertia in us,” (inother words, it’s our flesh. We needto cut it off) “The only way to dealwith this voice is to pay no attentionto it.” May we all be faithful toincrease in doing our aerobics. Theanointing teaches us every good thing.And of course one of the best thingsabout doing our aerobics every day isthe fellowship of the saints.

Shalom, Yatsaq-Challemysh

FFFFFrrrrrom the Builders of Yom the Builders of Yom the Builders of Yom the Builders of Yom the Builders of Yehudahehudahehudahehudahehudah“Who are the Builders of

Yehudah?” I’m sure you’ve all heard ofBOY, BOJ, and, or the nursing homecrew, but you might have wondered,who are they and what do they do?These questions may have been askedthroughout the tribes. We wanted allof our brothers and sisters to knowthat something very encouraging isbeing formed by the hands of our God.We aren’t just a bunch of carpenterswho build nursing homes. We arebuilders who have life and peace.

It all started about 15 years agowith a small band of the men of Judahgoing to Boston, MA to work in somerather unimpressive areas of the city.Boston later grew into a largercommunity as the work crews startedgetting bigger jobs. The community inBoston became a center in the tribeand B.O.J. Construction was anestablished construction companythat was able to help support the

spreading of Israel. With the guidanceof the sons of Kepha Masse andBeniah Sage, we had a crew of youngmen who were known for the care andquality displayed by the work they didand how they did it. We traveledoften and were able to help buildhouses and cafes for our fellow clans.Work came to us because of ourreputation in Boston and we becamevery busy, almost beyond what wecould accomplish ourselves.

As timepassed we beganto have revelationas to who we are.We aren’t a bigconstructioncompany. Wesaw that B.O.J.should stand forthe Builders ofJudah or, evenbetter, TheBuilders ofYehudah. Forgetabout the “Construction Company”part of it. We were being called tosomething much greater than that.We came to understand that we arethose who can use what our Abba hasgiven us to build the tribe of Yehudah.We can do this with all the gifts in thetribe working together. Gatheringtogether whenever the call goes out.All work pushes could be like theSears job. We don’t have to all workon little crews, rather we can swarmtogether into one big crew. Justimagine what our Father can accom-plish through us.

We’re living in the reality of thisright now in Boston. When we heardof the birth of Apostolic Community

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Centers, Keli left us to help establishour new home in Oakhill, NY. As thecenter shifts so do the Builders.Boston re-organized itself into asmaller but just as wonderful commu-nity focused on cottage industry andevangelism. All those who wouldsoon move to Oakhill, moved togetherto the Tremlett and Melville houses.We almost emptied the Melville houseand shrank to one small household.But we soon realized that we hadmore work than we could handle. SoKeli sent out the call and the Melvillestarted to fill up again. Our smallhousehold that was waiting to movegrew in number to 60 men, womenand children. Our minchot are so full,physically and spiritually. We go tothe jobs with 20-30 men working inunity. People in the world have neverseen anything like it. The Gray houseis almost done and the “giants” at thejobs don’t look so big anymore. Wework together, from many clans, inunity and we enjoy it. The projectmanager at one job said it looked likewe were having a party. But we’renot, it’s our life! And we don’t all goto our separate homes when it is over.We gather together twice a day andour Abba has been feeding us abun-dantly. Really it is never going to beover. It is just the beginning of thereality of the tribes of Israel. Wegather to build, to praise and bringglory to the one who gave us this life,our Master Yahshua.

Shalom,Yochannan ben Ra’am

We are so thankful for thesacrifice of all of the clans whowillingly give up their brothers to helpbuild up the kingdom of our Father.The BOY brothers bring us much lifeand encouragement at our Shabbateve and First Day eve gatherings. Welove them and are so thankful for theirpoured out lives.

And finally, from deep in ourhearts, we are so thankful for theexample of our dear brother and sisterMichel and Dagmar. We were piercedin our hearts by what we read in lastmonths ITN. We love you so much!!!You are such a wonderful example tous of trusting and faithfulness in theface of suffering. Daily we lift up ourvoices to our Abba with loud cries onyour behalf. We long for your free-dom and the restoration of yourfamily. Let it be.

Until next month, the Boston Clan

And morAnd morAnd morAnd morAnd more good last minute news…e good last minute news…e good last minute news…e good last minute news…e good last minute news…Last of all, and best of all, the

young man named Josh, who oncelived with us in the community ofBurlington, has FOUND THE PEARL!He found it, and for JOY over it, hewent and sold all that he had to buythat pearl. At the waters Ethan toldhim that to our Master, he was thepearl whom He sold all for! It is sowonderful, like a dream come true,when someone you labor and pray forand speak to and love, receives the giftof faith God gives to those willing todo His will, and they surrender ALL!We are so thankful!!

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advantage of the opportunity thathad finally appeared before us. Giveit up... And how did that phone billget home but a few hours before wewould go shopping?! Of course thiswas only amazement, the kind thatmakes you cry out for grace to standon your noble determination.

Anyway, off we went withoutapparent hope of getting anythingbut our client’s needs covered. BenJesed paid the phone bill. Good,now we were free. That money wasin our hands, but it did not belongto us because we had a debt. With-out debt a little hope sprang up inmy heart, but I didn’t even ask...One day our Abba would provide anew pair of glasses and material,also... Well, actually material wasn’tso important... Old pants aren’t ashurtful as old glasses can be.

As we had to wait for the storeto open, Ben Jesed pulled into theparking lot of a big cotton factory...First Elioenay went in as any workerwould and soon after he came outwith a smile — he had found aservant. Then both went in andLeshem and I stayed in the van.Time passed by. We talked, cared forour little ones, cleaned the van... Ittook so long! Finally our brotherscame out. Our Abba had providedseveral rolls with good end pieces,many meters of a few different kindsof material! Later we paid almostthe same for four meters of fabricfor our client!!

We praised our Abba, and asdays pass by I can’t stop realizingthat He really wants to encourage

us. He takes care of our real needsif we trust and give up our ownplans. The day after this happened,as we were still going through theGerman Red Cross bags, a brandnew feather jacket appeared, justthe right side for Taharah and righton the coldest day!!! Isn’t He faith-ful? Will He care for bigger needs aswell? It is clear that He cares forour needs in the right time. If wecan trust Him and wait, we will see.

SPRAYERS that make our lifecleaner and nicer:

1. We found an excellent, cheap toiletdisinfectant:

About 1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water or evenless vinegar depending on how strong it isand a tiny bit of dish soap. If you putmore than a tiny bit it will foam too much.It cleanses very nicely, dries fast, leaves nostains, and our toilets are shiny all thetime.

It is the cheapest cleaner! We tried itto clean windows and tiles and it worksvery nice! But for bathtubs and sinks, ifused too often, it could destroy theenamel... especially if it is already usedup.

It is much more friendly with Creation,and less dangerous for your children, youreyes... than any other commercial cleaner.

2. Our second spray sits on the sinkand it is marked “cups”. It is basically thesame thing but it has less vinegar and afew more drops of dish soap. People whocome to drink find it really easy to washtheir cup. They only spray it and cleanwith a little dish sponge, rinse underrunning water and dry... It’s very handy!

Ahavah Shuah, wife of Ben Jesed

P.S. While this may be an effective cleanerfor normal household use, it may not beeffective against some of the diseases ofthe nations, like AIDS. So when outsideguests use our toilets, a more powerfuldisinfectant may be necessary.

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I have been wantingall of Israel to know howwonderful swaddling is. Iam so excited that ourFather has revealedanother precious treasureto us. Although it wasreally in my heart toswaddle our baby, I almostmissed the opportunitybecause it was so hot here.I couldn’t imagine keeping

my baby wrapped up in layers of cloth. Whenour baby, Raam Anayv, was 1 1/2 months old,Yoneq and ha Emeq came here. ha Emeqspurred us on to do what was in our hearts byreminding us that desert people dress in layersof clothes because it keeps them cooler. Sothat day I went home and ripped up an oldsheet into strips and a little bit apprehensively,because he was used to being “free”, I wrappedhim tightly from his shoulders to his ankles.But he loved it! And his heat rash went awaytoo. We tried to be sensitive to him though.There was a few times when it was very hotand he was nursing that we unwrapped himso he wouldn’t overheat.

I made four cloths out of the muslin.Each cloth was about 6 inches wide and 15feet long. I used 2 at a time. I started the 1stone around his belly then around each armthen around his whole body, starting at hisshoulders and wrapping my way down. I wasvery careful to keep the fabric flat especiallyaround his arms, so the material wouldn’tbunch up and hinder his circulation. Then Iused a second cloth which I wrapped aroundeach leg, then around both legs and I wrappedmy way up. Using the clothes like thisallowed me to change his diaper fairly quicklywhen I needed to. But he loved it when Iwrapped him and unwrapped him. He wouldlay there and stare at me with appreciation. Itwas bonding us together. Sometimes heresisted at first but peace was always the endresult. After wrapping him in the clothes I

swaddled him in a thin muslin “blanket”. Heis my precious little bundle. He started to beable to nurse better, sleep better and he wouldjust lay in his basket and watch me for hourssometimes! The same thing at our minchah,when he used to be really fussy he becamepeaceful and content just watching andlistening to the prophets. Because he was notdistracted by self (uncoordinated move-ments) his attention and focus was often rightwhere it should be, on others.

At first we kept him wrapped up like thisall the time except for short times each day. Iwould check his skin and make sure every-thing was healthy. At one point when Ichecked him he was getting sores under hisarms from the moisture. This is one of thereasons we started to wrap him so there wasmaterial between his arms and his sides. I alsowashed and dried his underarms and keptthem dry with cornstarch and poweredcomfrey leaf. They were quickly normal andhealthy again.

In contrast to what you may think as mybaby pushed against his clothes he developeda lot of strength in his muscles. As hisstrength and coordination increased weunswaddled him for longer periods of timeeach day. Now our baby is 7 months old andwe usually only swaddle him, using only ablanket, to sleep and when he needs it. Likewhen he gets restless because he is tired and itusually calms him right down. He has learnedthat restraint means security and peace. Wewant this warm tight security to continuethrough the rest of ourtraining our children.

~Porachat

P.S. I am eager to know ifanyone in the tribesknows of a good carrierfor these little bundles,since most carriers andslings don’t work forswaddled babies.

An Auto Safety Tip:When I was four years old my

father was a mailman. Early eachmorning he would back his car out ofthe garage and leave. Being youngand curious it was easy for me to getup to watch when he left. Onemorning I was in the driveway by thehouse. Suddenly my father wasbacking towards me. I did not havetime to run away, so I dropped downon my knees to crawl under the car,trying to anticipate where the wheelswould go. I knew the axle was highenough to pass over me because I wassmall and skinny. My brother, who wasonly six at the time, saw me and ranfrantically to the car and dragged meaway. Todah!

Backing an auto is five times moredangerous than going forward. It isusually a good practice to park so thatyou will drive forward when you firstmove your vehicle again.

Whenever you back into a parkingplace with a car that has a manualtransmission, always take the car outof reverse and put it in first gearbefore you leave the car. Many peoplewho are used to an automatic trans-mission will turn the key before theyrealize there is a clutch pedal. Weseldom get into a car and look back-wards before turning the key. Also, itseems that we are more aware of safedriving considerations upon returningfrom a trip than we are when first

starting out, because we arethinking of all the things we

have to do and are notfully engaged in

driving yet.

Yoel is a man with much practicalwisdom. We have asked him to writeregularly for the Intertribal News,helping us to increase inCommon Sense...

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blessing us with in our children.This month I received notice from

the judge that she has decided todeny my request for a dismissal of thecharges against me and so the pros-ecution will proceed to bring the caseto trial. We are still awaiting wordabout my request to the Court to havethe present prosecutor disqualified.As of last week, the judge hadn’t evenlooked at this particular request whichI submitted four months ago.

It’s so wonderful that we are notfacing our various trials alone, but as apeople. The examples of Dagmar and

Michel are so precious, aren’t they? Ofcourse, Chayim’s endurance is also asource of much courage. The list couldcontinue and actually it is going to belike a continuation of Hebrews 11. Itbrings me grace to consider all thatthe nucleus has endured and contin-ues to endure through the years tomake our Master’s life available for uswho follow. I’ve really been blessed tolive here in Island Pond with the foun-dation stones from this area.

Thank you so much for all yourprayers! Our Abba is absolutely mind-ful of everything. ~Shimon

Bellows FallsThis month for us in Bellows

Falls has been extremely busy. We

have been sending most of our men

away during the week on jobs.

Whoever we have not sent out has

been working in the café or gather-

ing firewood for the farm. It’s good

to be busy and give all we have. Our

café is progressing — all the con-

struction is finished and the major

equipment is in place. We have

Elisheva from Hyannis and Bynah

here with us helping Chashavah,

Yachabed, Bekor, and Craig do some

paintings. Many people come in to

look and talk. The town is looking

forward to us opening.

Concerning Herbaland Healing Advice

Here at the Basin Farm we’ve

grown, used, and researched many

medicinal herbs. Much knowledge

has been gathered from what we’ve

done, from other tribes, clans, and

the nations around us. There are

some proven remedies and many

things to be learned. There is one

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remedy that we want to rely upon,

that is the wisdom and understand-

ing that comes from the Holy Spirit.

From this faith we have learned that

the traditions that have been passed

down to us come first — water,

exercise, sleep, flossing, etc.

We know that some physical

problems are of a spiritual nature

that require the discernment of our

brothers and sisters to help us.

We’ve also learned that seeking

advice from clan to clan or tribe to

tribe is a governmental issue, and

one that is not done lightly. It

happens often that we get letters

and even phone calls from other

clans and tribes wanting information

or advice on herbs and methods of

healing. While we are more than

happy to help in any way we can,

we wonder sometimes whether the

government of that community

directs these communications.

Our Abba is very orderly. It

would seem that proper order would

be that one government would

communicate with another in these

matters. In this way the gifts could

be released to possibly help. There

are so many “ways” in the area of

herbal healing. We grope to know

our Abba’s way.

Shalom, He’emin and Othniel

Last Minute News!Kelly has had the second touch.

Her eyes are opened! She saw how

she needed to have her whole heart

devoted to our God and His ways.

She saw how her lack in this has

hurt the whole Body. She was

immersed this morning and received

the name Amidah, which means to

stand with our Master, upright and

in line. Her boldness has been

turned to receive salvation at the

hands of her brothers and sisters

and she is excited about the life she

has come into. Kelly died this

morning and Amidah and Cloe are

returning to Bridgeport with Roi and

Rachel for now. We are so thankful.

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yellow. It was hard to breathe. We hadplenty of opportunities to practicehelping people get better. We had verygood results defeating bad headacheswith wet socks. It was amazing how wellit worked.

This situation went on for days. Thena week and after this, people started toget up, but still many kept strugglingwith the reactions that pollen provokedin their bodies. To top off our week offighting and strengthening our bodiesfor future “attacks”, towards the end ofthe week the machines came and menstarted to cut pine trees down about 100meters from our house! This was reallythe final attack. With each tree that fell ahuge cloud of pollen spread all about.The woods were in a fog of yellow dustand the wind blew it all over, shaking thetrees and causing more pollen to fill theair.

Zeberio is an old village and itspopulation is really getting old. Thereare no children except ours. In thecenter of the village stands the hugeCatholic church. Beside it is the cem-etery, and behind itan old people’shome. Very oftenthe bells of thechurch buildingring, calling forfunerals. People areused to this sound.It causes you tomeditate and toreally thank ourMaster for what Hehas delivered usfrom. It is not alight thing to hearthose bells. They

rang many times during that pollenweek.

You might wonder what we aredoing here. But for now this is the placeour Abba has provided for us and we arethankful for it. Truly there are manygood reasons for us to stay here, and theplace is amazingly beautiful and close tothe big city of Bilbao. We are encour-aged with the interesting people we aremeeting. As our Abba lays the founda-tion of this tribe, working in the lives ofthe stem, He also opens people’s heartsand leads us to servants and people forwhom we have hope.

WET SOCKS

Wet a pair of cotton socks, wringthem out, and put them on. They feel socold! Put on a pair of wool sockscovering the wet cotton socks. Now youcan lay in bed well covered and closeyour eyes. It is very possible that soonyou will find yourself sleeping. Many ofus are very thankful for this simple wayour Abba has shown us to get rid of badheadaches.

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will allow the holy people the timenecessary to build in Europe so that thegreat light of Isaiah 49:6 can begin toshine.

It has always been that when ourFather wants to build, the evil one risesup to oppose. But I also know that inorder for the evil one to be able to unitethe governments of Europe, laws mustbe enacted that will also work in ourfavor for a time — just long enough forthe light to shine. So, much of thespiritual opposition that is leveledagainst our God’s purpose right now inEurope comes directly against twopeople — Michel and Dagmar. Thepressure to compromise is great. Theyface the loss of their children, they faceseparation from one another, theirfriends, not to mention bearing theshame of false accusations. So muchemotional and social pressure is aimeddirectly at them, and they stand, and so

must our brothers inReuben. It seems to

be an extremelyimportant

time in ourhistory

rightnow.

It made me really thankful forMichel and Dagmar and our brothers inEurope and made me want to labor inprayer on their behalf that there wouldbe angelic intervention in the govern-ments there and that our people inEurope would stand. It also encouragedme to see that there must be thisangelic intervention and that theoutcome would be the formation of thekingdom of the ten kings, and that ourbrothers and sisters in Europe wouldindeed prevail. But, certain individualsmay have to suffer greatly in order forthis to happen. This seems to be thecase and calling for Michel and Dagmarat this time. It caused me to have greatappreciation and thanksgiving for thetwo of them. I am honored to benumbered among people such as Micheland Dagmar. They are very precious toour Father and their lives and contin-ued faithfulness are critical to ourFather’s purpose. Let us please con-tinue to lift them up to our Father.

Ehud

A Hopeful ThoughtThese last winter months have seen

many of us spend time in our beds withvarious illnesses as headaches, fevers,nasal congestion, coughing, andstomach aches. Some of us have gottenbetter and then fallen prey to a similarillness once again. Every time ithappened we got out our medicinechest of vitamins, tinctures, teas, andwhatever else could aid our situation.

A couple of weeks ago at the timeof the height of one of our plagues, Iwas asking myself why this was allhappening over and over again. Then I

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read on a cover of a tea box thismessage: “Since the time of the an-cients, the cold season has brought withit the challenge of maintaining optimumhealth. Despite many cures andremedies, the effects of cold weather arestill with us. Before modern times,herbalists combined herbs and spicesand made teas to keep families healthy.The tea kettle became the familymedicine chest. The people would buythese teas and drink them all throughthe season, keeping their health. Andthen in the event that one has gotten

ill, the herbalist would prescribe him theproper herbs for free.”

I was thinking how, by next coldseason, we should be drinking thoseherbal teas all through the season aspart of our diet. I was thankful to hearthat the Basin Farm will be able tosupply us with these teas. May ourFather increase our wisdom in prevent-ing illness among us and strengtheningour immune systems through the coldweather so that He can have our liveshealthy and strong. In His love,

Daniel

Shalom from the Shenandoah Valleyto all our brothers and sisters around theglobe! We have been so thankful for ourwonderful Master Yahshua this month.We are realizing that He is the One whopaved the way for us to be able to die andproduce the fruit of the kingdom (Mt21:43; 13:8,22). We took to heart whatwe read last month concerning thestructure of our nation and our desire is toproduce the 30, 60, and 100 times asmuch fruit, thus proving to be Hisdisciples (Jn 15:8). We realize that apartfrom Him we are hopeless. He is oursource — our Abba. If we believe in ourheart that He was raised from the dead,

then the inevitable result will be thatrivers of living water will flow from ourinnermost being (Jn 7:38-39; Rom 10:8-10; Eph 4:29). If we believe in Him thenwe will speak to our brothers (2 Cor 4:12-13) and there will be a book written aboutus as in Malachi 3:16. This book willdescribe the daily death that every disciplegave himself to in order that his brothersand sisters might have the abundant lifethat was promised (Jn 10:10; 15:2,5,8).We have seen here that we must be thosewho speak to one another. If we neglect todo this then there is one who will notneglect. Our enemy, Satan, is on theprowl, seeking, waiting, watching, hoping

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vinegar for the community got a big fine for transporting the vinegar back home. Thereason is: We don’t have the right to transport anything in our trucks and vansbecause of a law that the Transport Union infamously succeeded to pass... That lawforbids any transport in private vans or trucks unless you have a permit. This is notat all easy to get plus it makes it mandatory for us to pay Social Security — Oppres-sion. Should we get a caravan of mules and donkeys to carry the Common Groundportable café? Even that would be completely impossible on our roads! What can wedo apart from crying out to our Abba to deliver us? Yes, we have much to pray for inthis worn-out country. The socialistic government that was ruling Spain for so longhas left an awful, complicated web of laws that always end up obliging people to paySocial Security, and forbidding so much that it is the hardest thing for a person tomake an honest living, or create enterprises, or just simply drive some boxes ofcookies and bread to sell in a day street market. All that ordinary young Spanishpeople are encouraged to do is to study to apply for a well-paid, secure job with asmuch leisure time as possible. This is the ruin of many, many people who actuallyfind themselves without initiative, jobless, and depressed..

Actually, there are some mountains here that we can’t surmount in our humanstrength. The socialists forbid homeschooling, although the Spanish Constitutionassures educational and religious freedom. And practically everything disciples doto make a living in other countries is illegal here because of that Social SecuritySystem, which tries to replace man’s conscience.

From Ben Jesed: We can conclude, saying that we can all pray that the SocialSecurity, Transport, and Education laws in Spain would change according to ourAbba’s sovereign Will. We have hope that these laws will change and that we, Hispeople, will be firmly established, able to develop to become all that He needs us tobecome in order to fulfill the purpose that the tribe of Shimon shares with all theother tribes of Israel.Shalom

From the Print shop:We are sorry that the picture we drew for February’s article about a headach remedydidn’t accurately represent the heart of our brothers in Shimone. We hope thiscorrection gets rid of any confusion.

WET SOCKSWet a pair of cotton socks, wring them out, and put them on. They

feel so cold! Put on a pair of wool socks covering the wet cotton socks.Now you can lay in bed well covered and close your eyes. It is verypossible that soon you will findyourself sleeping. Many of us are verythankful for this simple way our Abbahas shown us to get rid of bad head-aches.

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All natural substances, when refinedand purified synthetically, undergo abasic change in character. Refinedsugar is an excellent example. Be-cause refined sugar causes physi-ological changes in the body of a tem-porary pleasant nature (which masksignificant degenerative effects), it hasbeen relatively simple to push thissubstance on an unsuspecting popu-lation. It is estimated that refined sugarproduction is approximately 200 billionpounds per year, with personal con-sumption often exceeding 100 poundsper year. Consumption of processedfoods (which are laced with sugar)cost the American public more than$54 billion in dental bills each year.

In 1948, a $57,000 ten-year study wasawarded to Harvard University by theSugar Research Foundation to findout how sugar causes cavities in teethand how to prevent it. In 1958, Timemagazine reported the findings, whichwere reported in the Dental Associa-tion Journal. They discovered therewas no way to prevent the problemand their funding immediately disap-peared.

Physiological symptoms from over-consumption, according to the bestmedical evidence available, producesdiabetes, obesity, and heart problems.Coronary disease has been regardedas a complication of diabetes. Bothcoronary disease and diabetes havea common cause – the consumption

of white refined sugar and white re-fined flour.

Of all the foods processed by humans,refined carbohydrates like sugar andflour are altered the most. In order toget five ounces of refined sugar, over2.5 pounds of sugar beets are pro-cessed, removing 90 percent of thefibrous material. The result is aneight-fold concentration of sucrose.Yes, sugar is made from natural in-gredients (sugar cane or sugar beets);but so is heroin.

The word “carbohydrate” is the secu-rity blanket for the sugar pushers, andit is deliberately misleading. On pack-aged ingredient labels sugar (as a re-fined carbohydrate) is lumped in withall the other carbohydrates in order tohide the effective sugar content fromthe buyer. In addition, chemists usethe word “sugar” to describe an entiregroup of substances that are similarbut are not identical:

★ Glucose is a sugar found in fruitsand vegetables that is the key ma-terial in the metabolic processesof all organic life forms. It is al-ways present in the blood and isoften referred to as “blood sugar.”

★ Dextrose is derived syntheticallyfrom starch.

★ Fructose is found in fruit.

★ Maltose is a sugar present withinmalt and fermented products.

THE EFFECTS OF REFINED SUGARS

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came back really encouraged

because they met a lot of sheep,

as every year.... This caused us to

really have faith about Alsace, a

rich and populated region located

next to Germany.

A fair is over but all the

summer festivals are on the

horizon. Reuben is in a full time

preparation to send brothers

and sisters along with bus, truck,

trailers, and our restaurant to

England. Haggaï bought a trailer

that was set up as a stand to

sell clothes at the market. He

entrusted this trailer to the

Builders of Reuben, led by Gidon

and Ananias. They worked day

and night on that trailer to

transform it, within a month, into

the most practical fully equipped

kitchen.The restaurant crew will

just have to set up the building,

park the trailer under it, open the

side panels, and start to serve.

What a gain of time and energy!

To work with them, Lappidoth,

Deborah and their daughter

Chanukah came from Levi. They

came together with Neriyah and

Shuah who are going to spend a

short time in our midst.

We are thankful for the full and

abundant life of our Master.

Chedvah

This month we dedicated ourprecious son to our Abba and to theBody of Messiah. Since he was bornin a time when we as a tribe arefacing many oppositions and

persecutions from the government, wenamed him after Nechemiah of old.He was courageous and didn’t lose

heart when the enemy came to oppose thework on the wall. He was bold andcontinued to encourage the people to build.We also desire for him to treasure theword he listens to, so that what we investin him will be like a treasure that will beused at the proper time to lead the manyto righteousness (Dan 12:3).In Proverbs 15:6 it also says, “Muchtreasure is in the house of the righteous.”In Hebrew Owtsâr means “treasure,”and Tsadok has to do with righteousnessand being righteous.Our son’s name is : Nechemiah Owtsâr T Nechemiah Owtsâr T Nechemiah Owtsâr T Nechemiah Owtsâr T Nechemiah Owtsâr Tsadok.sadok.sadok.sadok.sadok.We are very happy our Abba blessed uswith a beautiful son. Our desire is that hegrows upright and that he will be abuilder as he stands for our Masterand becomes a son of the com-mandments. We love you.

Jonathan Elazar and Tabitha

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★ Lactose is a natural sugar foundin milk.

★ Sucrose is a refined syntheticsugar made from sugar cane andthe sugar beet.

When plants containing sucrose arerefined, they are stripped of their lifeforce, vitamins and minerals. Whatremains is a sterile, pure carbohydratethat the human body cannot use.When ingested, there is incompletemetabolism, resulting in the formationof toxic compounds, such as pyruvicacid and sucrose structures contain-ing five carbon atoms. The pyruvicacid accumulates in the brain andnervous system and the abnormalsucrose structures accumulate in theblood, interfering with the normal res-piratory processes of the cell and de-priving them of oxygen.

In order to even absorb this “predi-gested” carbohydrate, the body has todeplete its store of vitamins and min-erals (thiamine and B vitamins), cre-ating an imbalance. Sugar is, in effect,an antinutrient—it increases the needfor nutrients in the body.

A shining example is a pre-sweetenedcereal with vitamins added to it. Theproduct is entirely self-defeating andinjurious to the body. Realizing this tosome degree, the Federal Trade Com-mission made sugar advertiserscease their claims that sugar was an“energy builder” and a “nutrient.” Ifsugar consumption continues, agradual process of cell death occursthat leads to a degenerative condition.

Since upwards of 70% of the humandiet is composed of refined carbohy-drates (refined sugar, white flour, pol-ished rice, macaroni, and most break-fast cereals), it is not hard to under-stand why the population is develop-ing a host of degenerative diseases.Colas, for example, contains sub-stances that are known poisons. Italso causes degeneration of the teethand stomach lining.

In 1957, Professor E.V. McCollumpublished A History of Nutrition. In or-der to write the work, he reviewed over200,000 published scientific papers.He found that between 1816 and1940, there was not one controlledexperiment within the framework ofestablishment science performed withrefined sugar to indicate the healtheffects on human physiology.

Sugar taken every day in processedfoods produces a continuouslyoveracid condition, and more andmore minerals are required from deepin the body in an attempt to rectify theimbalance. Eventually, so much cal-cium is taken from the bones and teeththat decay and a condition of general-ized weakening manifests itself.

During the process of continuoussugar consumption, excess sugar isstored in the liver in the form of glu-cose until the capacity of the liver todo so is reached. During this process,the liver becomes somewhat en-larged, and excess glucose is returnedto the blood in the form of fatty acids,which are stored in the inactive mus-cular areas of the body (everywhere

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those helping her are finished;

they have to take turns to

assist her. Haggai and Yochanan

Abraham are like pillars planted

before the door, watching and

praying day and night. To come

out of this critical situation,

there is only one escape: she has

to put her enemies under her

feet by our Master’s grace. Ben

Yada is a rock for Yael, immovable,

he encourages her.

And it is Yahshua’s victory! Yael is

determined to bring this child to

birth whatever it costs, by the

help of our Father and her broth-

ers and sisters assisting her

with love and devotion. She

listens to the encouragements,

trusting the voice of her hus-

band. And on first day, the 24th,

before midnight a beautiful girl

comes to birth. It is the joy

announced in John 16:21-22 that

causes a mother, after she gave

birth, to forget all the sufferings.

Elazar, from Naftali, wrote in the

last ITN: “Our Abba wants to

conquer our trust and bring us to

the point of being like little

children who don’t have any trust

in themselves, but only in Him. To

not resist ... for it is exactly at

this time that the seed has to

die to produce fruit.”

Reuben is so thankful for this

birth and its spiritual meaning,

for our tribe has been suffering

unceasing persecutions for two

years. This birth caused our unity,

our determination, and our faith

to increase. “Don’t resist the

sufferings. Trust. Don’t be afraid.

Be like little children and stay

under the anointing.” Deliverance,

surely our Father will bring to us.

Enemies from within and without.

Everything Reuben goes through

as a tribe is for the birth and

true, firm and everlasting estab-

lishment of its nucleus.

Yochanan Abraham and Mithcah

are so happy to be Sabba and

Savta. This is a reward and a

blessing they well deserve.

We continue to pray for ser-

vants. This year, they allowed us

again to participate in the fair of

Rouffach in Alsace, certainly our

best one. Despite all the cam-

paign against us and the pres-

sure upon them coming from

other sellers, the organizers are

totally for us. They listen to their

conscience, whhich gives witness

of the truth about our life. May

our Father bless them.

This fair gave the push we needed

to the revival of our Futon indus-

try. But our brothers and sisters

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that people gain weight: stomach, but-tocks, breasts, thighs, etc). When theseareas have been filled to capacity, thefatty acids are then sent to organs(heart, kidneys, etc), which causes themto begin a process of degeneration.Abnormal blood pressure begins to oc-cur, the brain functions are affected, thestructural quality of the cellular struc-tures within the blood decline, an over-abundance of white cells occurs, cre-ation of new tissue declines, and theimmune system is affected.

One of the keys to orderly brain func-tion is glutamic acid, and this com-pound is found in many vegetables.When sugar is consumed, the bacte-ria in the intestines which manufac-ture B vitamin complexes begin to die- these bacteria normally thrive in asymbiotic relationship with the humanbody. When the B vitamin complexlevel declines, the glutamic acid (nor-mally transformed into “go” “no-go”directive neural enzymes by the B vi-tamins) is not processed and sleepi-ness occurs, as well as a decreasedability for short term memory functionand numerical calculative abilities.The removal of B vitamins when foodsare “processed” makes the situationeven more tenuous.

The activity of removing precious vi-tamins from food during processing,making it nutritionally worthless and amedical hazard, and then establish-ing a multi-billion dollar market on“supplementary vitamins” in order tofurther compound the already bulgingmedical profits gained from peopleeating the food, constitutes an inten-

tional criminal act. Processing onehundred tons of brown rice, removingall the nutrients, yields seventy tonsof white polished rice, it lessens thequantity of real food and replaces itwith a lesser quantity of a substancewhich is a physiological hazard.

Today, a person can eat three squaremeals a day and be completely un-aware they suffer from malnutrition –especially when it comes to gettingavailable B complex, E complex andCalcium, as well as minerals and traceminerals from store-bought food.

There’s also a number of other fac-tors to consider:

★ According to a Federal govern-ment document published in1936, all agricultural lands at thattime were devoid of most of the40 basic minerals and trace min-erals necessary for good health.Depleted soils means depletedplants and livestock.

★ Today there’s widespread use ofpesticides, insecticides, fungi-cides and chemical fertilizers. It’sworse on much of the land thatgrows our imported produce.

★ Food preservatives are added tomanufactured food items.

★ Water and air pollution.

★ Fewer raw foods being eaten.Americans love a cooked meal.

★ Food being “enriched” with syn-thetic, dead fractions of vitaminsand minerals.

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righteous and supreme judge of

this country. Of course, this

letter has to go first through

many secretaries and counse-

lors. But someone expressed

that as the stone thrown by

David killed Goliath, this letter will

be carried by the angels to reach

the goal: the very hands of the

president.... About this Dagmar

wrote later:

“I remember the judgment of

Isaac. I want to be like him, weak,

vulnerable with the eyes fixed on

our Master, who is our Lawyer. I

don’t think this world can deliver

us. To prove this, our Father may

let evil run its course and act

after. But I maintain hope that

He will soon show His might like

with David and Goliath... What He

does is good. I wait patiently.”

May this letter, carried along by

the angels, touch the heart of

the people who will have it in their

hands. Please, pray for it !!

Michel and Dagmar see the judge

more often now and the inter-

views are longer. Before leaving

Dagmar, we expressed to her that

when the contractions get more

often and more intense, delivery is

about to come.

Sufferings for Michel and Dagmar,

waiting to be set free from every-

thing that keeps them in prison...

Sufferings for Yael, wife of Ben

Yada, for the delivery of her

firstborn...

And our Father turned His eyes

towards her when she entered in

labor on the 20th of May. The

travail is slow and progressive...

the heart of the whole community

beats together with Ben Yada’s.

Soon tears and sufferings take

the place of the first enthusi-

asm...

Dagmar wrote in her last letter, “I

saw how to receive the sufferings

is also to cry and express my

heart to our Father, and tell Him

that it hurts...”

Yael ‘s labor continues on, step

after step, but there is no deliv-

ery. It is long, laborious ... then it

even stops. But isn’t our Father

faithful? “Shall I bring to the point

of birth and not give delivery ?”

says Yahweh. “Or shall I who gives

delivery shut the womb?” says

your God (Isaiah 66:9).

Faith is right here, our faithful

Father will deliver the baby ... But

the labor has stopped, four days

already after the beginning of the

contractions. Now she lays

exhausted, and the situation gets

intense for the whole community;

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★ Increasing number of harmfulsubstances being used such asprescription drugs,over-the-counter drugs, alcohol,tobacco and fake vitamins.

★ Daily consumption of dead, devi-talized food, refined (dead) carbo-hydrates and sugars (cakes, can-dies, soda, white flour, chips, etc.)

CALCIUM

Raw milk is easily the best food sourcefor absorbable calcium. Unfortunately,a person can drink pasteurized milktill they’re blue in the face and gain nocalcium from it. Why? The phos-phatase enzyme found in raw milk thatallows absorption of the calcium, isdestroyed by pasteurization. And with-out calcium, folks can be prettyup-tight, restless or anxious.

Yet, it’s against the law to sell raw milkin the state of Massachusetts (andmost other states as well.) The con-sumer doesn’t even get a choice. Themilk lobby that has brought this situa-tion about has based their claims onbad science, fear tactics, and greed.The truth is pasteurization is thecheapest way to create long shelf life.

B COMPLEX

The dead food industry has designedmost of the food sold in grocery storestoday for shelf life, not nutrition. Take,for example, wheat flour—somethingthat should be one of our best sourcesof B complex vitamins. Most folks al-ready know that bleached white flourmakes for poor health (consumption

of the bleach residue in the flour caneven lead to diabetes), but how manywell-intended souls, who buy wholewheat flour in the grocery store, real-ize that it’s even more unhealthy thanthe white flour? (It has to be bleachedlonger than the white flour to kill offthe organics in it to allow for long shelflife.)

(Since most of the B-complex con-tained in whole wheat is gone in fourdays from the time it’s milled, it’s im-portant to know when the wheat ismilled, relative to its being used tomake the bread. If, for example, abakery does not even mill its wholewheat on the premises, the bread soldwould not be expected to yield B com-plex.)

Whole grains are just about the onlyfood source of B complex. Since mostof the rice consumed in America is“polished” (i.e. Minute Rice, etc.), theportion of rice that contains B com-plex is not consumed.

So-called B complex supplementssold in most health food stores aresynthetics. Since the body can tellthey’re synthetic, the body sends it tothe urine to be flushed out—that urinebecoming a bright yellow.

VITAMIN E

As for Vitamin E, one of the bestsources for Vitamin E is raw butter,It’s loaded with vitamin E. Unfortu-nately, it too is destroyed by the pas-teurization process.

(from a Cape Cod newspaper)

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This month was intense, full of

events of all kinds ... Reuben is in

effervescence like a volcano

before erupting, a beehive before

swarming.... The pressure from

the government upon our children

is still going on. The different

social workers in charge of the

investigation are rather hostile

and tense. We are standing firm

on the anointing, refusing to

compromise, especially when they

insist on questioning the children

without the presence of the

parents. Yet it is not our will, we

cannot avoid the conflict. We

trust our Abba, knowing that

those people are sent by the

ruler of this world. But we know

that they have eyes, ears, and a

heart... We hope they will be

sensitive to our Father. May He

use this case to expose the evil

of this world and save those who

are appointed for salvation.

On the 14th of May, Yonah,

Lebanah, and I saw Dagmar after

her last interview with the judge.

Her weakness let us see her

strength and made us think of

Paul (2 Cor 12:9-10). Her first

question was : “What time do you

now come together?” This moved

us so much, because we saw how

much she wants to breathe at the

same rhythm as her people. As her

brothers and sisters who want to

turn their hearts towards Mr.

Bidart, the judge of the children

who is the head of the investiga-

tion about us, Dagmar turned her

heart towards Mr. Pons, the judge

who has been, for now 14 months,

in charge of her and Michel’s case.

She doesn’t see him as an enemy

anymore.

We brought her the greatest

encouragement when we let her

know that our tribe wrote a letter

to Mr. Jacques Chirac, President

of France, exposing our situation

and appealing to him as the

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(from Bellows Falls), T’vunah, Abigail batOded, Tisumet bat Ayil, and John Isaac arepouring their lives out from early to lateamidst new “technical difficulties” each day(usually right at opening time). Yashuvam& Keliyah (our abba and imma of the café)continue to bring peace through everycircumstance — from refrigeratorsbreaking down, to no produce order there,to plumbing fiascoes sssssooooommmmmeeeeehhhhhooooowwwww… oh! Weknow how… our faithful Abba is hoveringover this little needy clan of His treasuredones… loving their hearts… loving theirloyalty, loving their dedication through allthe trials, and not forgetting just howmmmmmuuuuuccccchhhhh grace we really need to bring thisbaby to birth. We are just as much in aweof His abundant grace as the two elderlyladies who upon their first visit couldbarely sit down to order because of theiramazement over what they saw.

“Who made this place anyway?” a manasked. The answer still 25 years later is, “Why,the same architect that Noah had!” Our caféholds about 25 people — just perfect for ourcommunity and town. We are thankful, sothankful here in Bellows Falls, and our Abbaknows just what temperature it takes to refineHis children. So… in the midst of our caféopening, just down the hill the Basin Farmneeded every extra hand for springplanting… in go the echinacea, in go thetomatoes… off to the greenhouse, out to thefields! Jump in the river and back to the fields!Oh yes! We’re also cleaning up the farm amidstit all! There goes Lev Zorav again with moreJUNK for the BIG YARD SALE. All theproceeds go to cleaning up the rest of thefarm, and that’s a BIG JOB. (Thank you Levand crew!) We welcomed the lively Yakobfamily from Boston to his very own bakery(right next to his room!) and also Avraham &

Sarah and family from Hyannis. (GOOD! Moreweed pickers!)

And Basin Farm Products is getting aboost as Cary is getting increasing orders as welong to have a solid cottage industry on thefarm.

So you can see May has been a fullmonth for us here in Bellows Falls, and we’relooking towards even fuller summer days. Afew Barey Mitzvah on the horizon, who arebeing prepared for June we hope… Ezra benYonah, Tisumet bat Ayil, and Shalomiah batMilcah.

One last note: WE MISS AND LOVE YOUSO, SO MUCH our precious brother, Zerah.We know you are a strength to the little flockthere in England.

You all are always in our prayers. Muchlove and thankfulness for the abundant life wehave.

YAHCHEBED

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Are You Drinking Your Vinnie?The following is from an advertisement for a book about thehealthy properties of vinegar:

Research from centers around the world report what ancient healersknew thousands of years ago — that vinegar is the wonder elixir for ahealthier life.

Since ancient times a daily dose of apple cider vinegar has been taken tocontrol appetite and maintain well-being. Even Japan’s feared Samuraiwarriors of years ago relied on a vinegar tonic for strength and power —a tonic you can make in your kitchen.

Today, countless reports and scientific studies praise the curative andpreventive powers of vinegar as part of our daily diet.

Vinegar is nature’s own drug-free anti-inflammatory. Scientific tests showorganic vinegar is a natural storehouse of vitamins and minerals,including beta-carotene — over different components — to fight whatails you.

More than 70 different research studies have verified that beta-carotenelowers the risk of getting cancer and it boosts the body’s immunesystem.

When fresh apples are allowed to ferment organically, the result is avinegar that contains natural sediment with pectin, trace minerals,beneficial bacteria and enzymes. And pectin helps your body reducecholesterol levels to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The book includes home remedies using vinegar to improve yourmetabolism, aid digestion, help lower cholesterol, relieve middle earproblems, condition problem skin, fight age and liver spots, condition hair,relieve nighttime leg cramps, soothe sprained muscles, fight osteoporosiswith calcium, and help relieve urinary problems, coughs, colds, heart andcirculatory problems, arthritis, and high blood pressure. It also suggestsmaking and bottling special vinegars to sell at gift shops.

It is wonderful that our Father has given us such a natural, simple,and inexpensive way to care for our bodies and cooperate with His desireto prolong our life!

P.S. — Don’t forget Channah’s flu-prevention remedy: a tablespoonof vinegar in a half cup of water, several times a day as soon as you beginto sense stomach troubles coming.

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What You Are To Me

In the soil long ago was I sownMy foundation was the earth

My source was the watersWithout you life began, yet I pushed forth shoots

Without you my growth would be immatureYou were so vital in our Father’s plan for me, I needed you.

Behold! One day heat from the sun touched meEverlasting warmth is your possession

Like a plant bends to light, I responded to your affection.Only by it will I increase.

I burst through the earth and strove for youWho can bind the glory of the sun?

Its brilliance surpasses precious jewels.

No longer will lacking define meYou’re the accomplishment of His plan

Today creation will be fulfilledMy branches take hold of you

You are my friend, you are my completion.To me you are Ruth Kalal,

I love you!

The month began with the wedding of Aman & Ruth. Words can hardlydo justice in describing it. The rain began to fall the night before and weawoke to falling rain. Oh, would our Abba part the clouds? Yes! Faith re-sounded within us. It stopped raining but the clouds remained. Our Abbaknew exactly what we needed! It was such a wonderful day!

The most honorable aspect of this wedding was and still is the heart ofAman’s imma and abba (who was not able to attend) for putting wonderfulqualities into Aman and bringing him to the point of being able to take on theresponsibility of having a wife. Aman wept as he honored his imma whobrought him to the Edah, sparing him from any further damage the worldwould have done to his life and as he talked about his abba (who died whenAman was young). Ruth brought her parents up and completely honoredthem for bringing her to the place where she could be a suitable helpmate forAman. All the tribes need to know the honor due to Ornan and Ruhammah ofthe tribe of Gad. Upon realizing they needed help with their daughter, they

gave her to Barakand Naomi (myabba and imma!)and never oncemistrusted them inraising theirdaughter, givingher the addedencouragementshe needed. Theyhad taken her asfar as they couldand had done it sowell! But she justneeded a littleextra input fromthe body.

This really putin Ruth a deeprespect andgratitude towardsher abba and

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The Nation’s health authorities arefacing a very complex problem on thequestion of calcium in the American diet.Evidence points to the fact that most ofus are severely deficient in calcium, acondition that has a distinct relationshipto age.

There is mounting evidence thatcalcium supplementation and thedrinking of milk are simply not producinggood results. The incidence of os-teoporosis and other calcium deficiencydiseases continue to rise. It is nowonder that the American consumer isconfused when even health experts arcconfused. This brochure will explain whyall the various forms of supplementationdo not, in fact, can not, work. Best of all,it will provide you with a low cost,effective way to make certain that youare getting the calcium you need.

We are inclined to think of calciumonly in terms of bones and teeth, but it isvital in many body functions such asnerve response, muscle control, bloodcoagulation, and regulation of heartrhythm and blood pressure.

The blood must maintain a certaincalcium level to make certain that all ofthese functions can progress normally. Ifthis level drops and if no usable calciumis available from the diet, then the bodywill” borrow” calcium from the bones.

Osteoporosis is one of the mostcommon and yet poorly understood ofthe debilitating diseases and affects anestimated 15 million Americans to somedegree. It is a condition in which calciumis leeched from the bones. This loss ofdensity causes the bones to becomeporous, brittle, and weak. It is estimatedthat 25% of the women over 50 have adegree of osteoporosis severe enough

to cause pain, loss of height, bonedeformity, and contribute to 5 millionspontaneous fractures each year. In thedeclining health state of our nation,recent studies are showing the conditionevident in women as young as 25 yearsof age.

Why Don’t CalciumSupplements Work?

It is not difficult to get calcium intothe stomach, but it is very hard to get itfrom there into the cells. Calciumabsorption requires a very specializedprocess in the stomach and is depen-dent upon a delicate balance betweenacid and alkaline. To be absorbed andused, the calcium must be of a particulartype, a usable calciurn.

What Is Usable Calcium?There are two kinds of calcium,

organic and inorganic. Organic rcfers tothat which exists in a living entity. Thecalcium in vegetables is organic.Inorganic calcium is derived fromminerals and is held together by whatchemists term “ionic” bonds. These areextremely hard, strong bonds which thebody cannot break apart and thereforethis form of calcium is unusable.Dolomite is of the ionic bond form ofcalcium and simply cannot be used bythe body regardless of how desperatelythe calcium is needed.”

Because plants have the ability totake hard, ionic minerals and changethem into a form that we can use, allorganic minerals come to us from theplant kingdom. Plants can break apartthese hard minerals and rearrange theirbonding into something called “covalent”bonds. These are gentle, loose bondsthat the body can combine as neededand this is the reason we need fruits and

Calcium

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burning, and the Holy Spiritwent back to heaven. He didn’thang out down here.

Now we are a part of therestoration of all things. Lovewould never overlook abrother at the dish sink. “Hearthe word of YHWH, you whotremble at His word. Yourbrothers who hate you, whoexclude you for my name’ssake, have said, ‘Let the Lordbe glorified that we may seeyour joy. But they will be putto shame’” (Isaiah 66:5). Weknow that we were cast outalready. The Christians hatedand despised us. We werehated because we hated thethings of the world and theyloved them. We didn’t want towatch the Superbowl or 2001:A Space Odyssey. They went tothe movies. I stayed home andcried.

Isaiah 66:5 says thatsomeone will see our joy. It iswonderful that we are stillstanding. I thought that when Isaw us dancing tonight. Ithought, “This is the germ.”But we will not continue if we

don’t keep the offeringburning all day and night. Thepeople at Sardis were passingtheir brothers by at the dishsink. We do it once and ourgarment becomes stained. Wedo it again and the stainbecomes worse. Eventually ouroffering quits burningaltogether and He removes ourlampstand.

Love is encouraging abrother and not passing himby. If we walk in the light asHe is in the light then we canjudge ourselves right.

Yoceph: We need to have azeal for His house. Beesdefinitely have a zeal for theirhouse. They keep itimmaculate. I placed a dirtybox on one of the hives. I didnot have time to clean it, but Iknew that they would. When Ireturned sometime later thatbox was immaculate. That iswhat an Edah is like. That ishow we must be.

The word says that if weare not zealous and diligent,then we will be put to forcedlabor (Proverbs 12:24).

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vegetables in our diets. They supply uswith calcium as well as all other vitalminerals which the body needs formaintenance and repair or just to add tothe storehouse of minerals called the“alkaline reserve.” Surprisingly, fruitsand vegetables also supply us withevery complete protein that we need forall bodily functions.

Why Can’t We Use The Calcium InMilk? It’s Organicl

That is a very reasonable observa-tion. The calcium in milk is altered in thepasteurization process. The heatingprocess turns it into a hard, mineralcalcium more like the bonding indolomite and unlike the bonding in freshfruits and vegetables. This type ofcalcium unfortunately gets into thebloodstream and the body, not only cannot use it but also has the added choreof neutralizing it in some way. Some of itis stored along the inside of the bloodvessels where it contributes to theformation of atherosclerosis or harden-ing of the arteries.

Another place to deposit some ofthis unusable calcium in the joints whereit would show up as “arthritis.” It mightseem unreasonable that the body showscalcium deposits on the outside ofbones as arthritis and at the same timeshows a loss of calcium from the interiorof the bones demonstrated as os-teoporosis. The body is responding veryintelligently to the stimuli that it isreceiving. It recognizes that somecalcium is usable while another kind isnot and has to be put somewhere. Sincemilk does not prevent osteoporosis, itmay contribute to it.

Does Protein Affect Calcium?It certainly does. In fact, a diet high

in protein is a major cause of osteoporo-sis. The digestion of animal proteinleaves toxic substances in the body

which must be neutralized. This processof neutralization requires minerals andwhen the body has depleted its storedreserve of these vital minerals, it isforced to turn to the only other source ...the bones. Protein, like milk, maycontribute to osteoporosis.

Do I Have To Give Up All Meat?No, but you have to eat much less

than is generally recommended. In fact,recent research has shown that anyamount of meat over 47 grams ofprotein per day will result in osteoporo-sis. If your mineral reserve is alreadylow, you can not even handle 47 grams.

I Don’t Understand “Grams”Examples will probably help in

understanding about the quantityinvolved.

6 oz sirloin = 54 g of protein6 oz chicken = 40 g of proteinI c green beans = 2 g of proteinI c lima beans = 16 g of proteinI pc chocolate cake = 5 g of proteinI c grapefruit juice = I g of proteinI c whole milk = 9 g of proteinI sl bread = 3 g of proteinI biscuit = 3 g of proteinI egg = 6 g of proteinAmericans eat too much protein

and as a result deplete their body ofcalcium at an alarming rate. As theamount of meat eaten increases, theamount of calcium lost in the urine alsoincreases. The more meat you eat themore calcium you lose.

So What Do I Eat?Mostly fruits and vegetables. Be

sure to keep your meat consumptionwell below a level that would exceed 15total grams of protein per day. This isthe amount that many authoritiesrecommend as safe. Anything in excessof this may result in osteoporosisregardless of how many fruits andvegetables you eat, or how many

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Love Calls for Completed Deeds

We don’t alwaysunderstand what love is, but 1John 3:16 tells us. Theoffering burns all day and allnight if there are noincomplete deeds. Thereshould be none. If tables areleft dirty all night, that is anincomplete deed. Someonesaw the table and passed it by.That is what stains ourgarments. If we see a brotherat the dish sink working aloneon an overwhelming pile ofdishes and we just pass him by,not giving him what he needs,how does the love of God

dwell in us? (1 John 3:17). Wealso fail if we are at the dishsink all alone and we becomeindignant because no one ishelping us. We are to keep theburnt offering burning all dayand night.

What would the placewhere God lived look like?Would the dishes be piled up?Love dictates that we wouldleave no good workincomplete. The early Edahfell away. It began by havingincomplete deeds, by passingby brothers at the dish sink.Their offering stopped

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supplements you take. While reducingyour protein intake, if you would like totake a calcium supplement, making surethat you and your family get an ad-equate amount, here is a recipe whichwill provide the very best calciumavailable.

Carefully fill a wide mouth fruit jarwith clean, whole, uncracked eggs.Cover the eggs with freshly squeezed,strained lemon juice. Cover the jar lightlyand place in the refrigerator. Gentlyagitate the jar a few times during the dayand, as soon as all the bubbling hasstopped, your lemon egg is ready.Carefully, so as not to break them,remove the eggs and use them as youwould any other eggs. The only differ-ence is that they no longer have hardshells. The egg shells have beenaffected by the chemical action of thecitric acid in the lemon juice whichallowed the calcium to leave the shelland combine with the lemon juice ascalcium citrate.

It should take no longer than fortyeight hours for all the action to becompleted. Just watch for all bubbling tostop. If you leave the mixture longerthan 48 hours, it will tend to get thickerand the eggs will begin to absorb moreof the lemon juice taste.

Place a tight lid on the jar andshake the mixture well. Take a teaspoonof the liquid daily. This will provide yourbody with an excellent source of calciumand, in addition, will improve yourenergy level. There is a complexbiochemical process in the body calledthe citric acid cycle in which manydifferent substances are acted upon with

the end result being energy. Some of thecitrate part of the lemon egg enters intothis process thereby improving yourenergy.

This is a wonderful source ofcalcium, and, because it is also verypowerful, be certain to take only oneteaspoon per day in the beginning. Youwill be advised as to when you canincrease the amount.

Any dietary change should beundertaken only under the supervisionof a doctor trained in nutrition.

Remember, we said that a livingcalcium could not be heated. Yourlemon egg is living because neither theeggs nor the lemons were ever sub-jected to heat above normal livingtemperature. Thus, the calcium thatresults is a gentle, organic form whichthe body can readily use. You could takethis lemon egg solution and cook it ...just bring it to a boil ... and it would beworthless. The calcium would havechanged to a hard mineral.

Most of today’s health remedies areexpensive. Here is an opportunity to goa long way toward protecting the healthof your family and doing it very inexpen-sively.

In summary – two of the things thatcan be done to improve health are quitesimple. (1) Consume a type of calciumthat the body can use and (2) decreasethe protein consumption to save thecalcium in the bones.

The old expression is “If life givesyou lemons, make lemonade.” Betteryet, make lemon egg.

Copyright 1987

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Abner’sPower Packed Humus

(total live food)Have on hand:5 cups tahini (raw)2 1/2 cups lemon juice5 cups olive oil1 whole garlic bulb1/3 cup celtic salt1 1/2 cups parsleySprout 2 gallons of chick peas. Soak chick peas in water (non-chlori-

nated) for 24 hours. Divide into 4 one gallon containers. Rinse chick peasevery 12 hours and keep in warm place, out of direct sunlight, for three daysand sprouts are ready. Use immediately or refrigerate.

Use Champion juicer to make a paste out of chick pea sprouts (with thesame attachments you use for banana smoothies). Yields approx. 22 cupsgarbonzo paste. Set aside.

Chop garlic in small pieces.In a blender put enough olive oil to cover blades. Add half of chopped

garlic pieces and puree. Once the garlic is pureed, add 1 cup of olive oil andblend for a little while. Add half of the salt to the blender mixture. Pour thismixture over garbonzo paste and mix.

Blend the rest of the olive oil and the lemon juice and pour over paste.Mix thoroughly.

Pour 5 cups of tahini over the paste and mix thoroughly.Add parsley to mixture; add salt to taste, and finish mixing.Set in refrigerator for at least an hour; overnight is better - the flavor of

the garlic and lemon will intensify during the setting time.Serve with pita bread cut in wedges, on toast, as a spread, or as a dip.Enjoy!

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tears.We are very hopeful about this

wonderful man and also anotherman, named Jeff. He is an old friendof Jennifer, also from R.I. We wentto take him home after a visit here.When we got to his home hedecided to turn around and comeback to stay. He is counting thecost. He is very familiar with work-ing in restaurants. I asked him, “Areyou willing to cut vegetables the restof your life?” He said with a smile,“Sure! I love cutting vegetables!”Hopefully next month we can tellyou more about these men.

We are so excited for theencouragement that is flooding ourcommunity! Our God has strength-ened our hearts in many ways asyou can see but ... there’s more! Hehas returned Yael Ahavah to us!!AND Aysh!! They are both veryhappy to be back. Do you remem-ber Chayah? She was immersed lastyear and then sent to Maine to helpin the café. Well, then she was sentfrom there to the café in Boston,and then ... well, she’s not comingback. She is waiting tables every dayin Boston, pouring out her life withgratitude that is noteworthy. Herlove for our Master is obvious. Also,just in case you haven’t heard, herabba, Greg, was immersed severalweeks ago. He is living in Bostonwith her. We are especially thankfulfor the good fruit that is comingthrough our cafés. We look forwardto the other precious lost ones thatare still ensnared in the world.

We send you all our love from

Hyannis. A special hello to Tsiy Tsah!We miss you! Warm greetings alsoto all our brothers and sisters thatwere part of the big SWARM!

In the affectionate love of ourMaster YAHSHUA,

Elishevah of Israeland everyone in Hyannis

Because of some reading anda recent women’s meeting inYehudah, I wanted to pass onsome encouragement about food.I recently read that “Menopauseis a concept far more prevalentin Western Europe and NorthAmerica than with the rest of theworld. In Japan there is no termfor ‘hot flash,’ because mostJapanese women never experiencea deregulation of their tempera-ture mechanism. The reason maybe partly genetic but it probablyhas a lot to do with diet. Theheavy emphasis on estrogenic soyproducts such as tempeh, tofu,and miso in this culture servesas a natural form of hormonereplacement.”

Similarly, in some parts ofMexico, India and Africa, thereis not the expectation that anolder woman might experience adistressing stage of life. Veryfew women over the age of fiftywho eat a traditional Japanesediet ever develop heart disease orbreast cancer. One of the staplesof this diet is soy. The foodsmade from this bean are tofu,tempeh, miso, and soy proteinpowder.

In the same book it talked

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about the soluble fiber that is in beans that reduces cholesterolwhich leads to heart disease. Beans are very good for us!

Some years ago Seth read “The Book of Tofu.” He began followingmany of the recipes and soon we were using a lot of soy productslike soy beans and soy flour. We started to make sweet soy creamand soy mayonnaise. Then we started using tofu, which made theseproducts easier to make and less fattening. (Tofu needs less oil inits recipes.) Since then many times we have gotten sidetracked andhave started using milk products like sour cream, whipped cream,etc. According to what I have been recently reading, soy productsand other beans are very good for us. You can even get some cal-cium from tofu that is solidified with a calcium compound. There isalways the subject of intestinal gas that tries to hinder us fromeating what is good for us. But much of our diet, including rawvegetables and fruits, cruciferous vegetables (the cabbage family ofcabbage, broccoli, greens, and cauliflower), raw onions, etc., willalso tend to cause intestinal gas. So we should learn to accept this,but find ways to alleviate it. Here are some guidelines that you mayhave forgotten.

1. Soak your beans and soy grits for 24 hrs.2. Cook them on low heat all day. Whole soybeans take ten hrs.3. Don’t overeat, this causes gas.4. Drink your water.5. Chew your food. Don’t wolf it down.6. Tofu can cause gas when the soy milk was not cooked enough or at

all before solidifying the tofu. I boil the tofu for twenty minutes tohelp this. Then I cool it before I make soy mayonnaise or whatever Iam making.

7. Rinse your tofu daily. It is a bean product and bacteria will beginworking in your tofu, causing whatever you make with it to produceintestinal gas.

HERE ARE TWO GOOD TOFU RECIPESTOFU CREAM TOFU MAYONNAISE2 cakes or 1 lb. tofu one cake tofu or 1/2 lb. tofu2 T fresh lemon juice 3/4 t salt1/2 C oil 2-3T vinegar1/2 C honey 1T honey1 T vanilla 1 t prepared mustarda skimping 1/2 t salt 1/4 C to 1/2 C oil

P.S. More recipes on beans and tofu will be coming in future ITNs.Love, Ma aminah

Our Father shabout “apple cidersaved us many troover the years. Main the community the great health beit is something thawhole Edah, so wesarily ill. Our Fathecure in such an unHis Character as thgreatest of wisdomplaces….

Here are somefrom a famous FreValnet) who wrotethe wonders of the

Hippocrates, tmedicine said, “Thcan only be treatedsaid that one shouborrow from folklouseful in medicine

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but our Master’s eyback.

I want to give and give Him everand I can be closeteaching really spoB’not Mitzvah. OuMercy bat John ImLoNekar, and Ketuconfident powerfulthey wanted to givMaster everythingtrue that good thinwait. We all waitedhearts to be made

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owed us long ago vinegar” and this hasubles with our healthny of the older peopleknow already aboutnefits of cabbage, butt needs to go into the will not be unneces-r gave us an amazing

expected place. True tois is, we often find the in the humblest of

interesting quotesnch herbalist (Jean many years ago about cabbage plant :

he father of modernere are illnesses that by nutrition.” He also

ld not hesitate tore that which can be

., with sound proof,f cabbage” has stood

the test of time and scientific experimen-tation.

A native of Europe and cultivated forthousands of years, cabbage has been ofvital importance to man’s health. Wehave not discovered exactly why thecabbage leaf has its remarkable healingproperties. We can only state that thecabbage has a particular affinity fordisease-causing fluids, forcing them fromthe tissues. It even seems that thetreating small areas of extensive diseasebenefits the whole, as distant toxins aredrawn from the body by the cabbage.Once toxins are removed the cabbagepromotes healing and scar tissue, thuspreventing complications.

A short history of cabbage

One wonders how the exceptionalremedy could have been banished totwentieth century obscurity . Cato theElder declared that thanks to cabbageancient Romans existed without physi-cians for six centuries.

Perhaps cabbage seems too humbleto be of therapeutic value. One famous

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es are on what we held

all my trust to our Masterything so he can trust me to Him. I know thiske to us, including ourr three precious girls;perial, Chayil batrah bat Deshe all made confessions about howe their parents and our. They proved the sayinggs come to those who for a long time for their ready and at the right time

our Abba harvested three pieces of lusciousfruit.

Also, we were not able to tell you in thelast ITN that two others were blessed bywaiting on our faithful Abba: YatsaqChallamish and Abigail Yaqarah. We allenjoyed their wedding day at the end ofSeptember. Abigail was so calm andconfident, all of her enemies were obviouslya footstool for her King, who was full ofvibrant passion and steadfast love. We wereso thankful for how they expressed ourMaster’s great love to the many guests wehad. It was exciting to see so many friendswe’ve met through the café.

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problems. The doctor felt that Tishacould possibly find help with us sinceshe knew we treated health problems asnaturally as possible. She also thoughtthat Tisha may find interest in our way oflife. When Tisha heard a little of whatwe believe from this women doctor shedecided to get her husband and comeright away that night to visit us. They areChristians from a place calledSpringwood in the Blue Mountains. Andof course, there was still Christine andTara, Jenny and Letetia (her daughter),and Brendon, a young man who hadbeen staying with us for several weeksthat night as well. Wooooo…the air wasbuzzing and alive that night. Our newfriends heard many wonderful, penetrat-ing words that Shabbat from our Father.

Also that weekend we were off toour little township of Picton to representour Master with our portable café at atwo day Music Festival. This was thefirst of its kind in Picton. We had hope ofmeeting many local people and beingable to speak first hand with them. Itwas surprising I think to all of us howmany people actually did turn out for thisMusic Festival in Picton. We had soooomany good conversations with people,who were full of questions and it was aperfect atmosphere to speak with themin detail and serve them hospitably. Wewere extremely encouraged by the endof the festival with how our Father hadengineered the whole situation for Hissake and we are certain that ourreputation with the local people hadincreased a 100 fold. People couldn’tstop complimenting us on our wonderfulfood, atmosphere and presentation. Wehave surely gained many more friendsfrom this local event.

The next morning during theminchah we heard the long awaited cryof a man who was ready to surrender his

life to our Master. Brendon wanted todie and lay his hands upon the sacrificeof our Master Yahshua through baptism.With much joy we took him down to thecreek and washed away the old man,bringing up a new baby. Our lost coincelebration was filled with prophecy andencouragement.

On Monday Tisha returned withher 3 year old daughter and 10 monthold son, ready to stay for a week to hearthe true gospel for the first time. Tisharesponded gratefully to the love and thecare she received and found that thiswas indeed the place where true helpwas for her in every way. And what waseven more wonderful for Tisha and all ofour guests was to witness the baptism ofSteven (now Netzer) who clearlyrenounced his Christian background andwas brought into the “reality” of ourMaster Yahshua. The burden of his guiltweighed heavily on Steven over the lastfew days and he arose from the water avery thankful and enthusiastic “priest” toserve our Master.

It was only a few days later thatthe first pangs of labour began for IshahHadashah (wife of Yotham.) Shelaboured hard and with much determina-tion to bring forth this much desiredchild. Yotham and Hadashah aredelighted, elated and extremely pleasedwith their little son whom they’ve beenentrusted with. We are so thankful forhow our Abba is faithful to bring forth life.You will be hearing more about him inthe next month concerning his preciousname.

So much life! A few days laterMichael arrived from Bellingen followedover the next week by Christine and Tara(also Jenny and her daughter, all ofwhom had gone back to Bellingen togather their belongings and to tie uploose ends.) Fitting them all in on the

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doctor, who devoted many years to thestudy of cabbage reported that “to berare, to come from a distant land, to bearan exotic name, to have commercial value,are what give a medicine a price in themarketplace, the cabbage leaf lacks all ofthese things.”

It is easy to discover in literatureconsiderable evidence of the action ofcabbage as medicine, recognized sincethe dawn of time. Hippocrates, Pliny,Cato the Elder described the uses ofcabbage at length. Hippocrates recom-mended the eating of cabbage, well-cooked with a little salt, to those whosuffered heart and bowel disease. Thephysician Cato the Elder, treated himselfand his family with cabbage, advising itsapplication on skin disease, wounds, andas a remedy for arthritis. For six hundredyears, Romans used cabbage externallyand internally for various illnesses,employing its benefits as a purgative,disinfectant, and poultice : Romansoldiers applied cabbage to their wounds,and all considered it very effective. Laterin history the physician to the GreatEmperor Maximilian II and Rudolphwrote in 1557, “The juice of the cabbagesoftens the belly, ends constipation,cleans and cures old ulcers. Cabbagejuice mixed with honey makes a syrupthat heals hoarseness and coughing. Theleaves, cooked and applied to chroniculcers, modify and heal them, and aidthe resolution of tumors and wounds.”

Other in history have written aboutits wonders in “drying, either by the juiceon the wounds or ulcers or by applicationof the whole leaves.” Red cabbage isindicated for pleurisy, while a thickemulsion of cabbage aids asthma. Thebrine of pickled cabbage is good therapyfor burns, and cabbage seed banishesintestinal worms. It is also recommendedas one of the best safeguards to preserve

sailors from scurvy. In an excellentbotanic dictionary published in 1802 itdescribes a poultice made by mixingwhite cabbage and an absorbent claywith water, cooking until the cabbage isreduced to a paste, then apply warm,prepared with white cabbage leaves as afolk remedy for pleurisy and rheumatism.Boiled in wine, the leaves aid skindisease. A brew of cabbage seeds hasbeen used successfully to treat intestinalparasites of children.

Cabbage has been treated withcontempt by physicians, declared thefamous Doctor Rogues in 1832, “yet it isone of the best know antiscorbutics. Witha crew of 118 men Captain Cook sailedin all climates on a three year voyagewithout losing a singe man to scurvy.”

In the treatment of leg ulcers,eczema, and chronic or infected wounds,the application of cabbage leavessometimes causes a temporary flare-up ofthe infection and increased pain,evidence of the action on the tissues bythe therapy. When this happens, treat-ment for the next few days should beapplied for an hour or two, separated byintervals of six to twelve hours.

Sometimes the treated area becomesacutely inflamed during therapy, and theapplication of cabbage leaves should bestopped, replaced by the use of virginolive oil or sweet almond oil. Once thelocal irritation has subsided cabbage leaftherapy can be resumed, using treatmentperiods of shorter duration.

Episodes of irritation during cabbageleaf therapy are not surprising andshould in no case prejudice the method.In fact, while we know of many seriousside-effects caused by aggressivechemical medicines, the occasionaldifficulty following natural therapy isuncommon and mild.

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ha~Qanai said to me while there: “Thecandles aren’t on display, we are!” So underthat tree many seeds of hope were planted,and we have vision that this area one day willbear much fruit.

The day after the festival Michaelarranged a gathering at his home for anyonewho wanted to come and ask us questions.Approximately 15 people came and through-out the afternoon and evening there was ahub of conversation around the room. It wasvery encouraging to have attentive ears. Onewoman Jenny and her daughter came thatevening and returned to Peppercorn Creekfarm with us 2 days later. We have faith thatshe is our sister. So already the fruit is fallingfrom the tree and we are ready to gather theharvest.”

Meanwhile, back at home on thefarm….

Remember Nigel, the South

African man who has visited us beforeon a number of occasions? This time,on the Sabbath, he came with his wifeand three children, and some of hisfriends from a Christian group. Thisgroup was referred, by their ex-AOGchurch members, as “fringe-dwellers.”They all stayed the night and then someof the men (there were 6 in all) stayedand worked with us the next day. Two ofthe men, a sensitive young man namedSteven and a young Australian born NewZealand Maori named Remi, decided tomove in to hear more of the Good News.That week was very exciting as thosereturning from Bellingen brought homeChristine and Tara (Michael andChristine’s 13 year old daughter), andtheir three sons (from Christine’s formermarriage.) Jenny and her daughter(friends of Michael and Christines fromBelligen) had also come with the hope offinding a new life. Christine, Jenny,Steven and Remi eagerly soaked upeverything they heard and were drawncloser and closer to our Master’s life.

The following Friday we weretotally inundated by guests who came forour Shabbat Celebration. There was agreat need, therefore, for all of us to betotally active in our spirits, to be hospi-table, friendly and to communicate ourFather’s heart. Nigel and his friendscame once again, as did Neil our faithfulvisitor (still wondering why he continuesto study at Bible College), and Shannon,a local Christian woman with a brokenmarriage, who came to see more of ourlife. Then there was Tisha and herhusband Matthew and their two littlechildren from the Blue Mountains.Through the suggestion of a women weknow who is a homeopathic doctor,Tisha rung us up that Friday seekinghelp with her 10 month old son who hasfood allergies which cause him digestive

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the possibility that chemical fertilizersimproperly added to the soil may be thecause of occasional side effects attributedto cabbage therapy. Thus for greatersafety and enhanced therapeuticseffectiveness, we select fully mature andwell-colored leaves of green or redcabbage, freshly harvested whenpossible.

The preparation cabbage leaves is ofunequalled simplicity. Wash the leavesunder running water or perhaps soakthem for a few moments in water towhich lemon juice has been added. Wipedry, then use a knife to remove thecentral rib and if the application isplanned for an ulcer or sensitive wound,the secondary ribs also. Crush the leaves,one by one with a rolling pin. The juiceappears on the surface of the leaves,ready for application. One, two, or threeapplications will be required according tothe severity of the disease. Cover with athick cloth and continue the applicationfor several hours, generally overnight orduring the day if pain persists.

In winter warm compresses may beapplied by warming the leaves with asource of heat, for example, the cover ofa warm cooking pot.

For a sensitive wound plunge theleaves for one or two seconds into boilingwater, softening them and reducing thepossibility of irritation.

If cabbage leaves are to be appliedto ulcers with irritated margins, soak theleaves for an half hour in olive oil. Theresulting preparations will sooth in-flamed tissue as well as combatinginfection and aiding healing.

Cabbage leaves applied to infectedwounds, ulcers, or oozing eczema shouldbe layered like roof shingles, allowingsecretions to drain between the leaves.Following use, cabbage leaves, althoughsometimes dry, are often covered

noticeably with fluid demonstrating theabsorption of the toxic products.

When treating joint pain a poulticeshould be prepared as follows :

Boil for 20 minutes 2 to 4 cabbageleaves and two whole chopped onionswith 3 handfuls of bran and a little water.After evaporation of the water, place thepoultice on gauze and apply hot for oneor two hours, or even for the wholenight. The mixture, although it may seemold fashioned, is usually highly effective.

Besides external action, cabbage haslong been ingested as salad or juice forits nutritive and healing properties. Itsindications are many and throughouthistory cabbage has been employed inthe treatment of a wide variety ofmaladies including pulmonary disease,gastric disorders, intestinal diseasesincluding parasites and ulcers. It has alsobeen reported to correct anemia becauseof the high levels of iron, manganese,and copper found in cabbage.

The antibiotic property of cabbagehas also been demonstrated in studies.

There is also a compound in cabbagewhich raises blood sugar, followed by alowering of blood sugar levels. Assumingthe truth of this premise, cabbage may beuseful in the management of diabetes.

The National Institute of Hygiene inFrance lists the following ingredients in100 grams of cabbage :

Proteins 3 gramsLipids 0.3 gramsGlucides 6 gramsPhosphorus 50 mgCalcium 50 mgIron 1 mgVit C 80 mgVit B1 0.15 mgVit B2 .12 mgVit B3 0.6 mgVit A 2183 IU

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It’s definitely Spring here onPeppercorn Creek Farm. “New life” isspringing forth all around us in moreways than one!

Last month, you may rememberwe met a man named Michael at one ofthe markets where we were selling ourcandles. He was selling his wife’spottery and his crafts there. After havingtalked with some of us (and reading oneof our freepapers) Michael was somoved by what he heard, that hedecided he must come back home withour brothers to visit the community andsee it all for himself. Then having visitedus and hearing our Father’s Word in theminchot, felt that he needed to go homeat once. He was very eager to tell hiswife and friends of the hope he hadfound in a people living together inUNITY! This was something he hadalways had in his heart for many years,but never envisioned that it could comeabout.

Well, it just so happened thatearly this last month we had alreadyplanned on going to a festival inBellingen with our candles. Bellingen is8 hours up the coast (north) fromSydney, and just 10 minutes from whereMichael’s organic goat farm is. So wetook the opportunity to stay with Michaeland his wife Christine and to meet someof their friends.

Bakhirah will tell you some moreabout this adventure…

“Chen, ha~Qanai & I had thewonderful opportunity to go to the BellingenGlobal Carnival to sell candles at thebeginning of this month. Our Father arrangedperfect circumstances with meeting Michaeltwo weeks earlier. So we were able to go upand reach out to more people, and water theseed planted in the heart of Michael and hiswife Christine. Before and after the festivalwe stayed with them and during it we campedon the festival site. Our little woven candlestall was perfectly placed under a giantcamphor laurel tree. It provided the shadeneeded to protect our candles from theblazing sun.

Chen commented that this was one ofthe best evangelistic events he’s beeninvolved in. Continually throughout the 3days we met many new people and rekindledmany old contacts. People from thisalternative area really wanted to hear what wehad to say; they wanted to know why ourcommunity works. Many people are worn outwith trying to make community work, and seetheir ‘multiple occupancy communities’ (calledMO’s over here) as merely ‘suburbia in thebush’. People are groping to find true life andtrue community. Most are weary of religion,but they were willing to hear about Yahshuabecause they wanted to know how we wereable to live as one. We could really speakwith authority about our Master’s sacrificebecause we had the fruit to prove what’s true.

Michael and Christine are very wellknown in Bellingen and had told many peopleof their plans to join us already. Many ofthese people could be seen watching us froma distance. Later on, they approached us toask questions and find out who we were. As

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The healing properties of cabbagejuice in the treatment of ulcers seemsdue to the mucilage’s: sulfur, potashsalts, etc. The vitamin content is weak-ened with age, and some are destroyedby cooking, so freshly prepared rawcabbage juice is the best treatment.

Cabbage is healthful for the stomachand intestines whether it is juiced, raw,or steamed, and is well digested. Thisobservation has been confirmed manytimes on both well and ailing individuals,who are astonished to tolerate it soeasily. It is cooking with water, as donein many households, that deprivescabbage of vital elements, destroys itsnutritive balance, and sometimesmake it indigestible.

Even sauerkraut is digestible whenprepared naturally. Its fermentation aidsdigestion of cellulose and fats and makesit easily tolerated by the intestinal tract.Lactic acid produced during fermentationdisinfects the intestinal tract, and ispreserved by not washing the sauerkraut.

Loaded with vitamins and othernutrients, cabbage combats nutritionaldeficiencies, boosts energy, stabilizeschemical reaction within the cells and isone of the most beneficial foods availableto mankind.

Cabbage’s high levels of sulfur,arsenic, calcium, phosphorus, copper,and iodine can explain its appetitestimulating and tissue building proper-ties .

By its vitamin A content, cabbagemaintains tissue nutrition and rejuvena-tion.

The vitamin B3 content makes itimportant in preserving nerve function inthe absorption of oxygen by body cells,and in the metabolism of carbohydrates ;

Thanks to its vitamin B2 content itparticipates in cellular chemical reac-tions;

The sulfur content of cabbagecombats infection in the respiratory tract,as well as protecting the skin againsteczema and seborrhea.

Magnesium, potassium andcalcium defend the body against illness,including cancer.

The chlorophyll in cabbage boostshemoglobin levels and prevents anemia,although cooking destroys this valuablecomponent.

Cabbage contains iron and copper,building blood cells and enhancing thebody’s use of calcium.

Protein and carbohydrates incabbage build strong tissue and providehigh energy calories.

No chemical laboratory yet hasbeen able to synthesize a singlecabbage, nor a remedy with its virtues.

The cabbage is of infinite value forpregnant women and for those withanemia, or intestinal parasites. But it isimportant that to preserve its maximumpotency that cabbage be as close tonature as possible. Any change, nomatter how trivial it may seem, can onlycause some lost of potency or disruptionin its natural balance, destroying some ofits powers.

The best method of consumingcabbage is as a raw hors d’oeuvre, takenat the beginning of the meal, laced withnatural oil, sea salt, lemon or vinegar,parsley or even garlic. Freshly preparedcabbage juice is also recommended, oneglass daily promotes good health,increases vitality, and combats intestinalurinary or respiratory disorders. Ifcabbage juice does not sound tasty, addsome carrot juice and a few drops oflemon juice to improve flavor.

For abscess, boils : Apply cabbageleaves, washed and prepared as de-scribed above, 2 or 3 layers thick.

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The Iron and ClayKingdom

We came out of it… theworld, the iron and claykingdom. Now the world hasto be taken out of us, and thelove of the world with it.Through the fiery circum-stances, these things arebeing removed – brittle areas(clay), and those that melt(iron). Holding onto the wordat the minchot, is the onlysource that endures thefire…His Word! As we walkin His word, the fire doesaway with the weak areas ofour lives; these things thatare undependable in time oftrouble to rely upon…ironand clay will not keep ourrelationships together….Ourfellowship is in thelight…1John 1:6-9, 1 Peter1:19. Our Master, His Wordis causing us to stand! Allthat remains of the formerkingdom in us must be doneaway with (undependable,unstable cannot build thiskingdom). BUT the Word ofHashem endures forever…

Gad of the tribe of Gad

To all our brothers and sistersin Yahshua,

We were very honored to beable to dedicate our daughter thismonth. We wanted to tell you alittle bit of who our Father createdher to be. Her name is AmidahNagah. The root word for Amidahis Amad which means to stand, tobe upright, to endure, to perse-vere, to be steadfast. It was onour hearts that she would be ableto endure the suffering that ittakes to stand against her en-emies and guard her priesthood.Like the Levites in Ex: 32,27,Nagah means to be clean, acquit-ted, purged, blameless. By hertaking a stand, she will be foundblameless when Yahshua re-turns. Our desire is for her to bean example of one who keepsherself clean and who helps herbrothers and sisters stay clean.We need to be those who willstand in the gate and guard thepurity of our priesthood. Psalm24: 3-6, Psalm 15. We are thank-ful that we can dedicate her in thebody of Messiah.

In Yahshua,Daveq and Huldah

TO Chayim, We have hopethat our daughter will standbecause of the example you arefor her. Keep praying and don’tloose heart. We love you.

Great News! M’Susah, wife ofIsh, is pregnant!

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Maintain the dressing in place for 2 to 4hours or perhaps all night. If there iscomplaint of “severe heat” replace theapplication with new leaves. Continuetreatment until all inflammation disap-pears. Cabbage juice or steamed cabbagemay be taken internally.

For Anemia : Take 1 or 2 glasses ofcabbage juice daily.

Sore Throat : Use cabbage juice withhoney as a gargle and for ingestion.

Acne : Apply a lotion of freshlyprepared cabbage juice, preceded, by theapplication of leaves. The ingestion ofcabbage juice is also helpful.

Asthma, bronchitis : 2 to 3 thick-nesses of cabbage leaves are applied tothe chest, throat, lunges or shoulderblades, according to the location of thesymptoms. Leave on for 4 hours orpreferably all night. It also helps to takea broth prepared by cooking. 60 grams ofcabbage for one hour in a pint of waterwith 70 grams of honey, a remedyespecially useful in treating chronicbronchitis.

Colds : The following is a first-rateremedy for the common cold :

Red Cabbage juice 500gramsSaffron 5gramsHoney 250gramsBoil to the thickness of syrup. Take

one tablespoonful in tea 3 or 4 timesdaily.

Eczema : Begin treatment with onehour applications of cabbage leaves,lubricated with olive oil if the skin isexcessively dry. Repeated application isindicated if no side effects occur.Although cabbage is a first-rate eczemaremedy, not all patients will respondidentically. Application of cabbage leavesshould be supplemented by the oralingestion of raw or steamed cabbage,plus cabbage juice.

Sinusitis : Apply 3 thicknesses ofcabbage leaves over the frontal or

maxillary sinuses, leave in place for a fewhours and overnight. Each morning andevening, instill one-half teaspoonful offresh cabbage juice in each nostril.

Worms : A classical treatment forintestinal parasites is as follows : Takeone-half glass of juice 3 mornings in arow, beginning during the waning phaseof the moon (when worms release theireggs). Twenty grams is the child dose.Therapy should be repeated monthly forat least 3 months. Cabbage seed broth isuseful in certain individuals, andsymptomatic relief may follow nocturnalapplication of cabbage leaves.

All these interesting facts are taken adirect quotes from this French herbalist’sbook on folk remedies. Yoneq feels thatthere is much merit in the things thisman is sharing. But it is certainly notsomething new. Just ask any of the olderpeople in the Edah and they will be ableto advise you about the use of suchremedies in the “olden days.” There arejust a couple of recipes included, but alittle research in your tribe will certainlyadd to this.

This brings us to the point of thisarticle. We desperately need to compile abooklet which makes this kind of folkwisdom available to our people. Manypeople know many things about suchlong-standing remedies. We want tobegin gathering these well-tested, time-proven remedies. In each tribe thereshould be someone covering this type ofwisdom and if those people can begingathering their information and getting ittyped into a format that can be sent toParchment Press. Then Savav will gatherthe things together and eventually wewill publish the booklet. Please help us ingathering these remedies along with therecipes of how to use the remedies.

Shalom from ha-êmeq

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the Twelve Tribes. Suddenly,Geoff turned to Naphtali andasked, �Naphtali, what is the mostimportant thing to you?� Naphtalithen did something quite amazingto me. Instead of responding theway I expected he would (as Iwould have), he looked down andbegan to think about the question.After a few minutes it was veryobvious that as he was carefullyconsidering his response he wasexperiencing great spiritualopposition. His struggle wasapparent to both Geoff and I.After many more minutes ofsilence, Naphtali finally spoke.�Our Life,� was his reply. I askedhim why and immediately hereplied, �Because we love oneanother, but out there people arekilling each other.� Upon hearingthis Geoff responded, �Maybethose people don�t know whatthey�re doing is wrong?� �Every-body knows. It�s instinctive law.�As Naphtali was about to continuewith his explanation he was calledto help out in the juice bar.Without any hesitation he quicklyreturned to his post leaving Geoffdeeply affected, in awe of thesimple truth he had heard. As wecontinue to train our children, theevidence of Malachi 4:6 is going tobe more and more clear as eachnew generation proclaims the sameThree Eternal Destinies messageto the world. I am thankful thatour children are learning who theyare.

Nadiv

An encouraging word about thedouble minchah on the Shabbat:

Our forefathers ate the mannaand died, but he who eats of Mewill never die. Our Master said inJohn 6:48-51. We know that there isphysical and spiritual bread. At theminchah we get spiritual bread. Weneed to go and cry out early in themorning to gather our mannabefore the sunrise. If we go cry outbefore the sun rises, then we willhave the everlasting bread that willkeep us from ever dying. That’swhy He said to get the mannabefore the sun rises. So, right nowwe are living in the 6th day of time.Whatever we gather during theweek, will keep for the 7th day. If wedon’t do this, then we do like thechildren of Israel in the wilderness(Exodus 16:15-25) We do not bringnew things on the 7th day, but wespeak, or eat that which wasgathered before the 7th day. OurFather gave us our manna duringthe week, so we don’t need any newfood on the 7th day. We must eatwhat was provided during theweek, and digest it. Manna wasn’tpreserved except for the 7th day(Sabbath). They gathered enoughon the 6th day for the 7th day. It’s soencouraging to see how the scrip-tures all tie together. I’m so thank-ful I can be a part of it….

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return of the captives to Jerusalem, andNehemiah rebuilding the wall. As he soamazingly portrayed the characters andrelated the actual events, all I could thinkof was the Lancaster Community andwhat is taking place on a smaller scalehere, rebuilding, restoring and vindicat-ing our Abba’s Name.

Night and day the brothers workedbefore Shammah and Chavilah’s wed-ding, tearing out and replacing walls andfloors in the living and dining rooms….And when the newly-sanded floors werewet with finish, we had no idea where tohave our Minchah. The next largest roomwas on the third floor where the ceilingswere too low to lift hands. A knock cameon our bedroom door. Could we have theMinchah in here? “Of course,” myhusband replied. As the household filledour room, my heart was filled withpraise. It was like the Ark of the Cov-enant entering our room. What an honorit was!

The work continued as walls weremudded and painted. Sheetrock dust wasflying and nail guns banging, bandsawsgoing, but we had one thing in mind andthat was RESTORATION. All of this tookplace up until the very night before thewedding.

The preparation of the couple, thedecorations, the meals, and houseclean-ing, it was amazing how it all cametogether. It was only with the help of ourfriends from Island Pond, as well as somefrom Hyannis, and the entire family ofPhinehas and Simchah from Cambridge(who somehow always end up hereduring our biggest events, building ourcommunity as if it were their own).

We were literally running around inthe kitchen putting away dishes, pro-duce, etc., at one point. Our friend fromtown, Nate, was watching all the action,hands in his baggy pockets and a shortbeaded dreadlock hanging beside one

eye. The beehive of activity must havebeen very interesting. Then I heard thisquiet voice ask, in the midst of thecommotion, “Miriam, do you need somehelp?” I stopped and looked around. Itwas Nate. “Do you want to help?” Iasked. “Yes, of course.” “Well, OK…”

Before long, he had brought order tothe chaotic jumble of produce and boxesin the pantry. At the same time, Pearl(Remember from our last two ITNentries?) was helping Yaqarah with mealpreparation and Roderick helpedHoshua’s crew with decorations. RichardRobbins from Plattsburg, NY, who wasShammah’s college professor years agoand has visited many of our communitiesand festivals, was there too, doing yardwork with the brothers.

Shammah’s mother, Diane, stayedwith us for a day and a half, too,specifically to spend time in the house-hold and participate in all the prepara-tions before her relatives came to see thewedding. She was greatly appreciative ofthe love being lavished on her son, andwe were thankful for the opportunity totalk about the wedding and our Master’sreturn.

Shammah was such a good king! Inthe weeks before the wedding he hadlaid aside his formerly quiet personality,speaking with passion about his twofavorite subjects: the fire our Masterwants to kindle on the earth, and hisbride. Chavilah has one of those wonder-ful personalities where things just “comeout,” and through the time of theirbetrothal our household gained such apersonal revelation of our Master’s loveand desire for us, and how our faults andiniquities don’t dismay him one singlebit. He is even more delighted with us ashe sees us overcome, and his great lovefor us captures our heart more and more.In Chavilah’s outspokenness she had

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Hello from ha-êmeq! We hope tobring you peace about this subject.

We had wanted to let everyoneknow about the dangers of thinking thatwe are getting “calcium” from all themilk and cheese we were using. As mostof the clans of Israel are still not blessedwith their own cows and goats, most ofus were still spending lots of money atthe supermarket on pasteurized milkproducts to bring home some “calcium”for our households. The large “DrinkMilk!” advertisements plastered all overthe highways in the United States by thegreedy merchants who exploit theiranimals to make themselves rich, havedeceived many of us into thinking thatpasteurized milk gives us calcium. Oldand young all need calcium very much,so Yoneq was very concerned aboutmaking sure we were all getting asufficient supply. When he learned about“living calcium” such as what is describedin the article we passed on in the ITNabout Lemon Eggs, he was happy to beable communicate this to the tribes. Healso did not want anyone to be deceivedby those false advertisements.

We know that the whole subject of“nutrition” is a very complicated one.There are so many opinions about thesubject. Each of them have “scientificreports and experiments” to back uptheir opinions. So, the average person isleft with the helpless feeling of notknowing who to believe. And becausemost of us have lost our own instinct of“common sense,” it is hard for us to“glean the precious from among the vile”

when we try to read through all thenutrition books. So, when we put thosearticles about health in ITN , we shouldhave extracted the facts we wanted tocommunicate and not included the wholearticle. We can see now that this hasbrought confusion to many of you as youhave written to me asking for moreclarity.

So, the simple truth of what wewere trying to communicate about milkis this :

The Creator made cow’s, goats andsheep for a special purpose. We can eatthem and we can use their milk. Henever intended for men to slaughteranimals from their herd daily for meat.Now we live in such a rich society thatmen are free to eat lots of meat. This hasproven to be very bad for their healthand most doctors do not recommendeating a lot of red meat.

Aside from the dangers of overeatingof their meat, many cows (not so muchgoats or sheep) are inhumanely treatedby their owners. They are kept locked upin the barn their whole life, never beingallowed to graze free. Their meat is fullof hormones, given to the animals toinsure larger profits. Other chemicals arealso given them for their sicknesseswhich they get so easily in that abnormalenvironment. All these are in the meatwhen you buy it in the supermarket. Theanimals are usually slaughtered in aninhumane way so lots of adrenaline goesinto their meat at the time of their death,which also is bad for us when we eat thatmeat. That is why our Father has shown

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For several months now, mydaughter Chemdah has wanted to finisha picture of a calf being set free from itsstall, as a gift to Michael and Dagmar toremind them of the promises of ElShaddai. One day as she was drawing,we heard this excited voice…

“Amanah, come see the rainbow!”exclaimed Yohannah, the wife of JohnMark.

I also ran out of our room in searchof the closest window in hope of seeingthis rainbow. Yohannah, Amanah, and Istood looking at the rainbow, remarkingon its beauty. I ran back to our room andsaid, “Chemdah, come with me! You’vegot to see this rainbow.” We ran outsideto look at the double rainbow, fascinatedby the brilliant colors and the majestichandiworks of our Father’s creation. Iturned to Chemdah and said, “Well, thatwas a special gift our Abba gave ustoday.”

As we were walking back to thehouse I kept looking at it, until its colorsbegan to fade. Then I began to considerand think about the rainbow, and hopecame to my heart. It was given as a signof promise to man, so that whenever welook at it we can remember the promisesof El Shaddai. It came to my heart that

day that our Abba put this particular signin the sky that day as a reminder forsome reason. It was a double rainbow, adouble blessing.

Within 3 or 4 days something somarvelously wonderful happened! Willour Abba bring to birth and not deliver?Matthew and Chasidah’s little girl wasborn…. And we were so happy to hearabout the birth of a daughter toBenNabiy and Bathshevah of Hyannis onthe same day!

And then several days after thebirth, we heard about how Michel andDagmar had been set free!! We allcheered and gave our Abba great praisefor their deliverance. Many times we’vecome before our Abba with loud criesand tears for them, pleading for mercyand for their deliverance. Truly, our Godwill both bring to birth and bringdeliverance, and he will set the prisonersfree. But yet, can you cause a flower tobloom before its time? Or can a nation beborn in a day? He will do it. He is ElShaddai. He will do what He promises.

A few months back our wonderfulbrother David Yonah and his mostwonderful wife Yachebed came to visitour Community. He told the story of the

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his people how to humanely slaughteranimals.

We have very few possibilities offinding good meat. Some communitieshave small herds of cows, goats andsheep to use for meat. There are alsocommunities who have friends who arefarmers who they trust. They can buymeat from these reliable sources and canhave confidence that the meat they areeating is good for them. But we do notoften eat meat. For special occasions weslaughter an animal. We do not want toslaughter our whole herd just to providea heavy meat diet for ourselves daily. It isnot normal or good for our health to eatso much meat. Most of our protein isprovided for us through good plantsources and we are a healthier peoplebecause of that. But we are not vegetar-ian and will be glad to receive meatwhen it is provided for us.

But that is about meat and most ofus know already our national identity isnot as great meat-eaters. But it is milkthat is making lots of confusion now.Were it not for “pasteurization” and“refrigeration” there would be noquestion about all of this. Heating themilk as they do makes it possible to dosomething very unnatural – keep milk forlong periods of time. That ability makesfor the abnormally high consumption ofmilk products in western countries.

If we lived just a little bit earlier inhistory, before refrigeration, we wouldhave gone out to milk our faithful cowand then immediately done somethingwith the milk to preserve it. We wouldhave made different types of yogurt andkefir, soft cheese, or butter. (The butterwould become quickly “rancid” withoutrefrigeration so we would be careful notto make too much…. It has long beenknown that eating a lot of “fat” is notgood for the health.) This is the way our

Father meant us to use the milk from ourcows – well, what was left over after thebaby cow had her fill.

That yogurt, cheese, and butterwould have lasted a short period of timeand would have been free of chemicaladditives and hormones. If our faithfulcow was sick, we would not drink hermilk or eat her meat if she died ofsickness. The same with our faithfulgoats. So, it would not be so compli-cated.

Milk from cows is fine for food. Thatmilk makes the pretty baby cows niceand fat and healthy. But we know thatlots of dairy products will make a personfat like a little cow…. But if the person isvery skinny and needs to get fat they caneat more. We are promised “enoughgoat’s milk to feed our households” inProverbs 27:27. So, we really know ourFather wants us to drink goats milk. TheBible talks about curds from cow’s milk,so we know they used “sour milkproducts.”

If people are really concerned aboutour nutrition they will earnestly seek thehealthy ways to eat and not just try toplease our tastebuds. Most of us havebeen raised on very unhealthy diets. Wedo not know how to eat properly. Here inthe USA we are used to eating potatochips and hamburgers, spaghetti andpizza. This is not our national identity.

We must change our way of thinkingabout food and learn to prepare our foodfrom “good” dairy products. In somecommunities they have experimented inmaking yogurt without heating the milkto the boiling point. There have beengood results. They have tried differentways to use their fresh cow ‘s milk. Wehave used milk in mate in the past butnow we are seeing that lemons and limesmake a much nicer compliment to themate. But sometimes we CAN use milk.

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It is good to use moderation andcommon sense in eating.

We have never said that we do notwant to use dairy products from cows.But if people find themselves beginningto look a little bit like “baby cows” theyshould consider that they may be using abit too much. As we see from thefollowing letter from Prisca, wife ofAquila :

Here are some exerpts from a letterthat Prisca wrote to ha emeq:

Aquila and I went to Boston lastweekend for the Bat Mitsvah. It was ourfirst time to ever attend one. Wereceived so much vision and encourage-ment. Our daughter Emunah reallydesires to become a daughter of thecovenant as soon as possible. She isgrowing up and really turning her heartto us. We are pleased with her. So I lookforward to the day when she will beconnected to our Master.

I’m sure you already know this butour greatest desire is to go south. I thinkeveryone from the south feels this way.We are looking forward to the day whenwe will be sent to that area. We went onthe bus to Asheville and it was sopowerful how our Father went before us.He wants to save many people in thesouth.

I’ve been concerned about some-thing for a while now. I really wanted totalk to you about it but I don’t know if Iwill see you so I thought I wouldmention it. I have noticed that there area lot of overweight people in the body. Iwent somewhere recently and noticedthat nearly everyone there, men andwomen, are overweight. There are a lotof older people there but it is so sad tosee this happening to people as they getolder. Aquila and I have been wonderingwhy this is such a hard thing in the bodyto overcome. Even with us, we both

have gained weight and have found thatit is hard to stay within our normalweight. Just recently when we weretalking about dairy products (lastregional cooks meeting), Aquila and Idecided to stop eating dairy products andunfertilized eggs and try to avoid eatingfoods fried in oil. You wouldn’t believehow much these things are a part of ourdiet. I know you have been talkingabout these things for years. I under-stand now more why you have beensaying that we need spiritual women tolearn how to cook within our ownnational identity, and get away from thisAmerican way of eating. Its killing us.

Finally, I got concerned enough todo something about the weight I wasgaining. I was 25 pounds overweight, solike I said, Aquila and I stopped eatingthose foods and in less than two monthswe both had lost 20 pounds. Just fromcutting out mainly dairy products. I keephearing that we are not going to eatdairy products but really our diet is fullof milk products. It seems so hard totake on the right mind about the way wewant to eat. When I cut out thosecertain foods I replace them with moregrains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Inever went hungry. I was full andsatisfied. I wish we could eat this waymore. I just wanted to bring yourattention to this. There are some peoplethere that look very unhealthy. I want tobe healthy and live a long life and I’msad to see some of my old friends gainingso much weight. I don’t think its becausethey are going out eating candy bars anddrinking cokes. They are getting fatbecause of what they are served. ORmaybe they just need to understand notto take in so much fat in their diets. Wellif I see you before you leave I would liketo talk more about this. I would like toknow what you think about this.

Prisca

Recently Jonathan and I were walking in the forest and westopped to sit on a fallen tree. While we were sitting I noticed abeetle near my feet making its way across the forest floor. I neverrealised before how many obstacles there are in the way of such a tinycreature. The forest is covered in fallen leaves, broken branches andlittle plants. In order to go anywhere this little creature has to sur-mount all these obstacles in its way. While I watched, the beetlestruggled up a blade of grass, hung precariously from the top, thentoppled to the ground. It lay on its back kicking its legs trying to getupright again. As soon as it was on its feet it continued on - up theside of a leaf, over a twig onto another blade of grass - and down itfell again. Over and over this little beetle slid and toppled and fell tothe ground. Each time it got right back up again and kept going onits course. While we sat there the beetle never stopped in its journey.In all that time it only travelled two feet in distance!

There were so many obstacles in its way. Yet it always trav-elled in a straight line, never swerving to the right or to the left totake an easier path. No matter what the obstacle in its way the beetlekept going, straight towards its goal whatever that might have been.

How far away I am from being as steadfast as this littlebeetle! Yoneq later shared with us from Isaiah 26:3, explainingthat the beetle had perfect peace in all its struggles because its mindis always fixed on its creator. If we will set our focus on our Fa-ther at all times and trust in Him, He will keep us in perfect peacetoo, no matter what circumstances come our way.

Yael.

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From Ben Nabi and Bathshevah:Last month we were grateful to

be able to say a little bit about thebirth of our baby girl. We are begin-ning to see what a privilege it is to bea part of the Body of our Master andhow wonderful it is that we candedicate our daughter to His care inthat Body. He is real! He is alive! He isrisen! We know this because of thereal, tangible group of dedicatedpeople who are alive, makingthemselves available, not living for

themselves, giving up everything toenter into the kind of human relation-ships the world has not seen since thevibrant life of the first Edah thousandsof years ago. This is who we are. Thepeople we live with are the ones whoare willingly going into the scarredand painful territory of their broken,fallen human hearts to get to the rootof the dysfunction in their lives, just sothey can love us, represent our Godto us, help us make it into a placewhere we will never have to tastedeath. Our friends are like thisbecause they know what Cain did not� they understand that they are theirbrother�s keeper. They are like thisbecause they obey the Master, theyhave revelation of the resurrection,and they live resurrected lives. This is

no issue of perfect performance, butsincerity, humility, and accountability.These are the people I can trust anddedicate the life of my daughter to. Iam so thankful to live among the mostwonderful and courageous faultypeople on the face of the earth.

My excellent wife and I havenamed our daughter �ChitahShevurah, (Hee-tah)� which means�Broken Wheat.� It was on my wife�sheart that we would raise a daughterwho would be easily broken, able to

be handled by her people. Whatwas speaking to my heart was thefuture she has, the life our Abba hasgiven to her at this time in history. Irealized that she was born into a lifeof hope in the face of much adver-sity. What lies ahead for her is agreat sifting, an awesome threshing.The circumstances in her life, like allof ours, are meant to bring her to anabsolute end of herself. As shestrives in this life-time, through all ofthe sifting and threshing, all of theupheaval, it is our hope that she willgive herself willingly and always

land at the thresher�s feet. �And Hiswinnowing fork is in His hand tothoroughly clear His threshing floor,and to gather the wheat into His barn;but He will burn up the chaff withunquenchable fire (Luke 3:17).�

A special note to Chaiym: You are so much on our hearts. We

are praying for you that your strengthwould be renewed and your heartinstilled with courage. We love you somuch and continue to pray for you..Your overcoming life affects theresurrection of the Twelve Tribes!!

In the affectionate love of our

Master Yahshua,

Elishevah and all your friends in

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enough or approved of – the result:insecurity. With all my heart, I desired myson to use his hands to be a builder, to liftothers up. With tears flowing, I askedJudith what builder was in Hebrew. Shelooked at me and said, “Eben.” At this Iwept even harder thinking of the onlyEben I knew (Eben Ben Chazaq) and howmuch I appreciate him. Eben means “tobuild” or “builder of the family name.” It

alsomeans a stone - Our Master was the“Eben” which the builders rejected. Davidkilled Goliath with an Eben. Then, in themidst of all the post-birth activity,Bakhirah said he would have to be“determined” to be his name, to be abuilder. The name for determined is Amatz– again I cried, knowing Amatz Hakam.(David told his son Solomon in 1 Chron28:20 to be ‘amatz and act!’) So our son’sname is Eben Amatz ben Yotham of thetribe of Asher.

My wife and I are extremelygrateful for Our Abba’s care and extremelygrateful for the encouragement, wisdomand support of the midwives here: Judith,Bakhirah, Ruth, Emunah and Shelem. OurAbba is teaching us and establishing histwelve tribes- the new social order.

With Shalom,Yotham and Hadashah.

OKAROKAROKAROKAROKARAHAHAHAHAHLately, we have discovered thiswonderful, healthy and versatileingredient. It is a by-product of tofu/soymilk manufacturing therefore is veryinexpensive and is readily obtainablefrom bulk tofu manufacturers.

Okarah is high in dietary fibre andit contains the same amount of proteinas brown rice. It is also known toenrich the milk of nursing mothers andto stimulate its flow. Traditionally, it isa cure for diarrhoea. Okarah is light intexture, gives body and bulk to recipesand it absorbs flavours well. It can beused in sweet or savoury recipes, eg.cakes, bread/scones, veggie burgers andstews.

Here is a sample recipe:OKAROKAROKAROKAROKARAH LAH LAH LAH LAH LOAF OR SOOAF OR SOOAF OR SOOAF OR SOOAF OR SOYSAGEYSAGEYSAGEYSAGEYSAGE

5 Cups Okarah2 Cups Wholemeal Flour¾ Cup oil3 tbs National Yeast (optional)1 ½ Cups of Soymilk or Cow’s Milk¼ Bunch of Basil2 tbs of both Oregano & SageWhite pepper¼ Cup of Soy Sauce½ Cup of Ground Sesame Seeds3 Garlic Cloves3 Teaspoons of Cumin

Cook in pressure cooker for 30minutes or in a steamer for 1-½ hoursor bake in loaf pans for approximately2 hours on low temperature & add 5eggs. Needs to be served with sauce –tomato sauce is nice.

MISOMISOMISOMISOMISO

We have found a better substitutefor soy sauce. Miso is a fermentedsoybean paste, which is full of livingenzymes, vitamins and proteins. It alsohas body-detoxifying properties.Diluted with water it makes a sauce thatcan be poured on top of the heartyIsraelite Breakfast (millet.)

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life and that He helps me to love mybrothers and sisters the way He loves.And I want to have His compassionto love the gentiles, for many amongthem will be my brothers.

Shalom from Anak(Isn’t he wonderful?)

Early in the morning, before the

minchah, Netzak drove Ohevi to Bilbao

to the get the bus to San Sebastian. On

the way back to Zeberio, he thought this

was the best opportunity to pray and seek

our Abba but he saw that there was so

A Health Note:

Dear brothers and sisters,I need to share with you something to see if it could be

helpful to other brothers and sisters. You might already knowabout it, but to me it has been a real discovery. I knew of womenwho experienced a certain anxiety to eat plain fresh lettuce duringtheir pregnancy. A woman who had lost lots of blood after birthalso got this special obsession for fresh lettuce. I have foundmyself at this point all along this pregnancy. Then I got informationabout lettuce that greatly encouraged me. I summarize it:

“This original plant from India is well known since ancienttimes and it’s mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. Roman EmperorAugusto was healed from a serious liver problem thanks to thelettuce remedy given by his doctor Antonius Musa. Paracelso andAvicena highly esteemed lettuce as a healing remedy for variousdiseases.

Its energetic power is low. Only 17.5 cal./100 g. but it isrich in vitamins and minerals so it helps in the growing years andprevents raquitism. Thanks to some trace elements (iron, zinc,copper) it is efficient in fighting anemia and clorosis (or mineral

much opposition. Sleep wanted to

overcome him, any thoughts and reason-

ing came as intruders in his mind. When

he shared about it, it made me think that

we have to reject those thoughts and

spirits and seek our Master diligently,

because it can happen to all of us, but if

we entertain them, Satan will come in

and the Holy Spirit will go into a corner

of our hearts. We have to reject them so

that Immanuel and none else will dwell

and rule in our hearts.

I love you all,

Ishshah bath Ben Jesed

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impoverishment of your blood). Apart from vit. E, necessary for normalreproduction and growth, lettuce is rich in calcium, and this is easier toassimilate than the calcium from milk.

Lettuce stimulates your appetite and it’s natural remedy forthe digestive tract. It calms down hot burnt (this, I experience withgreat joy... Often I chew plain fresh lettuce or drink cold pepperminttea for my awful hot burnt. It is effective.) It’s a tonic and revitalizesyour stomach. It has a favorable effect on liver and spleen infarcts.

Lettuce juice calms your nervous system. This was alreadydiscovered by Hippocrates. It calms and gives a peaceful sleep tonervous people, those who suffer anxiety or insomnia. (I have experi-enced sleeplessness almost every day from around 3:30 or 4:00 tillabout 5:00 in the morning since my 4th month of pregnancy; I saw thatsome nights, when I eat lettuce before going to bed, I slept normally.But it could be due to other factors too.)

Applied on your skin, lettuce broth can help rushes.

Lettuce is good for everyone, but specially children, oldpeople, and pregnant and nursing mothers. It nourishes and calms yourthirst. It combines with almost everything except sweets, for this willupset your digestion. Evidently raw is the best way to eat it. You caneat it at any meal, at night it will help your rest and will help yourintestinal activity in the early morning. It is best eaten before otherfoods for it will quickly arrive in your intestines, preparing the way forthe other food. But it is not so good to eat it together with meat or atthe end of your meal because it could flush substances not yetdigested.

The greener the lettuce, the more nourishment for you.”

Ben Jesed gave thanks for lettuce for this is something,somehow we always had on our tables. Our Abba has made a way thatwe can meet the needs of our bodies in many ways. Sometimes we getanxious or complicated but really our Creator has wisdom in providingour needs. Sometimes the most humble food is the worst known yetour best ally. Netzak, our gardener got very encouraged.

Doesn’t this sound wonderful to you?Ahavah Shua

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�Plink Goes the Back�A Little on Lower Back Problems

The single most likely cause of lower backpains and transferred pains in the buttocks,thigh and sometimes all the way down to thefeet is a highly technical and distasteful termsometimes pronounced reluctantly by well-meaning people in our midst; that is �badposture.� Things like �Can�t do it� and �Hurtstoo much� are what you hear when you say,�Straighten up, son, or you�re going to haveback problems when you get older�� Some talkabout their backs being �out� and mention�slipped disks,� �pinched nerves� and trips to thechiropractor. Nevertheless, it can be shown thatover 80% of those who have these lower backproblems have also sported bad posture, walkedlittle, exercised little, and have spent a good80% of their waking (and sometimes sleeping)hours in a bent-forward position.

Washing clothes, digging holes, sawingboards, weeding gardens, washing dishes,cutting vegetables, mopping floors, nursingbabies, typing at the computer, sitting in meet-ings and other such jobs often require a �bent-forward� position. What is meant by a bent-forward position is that the natural curve ofyour spine is distorted to accommodate yourwork. This requires the flexing of your �disks,�stretches ligaments, and re-aligns all thosebones back there into a stressed position. Nothing wrong with that, really, butif your back is always in that position, your spinal column begins to take onthat curve all the time, and, you guessed it, it�s just not made to take it. Soone day you do something different, like, say, carry a fifty-kilo sack of flouron your head a little off center, and, plink, something snaps.

Now, before we get carried away and think that we slipped a disk andlost a bolt, we must think about it for a few days � in bed. Of course, thisdepends on how much painful revelation comes to you during the �plink.� (Itmight be good to mention here that �plink� or some other appropriate term is

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Our Father is establishing the Twelve Tribes.We are so honored to be now one of the TwelveTribes of Israel. I was so thankful to write on thetitle “Issachar.” Our Father spoke clear to us thatIssachar will be a tribe of humble servants and wewant to truly accomplish what we are called to be:thankful humble servants that do not complain.

At the beginning of the month we had theprivilege to receive Qashab to our Tribe. He camefrom Manasseh and will stay with us for a time inorder to support us during the time we will befirmly settled. He also is teaching us English andhelping us at the mobile cafe.

Nahaliel and his wife Havdalah, togetherwith their two older children Issachar, Daveqahand baby boy Netanyah, went back to their tribeafter being with us for two precious months. Weare so thankful for their help and love they gaveus. They left us such a pleasant flavor fromNaftali, full of vision and much encouragement.They also let Bath Aviv, our Yapheth sister fromthe clan in Londrina, be with us to help in a fair inSanta Fe. It was so wonderful to have her here.Through the visit of these precious brothers andsisters from Naftali we feel closer to them.Geographically we are 2000 km away from eachother. I always compare it with the distancebetween Shimon and Levi - North. We havevision for tribal gatherings which will increase ourtribal bonds.

In Santa Fe we spent two weeks an a craftfair. It wasn’t so busy like a few months ago whenwe went there, but we met a lot of people whichcould hear the wonderful good news we had forthem. The response is that we received a visit of ayoung man named Alejandro. He came on a trip

at the end of this month in order to be with us.Also two young women we meet in Santa Fecalled and they are traveling in order to join us.

We also have with us a woman namedAndrea (from Cordoba) with her two children. Shevisited when Yoneq and ha-emeq were here.When she left she said that if she is going tocome back then it would be forever. Well, shecame back and she seems very determined. Weare growing and will soon need a place to receivethe foundation stones of our tribe.

Here is a little note from Qashab’s point ofview:

We continue to cry out about our housingsituation here in Issachar. We are living in arented house that we are supposed to leavebefore tomorrow, the first of January. We havevision for a beautiful property nearby. It is like alittle farm, with a large house, fruit trees, andplaces for a few animals. It looks like we will beable to get it, but we can’t move in just yet,because there is another family living there. Whatwill we do? Good news, Our Abba has justopened a little door for us. The owner of thishouse has decided to let us stay for another twoweeks! This will be just the time we need toprepare a place for us to stay temporarily on theother property. It is so wonderful how our Abbacares for us and helps us when we cry out to Him!Please continue to pray for us, that our Abbawould open the door for us to have the home hewants us to have.

It is so wonderful and encouraging to seehow our brothers are here in Issachar. They areso full of faith, thankfulness, and trust in where

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a term of revelation. It is an instantaneous revelation of your true condition;i.e. you are unfit to do what you just did.) As you lie in bed wondering whythat happened, you remember your parents� exhortation to sit up at the table.�Don�t slouch,� they exhorted. You would reluctantly straighten your back forthe next five minutes and then forget� but you can be sure your sins willcatch up to you.

That�s just it. The real solution to all back problems in general involves anextremely difficult ingredient: You must correct your posture.

Question: What is posture? It is the way you hold yourself as you walk,talk, work, sit, etc. It refers mainly to the way you hold your back as you liveyour life. Your back has a �normal� position, a way in which all the bones,disks and ligaments are in �standard� position. This means that all otheractivity that is done with your back out of this alignment or position is �non-standard� or �extra-normal.� Notice that I didn�t say �abnormal.� It justmeans that every single activity you do that uses your back in an out-of-standard position requires a return to standard as soon as that activity isdone.

Perhaps all this is starting to get too complicated. To put it simply, everytime you bend over, you have to straighten up. And when you don�t have tobe bent over, you shouldn�t be. You should hold yourself in good posture. Infact, you should try to maintain your posture as much as possible, even whendoing your work. It is the position in which your back is strongest. However,if you have to work bent over, or if you have to sit slouched, then every houror half-hour you must compensate with backward bends, six of them, to getthings back in shape.

So you are in bed, you did that �plink� thing and are in terrific pain.What do you do? You get into the most comfortable position possible andstay there. Hot compresses, massages, and relaxation are the best. (Anti-inflammatory herbs are helpful and can be used under the supervision ofthose who know how to use them correctly.) Then, as soon as you can movearound a bit, you begin a simple exercise that will probably cure you, if youadd it to good posture and a few other essential ingredients which arealready a part of our life in the Edah.

Here is this very simple procedure that may deliver you from most ofyour back and leg pains:1. Lie on your stomach on the floor with your arms at your sides. You

should face one way or the other (meaning you don�t have to stick yournose onto the floor). A mat or rug or something to keep you from directcontact with the floor is nice.

2. Relax your whole body, paying special attention to your lower back. (This

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My Heart about ChildrenI love my children! I want them to know it. I�m not afraid to show

them my love. It is in me, that�s why it comes out. What�s in the wellcomes up in the bucket. I cherish them. I love to put them to bed andpray for them and bless them and tell them stories. I love to lay downwith them, hold them tight and speak to them. I love having their bedright next to mine, so I can be right there when they need me. Every-thing in me yearns to be close to them. I love thinking about them, Ilove talking about them, and I cry writing these things down. I amextremely thankful for our Father�s great love for me, to give me myprecious children. Now I can somewhat relate to the great love He hasfor me. Because I love my children. He has put this love in my heart. Idon�t think it is a fallen love. I believe it is a true fatherly love that Ihave for my children.

But also I will not allow my child to be separated from me in hisspirit. He must always be completely surrendered to me. He is under mycontrol always. If he�s got the attitude of the disobedient then I will turnhis attitude to the attitude of the righteous. And that is my practice eversince my child is very little. He doesn�t know anything different thanthat.

MY CHILD IS UNDER MY CONTROL!!!!Therefore he is not a hellion (someone who comes from hell).But now people come with all these laws:You cannot pick your child up when it is crying, because later he

will be demanding of you.You cannot be in bed or sleep with your child because later he will

be demanding of you.You can not carry your child around all the time because later he

will be demanding of you.I�ve heard someone say: �Then we would have all these hellions

running around here.� Any child that has not been brought undercontrol and into total surrender will show signs of an unruled over,independent, spoiled and rebellious spirit. Before we can do anythingwith a child we have to bring him under control. Why would I deprivemy child from my love and affection just because I�m afraid he would bedemanding later on? The only reason for that would be that I don�twant to or I�m afraid I can�t rule over my child. But the solution doesn�tseem to be to withdraw attention and affection, but to have control overyour child along with affection. Especially since we are learning aboutthe homo-zagus genes.

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means you imagine your lower back relaxing more than the rest of yourbody.)

3. You do this for five minutes without falling asleep, because there areother things to do.

4. See the simple illustration provided.

That was the first part of our special �exercise.� It is a very simpleprocedure. The next step, though, is a bit more complicated. So pay specialattention.1. You are still lying there, thinking about how what you are doing is very

important.2. You lift yourself (your upper body) up onto your elbows

and stare straight ahead as if there was something tobe seen on the horizon.

3. Relax your lower back as much as possible and stayin this position for five minutes.

4. When your five minutes are over, go backto the floor.

5. See the illustration provided.That was the second part of our special �exercise.� You should only go on

to the third part if you can do the first two parts without extreme pain. Thethird part is even more complicated, and I will try to make it seem more so,so that you will see how important it is indeed.1. You are still lying on your stomach. You haven�t gone to sleep. You are

totally relaxed.2. You place your hands flat on the floor right at the level of your armpits as

if you would raise yourself from the floor in a �pushup.�3. You slowly and carefully push the floor away from you, bending at the

waist, being careful not to do a classic pushup. (Now here is where youhave to pay special attention, because the effectiveness of this �exercise�depends on this �not pushing up� detail while pushing the floor away

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district on the border of Bavaria. With hisbig, strong hands, he does farming,carpentry, and builds log cabins � a manwho is EAGER to work. We can alreadypicture him as a future builder of Levi.Ernst, like Herbert a sturdy Bavarian typeof person, came for the first time. Thissimple man is seeking for God and forpeace in his soul. We also knew Sebastianand Samuel from the markets. They werereally refreshing to have with us � raisedat a Waldorfschule (an alternative kind ofschool in Germany), their minds are notso perverted yet and we were able to find alot of common ground.

Three older couples came who haveproven to be real servants in providing forour needs. They all withstood the pressureto receive accusations against us. Weappreciated very much how one lady, Mrs.Reuter, came on Christmas, sacrificingsome of the few precious hours she wouldhave had with her husband who normallydoesn�t stop to work all year round exceptat that time.

All who came heard the story aboutthe three wise men as told through somesimple narrated skits by our children. Thenext day was another skit about Matthew13:45-46 � the merchant seeking finepearls. It contrasted in a lively way thematerial riches of the world with the pearlthat our Master and His gospel represent.For this pearl we were willing to give upeverything once we had faith � theneeded illumination or fascination in ourhearts to see it. I�m thankful that ourMaster, in His mercy, gave us the gift offaith.

Barak

I am very encouraged becauseover the weekend I went with myabba, Ephraim, Shalomah, Hoshua,Noah and Uriah Geber to a bigChristian gathering in Lutherstadt,where Luther nailed a list of 95

points against the Catholic Churchon the door of the church.

It was packed with people andmany Catholic nuns and priestswere also there. The first twodays it was difficult to hand outfreepapers because people were notinterested, but we met a fewpeople who were open to us andeven invited us home for tea.

The last day of the gatheringthey held a mass in the morning.We got up early and went to thegathering center and everybodywas going to church and no onewanted a freepaper, so we left andcame back again in the afternoonand played music and handed outsome freepapers.

That night we walked throughthe streets and then we passedthrough a tunnel where we foundmany people gathered. It turnedout to be an opportunity for usto play music and dance and evenoffer hospitality, serving cookiesand punch.

We had such a wonderful timetalking with different people.Shalomah was reaching out to someyoung people, my abba was speak-ing with some people and I startedtalking with a Korean man who wasa pastor. He started telling me afantasy story about how theYapheth race came about and thewoman beside him told me not tolisten to that evil story.

Then I began to tell him aboutthe creation of man and howYapheth really came about throughNoah, and then I told him aboutthe story of Mary Magdalene andthe �right response.� He stoodthere listening to me with hismouth hanging open and could notsay anything more.

I was thankful that our Abbablessed our time there. We camehome very encouraged! I amthankful that we have the truthto offer people and that we areable to love them.

Asher ben Jehu

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from you.)4. As you do what item 3 tells you to do, you must not let

your pelvis leave the floor. You are actually arching yourback and lifting your shoulders away from the floorwhile keeping your pelvis on the floor. The processhere is relaxation. In other words, you don�t holdyour pelvis to the floor by force, but let gravitykeep it there by relaxing your back as muchas possible. Relax. There is an illustra-tion that accompanies this text.

Detail: If you find you can�t bend enough in order to straighten your armscompletely as shown in the illustration, just go as far up as you canwithout lifting your pelvis off the floor. You should try to go as far as youcan each time you do this exercise, without getting into extreme pain. Intime, you will be able to straighten your arms completely.

5. So you push as far away from the floor as you can stand to (because itwill probably hurt) and hold yourself there for a count of 2 to 4 seconds,making an all-out effort to relax your lower back and let your belly hangto the floor. The only muscle work going on is in your arms, shouldersand head, if you have any muscles there. Your face must always faceforward (with your eye on the horizon).

6. Go back down to the floor slowly and relax for 2 to 4 seconds. Thenrepeat the above procedure 9 more times. Obviously, if you are still prettybad off, you will have to build up to this number�This whole thing from start to finish should be done six times a day until

you can go back to work.What you have done is flex your back in the process of restor-

ing �lordosis� to your back. �Lord-what?� you might ask. �Lordosis�is a word used to describe the natural and graceful curve your

lower back should have when it is normal and healthy.Some people call it the �hollow� of your back. Thosewho are always bending forward and sitting slouchedin a chair often lose their �lordosis.� Restoring this

curve is a key to getting rid of lower back problems.Okay, let�s say the big pinch is over and you have decided to

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Some news from Oberbronnen

This month brought us many guests,especially at the end of the month whenwe prepared a �feast for the lost souls� atthe time of the nations� pagan holiday.(Barak will tell you about them.) AlsoYehezkel�s sister, Kirsten, came to spend aweek with us as she listened intently atevery minchah and teaching and isconsidering the cost. And (attentionbrothers and sisters in Naftali), Tulio ishere! He cannot help but admit that thetruth is here in Yahshua�s people. Hesaid that Germans living together isreally a miracle. We are very happy tohave him here with us.

We have rented a space to store ourmarket goods, which will free up a roomfor training. We have always beenexpecting to move out of this house, butas of now we are still here. So we aremaking some changes so that we willhave an uninterrupted place for trainingour children. At the same time we arelooking and praying for a place to livewith our fellow Levites of the north. Wecontinue to pray and wait � which weunderstand is good for our people.

And we would like you all to knowthat Sharat and Sh�maryah are on awaiting period. They are very thankfulfor this time of waiting for our Abba�swill to be revealed about their relation-ship.

We rejoiced for you Shimone, thatyou �had your day in court.� And wecontinue to pray for your sons and if ourAbba wills, another �day in court.�

Michel and Dagmar, you are on ourhearts, we pray also for your vindication.

With love to you all who pour outyour lives for the sake of our MasterYAHSHUA�s kingdom coming about, yourfriends in the south of Germany.And from Barak:

Earlier this month, Chanowk hadshared a lot with us about our nationalidentity as Israel. Christmas is not part ofour national identity. So we weren�t goingto celebrate �Christmas,� but rather a�feast for the lost souls� as David sponta-neously named it � something that woulddraw lost and lonely sheep from our tribalarea, especially those who had already metus. Chanowk said that if no guests camewe would just pack up our stuff and goback to work.

But our Abba considered us worthy ofsending many guests to our house. Thefirst one, a special one, has been herealmost two weeks. His name is Tulio. He isthe son of Tahilah, and the brother of YafiaNeshef and Zoak in the tribe of Naftali �to whom we send our special greetings.Tulio has become dear to us and we havehope for his salvation. From here he�sgoing to go visit Sus and possibly the tribeof Shimon. His visit with us has definitelybrought the tribe of Naftali closer to us.

Abiyah�s brother, Uwe, came onceagain and was a great support, as well asYehezkel�s sister, Kirsten. Yehezkel�sparents came some days later. Theirhearts are really warming up to receiveour love and hospitality. Their understand-ing for the way we live has increased aswell.

We saw our Father�s hand in that,after we had given out hundreds of specialinvitations for our feast, a young Christianpsychologist, Monica, just called us on herown initiative to ask whether she couldspend the Christmas days with us. And shehad never even received one of ourinvitations for this time.

The fruit of us going to sell naturalclothing in markets throughout our tribalarea (that is, all of South Germany as faras the Alps) came forth: our friend Herbertdetermined in his heart that he would findhis way to our house in the remote villageof Oberbronnen in the rural Ostalbkreis

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bearings. Bed rest, massages and mental gymnastics have reduced your backpain. You tried the above-indicated exercise and it worked, but you want toknow what else you must do to maintain your back healthy and get rid of allpain.

You will have to do the following (and I am simplifying things for thesake of space�):1. Restore your posture. You will have to learn the �do�s� and �don�ts� of

posture and put them into practice.2. Restore lordosis. You will have to continue the above exercises and learn

a few more, taking the time each day to do them. You may also want towear a �lumbar roll� while driving, sitting for long periods of time andsleeping. This simple device helps a lot.

3. Change your back habits (the way you treat your back). You will have tolearn to work without always bending forward, compensating for for-ward bending with backwards bending, changing the way you lift things.

4. Strengthen your back. There are vigorous exercises that strengthen yourback and tighten the muscles that hold your back in proper posture.

5. Maintain general corporal flexibility. Look at it this way. If you are goingto grow old and stiff, then you�d better get a coffin and stiffen up in it,because you will be more comfortable that way. However, there is noreason to grow old and stiff in the Kingdom. You may grow old, but youshould maintain your flexibility.There is much more to be said, many questions to be answered. However,

we cannot fit it all in this month. We will (hopefully) return to our �patient�in the coming issues of the ITN and contribute other chapters to this impor-tant subject, detailing the last five items listed above and questions like:1. What are �transferred� pains and how do you deal with them?2. What are �backward bends� and how do you do them?3. What is a good back exercise to do if you have lower back pain in the

morning when you get up from bed?4. Does the �exercise� described above help in middle back pains and upper

back pains?Thank you for your kind and determined consideration of the above. I

have tried this simple procedure and have recommended it to others. Itcompletely cured me of the back pains I used to have. Others who used itfaithfully had good results also. As usual, full restoration requires a change inyour daily habits.

I would advise that any use of the knowledge provided in this article befirst submitted to those who know you well.

Shalom,Nahaliel

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Shalom from the north of Levi,The focus of this month has been the

celebration we had on the 27th. We tookevery opportunity we had to invitepeople for this event in hopes that thelost sheep would come. The highlight ofthe celebration was a skit about theprodigal son prepared by our children.The long awaited day arrived and severalguests also. Our children were a wonder-ful witness of our life as they not onlygave themselves with their whole heartin the skit but also with their zeal toserve during the whole day. Among theguests who came that day were theparents of our new disciple, Talmidahand her sister, Stephanie. Her parentshave visited us several times sinceTalmidah has been here and can onlyexpress how thankful they are that theirdaughter is here. We also have hope forStephanie as she has been here for over a

week now.So now that this celebration is over,

everyone is zealously preparing for thebar mitzvah which is planned for the firstweek of February. It will be Noach benEphraim, Zakar ben Obadiah, and Beulahbat Yathed.

Excitement is filling the air as all thechildren are looking forward to thisevent and talking about the time whenthey will become bar and bat mitzvah.Our children are coming to know whothey are and the purpose they have. Theyare taking it in their hand and runningtowards that goal.

And we cannot forget to give specialgreetings to our friends D�rorah andYarash who are in Spain to help ourbrothers there for a short time.

We love you.Berachah wife of Ephraim

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In the days of our ancestors, it was only the rod of Aahron, of the tribe of Levi,which budded. This was because only this tribe was connected to their creator so as to bewilling to cut off and forsake all to have that relationship. But our hope is that now, inthe New Covenant, all twelve rods will bud and bear much good, abundant fruit andbring forth the nation our Abba has always desired.

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Eldad in printing and binding theten thousand freepapers needed forthese events. Once again ourbrothers and sisters were denyingthemselves with many sleeplessnights for the sake of the lost sheep.We were encouraged after going tothe shows and reaching out to thoseneedy ones. It seems like the seedsare planted and we�ll receive theharvest in due time. Even if just onesheep is found by all our efforts ofreaching out, we will rejoice withour Master that one more personhas overcome death.

Because of all the pressure herein this community, many of us areunderstanding the true meaning ofdeath. We all want to die to our-selves in this age so we can experi-ence the power of His resurrection.We want to be rid of everything thatmay weigh us down and keep usfrom leaping up to meet with Himwhen He returns. Thank you, Abba,that you love us enough to restoreus and purify us of our wrong ways.

� Tamiydah, wife of Eldad, andTohorah bat David Zerubbabel

About Our DietSince we�ve been hearing about

dairy products and how many ofthem sold in stores have absolutelyno nutrition left in them, thewomen in our community havebeen trying out new ways and menuideas to complete our diet. Wewanted to share with you what weare eating.

We still eat yogurt made with

raw milk that we buy from our localfarmer friend. We only heat the milkto 120 degrees. This temperatureheats the milk without taking awaythe calcium. Because of the lack ofpasteurization, we have found thatit takes a much longer time ofincubation � anywhere between 9� 12 hours. But it works and wehave good tasting yogurt that is alsogood for us.

Another thing we�ve beenexperimenting with is making ourown cheese. Just as for the yogurt,we heat the milk up to 120 degrees,then cool it to room temperature.Add 1 cup of natural cider vinegarto a gallon of milk, let it curd, heatit again and then hang it. (Makesure you skim the cream off the rawmilk or else you won�t get muchcurd.) We�ve been using the whey inbreads, soups, casseroles, or what-ever.

On the other hand, we�ve beenusing other kinds of milk to substi-tute for cow�s milk, like rice milk,soy milk, and tofu milk. Many ofour Erev Shabbat desserts have beenmade with these milks. Youwouldn�t even know it. It�s just asgood without the whipped cream orfatty cow�s milk pudding, and betterfor us.

We�ve also noticed during thiscold season that many of us havebeen getting over our coughs andcongestion much faster than whenwe had been consuming the mucus-forming dairy products.

To increase our protein intake,

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about how Dardah will extol the praisesof her king. This morning we had agraphic example of this as Yohannanasked one of the children to stand on achair. Next he asked that child to pick upthe Bible that he had just placed on thefloor in front of him. The only way thathe could do it was by getting off thechair. Yohannan said that our Master hasbeen brought low for almost 2000 yearsnow. We must become low to lift Himup. If we exalt ourselves, we cannot raisehim up. If we raise Him up then all menwill be drawn to Him.

I am so thankful that I�ve had theopportunity to visit the beautiful land ofGad.

Ahavah, in the name of our masterYahshua,

Milcah of Y�hudah

Here is a poem from our precioussister Naharah MsSusah

I wanted to be a pilotBut I couldn�t do math,

I wanted to have my own day careBut I didn�t know the law.

I wanted to travel around the world,But I couldn�t find the way.

I wanted to sing,I wanted to play,I wanted to give,I wanted to love,

I wanted to know- Who am I?Why am I here?

God of heaven, show me the wayTo be all that you have created me

to be.AND HE HEARD ME.

Who am I? I am a woman. I have a part in the

restoration of our Father�s will. I amlearning to be humble and submissive.There is no place I would rather be thanright here building up our Father�skingdom.

For a period of time, our Abba hasbeen putting in Ha Qinai�s heart a desireto know Milcah of Yehudah. They havebeen writing to each other for severalmonths and our Abba has been drawingthese two closer and closer to each other.They have on their heart to know what isour Abba�s will for them and they arenow on a waiting period, seeking thewisdom of the body as to whether tomake a marriage covenant with eachother. Milcah and Ha Qinai are both Jewsof the natural tribe of Levi and they willbe going back to Yehudah sometime inJanuary and continue their pilgrimagethere. We will miss Ha Qinai�s zeal at thecafé and in our household.

We appreciate the community inBoston for sending Micka for a visit toour tribe. She is a wonderful support atour café, eager to serve the fruit of theSpirit to our customers. Micka is a youngdisciple but she loves our Master and weare thankful that we could be remindedof our first love through her.

A lot of our time and energy hasbeen devoted to wedding preparationthis month as Isaac and Dardah havereceived an Amen from the body. Thewedding was held here at East Gate onJanuary 2. Isaac and Dardah both gavethemselves to their preparation withmuch youthfulness, enthusiasm, obedi-ence and joy.

This verse in Phil. 3 came very truefor both of them this past month: No,dear friends, I am still not all I should be,but I am focusing all my energies on thisone thing: Forgetting the past and lookingforward to what lies ahead, I strain toreach the end of the race and receive theprize for which God, through Christ Jesus,is calling us up to heaven.

Here is an account of the weddingfrom Naomi�s perspective.

One of the highlights of the monthwas the wonderful wedding of Isaac andDardah. It is so wonderful to be remindedof our first love. All through their week ofpreparation it became so clear what the

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we eat several nuts and seeds in ourmeals, on salads, in stir fries,casseroles, over rice, and even inour oatmeal. We also eat morebeans and rice, lentils, organic eggs,and of course tofu. I�m encouraged.Our Father has caused us to cry outto him for what He wants us to eat.We know He wants us to be healthyand live a long life so that we canleap to meet Him when He returns.I hope you�re encouraged, too!

Shalom,Tamiydah

About Stewardship�Beware and be on guard

against every form of greed; for noteven when one has abundance doeshis life consist of his possessions�(Luke 12:15).

The people of the nations tendto be good stewards for the welfareof their own families and ultimatelythemselves. They know that a stitchin time saves nine. The righteous ofthe nations are in tune with thelaws of conscience which our Abbahas so generously put on the heartof man. �If you open it; close it. Ifyou break it; fix it. If you use it up;replace it.�

Now we have been immersedinto the family of the living God,members of the Body of Messiah.We are the Majestic Ones, caring forthe needs of the other MajesticOnes, no longer living for ourselves,but for Him who died for us. Butsometimes the things we get in-volved in and our actions aren�t

majestic. Then we can repent.Stewardship and the care of

material possessions is somethingI�ve noticed myself and otherssuffering about. We have to becareful in our zeal to be goodstewards that our enemy doesn�tcome and attack us as I just experi-enced recently.

I got a car, one of many I�vegotten in the Body over the years.And boy, what a great deal! I got itfor almost nothing and I could fix itup and it would serve our people formany years. I reasoned that if Icould repair and maintain it, and bea good steward it would serve me inthe things I was doing and of courseit would serve my brothers andsisters, too. Maybe there would beother deals like this that couldsupply the whole tribe with ve-hicles. I have some capacity to fixmachinery, but as I reflect now itwasn�t with the same detail and careand zeal that I had to work on �mycar.� I called it a �pressing need� toget that car not only runningsmoothly, but also to restore it�soriginal beauty. The train ofthought I was on was that if wewould give individuals greaterpersonal responsibility over certainareas, that, like me, they wouldhave greater care because it wouldbe something that would directlyreflect them. Of course this thoughtremained quite subtle, masquerad-ing as a desire to be a good steward.

The problem with forcedcommunism is that there is a great

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This month, here in the tribe of Gad,we spoke about how the geese are arepresentation of the glory of our Abbaexpressed through His creation. Man hastried to, in his own strength, recreate thegift of flying by inventing airplanes.Kepha Zerah shared that man can fly. Helifted his right arm and said that thiswing is called hearing. Then he liftedhis left arm and said this wing is calledobedience. He said that when the twoare used together one can soar on theheights of the earth. Kephir said thatfaith was the wind that creates the liftneeded to fly.

Our new sister from Israel, Micka,by way of the community in Boston isvisiting us here in Gad. Last night she littwo candles in honor of Shabbat. Sheshared that the Jews clean up theirhomes and take a bath then light thecandles signifying that they ended theweek clean. She also said that onlywomen in the house light them becausethe women can have rest too because it is

the Sabbath. Ha Qinai shared that thecandles can represent that we have beenbrought out of the kingdom of darknessand transferred into the kingdom oflight. He and I were sharing about thecandles a little later. We saw that theJews can only have a type of what wehave in reality. This is because we have atrue sacrifice for our sins in our MasterYahshua.

We can truly light the Shabbatcandles because we confess our sins andcan be the light to the nations spoken ofin Isa.49:6. We also spoke that we alllabor to bring about his kingdom beingco-laborers with Him, crying out everyday and laboring to believe. There is nomale or female in the new covenant. Allare equal recipients of His grace. Theigniting of the candles can also representhow both men and women begin theminchot. We are no longer under the lawor the traditions of men.

Because of the upcoming wedding ofDardah and Isaac we�ve been talking

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any time, done his own will.We made a very great sacrifice this

month that we know will increase thebody of Messiah. We sent our preciousYasha to Hamburg to help with training.Since the beginning of the clan in OakHill, she has selflessly laid down her lifein order that the life of Messiah could beestablished in this place. She has beenvery dear to Zimrah and I ever since wewere immersed last year. We greatlymiss her, but we know that it is ourFather’s will that she would help buildup the clan in Hamburg, therefore wealso have much joy. We love youYasha!

Jim, a man originally from Michi-gan, came to stay with us and witness forhimself the life described in ourfreepapers. He was amazed by the life oflove and unity that backed up thearticles. He knew that he neededsalvation, but like so many others whohave been burned by the great harlot,Christianity, he was afraid to trust hislife to other human beings. So he waitedand listened. The love of the body ofMessiah laid siege to his heart. Thewalls of mistrust crumbled. He finallyunderstood that you must become like alittle child to enter the kingdom. Downat the creek he was immersed into thereality of the Body of Messiah, receivingthe forgiveness he had so long desired.Time and time again we are remindedof why our Master’s name is Yahshua.

Neriyah and Zimrah

A Helpful Hint fromChasidah, wife of YeledQatan, “The Best Way toSwaddle”

My little one-month old daughteralways managed to squirm her arms outof her swaddling, sometimes withinminutes of wrapping her tightly. (Re-member Houdini?) Then my husbandthought of this. I was so amazed, Ithought it was worth passing on (in caseyou haven’t already tried it). Start with astrip of cotton cloth about 8 to 10 inches(20-25 cm) wide and 4 to 6 feet (1.2-1.8m) long. Roll it almost all of the way upand put the end halfway in the middle ofthe baby’s back. Place the roll on thebaby’s right side so that the first wrap ofthe roll is on top. Now pass the clothbetween the baby’s body and his rightarm; go around his arm and under hisback to the left side. Pass the clothbetween his body and his left arm,around the arm and under his backagain. Now you have little sleeves thatare anchored to his sides. Continuewrapping as you normally wouldaccording to your climate. (I like toleave her legs free for diaper changing,but also wrap with a blanket since it iswinter.) What a wonderful way ourAbba has given us to put a goodfoundation of restraint and boundariesinto our future rulers right from the start.You don’t have to wrap so terribly tight,but his arms cannot go anywhere.

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woman, in a previous ITN. Robert, herhusband, and their two children alsocame with her from the North to visit us.Intuitively, sensing the need for a realchange of direction in their lives, theypacked all their belongings and put themin storage. That way they could comeand see for themselves what the life ofour Master Yahshua was like here. Roberthas been a practicing Zen Buddhist forthe last seven years and only intended tostay for two days. He stayed a few dayslonger and then left headed for Adelaide(southern Australia). But on the waydown he was in such turmoil about hislife and future that he turned around tocome back and follow his heart � beingopen to what we spoke concerning ourMaster. He has a Jewish father, was bornin Scotland, but lived most of his life inAustralia. A large seed was planted in hisheart which we hope he will respond to.He left again for a while, saying hewould be back this month. Birgit isslowly being penetrated and seeing herrotten condition and need for Yahshua.She also has left for a time though. Wehope they will return soon, and comeinto our Master�s kingdom.

Also this month, it becameapparent that Sabrina and Chavvah, ourArgentinean twins, were needed tosupport the newly forming tribe ofIssachar. We always sensed in our heartsthat one day they may be called upon tosupport our dear brothers there. Thoughit is a huge sacrifice for us, we are sohappy to send them on to this preciousnew tribe in Argentina. It is hard toimagine how it will be without them.They are strong pillars in our tribe,especially in the café and the householdkitchen, having so much care for people�spersonal needs. But we know that this isexactly what our little brother Issacharneeds right now. We send them knowingour Father�s kingdom is advancing andthat is the most important thing for ourdeveloping nation. The tribe of Asher ishappy and blessed. Even our Master said,�it is better to give rather than toreceive.�

We will also be sending ourdear brother Chen back to the tribe ofYehudah for a few months to gleaneverything he can concerning cottageindustries. He is also going to supportour big brother Yehudah in somepainting projects to help meet thepressing needs there. We are thankful tohave this opportunity to repay, in a littleway, the support we have received fromthat amazing tribe. We are sure the timeChen will spend there will be a time ofvision, increase and encouragement forhim.

This month, before going toWoodford, we wanted to put together aThree Eternal Destinies of Man paper, sothat the name of our God would bejustified. So we put our hands to theplow and worked night and day toaccomplish it. Finally, on the very lastday before the last crew left forWoodford, the layout was finished. Andit was printed

For those of you who do notknow, Woodford is a six-day folk festival,flooded with a cross-section of Austra-lians who come to see thousands of folkmusic performers. This was our thirdyear in the same spot, so people knewwhere to find us. On the opening day ourcafé began filling up table by table withmany familiar faces from last year andthe year before. They were all so gratefulwe were there once again.

It is hard to find the words todescribe the next five days. One dayseemed to blend into the next. The caféhas never been busier, and the influx ofpeople continually coming in caused usto give ourselves all the more. It becameincreasingly more demanding as the dayswent by, but our Father�s grace was uponus all. People did not seem to mindwaiting for a table. They know thequality of our food and the hospitality ofour cafe. There were many, manyfavorable comments about us.

As we served, you knew thatmany people were watching you, seeinghow we related to one another and howwe cared for the customers, etc. They

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their communities. We too, have beenundertaking and undergoing the carefulwork of restoration. As our brotherscleared away all the debris from thefirst floor of our building, our Abba hasbeen clearing away things in our ownlives that don’t belong there. Just likewe desire for that side of the buildingto house our Simon the Tanner busi-ness, our Abba wants His business tobe carried on in our lives. Restorationis so encouraging! Seeing the largeempty room on the other side of ourstore excites us because we know it isbeing made ready for the building of anew and larger store. We are full ofvision for this new “undertaking,” thatis, a Simon the Tanner store and Caféunder one roof. Already our men havecleaned and remodeled a good portionof the basement, building new roomsthat are well lit.

And the work goes on in our livesas well. Dark, dirty, scary places deepdown in our souls are being cleaned upand made room in, well lit so His spiritcan dwell there. Miriam M’Susah hadsomething in her heart to share with allof you about such restoration.

Many of you all over the worldhave known me through the years, andknow that my personal enemy has beenBelial. For years this enemy hasburdened me with lies and craftyreasoning causing me to react, resist,and reason away our Master’s Salva-tion through many of you. I haveintimidated people and made it almostimpossible for anyone to handle me. Ihave been ashamed to extend mywithered hand. Yahshua has come tome many times, reaching out to me andsaying, “be healed.” However, I wasstill blind in many ways, seeing only

trees.Our Master never gives up on His

own. He touches our eyes twice, threetimes, and even ten times or more untilwe can see clearly. I am no longerashamed to admit to you about thisenemy’s influence in my life, as manyof you have longed to help me and seeme healed. Our Master has opened myeyes and for the first time I can seeclearly. Belial does not belong in me orin any of us. He has no part in me, nordoes he belong behind my eyeballs, inmy ears, or speaking from my mouth.When I saw the vile, wicked, destruc-tive evil of this enemy, I pleaded withloud cries and tears to be deliveredonce and for all, never allowing its evilinfluence again.

I know our Master loves Hispeople and His heart is only to save usfrom our enemies. He is mighty andpowerful to save. He is El Shaddai andpromises us that Belial will never walkamong us again. Nahum 1:15. Myhusband and I knelt down, hand inhand, together as one man. As thewater was being poured over our heads,I knew we were being washed cleanfrom Belial.

To all our friends everywhere,thank you for suffering with me, andcovering me, and not giving up on me.To you and our Master, Yahshua, I ameternally grateful. We love you.

Ebyown and M’Susah

PS. Noah, we miss you so much.We are thankful for the times yourparents allowed you to live and workwith us here. We love you and are sothankful for your friendship.

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That very night we had twowomen come over for the SabbathCelebration. Amazingly enough Milais from Peru, and Patricia and herson from Argentina. Mila has visitedus a couple of times and is startingto understand more about our lifeand the cost to follow Yahshua. OurMaster needs her warm, lively spirit.She is returning to Peru for a monthand may visit Issachar, and Patriciais returning to Argentina and onlylives 50 km from our brothers andsisters. She asked for their addressand telephone number. May theyjoin the ranks of Issachar asfoundational stones.

Next was the departure ofChen. Though we understand it isonly a temporary visit to Yehudah,we really wanted to honor ourbrother. He has labored and laiddown his life in this tribe for thirteenyears. He is a big part of us. He hasinvested so much into so manypeople and we all love him very,very much. We exist because heand Yachath were willing to do ourFather’s Will and come to the endsof the earth and endure to establishthe Tribe of Asher. Because of theirlives, fruit was able to grow andflourish in the South Pacific.

WE LOVE YOU CHEN!So that was the month of

January for us. The “Sun” shonebrightly on Peppercorn Creek Farm,the intensity was great, but the loveour Father has poured into ourhearts was greater. Our unityprevailed and we didn’t wither. Ourroots went deeper. Yahshua is ourrock.

Shalom from BakhirahP.S. The sickness is leaving us

now and we are learning about an

excellent natural remedy that curesdiarrhoea almost immediately. It is aremedy known throughout theislands of the South Pacific andAustralia (primarily because ofparasites which bring on thissickness.)

P.S.S. One last important newsflash...Emunah is just about ready togive birth. Please pray for her, shehas two weeks left. We will writeabout it in our next entry. Untilthen, all our love. Shalom...

*Paw Paw Seeds(or better known in the U.S. as

Papaya)

-Take one time

-8-10 seeds

-Do not take more than thisamount, for they are quitepowerful and act immediatelyon the virus within the lining ofthe colon. They contain astrong acid, which if taken inhigher doses, can counteractthe healing properties that asmall amount brings.

-Finally, chew the seedsvery, very well. Otherwise, theywill go straight through you andthe potent healing propertieswill have little effect.

-If necessary, repeat oncemore the next day.

The amazing results forthose who suffered with thisvirus were almost immediate -restoring vitality and healthwithin a few hours!

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very loudly in my mind that I can’teven hear what she is sayinganymore. I’m struggling to overcomea bad attitude. I see this way in meso much! I know I test our Abba inthis way, just like old Israel,constantly putting Him to the test.I cry out to receive my portion witha thankful heart, instead of doingmy usual sulking. Our Abba alwaysmakes a way for us.

I ended up having a wonderfulday with the children, and findingthe wisdom and grace I needed tobe encouraged. Not only that, butwhen it came time to do my oralreport I had absolute confidence tospeak because I knew I was givingup my life. The words cameflowing out like a rushing riverthat could not be hindered!

It is only through sufferingthat we will make it into theKingdom. Self-pity, depression, andrebellion are a waste of time!Nothing that can come to us fromany source can hurt us unless itcauses us to have a bad attitude. Ifwe want to hear from our Abba wemust be willing to pay the price,truly denying ourselves. If we loseourselves in Him, we can be secureand trust the reality that He willfind us…and speak to us.

I am thankful to be growingup to be … like a little child, build-ing up the Kingdom with all of myheart!

Ahavah

WISDOM FROM A WART

Today I was looking at awart my daughter has on herthumb, and noticed that itlooked different than ithas. It looked like it wasresponding to the treatmentmy husband was doing on it.We’ve tried different thingson it but this time some-thing seemed to be happen-

ing. The right “formula” hasbeen found to start makingit go away.

I started to think aboutcreation and that our Abbaestablished everythingaccording to a certainorder. It made me thinkabout Matthew 17:21, castingout a demon, “But this kinddoes not go out except byprayer and fasting.” Thereare certain elements in-volved in every situationthat have to be in place inthe proper order for thedesired results.

It is the same in cre-ation. A certain order ofelements or “formula” isnecessary to make a tree, arock, a flower, a humanbeing, even the universeitself. Our Abba createdorder, and everything inorder flourishes. Everythingout of order doesn’t.

It is the same with us.Each of us needs a certain“formula” to save us. This“special formula” is uniquefor each one of us and isdesigned with just thecircumstances we need forour salvation. We need tohave the right response toHis special formula for ourlives in order to be puri-fied. Then we will be readyfor Him when He returns.

Achsah Shel Othniel

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able for us and our brothers inthe other European tribes.

Oh! I almost forgot tomention one other very impor-tant event here this month. Wesent our beloved brother Levi toYehudah. It was sooooo hard tosay good-bye to him. But we arehappy for him to be able tospend time with our brothersthere. Levi we already miss yougreatly!

So, there was quite somenews to share from the far norththis month. Yet there is stillmore on people’s hearts to say,so I will stop and let them takeover.

Berachah shel Ephraim

I am thankful that I can bea Bar Mitzvah, son of thecommandment. I am alsothankful that I entered into thecovenant with our MasterYahshua and vow to my parentsto serve them for the next sevenyears. I see how important it isto encourage the children tofollow in the footsteps of theirparents so that the male childcan come about.

Noach ben Ephraim

I am so happy that I am abat Mitzvah and that I can haveone heart and one soul with myparents. I am also thankful thatI could make a covenant withour Master Yahshua. I am sothankful that I am saved andthat I am a daughter of thecommandment. I want to turnmy heart to my parents byserving them with all my heart.I want to give my heart to them.

I am glad that my parentsraised me up in the right way. Ifyou weed the garden and you donot pull out the root right away,it will grow again. But, if youpull out the root also, it will notgrow back. It is the same with

us. If our parents train us in theright way by disciplining usevery time we need it, it is likeour parents take the root out.But, if our parents are notfaithful to us then we aregrowing up to have bad fruit. Iwant to let our Master take theroots out of me. That’s thereason why I can now be adaughter of the covenant, a batMitzvah.

Beulah Chassidah batYathed

And from the overflowinghearts of Beulah’s thankfulparents:

To experience the batMizpah of my firstborn daugh-ter this month (as well as theone of Zakar and Noach) hasbeen the most wonderful thing Ihave experienced up to now inthe body – even greater thanher birth or my own wedding.The fact of seeing her turningher heart towards us andvowing her life to us by honor-ing us with such a determinedsimplicity has really touched myheart beyond what words canexpress. I know I have lackedmany times to prepare her sinceher dedication and it has beenonly our Father’s mercy with usas parents of the first genera-tion that has brought about thismiracle. I know that I haveincreased in the knowledge ofthe truth to walk out the vowsince the day of the dedicationof my other children to doeverything to prepare them toreceive the Holy Spirit.

We are so blessed to bechosen to raise up these genera-tions of princes of Israel, co-rulers with our God for alleternity – simply by talking tothem from when they are smallat every situation and circum-stance about the purpose of our

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¾ gal. orange juice (not from concentrate)1 doz. eggs3 c. milk (soy milk is good)13-16 heaping TBS. cornstarch2 c. honey2 TBS. celtic salt4 cans crushed pineapple (drained well)10 fresh oranges (cubed)

sliced bananas (optional)6-8 Graham Cracker Crusts (pre baked)

whipped cream or soy cream

Break eggs into a thick-bottomed pot. Add orange juice, milk, cornstarch,honey and salt. Bring to a boil stirring constantly so it won’t stick. When it isthick, remove from heat. Spread the crushed pineapple on the bottom of the pie,pour the thickened liquid on top and top with fresh fruit. Serve with whippedcream.Yields 6 to 8 pies

I want to share something with you about lemons.Sometimes I see children and youth eating lemons, and I don’thave much peace about it. Twice I have asked, “Can you showme your teeth?” And both of them didn’t have good teeth. Ilearned from the world that the lemon takes out the calciumfrom your teeth. So much so that many vegetarians drinklemon juice with a straw. And this makes sense to me, becauseof what we know about lemon eggs. Also I feel somethingwhen I eat lemons which makes me brush my teeth right away.

Phineas

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Our lives are certainly rich. We always manage to pack-in so much toevery month that it gets difficult to remember all that happened. This

month in the tribe of Gad we had the blessing of Gidon and Jerimiah benSoreph of Manasseh who both gladly labored alongside us as we contin-

ued to renovate our “Stone House.” They were just as causal in theminchot sharing the flavor of their tribe with their outspokenness, musicand life-giving spirit. Thank you, Manasseh for these extraordinary men,

we need more builders like them!

Finally, we are now living in the very finished residence of No. 69 EastGate, and with only one more house on the other side of the river to sellwe are all very much looking forward to operating as one community in

the same neighborhood again.

Making TOFU...I am so thankful for the

encouragement in the body andthe freedom to do what’s on ourheart. This month has been veryfull and exciting for me becausemany others andmyself have a burdenthat we here in Gadwould make our owntofu. There is still alot to be learned butso far the doors havebeen opening verynicely, like finding theright supplies such asfresh organic soy-beans, sodium

chloride (coagulant) and even astone soybean-grinder to processthe beans to a very fine puree(peanut butter machines worktoo!).

The first few tofu-making attemptsfailed because ofusing old beans andlack of know-how butfinally we got goodquality beans, gainedsome wisdom andwith the support ofour wonderful andwilling brother LevyMalcosh, succeeded in

The Vine House

Leviy Malcosh

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making our first TOFU!I don’t want to say too much

because the project is still in itsinfancy and there is still a long wayto go but, we are very encouraged.

The morning after the firstsuccessful tofu-making venturePhineas Maqor told us a storyabout communists, how when the

painters ran out of paint theysimply sat down and waited for thesupervisor to come around withmore. We heard that Israel is not acommunistic nation. We are aCommon Wealth. Disciples initiateand act on what’s in their heart.

That’s how Israel will be builtup.

Daveed Peratz

A KIWI HATCHED IN GAD?

We are excited to announce the first Kiwi hatched in Gad! Naomi Ruthwife of Lev Chadash (of Asher) gave birth to their 8½ lb., first-born son. Theboy is, by all accounts, the image of his father!

We are also pleased to announce the birth of Obed Edom’s fourth childand first son, a very healthy boy weighing in at 9 lb. Obed Edom was reported tohave not stopped laughing and smiling for the longest time afterward! We thankour Abba that He was the one who delivered these babes safely into (or out of)the world. This is what Obed Edom has to say about his son:

We are very thankfulthat our Abba has given us ason. We have three daughtersand we are very thankful forthem, and we have desired ason for a long time. It hasbeen spoken that he

would be a man of faith likeNachshon was when theycrossed the Red Sea. He waitedfor the prophetic word, thenhe acted. He didn’t lean on hisown understanding, and itcaused all of Israel to respond.

His second name isMachmadi –greatly desired,cherished, be-loved. We want

him to knowhis value.We believethat if heknows heis loved itwill causehim to

trust likeShimony

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confess with your mouth Yahshuaas Sovereign and believe in yourheart that He rose from the dead,you shall be saved. I said I knowHe rose from the dead because Isee the changed lives of mybrothers and sisters. Yonathanand Bekor took me to the waterwhere I cried out with all myheart to our loving King.

I am so thankful ourFather led me to the point whereI could trust enough to not beafraid to express what was reallyin my heart. I want to appreciateour Master�s compassion andpatience with me, communicatedby all my brothers and sisters inYehudah also. There was not onewasted minute in the last fiveyears. Now I can do things with awhole heart, and notperformance, fear and principle. Ican be like King David and Elazarwho took on the Philistines, back-to-back, because they knewYahweh would give them thevictory, if they would just STANDand fight with their whole heart.

Love, your new brother,* * Kol Lev (whole

heart)No longer Christopher�

LETTER FROM CHAYIMDear brothers and sisters,

Thank you again for allyour loving support andencouragement. In a few days(June 5) I will have been inprison for two years, or onefourth of the tariff I have receivedfrom the Home Office. This is theminimum period that must beserved before consideration forparole.

I recently had my firstmajor sentence Review Board,which went really well. I gotexcellent reports in all areas. As aresult of this, and due to myrelatively short tariff, it has beendecided to cut in half the time Iwill spend here at the Lifer�sAssessment Unit. This means thatI can become eligible for amedium security (C category)prison in less than a year!

I am hoping to go to awell-guarded training prisoncalled Channings Wood, which isin Devon, not too far fromStentwood Farm. Apparently, ithas a good pottery workshop, aswell as modern facilities, and aminimum security unit. So, I maybe able to finish my sentencethere, eventually being able toleave occasionally for a day, tovisit the Community prior torelease.

Although my reports heremay be �excellent,� I know ourFather has much higher standardsthan the Prison Service, and Ioften fall short of the glory Hehas for His disciples.

I am grateful for yourprayers, as I often fail to judgemy thoughts and easily give in todespair, or just become apathetic,and tend to shut people out, as Ifind certain attitudes verydraining.

I am greatly blessed byeveryone�s letters, even if I amable only to reply with a briefattachment at times. Althoughmost letters reach me withoutdifficulty, after six months I amstill getting letters re-directedfrom my previous address at HMPBrixton. To ensure promptdelivery, be sure to eradicate theold listing from all address books,and use this new address:

AIKEN PD1638HMP WORMWOOD SCRUBSDU CANE ROADLONDON W12 0AEENGLAND

This is where I�ll be for at leastanother year.

Ahavah in Yahshua.Your brother forever,

Chayim

FluoridePhineas Maqor of Gad found this information for the ITN so that our people would know of this terrible danger to our

health�.

FLUORIDECaries: CavitiesDentifrice: ToothpasteFluoride: any combination of elementswhich contain the fluorine (F-) ion.Dental fluorosis: a condition caused by anexcessive intake of fluorides � while theteeth develop � characterized mainly bymottling of the enamel, although theskeletal system is also affected.

Is this true that fluoride is a poison?Yes. Fluoride is an acute toxin with a

rating slightly higher than that of lead.According to �Clinical Toxicology ofCommercial Products,� 5th Edition, 1984,lead is given a toxicity rating of 3 to 4, andFluoride is rated at 4 (3 = moderately toxic,4 = very toxic). On December 7, 1992, the

new EPA Maximum Contaminant Level(MCL) for lead was set at 0.015 ppm, witha goal of 0.0ppm. The MCL for fluoride iscurrently set for 4.0 ppm � that�s over 350times the permissable level of lead.Fluoride is also considered toxic waste. Itis one of the most bone seeking elementsknown to mankind. The US Public HealthService has stated that fluoride makes thebones more brittle and the dental enamelmore porous

How much fluoride am I taking in?Current intake is estimated to be

between 5 and 7 mg/day in �optimallyfluoridated� areas. Current fluoride intakeis equally divided between drinking water(in fluoridated areas), food, otherbeverages, and dental products, meaning

that even if you don�t live in a fluoridatedarea, fluoride is endangering your health.Average fluoride content in juices is 0.02to 2.80 parts per million, in part becauseof variations in fluoride concentrations ofwater used in production. Children�singestion of fluoride from juices and juice-flavored beverages can be quite substantialand a crucial factor in developing fluorosis.Grape juice has been found to contain upto 6.8 mg/L of fluoride, a can of chickensoup up to 4 mg of fluoride. Fluoride canbe found in water, toothpaste, mouthwash,Dentist�s treatment, fluoride pills, juice, softdrinks, canned food, commercial fruit andvegetables, Teflon and Tefal coated items(such as frying pans), etc. (Note: No�optimal� fluoride intake has ever beenscientifically documented.)

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fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas showed no significantdifference in decay rates. Proven is that a higher intake of fluoridewill actually cause MORE cavities, especially for children withlow dietary calcium intake.Is it true that fluoride can cause cancer?

Yes. In 1981, Dean Burk, for many decades Chief Chemist atthe US National Cancer Institute, testified at congressionalhearings, reporting that at least 40,000 cancer deaths in 1981were attributable to fluoride. 40,000 cases that could have beenprevented simply by NOT putting industry waste into the publicwater supply. Burk stated that fluoride causes more cancer, andcauses it faster, than any other chemical.

1n 1996 yet another cancer-related study was publishedshowing significant positive correlation between fluorideconcentration in drinking water and uterine cancer mortality.Fluorides can transform normal cells into cancerous ones, as hasbeen shown in countless studies since Tsutui first published hisdata in 1984. In 1997 there were more than 80 referencesavailable, linking fluoride to cancer.Does it cause brain damage?

Yes. Fluorides lower the intelligence capacity of humans, withchildren, again, especially susceptible to early fluoride toxicity.IQ levels were significantly lower than children not exposed tofluorides in all age groups listed.

Further studies proving the neurotoxicity of fluoride in ratshave also been conducted by Dr. Phyllis Mullinex. In 1995 Mullenixand co-workers showed that rats given fluoride in drinking waterat levels that give rise to plasma levels fluoride concentrations inhumans, suffer neurotoxic effects that vary according to whenthe rats were given the fluoiride � as adult animals, as younganimals, or through the placenta before birth. Those exposedbefore birth were born hyperactive and remained so throughouttheir lives. Those exposed as young animals displayed depressedactivity. In 1998 Guan et al. gave similar doses as used by theMullenix group and found that several key chemicals in the brain� those that form the membrane of brain cells � were substantiallydepleted in rats given fluoride, as compared to those who did notreceive fluoride. Partly based on these findings, the unionrepresenting all EPA scientists in Washington have now filed agrievance demanding fluoride-free bottled water for their offices.(Note: this also explains a recent University of South Florida studyrelating fluoride intake during pregnancy to the yearly 1% increasein learning disabilities found in children...)

There are also several studies linking aluminum with fluoride,showing that the bioavailability of aluminum is increased in thepresence of fluorides, causing aluminum in the brain to double intreated animals. According to an October 28, 1992 Wall StreetJournal Article about a study conducted by Varnier JA, et al.: �Ratsfed the highest doses developed irregular mincing stepscharacteristic of senile animals.� Post mortem examination ofthe rat brains disclosed �substantial cell loss in structures associatedwith dementia � the neo-cortex and hippocampus�.� Similar datawas published by Varner, Jansen and others in Brain Research in1998.

(Note: Alzheimer�s Disease, first diagnosed by Dr. AloisAlzheimer in 1907, is now the #4 killer for every person over 60in the US. Every 2nd person over 70 will develop Alzheimer�s

Many serious toxic and detrimental effects to plants andanimal species have been documented, salmon populations inparticluar being in the high risk category.

IT�S A TOXIC WASTE! Think about it � day after day, millionsof tons of fluoride are �legally� released into the environment,especially in fluoridated areas. Showers, toilet flushes, lawnsprinkling .� As a result of the original Manhattan Project logic,industries, now mainly the fertilzer and aluminum industries, havea perfect way to release their hazardous and toxic waste. It wouldcost up to $US 8,000 per truckload to dispose of this hazardouswaste. At a rate of emissions into the air of 155,000 tons/year, inaddition to an estimated 500,000 tons of emissions into lakes,ocean, rivers (not counting fluoridation) � it�s obvious that industrysaves billions and billions of dollars.

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How much is too much?As little as 0.04 mg/kg/day has been proven to cause adverse

health effects. Retention of 2 mg a day will produce cripplingskeletal fluorosis in one�s lifetime.Does fluoride accumulate in the body?

Yes. Approximately half of each day�s fluoride intake will beretained. This is what makes it so dangerous. �The dose makesthe poison.� All sides agree to the fact that healthy kidneys caneliminate only about 50% of daily fluoride intake. The rest getsabsorbed in calcified tissues, like bones and teeth.The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) stated in 1977 that, forthe average individual, a retention of 2 mg/day would result incrippling skeletal fluorosis after 40 years. Considering the abovementioned intake level, it is likely that skeletal fluorosis alreadyaffects a significant portion of the population.Children and the elderly are in the high risk group for fluoridepoisoning and must be warned to monitor their fluoride intake.How does fluoride get into the water?

Most often as a byproduct from the fertilizer, aluminum andother industries, who manage to sell this toxic waste tomunicipalities nationwide for human consumption � incredible,but a fact.What about toothpaste?

Studies show that adults can absorb up to 0.5 mg of flourideper brushing. Small children, even if pea-size amount is used,will still absorb the same, more if the child is younger and hasless swallowing control skills. Half a tube of toothpaste can kill achild. Current content of sodium fluoride in toothpaste in Canadaand the US is up to 0.4% = 4,000 ppm (parts per million).Bubblegum-flavored dentifrice obviously is especially inviting forchildren. Since April 1997 all toothpaste in the US must carry awarning label, advising parents what to do if their child swallowsmore than the pea-size brushing amount. Wholesale containerscarry the poison symbol of skull and crossbones.How can my dentist say that it�s good for my teeth?

By receiving limited training on the subject and beingmisinformed on purpose by the ADA and CDA. Figures in ADApamphlets contain an incredible amount of untruths, and outrightfraudulent claims. If you check the references cited and numberslisted in your local libraries, you will undoubtedly come to thesame conclusion. Some fluoridation endorsements are listed, whichprove fraudulent when checked. Most dentists never bother totake the time to study both sides of the fluoride issue. Considerthis statement by the ADA in 1979: �Individual dentists must beconvinced that they need not be familiar with scientific reportsand field investigations on fluoridation to be effective participantsand that non-participation is overt neglect of personalresponsibility.� There are NO reliable studies, conducted underethical research guidelines, which prove the benefits of fluoridesupplementation. The FDA admits to this! There are more than500 peer-reviewed studies documenting the adverse effects.Furthermore, dentists make higher profits in fluoridated areasand through fluoride use. As a result of mottled enamel, manymore restorative measures are necessary, such as braces, bridges,etc. For the ADA/CDA, this condition is a real money-maker,because cosmetic dentistry is far more lucrative than cavity repair.In addition, there is an abundance of evidence in the scientificliterature indicating that fluoride causes a delay in the normalshedding of the �baby� teeth, and their replacement by permanentteeth. This delay has been shown to increase the number ofchildren with malpositioned teeth. Again, braces are far moreexpensive than fillings.

In 1993 the National Academy of Sciences warned, �dentalfluorosis... might be more than a cosmetic defect if enough fluoroticenamel is fractured and lost to cause pain, adversely affect foodchoices, compromise chewing efficiency, and require complexdental treatment.�

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicologyhas classified fluoride as an unapproved dental medicament dueto its high toxicity.

The FDA considers fluoride an unapproved new drug forwhich there is no proof of safety or effectiveness. The FDA doesnot consider fluoride an essential nutrient.

Four major studies involving 480,000 children (US, 39,000;Japan, 22,000; India, 400,000; Tucson, 29,000) comparing

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the biggest was out of the nest on abeam, practicing flying from thereto the clothesline and back. Thenext day… they were all grown upand gone. The nest was still there… now empty, with only memoriesof those busy days, attending thoseneedy little ones who had nowflown off to begin their own lives.

Summer is upon us. Life at it’sfull-blown. The days are long andhot (and muggy at times). The livesof those little robins made mereally appreciate my own little onesand want to attend their real needsin a selfless and giving way; likeabba and imma robin.Appreciating them while theyare here in the nest. Thatis the most importantthing we can do!

Our eveningpicnics by the river arecomplete withvolleyball and tag.They are sociable andenjoyable as the sunlingers long. Butthere’s work to bedone… the building ofthe Kingdom! Pushes inthe printshop – get thosepapers ready for the tripto England. Pushes in thewoodshop, get those bootjacks and jelly cupboardsready for the Grand Openingin the Plymouth store. THEPILGRIMS ARE COMING! Immaswash sweaty, grimy little handsand feet, stained purple from theabundant summer crops ofmulberries and receive droopy littlebouquets of white clover, buttercupsand assorted grasses and weeds.Abba won’t be here tonight, he’sgot work at the shop. We all feel alittle droopy these days, with theheat, but our Abba is giving usgrace.

“Be friends!” He says to us, overand over. “Love one another!”Living in community is like walkingon water, but do not fear little flock,I am with you. Fix your eyes on Meand you can do it. You can walk onwater! And when your eyes turn

inward and you start to sink, cryout to Me and I will save you! But,don’t forget … be friends! Love oneanother, encourage each other andtalk to one another.

Oh, the best thing … ourfriends from Naftali – Amatz,David Israel, Neriyah, Qatanand Oseh Haverim (“the friendmaker!”) came and spent a fewremarkable hours with us on oneFirst Day. After a pancakebreakfast and a tour of Coxsackiewe had a spectacular game of

volleyball. WE LOVE YOU ALL!(Shalom to all my friends who sentletters. I love you!)

Ruth shel Asuryah

A note about maté:I want to share with everyone

what we have found out about matéhere in Coxsackie.

For several weeks now we havebeen cold-steeping our maté.Besides giving us a more pleasant-tasting drink, we have seen otheradvantages. First, it doesn’t takeany energy to make it. No gas,

electricity, etc. Also, when you hot-steep maté it brings out the tanninsin the herb, which are bitter.Sometimes you want the tanninsbecause they help tone body tissues,but often you don’t want them, orthe bitterness they bring (it requiresmore sweetener to overcome theirtaste). Cold-steeping also brings outand preserves the chlorophyll in theherb, which is destroyed in hot-steeping. Chlorophyll is very goodfor us and is the substance thatmakes plants look green. It absorbstoxins in the body, especially in theblood, and gives an immediate

boost of energy.What we have been doing

here is cold-steeping ourtea using ¾ cup (about

200 ml – I don’t knowwhat it would be ingrams) to a gallon(approx. 4 l) of water.It can be steeped for 2- 8 hours if not in

direct sunlight. Whenin direct sunlight it is

better to not steep overfour hours.

Steeping longerdoesn’t help and actually

will cause the drink to gobad and start to smell and

taste “fishy.” If you steep it fora short period of time, the

grounds can be used again, inabout half as much water. Thisrecipe makes a slightly weak tea,and the amount of herb can beincreased according to taste andneed. We like it this way because itgives us a nice taste while allowingour maté budget to go farther. Weusually make some without any“pollutants” as the die-hard matédrinkers call them, and some with½ cup (125 ml) honey per gallon.Or we will use various fruit juicesto sweeten it. Also, we steep thematé in glass containers wheneverpossible.

Steeping our maté this way takesmore time and planning, but we aredefinitely enjoying the benefits. Wehope you will too.

Yachin

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NATURAL GOOD SALT “CELTIC” SALT

Natural Good Salt has the essential minerals thatenhance health and sharpen the mind. It bears anamazing likeness to human blood and body fluids,capable of maintaining and restoring health to menand women of all ages.

Natural Good Salt is the most basic condiment,as well as a staple food. This sea salt is obtained fromthe evaporation of the ocean’s water, simply andwithout artifice. No synthetic mineral supplement canequal the wealth of minerals that natural Good Saltsupplies, regardless of how rich its content or howprecisely it is formulated. This is real salt.

Natural Good Salt is harvested in Brittany, nearthe Celtic Sea, in the northwestof France. Cold, active, NorthSea currents, large tides, andother marine and climaticconditions offer the advantage ofa unique mix of minerals. It is thiscombination of minerals thatgives Good Salt its specialqualities.

In France and many othercountries outside the USA, thistype of Good Salt is treasured asthe finest of all condiments. Freeof any processing, it is dried onlyby the summer sun and wind.The salt is harvested by expertsalt farmers, who delicatelygather it with wooden hand toolsfrom the eddying salt flats. Thecharacteristic light grey colorcomes from the pure claybottoms of the basins. The clayionizes the many minerals in the salt, making it evenricher in electrolytes. Because this salt is just sun andwind dried, it retains some of the ocean moisture; thishelps lock in many vital trace elements. Good SeaSalt is best used in cooking, particularly soups andsauces, because of the coarse consistency anddensity of the crystals. For use directly on food at thetable, you may want to grind it with a mortar andpestle or a ceramic salt grinder as you use it (do notgrind it ahead of time, and do not use a pepper mill asit has a metal grinder).

Refined salt lacks the many trace minerals thatnatural Good Salt contains, because these mineralsare removed during the refining process. Theminerals are then sold to the chemical industry or topharmaceutical companies to make dietary

supplements. In order to make the color of the saltwhite, many other sea salt products are washed. Inthis process most of the valuable trace minerals arealso lost.

Refined salt is a waste product. It is what is leftover after the essential life-giving minerals areextracted. Not only is it unfit for human consumption,but it has a highly detrimental effect on the health ofthe human body.

Refined salt is a poison. This is a fact that veryfew people know, and even fewer are aware that awhole, sweet-tasting and truly natural Good Salt is stillavailable, which fully satisfies the real hunger for saltthat is part of our instinct.

At the edge of the seaThe geographical orientation of the coastline also

plays an important part in the quality of naturallyextracted Good Salt. The ocean water is channeledinto pristine (non-polluted) ponds, edged with naturalwaterways, wild grasses, and other green plants. Thewind and the sun evaporate the ocean water, leavinga mineral-rich brine. The live flowing mixture is brisklystimulated by the salt farmer’s actions, and withinhours the dazzling crystals form and are gathered byhand.

The method used for gathering salt from naturalflats is crucial to the production of this health-givingproduct. The salt fields of Brittany are lined with anatural layer of clay and sand. If concrete-lined bedswere used, as in refinery type salt, the efflorescence

Good Sea Salt from the Celtic Sea in Brittany, France“Salt is good… If salt is not good, salt is not salt.”

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of the cement would pollute and lead the salt withtoxins.

When harvested in these ways, natural Good Saltsare highly beneficial to one’s health as they possessmany therapeutic qualities. Like vintage wines, theseculinary salts have an enduring quality. The purity,cleanliness, and natural farming methods are carefullyguarded. In 1991 the French government, to preventdevelopmental encroachment, classified the salt-producing region of Brittany as a national shrine andrecognized the practice of Celtic salt making as anational treasure.

What makes salt salty� Laboratory analysis of refined salt is as follows:97.5% sodium chloride;2.5% chemical additives that bleach, prevent water

absorption, and stabilize iodine; aluminum silicate, and other additives, which maintain free flow.

(Iodine is added in the form of inorganic potassium iodine or sodium iodine. This is a quick “fix” that cannot adequately supply the starved glandular tissues, because both of these iodine salts leave the body in as little as 20 minutes. In order to stabilize the volatile iodine compound, dextrose is added, which turns the iodized salt an eerie purple cast. A third additive, a bleaching agent, rectifies this unappetizing color shift so consumers unknowingly consume two extra chemicals when purchasing “iodized salt.”)

� Laboratory analysis of Macrobiotic salts (normal sea salt) is as follows:

98% sodium chloride;1% sulfur, magnesium, calcium and potassium;1% carbon, bromine, silicon, nitrogen, ammonium,

fluorine, phosphorous, and iodine.

� Laboratory analysis of natural Good Salt is as follows:

84% sodium chloride;14% sulfur, magnesium, calcium and potassium;1.9997% carbon, bromine, silicon, nitrogen,

ammonium, fluorine, phosphorous, iodine, boron, and lithium;

0.0003% (in order of amount) argon, rubidium, copper, barium, helium, indium, molybdenum, nickel, arsenic, uranium, manganese, vanadium, aluminum, cobalt, antimony, silver, zinc, krypton, chromium, mercury, neon, cadmium, erbium, germanium, xenon, scandium, gallium, zirconium, lead, bismuth, niobium, gold, thulium, thallium, lanthanum, neodymium, thorium, cerium, cesium, terbium, ytterbium, yttrium, dysprosium, selenium, lutetium, hafnium, gadolinium, praseodymium, tin, beryllium, samarium, holmium, tantalum and europium;

0.0% (i.e. NONE of the following): All chemical additives that bleach, prevent water absorption, stabilize iodine and additives to maintain free flow.

Natural Good Salt is light gray in color. It isnormal that if left standing for a period of time, thecolor darkens slightly at the base of the container.Natural products reveal their richness in minerals bytheir color. By its total lack of color, white refined saltreveals its mineral deficiency and biologicalineffectiveness.

Natural Good Salt is moist to the touch andretains its moisture even when kept in cool storagefor long periods. It is formed by very small, preciselycubic crystals. All of the salt’s essential trace andmacro-elements stay within the crystal only as longas the moisture is maintained. Marine biologists andmany who have done studies in health attest to thefact that Natural Good Salt restores electrolyticimbalance, a disorder that causes the loss of theimmune response, creates allergies and causesmany other health problems. This moisture is alwayspresent in natural Good Salt.

It is in the plant world of organic cereal grains,vegetables, and fruits, that the major source ofminerals for human nutrition is found, and it is in thenatural, unrefined ocean or Good Salt that traceminerals are found. Trace minerals are virtuallyunavailable from the plant world, but are offered in“precise dosages” by the natural, unrefined, GoodSalt, thus entirely completing the requirements ofthe essential element in the body.

The vitamin controversyThe controversy about taking vitamins and

mineral supplements is still raging, especially ifthese are taken in inorganic form, rather thanthrough the vegetable realm. It is very clear that“macro-nutrients” as well as trace elements shouldnever be taken carelessly in large quantities. Mosthave a very narrow range between what is essentialand what is toxic. It is not enough, for instance, tohave the proper quantity of the needed nutrients inone’s diet; there is still the requirement that thesetrace elements be active in their ionized form, andtherefore capable of being metabolized.

Minerals work only in conjunction with eachother, and they cannot work to heal when theirconcentrations are increased disproportionately.Even in a dosage of taking just one inorganicmineral supplementation, the effect can be toxic, byupsetting the balance of minerals, rather than beingbeneficial.

Trace elements are seen as regulators, tendingto harmonize the metabolic exchanges that assurenormal reaction and function. Their presenceendows the body with the ability of self-restoration ofits biochemical equilibrium. Therefore, thesupplementation of trace minerals must be furnishedin ionized form and it must be administered in properproportions.

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Vive la differenceKidney failure in both men and women that occurs

due to nephron breakdown is common today.Insoluble crystals of hemoglobin form in thesenephrons and are the cause of the failure. Thecortical hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex,literally program both men’s and women’s sexualinstinct by improving the quality of the gonads. Whenthese hormones are adequately and sufficientlysecreted, it assures that friendship and sentimentalwarmth will be experienced toward all of humanityand that the natural caring, loving response for aperson of the opposite sex unfolds intuitively as aperson matures. Salt is the catalyst that helps todevelop harmonious sexual character. Its subtleessence plays a major role in defining and affirmingthe characteristics in both sexes.

The Creator intended for the male biologically andsocially to be theleader/initiator in everyway and the female tobe the receptor. Tomaintain thatenterprising trait, meninstinctively consumemore salt than women.The additional salt alsoserves to balance themale glandularfunctions, since menhave more expandedconstitutions.

Men have toconsume slightly moresalt than females. Thissalt is used to helpdevelop in them the“provider” traitnecessary to hunt andgather food, to initiaterelationships, and ifneed be, to defend his mate and family. But it is in thearea of male virility and sexual character that two ofthe components of the hormone cortisone reallyaccomplish great changes. Androsterone andtestosterone both help to regulate health in thereproductive organs, maintain the deeper tones ofthe male voice, and develop good sexual instinct andresponse. These two substances are alsoresponsible for the bulkier skeletal development,heavier bone formation, and genuine virility.

The secretions of the adrenals and the pituitarygland are measurably curtailed when refined salt isused. Vasopressin of the ADH and the hormonecortisol that are vital to assure optimal sexualfunctions are no longer secreted when refined whitetable salt is the condiment. These sexual

malfunctions, added to the retention of body fluids(caused by the absence of magnesium salts in refinedsalt) can create a combination that destroys sexualfunctions and sensitive response. The adrenal glands,sometimes called the glands of combat, secretemasculine motivators and regulators, circulating themin the system. Any musculature activity such asaverage and normal daily stresses, as well as salty orhigh protein foods – whether from animal or vegetableorigin – tend to stimulate the male adrenal cortex in apositive manner. Uncommon stress, however, the kindwhich harms the inner self, occurs only when theadrenal cortex becomes depleted by a lack of traceand macro-minerals in the food, or by the excessiveconsumption of protein without the significantincrease of minerals. It is this stress that is harmfulbecause it creates cruel and careless behavior, thekind of uncontrollable emotions that lead to

disharmony, vehement strife, and passionate crimes.When trace minerals are absent from the salt a

woman uses, ACTH, the adrenocorticotropichormone, begins to affect all her glands, from thepituitary to the adrenal cortex. The strong malehormones, the androgens, become overpowering andtend to change female characteristics into maleaggressive traits by stimulating the adrenal cortex.When the uniquely feminine internal secretions of theovaries, the estrogens, the progesterones, the luteins,and the folliculins, are replaced by the maleandrogens, the exquisite femininity disappears. Thiscan all be caused by the use of white refined salt, andhighly refined foods that it has been added to, alongwith eating foods that are from the depleted soils oftoday. Women become unhappy when they eat too

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much meat, fish, cheese, or refined salt. When theydo indulge in these, women will also suffer frommenstrual irregularities. They will usually seek outmen with passive, obedient traits or other women,often the kind that also are more submissive. Theirdelicate feminine balance is lost due to the eating offood and refined salt.

There is a correlation between salt quality andsexual harmonious maturity. The reproductive system,as well as a calm and harmonious mood in both menand women, are influenced and determined by thehealth of the kidneys. A breakdown in the gonadperformances is caused by a failure of the kidneys.The kidneys are very efficient filtration organs. Withoutthe continuous cleansing that they provide, the bloodwould become so toxic that a person would die in amatter of days. It is because of our high refined saltdiets that they are often tired and overtaxed.

Free flowing fluidsRefined salt also produces pain, aches, or

tightness in the back, indicating a problem in thekidney function. Nearly everyone who uses refinedsalt experiences this at some time or another. Astepped up fluid intake relieves the problem onlybriefly. A greater volume of water only compounds theproblem as it causes the kidneys to work harder. Alsothe kidneys need to work harder to eliminate the hardrefined salt in the form of kidney stones. This overwork makes them weaker, resulting in a lowering ofsexual energy in both men and women.

Natural Good Salt allows liquids to freely crossthe body membranes, the kidney’s glomerulus andblood vessel walls. Whenever the sodium chlorideconcentration rises in the blood, the water in theneighboring tissues is attracted to the salt rich blood;then, if the kidneys are functioning properly, thekidneys remove the saline fluids easily. Refined saltdoes not allow this free crossing of liquid andminerals, and causes accumulated fluids to stagnatein joints, producing edema and chronic kidneyproblems.

Excess salt collects in tissues and body fluidswhen refined salt is used. Natural Good Salt does notaccumulate in the tissues; the magnesium salts willeliminate sodium chloride after it has performed itsimportant jobs of acid-base balance, cell permeabilityand muscle contractibility. If an excess of naturalGood Salt is ingested, thirst is increased, more wateris digested, and excess salt is passed harmlessly outof the body.

One of the major functions of the adrenal cortex isto secrete the hormone cortisone. This naturalcortisone regulates and balances salt and waterthroughout the body, and has many other functions,from changing protein into glycosides for energy,changing food into cells for repair, and preventinginflammation.

Rather than approach the problem nutritionally, themedical profession has resorted to the use of artificialcortisone (PREDNISONE), which creates enoughside effects to fill a full page.

Birth defectsToday the world is inundated with birth defects. A

study done by the World Health Organization a fewyears ago ranked 33 of the top industrialized nationson the earth in several categories of health. Inlongevity the United States was ranked seventeenth.Sixteen nations have people that live longer thanthose in the US. In the category of first yearsurvivability of our babies, we were ranked twenty-third (twenty-two nations boast that their babies havea better chance of surviving their first year of life overthe US). In the category of birth defects we wereranked dead last – thirty-third out of thirty-threenations – because the USA is so terribly deficient inminerals.

Go to any store in your neighborhood and look atthe ingredients on a can of infant formula and you willnot find one product that has more than twelveminerals, and these are synthetic. This should becalled child abuse. Go to any school playground andlook around during recess – the children arecoughing, sniffling, choking, and screaming, alreadyon a road to sickness and degeneration before theyeven reach sixth grade. Many of those who do notlook sick on the outside still have other deficiencyproblems, such as attention deficit disorder, orattention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or otherdisabilities.

Salt is good…When combined with organically grown cereals,

vegetables, and fruits, natural Good Salt hascountless medicinal uses. It can correct excessacidity, restore good digestion, relieve allergies andskin disease, and prevent many forms of cancer.Natural Good Salt provides a steady boost in cellularenergy and gives the body a heightened resistance toinfections and bacterial diseases. It has been saidthat, “Refined salt has not only been stripped of itsessential life-giving minerals, but also has lost itsionic, electrolytic properties. It is this particular bio-electric quality which makes Good Salt from the CelticSea a healing element and a vital and necessaryadded ingredient in any diet.

Remember, refined salt is a waste product. It iswhat is left over after the life-giving minerals areextracted. Not only is it unfit for human consumption,but it has a highly detrimental effect on the health ofthe human body.

Beware of “sea salt” labels. These may haveoriginally come from the sea, but have beenprocessed, having chemicals added, which bleach,

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prevent water absorption and stabilize iodine alongwith aluminum silicate, and other additives whichmaintain free flow.

Basic roles of Good Salt from the Celtic SeaOur bodies contain three internal oceans that

closely resemble the normal balance of ocean water.Each one of these complex solutions surrounds andcirculates through our body: 1) Blood plasma, 2)Lymphatic fluid, 3) Extracellular fluid.

Comparative analysis shows that these fluids arevery similar to sea water in their chemicalcomposition. Medical and biological facts indicatethat humans need Good Salt in their diet in order toperform basic physiological functions. Ocean saltscontain the precious minerals our bodies require.The need for these minerals make salt intake anecessity. In the salty environment of the amnioticfluid, the human embryo grows over 3 billion times inweight. From the moment of conception on, humansare never without the need for salt. Good Salt fromthe Celtic Sea is the salt of Life!

Good Salt from the Celtic Sea is considered to be

a strong alkalinizer and to provide renewed energy. Anacidic body condition (not to be confused with thedigestive system that needs to be acid) is believed tocontribute to many sicknesses and alkaline foods areconsidered powerful remedies for hemorrhaging, severeburns, physical trauma, acute infection, shock from anillness or surgical intervention, or very deep emotionalstress. In conditions like these the body’s need for extrapotassium was traditionally provided by administeringsmall doses of an isotonic salt solution made fromnatural Good Salt from the Celtic Sea dissolved in water.

Sea salt has long been appreciated as an effectivemedicine, used alone as an energizer, detoxifying agent,or in conjunction with healing plants.

Precious minerals working together:Proper electrolyte balance in the body is achieved by

maintaining a relatively high potassium content insidethe cell and a high sodium concentration in the fluidoutside the cell (extra-cellular fluid). Though potassiumand sodium are the two electrolytes found in greatestconcentration in the human body, many other elementsare required for normal physiological function. Traceelements, found in ocean water and in natural Good

Salt, work to maintain proper function ofthe body’s systems. This uniquecombination of nutrients plays animportant role safeguarding good health.If any one element is left out ordiminished, a link in an important chainwill be missing and the whole organismwill suffer. These elements work toregulate optimum body function byensuring that our internal oceans arenever shortchanged of trace nutrients.

Storing Natural Good Salt:The packaging is especially

important for storing Good Salt. It wastraditionally stored in a wooden saltcellar (a lidded wood box), or a glass/ceramic container with a loose fitting lid.This allows the salt to breathe whileprotecting it from dust. Salt ishygroscopic (readily absorbs moisture),so its moisture content will flux accordingto environmental humidity. If your GoodSea Salt dries out it will lose many of itshealthy properties and becomeworthless.

Good Salt is GOOD!

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Menuchah here.Along with that we also have some

very artistic spiders. I was taking awalk one day and decided to take astroll to one of our boat docks. As Iwalked down the gangplank (the walkfrom the shore to the dock), I noticedseveral well-woven webs. I only sawone spider so I had presumed that shehad been very busy. I thought of howthese webs are like our iniquities –very intricately woven with lots ofdark sticky places to get caught up in.I wanted to go back with a broom andsweep the railings clean; just likeYahshua washes us clean, and fromthere it is up to us to stay clean.

Y’Shaiyah

SwaddlingI missed the minchot on

Monday and Tuesday morningsthis week because I was up a lotwith my children. Ever since Icame to the Body and have beengetting up early, I always thought itwould be nice to sleep in, but whenI did I really wished I had gone andheard what our Father had to sayto us. During the day I was in acircumstance with my childrenand I kept wondering if ourFather had spoken what Ineeded to hear for thissituation and I missedit.

Also I waslooking at my sonall swaddled upand I wasrememberingwhat someonetold me about, howswaddling changesthe character of achild. I knew this was true becauseI’ve been watching my son changejust as I had with our other sonRa’am Anav.

This encouraged me a lot aboutswaddling. Then I thought aboutour life and the narrow way that weare on getting up early, fullschedules, disciplining our childrenif they disobey on the firstcommand. It is like our Abba hasus tightly swaddled so He canchange us, from living according toour selfish flesh to being likeYahshua filled with His spirit. I amthankful I live in the Body ofYahshua and I am thankful I ambeing saved.

Porachat shel Daveq

Great news from Warsaw!This month our dear friend Jesse

was pierced to the heart during achild training teaching. He sharedout of His heart that if a man wasrighteous but then stopped doingrighteous things then none of hisrighteous deeds would beremembered.

He, in tears, confessed to theBody how he was wicked and needyfor our Master.

Thank you, Abba, for speakingto Jesse’s heart! The Body wasoverjoyed. We took him to thewaters and he cried out, “Save me,Yahshua, from my wickedness.”

Thank you, Abba, for this greatvictory in Warsaw and for the wholeTwelve Tribes.

Love,Jacob

I want to share with all mybrothers and sisters how thankfulI am to finally have died. I movedhere to Warsaw in January and“got wet” that month. I neverr e a l l y saw my need and I

didn’t burn allmy bridges. Inever reallydied. Since Ihadn’t really

given up mylife, I

arrogantly leftin March.

I do notbelong in the

world and I cameback in July. While I

was in the world Ifeared if I came back

people in the communitywould look down on me. I

was wrong. All that I receivedwhen I came back was ourMaster’s love. Through dailyprayer, opening up with theshepherds and the Body, andhearing faith every day ourFather brought me to a placewhere I could not deny that Ineed His Son to save me. So byHis faithfulness I cried out to besaved from my sin andwickedness. I am so thankful forHis mercy and faithfulness.

Love,

Jesse

One morning in our minchaha couple of months ago Elkanah,with much passion, said, “Todaywe are going fishing.” That nightat Sandstone Theater (anamphitheater outside of KansasCity) there was a Phish concert.Several brothers and sisters wentand found a small precious sheepnamed Mary. She was the one ourFather picked out and broughthome. She never left. She foundthe life she had been longing for.She is so much like Bosmot(Bosmot, we love and miss you!),a sweet fragrance. A coupleweeks after she came she wasimmersed into this life of loveand is the true definition of asubmissive, young disciple. Sheloved what she had found andthen… her family took her away.She is 17 and wants to return assoon as she is 18.

Anavah shel Aman

A note from MaryDear Twelve Tribes,My name is Mary and I was

immersed on July 8,1999 in thetribe of Manasseh in Warsaw,Missouri. I began my new life,devoted to the covenant,completely falling in love with ourMaster and learning the ways of Hisheart. I was filled with joy and graceand wisdom daily. But now thepersecution has begun and my“family” has taken me from thecommunity and brought me to my“home” in Pennsylvania until I reachthe age of 18 (which will be onOctober 14). I am forbidden toassociate or contact anyone of theTwelve Tribes, but there is a gapinghole inside of me that can only befilled by my brothers and sisters.The world is a playground for theEvil One and he lurks everywhere.My helmet is in place, as is myshield, and my sword is poised.Until then, may grace be with you.

Praise Yahshua! I love you all andI am thankful for your prayers.Psalm 119 helped me a lot.

Shalom, Mary.

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And now a special Shalom fromNetsakh’s house!

Celtic weavingThis month our small house-

hold went through many things.We had many guests as our Abbaopens doors through handcraftfairs. We are selling well andmeeting many encouraging peoplewho are disappointed and lookingfor hope. So, we constantly plantour seeds of love and truth in thehearts of those sensitive souls,hoping for the right time to bloom.

Our shoe industry is waxing,Ben Yada keeps busy - which is ablessing for Sus in thisquiet winter period.We renovated thehouse to be able topractice hospitalitytowards people, andour own children aswell. We want to workon the shoe shop andBen Yada and Yael’sroom, who are expect-ing their second childnext month.

OurAbba showed us how He can causesuspicious men to be tender: oneday, Hilkiyah and Ben Yada wereout looking for apples. They askeda man, but he refused, so theypulled away... but then he changedhis mind!

From Michel & DagmarWe were very encouraged, at

our last visit, to see how ourchildren, Nathaniel and Anaïs,

were eagerly waiting for us. Wecame with their baby sister bornon the 24 th of September, and wecould see they are already boundto her! Her name is:

AHAVAH CHALAPHA B’ELEVB’NEIM AL AVOTEM!

She causes love to reflourishin our children’s hearts, towardstheir parents.

The meaning of this namewill have an importantimpact in the near future;we had on our heartMalachi 4:6, and on top ofthat, our cherry tree was

blossoming!We surely noticed the power

her name has in our children’sheart. We dedicated her in thename of our Master Yahshua. He isthe only One who gives us thenecessary strength to overcome allthe oppositions of the enemy.

Dagmar and I send our love toyou, with Ahavah Chalapha inwhom our Master’s name will bejustified. Hilkiyah and Naomi, BenYada and Yael, also.

WE LOVE YOU ALL.Michel

We are this preserved seed andtime is running out... soon the racewill begin and the new sound willbe heard on the earth.... YOPHI!!!!

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There is such a wealth ofopinions on the means to havinggood health. We have tried formany years to find the waythrough all these opinions towhat really is the diet that ourFather desires us to eat as apeople in order to live long andhealthy lives. We are not scien-tists, but are equipped with the“common sense” that our Cre-ator has put into man that tellshim what is good.

We could see several yearsago that cooking our food todeath was not good. We em-barked on trying to establish aneating pattern of raw, freshvegetables and fruit wheneverpossible. We have also seen thatthe sprays and fertilizers they useon “supermarket” fruits andvegetables can be very devastat-ing to our health. So, we trywhenever possible to eat organi-cally-grown produce. This iscommon sense.

We also know that most“clean” meat is still not ediblefor us because of the terrible waythey raise the animals, and haveavoided using meat that we donot know. We also do not believein the “needless slaughter ofanimals” just to satisfy ourcravings for meat, so we do notseek to eat meat often. But we donot reject the eating of meat andconsider it something special fora festive meal. Fish we welcome

at any time and hope that it canbecome more and more a part ofour diet.

So, with grains and veg-etables and fruits we are satisfied.

But then we get into moretechnicalities… phytic acid,acid/alcaline, complete protein,anti-oxidents, vitamin pills,pumpkin skins…. And the listgoes on. It can become confusingif you listen to the different“strong opinions.” But really forus there are only a few thingsthat we KNOW from our Fatherare good and we will always doit. Those are things like“vinney,” “celtic salt,” “oliveoil,” “pumpkin seeds,” “goat’smilk” (Proverbs 27 :27), and ofcourse, “lots of water.” Now weare seeing the benefits of thingslike “seaweed, kelp, and algae asmedicine for certain ailments,”along with various herbal rem-edies that have been provenamong us, like “St. John’s wort”and “echinacea.”

But there are so many othersthings where people can reallybe “strong” about that is reallynot our way. We do not take ourstand on “facts” we have learnedunless it is somehow borne outby fruit that is clearly seen. Youknow a tree by its fruit. So, wesaw the addictive, harmful wayof coffee and chocolate, and theway of life it promotes and werejected it. We are not caffeine

addicts like most of the westernworld. But then we found Maté.It seems “just our cup of tea.”We recently ran across severalinteresting articles about thebenefits of maté. Yoneq wantedme to include this one:

Yerba Mate – a South Ameri-can stimulant and rejuvenatingherb that contains no caffeine.Naturally lifts fatigue and pro-vides broad range nutrition tobody cells. Rich in vitamin A, E,C and B (especially pantothenicacid), with measurable amountsof chlorophyll, calcium, potas-sium, iron, magnesium, andmanganese. Protects against theeffects of stress; helpful inopening respiratory passages toovercome allergy symptoms. Inaddition to its inherent benefits,Yerba Maté is a catalyst sub-stance that increases the healingeffectiveness of other herbs.

We will include other inter-esting tidbits in the news fromtime to time. But we never wantto come across as fanatic“healthfood nuts.” We are peoplewith common sense and we takeour stand on “love,” the wonder-ful love that over flows from aheart filled with His Spirit.

Shalom from ha-êmeq

Health Issues:

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Some fats are very good for you. Cold pressed virginolive oil and flaxseed oil actually possess amazing healthbenefits, as do the omega 3 and omega 6 fats found incold water ocean fish, among which mackerel is the best.

But the western diet abounds in many unhealthy fatsthat have lethal qualities. The worst offenders are theman-made transfatty acids often appearing on the foodlabels as “hydrogenated” or “partially hudrogenated” oils.You should avoid these and any fast foods -- which arecooked in these lethal oils. What is worse, those oils in fastfoods are often used over and over again. As a people, wewant to use only fresh, unheated oil, if at all possible. Thiswill be very difficult for us, but it is worth the extra effortand funds to save us from bad fats. This is the one area ofour national diet which is the most lacking…. Seek forgood, fresh oil whenever possible!

FFaatt oorr SSkkiinnnnyyIn the United States, 18% of the population is obese,

55% of the population is overweight. That makes 1 in 5people obese now as compared to 1 in 8 in 1991.

Eating disorders like this are not just on the “fat side”though, but also on the “skinny side” (as seen in anorexiaand bulimia, which are the names given to destructive,

lying spirits that delude a person into thinking they are“fat” when they are actually dying of starvation). Theseself-destructive spirits are on the increase in this society.Both being too fat and too thin are dangerous and causegreat health problems.

We as a people need to come out of this evil mentalityand return to normalcy. We must all stand in the gap andfight our particular enemies in the power of our mightySavior, our Hero, our Master Yahshua. Is His arm tooshort to save? What do we tell people as we go out topreach to good news? Does our Master Yahshua save? IsHe the One sent from our Father to SAVE HIS PEOPLEFROM THEIR SINS? The Fat people are being saved,and the Skinny people are being saved.

It is not funny or weird that people are very fat or veryskinny. It is an enemy of the souls of men at work todestroy them both physically and spiritutally.

We are promised the GATES OF OUR ENEMIES.Remember this. And help encourage one another to go towar against the enemies, and become healthy. It is apowerful witness of the restoring power of our Master inthe midst of this very sick society.

ha-emeq

AArree TThheerree GGoooodd FFaattss??

A very nice letter from our brother, N’su of Yehudah :How wonderfully our Father made us, especially our

hearts! Did you know that there are two different kinds ofcells in the heart that cause it to beat in such a wondrousrhythm? One kind of cell is called the pacer. Theseincredible cells set the pace for the heart. They are allplaced strategically at various locations around the heart.In some places they are gathered very close together inwhat are called “nodes,” centers where the pace can start.The other kind of cell is just as important and just asneeded. This cell is called the working cell. This is the cellthat actually takes the pace impulse and converts it to acontraction, squeezing the heart. It carries out theinstruction of the pacer. The pacers set the pace at whichthe workers labor to pump the heart muscle. It all happenssimultaneously through electrical impulses. Scientists callthis automaticity. In simple terms this means the heart cangenerate energy by itself. This is a special gift from ourFather. No other organ in the Body has this gift.

I cannot help but think how fascinating this is. Bothkinds of cells need each other to survive along with theblood cells and the other cells of the body. They are all soimportant for the proper function of the body. Each is setapart in order to work in perfect unison. When the pacers

tell the workers to contract, the instructions are carriedout from the top of the heart to the bottom. As the pacerspace, the workers work and squeeze together. This impulsecascades down the heart like a majestic waterfall. It is likea farmer hand milking his cow, squeezing each finger at atime in unison, coordinated, enabling the milk to squirtout of the teat. WOW!

As the muscles contract, precious blood rushes throughthe heart. This blood nourishes the pacers and worker cellswith oxygen and nutrients to sustain their life. As we allknow, life is in the blood. This rich blood pumps out ofthe heart at very fast speeds. When the heart relaxes theblood backwashes through blood vessels, thus providinglife to the outer portion of the heart where the pacers andworkers are located. All the cells are vital to one another inorder to function properly.

Unfortunately, things disturb this God-given process.For example we put unhealthy foods into our bodies. Likeunclean spirits we fail to judge, the fruit of the flesh, theinner workings, these things cause dysfunction and allmanner of disorder. The pacer cells and working cells failto work in unity. They begin to fire out of sync. They allbegin at different times to contract, pace, and relax. Itseems that the cells are out of order with their own minds.

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HawthornAs ha-emeq was sharing with us in the last

ITN, there are many opinions and much litera-ture on the subject “Health.” We don’t want tobe a people with strong opinions but rather peo-ple who pass on their experience and wisdom toone another as we see something we have tried orexperienced bearing good fruit. One of the thingswe have come across is “Hawthorn.” It is a classicherb that has been used for a long time in tradi-tional herbal folk medicine. There is also scientif-ic evidence of the effectiveness of this herb. Whatexcites us about “Hawthorn” is that we have foundreal, visible results that are worth passing on.

Hawthorn strengthens the heart. It improvesblood flow to the coronary arteries, thus increas-ing oxygenation of the heart muscle. It also helpsnormalize minor heart arrythmias (irregular heartbeat) and cures the feeling of “tightness in thechest.” It slows down arteriosclerosis and thushelps prevent heart attacks. It can also assist atherapy to lower blood pressure. It is proven thatHawthorn tea can be drunk as a preventative ona daily basis even by people who don’t show anysymptoms of heart problems yet.

Our lifestyle and the kinds of foods we atebefore we came to the Edah have affected ourbodies. Our Abba wants us to be healthy and liveuntil His son returns to the earth. Hawthornseems to be something He provides for us in Hiscreation to find healing. There are several broth-ers here in our tribe (all around 40 years of age)who have been suffering with heart problems(feeling of discomfort, irregular heartbeat).Through the use of hawthorn they have becometrouble-free! Hawthorn can be taken as tea ortincture. Since it is a common bush in moderateclimates it is not too difficult to collect plenty ofleaves and blossoms in spring time.

PeanutsI also found something interesting in a health

food magazine recently about peanuts. It saidthat they contain uric acid, which is hard todissolve and leads to deposits in the body. Themagazine recommends not eating a lot of peanutson a daily basis. The book “Nutritional Healing”also recommends avoiding peanuts, but doesn’texplain why.

We tend to eat a fair amount of peanuts in ourcommunities (nut mix for trips and meetings, inMuesli and as peanut butter). Peanuts are thecheapest kind of “nut.” Really, it is a bean that isprobably roasted with bad salt and cheap oil. Iwonder if it is a food we should come away from(or limit its intake) and replace by raw almonds,hazelnuts, etc. (Gout is a disease that comesabout through the deposits of uric acid in joints.Kidney stones can also be formed by uric acid.There are other foods that are uric acid forming.Some healthy foods (dried beans, lentils, oatmeal,spinach) are low in it, others (meat, mushrooms,mussels, and sweets) are high in uric acid.)

There was one other interesting health “fact” Ifound which confirms the direction the anointingis giving us about milk: I have a book about acid-base-balance in your body. As you know, manypeople suffer from having a too acidic metabo-lism (mainly from eating too much meat, whitesugar etc. but even in the Body some people havethis problem). The author of this book distin-guishes between raw and pasteurized cream. Hesays that non-heated cream is more alkaline thanheated cream. Not that I am advocating eatingcream now, but I thought this was interesting inregards to what we are learning about not heatingup our milk too much.

Yehezkel

The resulting confusion is known as fibrillation. Basically, this means that your heart stops pumping and begins to quiverinstead like a bag of worms. This condition is life threatening, FATAL! The blood cannot move to any part of the body’scells to release its precious cargo. Unless drastic measures are implemented to reorganize this disorder, the body will die.Rescuers try to force the heart to stop in hopes that it will wake up and call the pacers and working cells to restart in theorder that our Abba ordained to bring life to the body.

Realizing this caused me to want to be healthy and not dysfunctional. So many times I make the wrong choices and let badfood (spirits) into my body, contributing to this disorder. Oh how I want to hate this! Our Abba is making it clear who we are.We are those who are set apart for specific purposes. Our job is to be in unity, not out of order, not independent from thedirection given to us. If we act independently, this will cause death to occur in the body. Now is the time when the heart isbeing formed. It is necessary that we grow up strong and into the head (Eph 4:15-16) where we will receive greater instruction.

N’su Basar

21March 2000

Health IssuesHere is a little information from Ruth, wife of Asuryah. She hasardent zeal for her people to become self-sufficient and healthy. Shewill be adding to this information about oils for a few months inthe ITN in order to get us all acquainted with this subject.

I am really thrilled to be able to share with everyone alittle of what we have been learning about a very excitingsubject — oils and fats. Ever since Nahaliel started teaching usabout oils down in Naftali years ago I have been very interestedin learning more about the subject, principally because, as ha-emeq said last month, it is an area we still lack understandingabout. We have come to understand about white bread, salt,and pasteurized milk; now we are beginning to learn about deadoil.TYPES OF FATSAdults need a minimum daily intake of 15 to 25 grams ofdietary fat to meet the body’s needs. Our bodies use fat innumerous ways, ways in which most of us are unaware. We usefat to manufacture antibodies to fight disease; fats act as carriersfor the fat-soluble vitamins A,D, E, and K; fat deposits cushion,protect, and hold in place vital organs such as the kidneys, heart,liver. They also aid in digestion by slowing down the stomach’ssecretions of hydrochloric acid, which is what produces thatsatisfying feeling of fullness after a meal.There are two main types of fats in the body. They are nones-sential fatty acids, which our body is able to manufacture, andthe essential fatty acids (hereafter known as EFA’s) which wecannot make and we have to get through our diets. Theseessential (unsaturated) fats are necessary for normal growth, forhealthy skin, blood, arteries, and nerves, and for keeping ourmetabolism running smoothly.There are three main types of fats in the foods we eat. They arepoly-unsaturated, mono-unsaturated, and saturated. Thepercentage of each type of fat is what makes one food a healthierchoice than another. Cholesterol is not a fatty acid, but since it isa fat-like substance we will take a look at it, also.Saturated fats are the “bad guys” right now; they stand accusedof causing obesity, heart attacks, arteriosclerosis, and cancer.Mankind has eaten these fats for centuries; the problem today isman’s lack of physical activity and excessive use of animalproducts. Saturated fats are not in themselves harmful, but theyare only burnt up when energy is needed for hard work or toprovide warmth for the body. These fats are not used in any ofthe essential functions of the body and any excess is stored inthe form of body fat. Saturated fats are found in tropical oilssuch as coconut, palm, and cocoa butter. They are also found inanimal fats from meats, dairy products, and eggs. Certain kindsof people could stand to eat some saturated fats; however, mostof us need to take care, lest we, too, become saturated.Mono-unsaturated fats are found in most foods, but especiallycertain vegetable and nut oils; the healthiest example is olive oil.Olive oil is good for us, as we will explain more clearly later, butit is not an ESSENTIAL fatty acid.Poly-unsaturated fats are found in most foods, including certaintypes of fish, but mainly in nuts, plant oils, seeds, and soybeans.These fats are liquid at room temperature. Under this classifica-tion there are two main types; they are commonly known as

Omega 6 (or LA) and Omega 3 (or ALA or before that LNA).These titles represent the molecular structure of the oil (anothervery interesting subject which I won’t go into in this article).These are the healthy oils which they are talking alot about in theworld today. Through my research of oils it has become apparentto me that no one knows a whole lot about this subject yet.Scientific research in general is a very perverted way of thinkingand most research is backed by greed and the insatiable desire forknowledge. So, we need to be very careful to consider the thingswe read and hear as partial truths or possibilities and not betempted to have fixed ideas and opinions about these things. Theconclusions that are made about these subjects are often based onscanty circumstantial evidence and chance discoveries. There aremany differing opinions and conclusions. We as a people mustlearn from experience of what works best for us and gives realresults.So back to the poly-unsaturated oils. These oils are used in basiccellular functions and energy production in the body. There isgrowing evidence and concern that in the US there is animbalance in the amount of Omega 6 oils (which come fromwarm climate plants including safflower, sunflower, sesame,peanut, corn, and cottonseed oil) that we consume and theOmega 3 oils (which come from the colder climate plants. Omega3 oils are found in fish oils, especially from oily coldwater fish likemackerel and tuna. Also walnuts, wheat germ, soybeans, chest-nuts, and flaxseeds contain Omega 3 oils. (Although soybeanscontain Omega 3 oil, it is very difficult to extract soy oil withoutdestroying the EFA’s.) These EFA’s are very susceptible todestruction by heat, light, and oxygen. For this reason it isimportant that we receive them in the freshest form possible.Both poly-unsaturated and mono-unsaturated oils can behydrogenated. Hydrogenation is a process by which hydrogen isforced into the molecular chain changing the structure of the oilat a molecular level. It is done to make the oil solid at roomtemperature. Hydrogenation is not normal and the oil loses it’shealth-giving capacity. Some oils are still liquid but are “partiallyhydrogenated” to make them last longer on the shelf. Beware!Many processed foods contained hydrogenated oils. Avoid suchoils as these!Cholesterol(HDL and LDL) Cholesterol is a white, waxy, fattysubstance found in all animal foods, especially in organ meats.Because plants do not have the ability to manufacture cholesterol,there is none from plant sources. Cholesterol is essential to ourwell-being. We don’t need much of it in our blood, clogging upour arteries, but we do need it to help build cell membranes, toproduce hormones, and to manufacture bile acids that are neededto eliminate excess cholesterol from the body. Cholesterol ismanufactured in the liver, even if we don’t eat animal products.The cholesterol manufactured by our liver is carried through ourbloodstream by LDLs (low-density lipoproteins).High levels ofLDLs in the bloodstream can result in clogged arteries, causinghigh blood pressure,stroke, or heart disease. This is why LDL isreferred to as "bad" cholesterol or you could say "lethal" for LDL.

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Yerba Maté and the Xanthine AlkaloidsThe xanthines draw a lot of attention because they number among

them some traditional nasties, chief of which is caffeine. Others aretheophylline and theobromine. All of the xanthines have a similarstereo-chemistry but each has its own unique set of properties. Formany years, and even now, in some sectors, yerbamaté was(is) thoughtto contain caffeine. It turns out that mateine is not identical to caf-feine; it differs from caffeine in some rather dramatic ways. Somemembers of the scientific community still resort to calling mateine aSouth American term for caffeine, or to maintaining, inperfect knowledge of the falseness of the assertion, thattwo substances so similar chemically must have the sameproperties. Slowly, they are being forced to acknowledgethe distinction between mateine and caffeine.

Stereo-chemical and clinical work on xanthines in thelast couple of decades have shown that, though similar instructure, the members of this class have widely varyingpharmacology. In fact, there is only one effect that seemsto be shared by all trimethyl xanthines: smooth musclerelaxation. It is this action that makes them, with the ex-ception of caffeine, whose smoothmuscle relaxant effectsare diminished by other side-effects, good clinical dila-tors of the bronchi and hence useful in the treatment ofasthma.

Chemical assays on maté have traditionally looked forcaffeine, and in such tests mateine, being a simple stereo-isomer of caffeine, would test positive. Until recently no-body has looked at the exact structure of the molecule—and, to my knowledge, nobody in the United States has

ever made the attempt. Researchers at the Free Hygienic Institute ofHamburg, Germany, concluded that even if there were caffeine inmaté, the amount would be so tiny that it would take 100 tea bags ofmaté in a six ounce cup of water to equal the caffeine in a six ounceserving of regular coffee. They make the rather astute observationthat it is obvious that the active principle in yerbamaté is not caf-feine! But then, we know for sure it is not caffeine, for caffeine is notpresent at all.

Mateine, then, has a unique pharmacology and it is unfair to com-pare it to caffeine. Mateineappears to possess the bestcombination of xanthineproperties possible. For ex-ample, like other xanthines,it stimulates the central ner-vous system, but unlikemost, it is not habituating oraddicting. Likewise, unlikecaffeine, it induces better,not worse, attributes ofsleep. It is a mild, not astrong, diuretic, as are manyxanthines. It relaxes periph-eral blood vessels, therebyreducing blood pressure…(Small excerpt from a littlebook we found about mate- Ha-êmeq).

Yerba Maté Leaf and Berry

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OMEGA 3 OILS

This month we’re going to learn a little bit aboutthe Essential Fatty Acids, which have been given thenames Omega 3’s and Omega 6’s. The 3 and 6 haveto do with the molecular structure of the differentkinds of oils.

You may be wondering what all this talk aboutEFA’s is all about. Essential Fatty Acids are dietaryfats which our body requires on a daily basis. Theymust be taken in through food since the body isunable to produce them on it’s own. There are twotypes: ALA(Omega 3) and LA(Omega 6). ALA isneeded in smaller quantities but never-the-less isessential. LA is needed in larger quantities but in theAmerican diet and especially in our diet it doesn’tseem to be deficient.

ALA – coldwater fish, especially mackeral, tuna,blue, salmon, trout, and sardines, flaxseed, northernbeans, walnuts, chesnuts, pumpkins, winter wheat. Insmall quantities: egg yolks, green leaves, seaweeds.The highest plant source is wild purslane.

LA – warm climate plants such as: sesame,safflower, peanut, soft wheat, corn, sunflower.

EFA’s are extremely important on a cellular level.They make up phosphatides which are the basicbuilding block of cellular membranes of every livingthing. Fat along with protien make up this substance.The cellular wall and the organelles (little organs) ofthe cell are made up of a combination of the two indiffering percentages depending on the type offunction the cell does. This membrane is the barrierthat guards what goes in and out of the cell. Highlyactive cells like nerve cells are higher in fat percent-age. Fats are the dominant factor in all life functions.

To show this we can see a few examples:

red blood cells:45% phosphatides, 55% protiennerve cells: 80% phosphatides, 20% protienorganelles: 25% phosphatides, 75% protienliver: 50% phosphatides, 50% protien

The Nature of EFA’s

EFA’s have an electric nature. They attractoxygen. They absorb sunlight increasing their abilityto react with oxygen by 1000 times. They carry aslight negative charge. This means that the mol-ecules repel each other and therefore spread out in avery thin layer over surfaces like cellular mem-branes. This quality is called surface activity. (I tryto picture it like the colorful oily substance thatmoves about on the surface of a bubble.) It gives thepower to disperse and carry away toxins. Also theweak negative charge makes them weakly basicwhich causes loose bonds to form with sulphurprotiens. These bonds create an oscillating move-ment of electrons and molecular energy that is thebasis for chemical reactions on which all life de-pends. The electrons can loosen and move aboutcreating bioelectric currents between the waterinside and outside the cell and the oils in the cellularmembrane. These currents are especially importantin nerve, muscle, heart and membrane functions.

EFA’S are involved in production and movementof life energy. They govern growth, vitality andmental state. They are directly involved in oxidationwhich is the moment-to-moment burning of food forproduction of energy required for life processes.They are directly involved in respiration, the transterof oxygen through the lungs, through the alveolarmembrane into the capillaries, then through the cellmembranes into the red blood cell. They are like anoxygen “magnet”. Because of this they hold oxgenin the cell creating a protective guard against virusesand bacteria which hate oxygen much the same wayevil hates the light. They also transport excesschloesterol and help keep the body fats fluid. Theygenerate electric currents that make the heart beatin an orderly sequence. They are precursors for ahormone like substance in the body called prostag-landins. These have an important function in theimmune system, helping to fight infection, diseaseand allergies. Prostaglandins are tissue basedhormones (as opposed to the organ based ones) thatregulate an enormous amount of body activities, far

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more than I can mention here. They are basically anEFA with a knot in the middle. They have beenrecently discovered and not everything is known yetbut they do regulate many of the body’s acivities,akin to community coordinaters. They control theinflammatory process, healing and repair, immunesystem, neural circuits in the brain, cardiovascularsystem, digestive system, reproductive system,andbody temperature regulation among other things.

Plankton and algae spread out over the surfaceof the waters absorbing sunlight energy. Fish in theocean eat the algae. They store that sunlight energyin their fatty deposits. Plants store sunlight energy intheir seeds to carry that life energy through the coldwinter. EFA’S are intergrally involved in this storageprocess. In the human body EFA’s absorb sunlightand ultraviolet light through the skin and store thatenergy in chemical bonds within the body. The EFA’sare like the antenna that attracts and draws in thelight. They are the highest source of energy innutrition. They generate a field of electrons whichrecharges the living substance, especially of thebrain and nerves. Life cannot exist without them.

That’s why they are essential! It’s a question ofthe flow of energy.

Most of the research being done in this area isincomplete. It seems that the use of Omega 3essential fatty acids is quite different in primates andhumans than in other animals like rats and rabbits,the victims of most of the research on EFA’s.Omega 3 EFA’s are essential to humans in higherquantities and especially important to brain and nervedevelopment. So, even though they have had somegood results in their laboratory research with rats,more recently they’ve found that the need forOmega 3 EFA’s is much, much higher in humans thatin other animals. It is especially important for thedeveloping fetus and the nursing infant when braindevelopment is rapidly occuring. Breast milk con-tains EFA’s, but the imma needs a supply. A lack ofEFA’s at that time can stunt brain growth. Cerebralmatter is composed of 60% fat, Omega 3 being themost prominent substance, totally necessary formaintaining the fluidity needed for proper receptionand transmission of impulses between brain cells.

Most vegetable oils, even the good quality ones,come from warm climate crops. But if we live in acold climate or are from ancestry of northernpeoples we need more than do warm climatepeoples. Of all the seed oils that we know of flax oilis the highest and most beneficial of these oils. It is

60% Omega 3 EFA. EFA’s can be destroyed byheat, light, and oxygen for the very same reasons itis good for us. (Being it’s reactive nature with theseelements.) This is why flax oil is expensive and hardto find. In pre-WWII Europe flax oil was oftendelivered door to door like any perishable substsncelike milk or eggs. People knew it needed to be fresh.But with the introduction of modern bottling anddistribution, they had to find ways to make the oilhave a longer shelf life. To do that they had todestroy the EFA’s!

Some people see that in the early 1800’s whenmodern milling techniques were introduced therewas a wave of pellegra and beri-beri. These weretreated by adding a few B vitamins back to themilled flour, which seemed tlo alleviate thesymptoms.(The three “D’s”- diarrhea, dementia, anddermatitis – could we give them more modrn names- irritable bowel syndrome, schizophrenia, andpsoriasis?) However, since that time more and moremodern food processing has been introduced takingmore and more of the essential nutrients out of ourfood. Anything with life in it has to be removed sincethat makes the food perishable – hence white flour,white sugar, white salt, pasteurized milk, and refinedoil have been the “norm” in westernized society. Noone really questioned the nutritional value of modernman’s diet and all the refining it undergoes.

Over the years the deficiencies in EFA’s as wellas enzymes, vitamins, minerals have taken their toll.They have created a whole gamut of commondiseases like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, skin and hairproblems, eye problems, mental illness, toothdecay,obesity and heart disease. You can’t attributeall these to lack of EFA’s, but at the same time alack of the right kind of fat WILL affect ALL thebody’s functions, especially where there is aninherited weakness, which is why one may havepsoriasis and another irritable bowel syndrome. Atthe same time an increase in Omega 3’s can bringan improvement in small things like dandruff, dryskin, and regularity. It will bring an overall increasein health and in some cases will bring about bigchanges, sometimes in a matter of hours.

Ruth shel Asuryah

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dentaldentaldentaldentaldentalcareDear Soreph Gamaliel,

Greetings and shalom in our master’sname. This is Yohannan. I’m writing in response toyour letter concerning dental matters. I’ve spokenwith Eliezer about this whole area and recently held asort of first of it’s kind mini-seminar here at the JogRun Farm to inform our people here of what I believeto be the simplest, most effective program for dentalhealth.

I believe if we first have a basic understanding ofthe causes of dental problems the solutions will thenbe most easily seen. There are many false, misleadingconcepts in this country, which are propagated by thepersonal interests of dental professionals, and stronglyreinforced by the hype of mass media. One example istoothpaste. There is absolutely no reason to usetoothpaste with regards to fighting tooth decay, unlessit has an anti-bacterial ingredient such as hydrogenperoxide. We are spending a lot of money as a bodyon what is essentially a breath freshener. There aremuch more economical ways to deal with the bacteria.

Another example regards how we brush our teeth.There are many methods going around, but it wasn’tuntil I was in dental school that I actually realized whywe even need to brush, and how to most effectivelydo it.

The most damaging misconception propagated bythe money-based dental system in the world is themyth that decay is inevitable, and, of course, dentistsare indispensable. This mind-set is subtly passed onbecause the dental profession, like the medical systemin general, is symptom-based instead of cause-based.There is not much concern about developing a way ofcaring for people, which would almost eliminate theneed for their profession, for obvious reasons. It ispossible, however, in our life, for us to achieve zerodecay (with the possible exception of special casessuch as very weak enamel, etc…, and we believe eventhese may be within our reach)

There’s a definite urgency in me to pass on, as Iattempted to here in Florida, the proper mind aboutcavities and decay in general. Once decay has invadedthe tooth to the point of breaching the enamel, weshould really consider that tooth lost. We should

almostpull it out andrealize we lost thebattle for that tooth. All adentist can do is postpone this reality. Agood filling is expected to last 10 or 15 years, maybe20 with good care. Once the initial filling is breached,in most cases the next step is a major one involvinggreat expense and further health complications: in thecase of a bridge, both adjacent teeth are comprised, orin the case of a root canal, the person’s overall, long-term health may be affected. The other option isextraction. All of these options should be seen astotally abnormal. A healthy tooth should last a lifetime;our creator designed them to. Even a well-done (andexpensive) crown is expected to last only 20-25 yearswith good care. The next step, in every case, is anagonizing decision between health and money. Theseprocedures are, of course, an option, but we reallyneed to see that the tooth has already been lost. Thebattle for its life was lost once decay breached theenamel.

This way of thinking, for most of us in the stem,could leave us in despair because of the way we grewup – full of neglect and ignorance. I’m mainlyaddressing how we need to teach our children. Fillingsare abnormal! Care is normal. Most of us from theworld have mouths full of toxic mercury from silveramalgam fillings. Mercury is a known poison – one ofthe most toxic of all substances! Processors ofcanned fish and other foods cannot even sell theirproducts if they contain more than a certain level ofmercury, which is measured in PPM (parts permillion). Just a few PPMS makes the food illegal tosell, but at the same time, the silver amalgam which isplaced directly into a person’s mouth, only inchesfrom the brain, is 50% mercury! Our children mustnot have this exposure.

The whole realm of dentistry has grown into ahuge mega-structure of science and craft, mixed withmedicine, in order to creatively compensate for the

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public’s poor nutrition and gross negligence.Once we have this basic understanding, the facts

we need to know in order to properly care for ourteeth can be discussed. The most basic fact involvedwith tooth decay is that bacteria live in the mouth andon the teeth. This is normal; bacteria are a part of thehuman digestive process. Bacteria eat the same foodwe do. The process of decay begins when thesecolonies of bacteria living on the teeth, grow to thepoint that their waste, which is acidic, becomes strongenough to dissolve enamel. The bacteria themselves donot do the damage; it’s their population size, which, ifunchecked, produces waste, which is capable ofpulling enamel apart, molecule by molecule. The aciddismantles the crystalline structure of the enamel.

The reason we brush and floss our teeth is todisrupt these bacteria populations, thus rendering theirwaste harmless. If this is done often enough, thethreat of decay is eliminated. How often is oftenenough? It is a known fact that it takes these bacteriaapproximately 24 hours to reach populations whosewaste is potent enough to dissolve enamel (for normalteeth). The other critical factor involved here is howthoroughly the teeth are cleaned. As a rule we shouldgently and thoroughly brush and floss twice a day,never less than once a day!

How thoroughly we brush and floss is determinedby how we brush and floss. We should always use asoft-bristle brush. The confusion brought in by all thedifferent brushing techniques may be thrown out thewindow once we know what the goal of the brushingaction is. The purpose of brushing is to disturb thehappy colonies of bacteria. The place they are happiestis down inside the gum, next to the tooth. There is asmall pocket, called the “sulcus”, which completelysurrounds each tooth. This pocket is normally about1/8 inch (3 mm) deep. This is the goal – to aim thebristles of the brush, at a 45° angle, down into thesulcus and gently vibrate the bristles of the brush backand forth to reach all the way around the tooth. Thesame is done with the upper teeth; the brush is aimedat 45° up into this space where the bacteria hide. Inthis process you’ll find the whole tooth gets brushedas well. Be sure the chewing surface is brushed;short, back and forth strokes or vibrations are best tospread the bristles.

The other important place bacteria love to hide isbetween the teeth. This is why we need to floss. Weneed to floss at least once a day for the same reasonwe brush at least once a day. We should really flosstwice a day as well, because many cavities occurbetween the teeth. (Note: when flossing, always movethe floss to a clean portion before snapping back outfrom between teeth. This prevents replanting bacteria

between teeth)One danger we need to be aware of is over-

brushing. This means brushing too hard or too manytimes per day. Over-brushing also removes enamel andis especially damaging to the part of the tooth towardthe root, which is not covered by enamel. Largeditches are worn into this area just at the gum-line ifyou over-brush.

The issue of what to use instead of toothpaste is avery debatable one. What I believe our Father is sayingis that there are natural, inexpensive substances whichare easily available to us, that will work in conjunctionwith our bodies’ own defense mechanisms to keep usin good health. I, personally, believe this to be true ofmost, if not all, health problems. I believe thesubstance in this case is salt. I recommend dissolvinga little Celtic salt in your mouth or in a little bit ofwater and then brushing with this non-abrasive formof salt. Be sure to swish the solution around to allareas, keeping the salt in your mouth while brushing.Salt is good and kills all kinds of microorganisms. Salthas an amazing property called osmotic pressure,which is a powerful force caused by its irresistibleattraction for water. This force literally causes thebacteria to implode one by one.

We already know about drinking water and doingour exercises. If we are doing these essentials, ourbodies’ immune system will greatly assist us infighting decay.

We, as Americans, are so used to usingcommercial products such as toothpaste, it may bedifficult to adopt a simpler mind, but surely our Abbais leading us in this direction. For breath we could mixsome baking soda and mint oil with the Celtic salt.

A note to put things into perspective: The bacteriawe’re talking about are very small. They are so smallthat one thousand of them, placed side by side, wouldform a line only one millimeter in length (1/25th of aninch). They are invisible, so we can’t trust how ourteeth feel. Every part of every tooth must be cleansedregularly, or a large population will quickly developand decay will begin. Rinsing with the same solutionafter eating or sweet drinks, in addition to the regularbrushings, will discourage unwelcome guests.

The primary understanding we need to gain iswhy we’re doing what we are doing. We need visionand revelation in order to deliberately and diligentlydevelop excellent cleaning habits. If we are thoroughand consistent, no enemy can breach our walls, or ourenamel.

I think this covers the basics. I appreciate yourconcern and am anticipating how our Father is goingto help us. Please give your family my greetings.

Yohannan

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Notes: steeping times are important. If you oversteep maté or mint, they will become bitter. Also, don’t boilthe maté or mint for they will be unpleasant. It is important to thoroughly stir in your honey while the teais hot or else it sinks to the bottom and there seems to be better results adding juice in while the tea iscold. The recipes containing maté are not real strong and are designed for mixed crowds of men, women andchildren. If you’re looking for a lift during a push or any work crew increase to 5 c. per bucket.

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TRANS-FATTY ACIDSWhat happens when you take a good,

healthy, polyunsaturated vegetable oil and heatit to high temperatures? What is the tempera-ture on a black cast iron skillet over an openflame? Who said it doesn’t taste good unless it’sburnt to a crisp? For answers to these andother controversial questions, keep reading...

Now comes the part about oil that is a littlebit harder to understand, maybe even a littlehard to swallow. We’re going to have to have alittle understanding of chemistry, but not toomuch so don’t get scared off. The “trans” oftrans-fatty has to do with the molecular struc-ture of the fat. Oils are made up of hydrogenand carbon atoms. The arrangement of theseon the molecule are what determines if the oilis saturated or unsaturated; essential or not.There are many different types of fats, andmost foods that have fat have a combination ofdifferent fatty acids, but are usually identifiedby the most predominant. (In flax oil ALA ispredominant, in sunflower oil LA) Normally oilis in what is called a “cis” shape. The moleculeis bent in a certain shape that fits into themolecules of the body to perform specificfunctions, like we spoke of last month. Whenthe oil is hydrogenated, or partially hydroge-nated, or heated to high temperatures, themolecule is straightened out, bent from itsnormal shape. Now it is like a key that onlyhalf fits in the keyhole. Not only can it nolonger perform the function it was created for,but it also blocks the normal “cis” shapedmolecule from fitting. So it does twofolddamage. These fats are not able to partake inthe life functions because they almost fit, butnot quite. It can be likened to a spark plug withtoo wide of a gap. Compared to the size of thecar, it may seem like a tiny fault, but still thecar won’t go. Not only this, but “trans” mol-ecules are more sticky, like saturated fats, theycan cause heart and circulatory problems,making deposits in the arteries, liver and otherorgans. (But saturated fats, although sticky,don’t block the keyholes like “trans” do.) Worse

yet, they impair the protective barrier aroundthe cell, letting the good out and the bad in.But the greatest damage yet is the electron-energy of the nice “living” oil is made com-pletely “dead”. They block the current frombeing able to flow and therefore cut off the lifeenergy. This energy flows over molecules in aspecial arrangement. The “trans” fats throw offthe flow and interfere with healthy heartbeat,nerve function, cell division, coordination,sensory function, mental balance and vitality.Given each individual’s hereditary weaknessesand sensitivities this can cause a wide range ofsymptomatic results. That is why these “trans”fats are so much worse for us than saturatedfats like butter or coconut oil. That storedsunlight energy that we spoke of last month ismade dead in the oil. The electrical charge isgone. The ultimate form of this is the disease ofcancer where there are dead places withinspecific organs or tissues where that life energyis no longer flowing. The “trans”-fatty acids aresometimes referred to as funny fats and theyturn into a substance similar to plastic, whenthey join together in globs, or polymerize.When people eat trans-fatty acids it increasestheir need for EFAs, but unfortunately, thosewho eat high “trans” diets usually get little orno EFAs. So the world is facing a famine rightnow, a famine of EFAs caused not only by theirlack but also the high consumption of “trans”-fatty acids that they gobble down in fast foods,chips, pretzels, margarine, bottled salad oilsand dressings, prepared baked goods madewith shortening. Well, you may be thinking,what’s that got to do with us? We don’t eat anyof those things. This is true to an extent al-though it is good to read labels when you aretraveling and forced to buy on the road, butyou will be hard-pressed to find anything thatpasses for real food out there. It’s true we areway ahead of the SAD (standard Americandiet) which is very sad indeed. But how healthydo we need to be? (To live to 120, to raise the

More on oil... in case you’ve ever wondered...now you’ll know why Ruth doesn’t like to see us frying our sunflower seeds.

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Male Child, to keep warm, tight hands on ourchildren, and to serve our God day and night?)In many of our bodies the damage has alreadybeen done and we are in restoration process.And there are still ways that we destroy EFAsand create “trans” fats.

HIGH HEAT COOKERY This is a subject ofmuch debate and question both in the Edahand in the world. To what temperature can youheat oil before you destroy the delicate EFAs?Should we cook with oils at all? If we do cook,which oils are the best to use? There are manybits and pieces of conflicting information andopinion available, so what are we going to do?

This quote is from a researcher of EFAswho developed a way to photograph the indi-vidual types of fats. She feels it is essential thatWestern man change his eating habits before itis too late. This really spoke to me...” It [thechoice to eat healthy food] is far more impor-tant than many people in the Western worldare willing to admit. It is not those who ac-knowledge this fact who are materialistic intheir way of thinking, but those WHO ARENOT WILLING TO FOREGO SOMETHING, inorder to achieve a far greater goal.” The some-thing they need to forego is their dietary prefer-ences and the far greater goal is optimumhealth. Sometimes we need to retrain ourtastebuds to like what is good for us. Commonsense would teach us to reach for optimumhealth. Let’s say you can judge by the nature ofthe seed plant how to use the oil. A delicateflower like flax? Don’t heat it up. Oil like flaxshould not be used for cooking because of it’shighly reactive nature. (Not to mention thehigh cost.) Sunflower and safflower? You coulduse inside of baked goods or sauces that willnot go much above boiling point, but youwould never fry with them or oil baking sheetsand pans. Olive? This oil is more stable, solidi-fies at a higher temperature, has less EFAs socan go to a higher temperature. (However, highheat WILL destroy the natural vitamin E andchlorophyll in the oil, which are qualities wepay dearly for when we buy extra virgin firstpressed oil.) For sauteing and oiling bakingpans, better to use butter or coconut fat (al-though I’m not sure how this is processed.) The

temperature inside the baked good only goesup to 100° C (212° F), but the temperature ofthe baking pan is the same as frying. 160-220°C The saturated fats, although lacking healthgiving EFAs are more stable and therefore lessdamaged by high temperatures. If you justmust have stir-fries here is the best way: use awok, start with water and add the oil after thewater has reached boiling point. That keeps thetemperature of the oil down. But oil is still bestfor us in the freshest form available, so that is agood thing to remember when planning mealsor cooking.

Some other points: Trans-fatty acids showup in mother’s milk the day after ingesting.

A diet low in EFAs will cause the person toconsume 6x as much food as he needs. He isstarving for EFAs.

Light also destroys oil’s health giving prop-erties, as does oxygen (air). Clear plastic is notan acceptable material in which to store oil.Truly cold-pressed oil should be in opaquecontainers and nitrogen packed to removeoxygen.

It was previously mentioned that we need15-25 grams of fat per day in our diet. Did youever realize that 2 Tablespoons of olive oil is 28grams? Shocking when you consider howmuch oil we actually do consume daily inbaked goods, sauces, creams, mayonnaise, ongrains and bread, etc.

Correction: In the April health article, itshould say ALA is found in PUMPKIN SEEDS,not “pumpkins”. Sorry about that.

Hopefully, we’ll learn more next month.Let’s see... flax seeds, Omega 3 eggs, olive oil....we’ll see! Love to all my friends around thetwelve tribes! SHALOM!

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Next to goat’s milk, yogurt is the next bestthing to have when cow’s milk is all you haveavailable. There are still some misconceptionsabout how to make it, but here isa method we found that keepsthe calcium able to beassimilated and stillprovides a good,creamy, nice yogurt.

First, clean yourbuckets very well so thatany unwanted badbacteria will not have abreeding ground togrow. We use 5-gallonbuckets. Heat your milkto 120 degrees,warmish. If your milkgets a skin on the topyou have overheated it.It does not take long. Wehave often put the flamefairly high because we arebrooding over it, so it does not have anopportunity to burn. Once it has heated to thispoint you can let it cool down on its own or putthe pot in cold water and cool it down to about109 degrees or 110 degrees. It does not take longif you stir it, so watch it. Once it has cooleddown, put it in your bucket. (One time, weaccidentally cooled it down to 105 degrees. Itstarted to incubate once the starter was added at100 degrees, and it turned out beautifully.)

Once it is in the bucket, take a bowl and put a

little of the heated milk in it (a cup or two). Thenput ½ cup of yogurt starter in it (we use store-bought yogurt that has active cultures in it) and

mix well with a smallwhisk or fork. Thenpour it in the big bucketand whisk it really well;

cover with the lid, andwrap it up in a woolblanket.

Most likely, youryogurt will take 5-7 hoursor so. If the temperaturehas gone down to 100degrees it may take 7 or 8hours, but you will findthat it makes beautifulcreamy yogurt. Don’t beafraid of the lowtemperature or the little

yogurt starter. The moreyogurt starter you use, the tarter

(sourer) it gets; and the hotter youmake it, the more whey it has. (Some haveexperimented with using ¼ cup starter for 5gallons and it has worked.) It is a delicate process,but we have found this to be a very good way todo it. And of course, we always pray for ouryogurt. That’s one of the first things anyone evertaught me about cooking.

When it’s ready, put it straight into therefrigerator and enjoy your nice thick, creamyyogurt.

Tamiydah shel Kephir

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(Hypericum perforatum)

St. John’s Wort is such a wonderful plant that our Abba created for us. It growsbountifully here in the Midwest, but it also grows throughout much of the world, possibly in allof our tribes. Around late May, early June (in the U.S.) if you look on dry, dusty and sunnyroadsides and fields, you will notice its bright yellow flowers growing in patches. Its stalksusually stand 1-3 feet tall and they are distinguished by their oval shaped leaves that grow inpairs on opposite sides of the stalks and stems.

After the flowers die, the petals and seedpods turn rustcolor. When you rub the flowers between your fingers a dark

red juice comes out. This oil is the most healing part of theplant, and it can be extracted by soaking the fresh

flowers in olive oil in a clear jar and setting it in thesun for 6 weeks. The oil will turn bright red. The

redder the better.St. John’s Wort oil is so healing and

wonderful for just about every topical ail-ment: burns, cuts, infections, deep wounds,

rashes, blisters, etc. The oil disinfects, speeds uphealing and takes away the pain. Just apply the oil

directly to the burn or clean wound and wrap if necessary.We are thankful for this oil. We use it often.

We also use the leaves and stems from the plantinternally because it is strongly antiviral. This is especiallyhelpful when we are fighting viruses. To make antiviral coldtea, just steep the St. John’s Wort along with other antiviralor immune system boosters like hyssop, echinacea, elderberry,lemon balm or peppermint in hot water for a half an hour.

Porachot shel Ben

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We have been talking a lot about all the goodEFAs and fresh flax oil. But most of us know that toactually get enough flax oil for all of us is notrealistic right now since it is quite expensive. Do wethink our good Abba would tell us something wasgood for us and then keep it out of our reach? Ididn’t think so! Then I found something better yetfor you. No matter how much you pay to get the topof the line fresh pressed oil, you really don’t knowhow fresh it is. But I have found that whole un-treated flax seeds have even other qualities besidesthe oil that are health producing.

Flax has been used for many purposes through-out history. Even the first sails for sail boats weremade of linen. Oh! Did you know that the very sameplant that we get flax seeds and oil from is the oneyou get linen from? That’s why the Latin name forFlax is LINUM USITATISSIMUM, which meanshighly useful!!! It was flax that the spies in Jerichohid under, flax that the woman swept up to find herlost coin, linen which was the fabric of priestlypurity, and LINUM is the etymological source of theword “line.” In Ezekiel the plumb line is referred to“with a line of flax in his hand and a measuringreed.” Ez 40:3

Somehow the use of flax as a staple food hasbeen lost to the memory of North Americans. Thisisn’t too surprising since a lot of other memorieshave been lost also, such as the rich history ofherbal medicine and the knowledge of what goodsalt is. Up until very recently flax was not evenconsidered a food by the FDA since there had notbeen a continuous use, and no studies had beenmade on its safety. It is only since 1982 that a newpopular interest has turned toward flax for its ALAessential fatty acids and even more recently for thebenefits of whole untreated flax seeds. (Which, inaddition to ALA is also high in soluble fiber muci-lage and lignans.) Most of the scientific research,then, has come about in the last decade and a half.The conclusions they have come up with are ratherdisturbing to the financial backers of the research-big companies looking for ways to “improve” theraw material in order to make money. Their goal isto make a lucrative industry around this new “super-food” which has actually been eaten for centuriesbut they can’t seem to formulate a product that

outdoes nature itself. As far as they can tell, themost benefits come from whole, untreated, flaxseeds. Any attempt to refine them and the delicate“living” qualities are destroyed.

Some of the areas where whole flax seeds seemto have beneficial results are the following:

1. Flax seeds have antiestrogenic propertieswhich help women suffering from PMSsymptoms and menopause.

2. They strengthen the immune system.

3. They help with glucose metabolism due tothe slowed absorption of carbohydrates. Inother words, they help people with bloodsugar problems.

4. The soluble fiber and lignans seem to helpprevent and even reverse cancer, especiallybreast cancer and colon cancer.

5. Due to the high content of ALA and also theability to decrease blood cholesterol levelsand LDL(the lethal ones) flax helps reducerisk of heart disease.

6. In cases of kidney disease whole flax seedshave proven more beneficial than flax oil.

7. Consumption of flax seeds seems to blockparasite reproduction in cases of malaria.

Flax seed meal is almost a whole food. Hereare the nutrients :

1. OIL. The oil is 50-60% ALA and 15-25% LAand also contains oleic and saturated fats,lecithin, other phosphatides, pro-vitamin Aand vitamin E.

2. PROTEIN. They have high quality, easilydigestible, complete protein, including allthe essential amino acids, includinghistidine, which is essential only for infants.

3 FIBER. They contain soluble and insolublefiber. This is important for healthy intesti-nal bacteria as it sweeps clean, prevents

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cholesterol from being reabsorbed into thebloodstream. It softens the stool, preventsconstipation and maintains regularity.

4. MUCILAGE. The best natural laxativeavailable. It soothes and protects delicatestomach and intestinal lining, absorbswater (why you need to drink 5x theamount of water with it), and it stabilizesand modulates blood glucose.

5. MINERALS. They contain all the major andminor minerals with the possible exceptionof selenium and vanadium. (But this couldjust be due to the soil the sample wasgrown in.)

6. VITAMINS. Contains vitamin E, pro-vitaminA, vitamin D, B1, B2, and C.

There ARE side effects to eating flax, such assofter, smoother skin, healing of dry flakiness andskin lesions and thicker, fuller hair! Others havefound help for depression, schizophrenia, rheuma-toid arthritis, “easy bruising”, a reduction in sunsensitivity, improved cold tolerance, increasedintestinal flora, lessening of fatigue, and a feeling oflightness and well-being.

Well, you may be saying, “Sure. Sounds likeanother one of those modern cure-alls!” But thereactually is a very basic reason why flax seed effectsso many very diverse symptoms.

Two of the main elements in the tiny seed alsohappen to be two essential ingredients in humannutrition which up till recently weren’t even consid-ered essential, that is, they must be gotten fromdaily food intake. One is ALA Omega 3 oil whichwe have been learning about. The other is fiber. Atype of fiber recently discovered is lignans which aresaid to prevent cancer, kidney disease and othermaladies. Lignans and ALA are higher levels in flaxseeds than in any other food presently available tous. Since we are presently unable to press our ownfresh flax oil, I would recommend flax seed. It isSO, SO good for us and it tastes good, too, ifproperly prepared.

Here are a few suggestions on preparing flax:

1. Grind the flax seed fresh, within 20 minutesof consumption in a coffee or seed grinderor a blender. This means you are getting thefreshest Omega 3 oil available. Anav ofPalenville suggests we soak the seedsovernight and blend them into drinks orsalad dressing to make LIVE oil. I havetried this in my goat’s milk with carob and

it made it like a thick milkshake. (Yum!)Don’t leave the ground flax sitting aroundas the oil will go rancid. If your flax has abitter, acrid or biting (burns your throat)taste don’t eat it. It has gone bad.

2. About ¼ cup of flax seed = 1 Tablespoon offlax oil. 50-100gms per day is considered agood amount. As with anything you can gettoo much of a good thing. Depending onyour need and your body weight you mayneed between 1 Tablespoon to ½ cup perday. For example, I use about a quarter cupand my husband about ½ a cup. A goodrule to judge by is your regularity.

3. To make it more palatable since it is quitedry, we mix it with honey. We also put alittle celtic salt right in the grinder with theseeds. You can also mix it with yogurt, oradd anything you like: chopped nuts, freshfruit, dried fruit, vanilla, cinnamon, add toyour grain or granola. When you mix itwith honey the honey prevents oxidation soit won’t go rancid as quickly. According torecent research, flax meal can be groundinto flour and added to bread or muffinswithout losing any of its nutritional proper-ties. In bread extra gluten or high glutenflour is required to make up for the extrafiber. I haven’t tried this, but if anyonewould like to experiment I have recipes.We’d like to hear about it.

There has been some concern in certain booksexpressed about eating too much flax seed, but Idiscovered the main researcher, a wonderful 80 yearold man who wrote me a personal letter. Hereassured me that the deficiencies he found were inbaby chicks under 2 weeks of age. In humans therehave been no signs of flax blocking nutrient absorp-tion. I believe him since he says he was the originalpublisher of the information the others are basingtheir warnings on. Also, after two weeks you CANfeed flax seeds to your chickens and they willproduce eggs and meat high in Omega 3 and low incholesterol. You can add flax to their feed at a rateof 10-20%.

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A number of people have been asking me tosimplify what has been said so far, so here it goes:

1. OIL IS A PERISHABLE SUBSTANCE like milkand meat and needs to be eaten in thefreshest possible state. This may often bethe nut or seed itself, or cold-pressed seedoils produced in the absence of light, heat,or air.

2. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FATS.Some will make you more healthy, some aredestructive. As a people we need to chooseOPTIMUM HEALTH and not our fleshlytastes. We can actually train ourselves toLIKE things that are good for us, and HATEthings that are bad for us.

3. TRULY COLD-PRESSED SEED OILS, IN THEFRESHEST STATE POSSIBLE, AND VIRGINOLIVE OIL ARE BEST. Farm butter is alsogood IN SMALL AMOUNTS. Store-boughtbutter, however, is a concentrated form ofthe milk it came from. Since commercialdairy products are full of antibiotics, hor-mones, and other bad substances, the bestbutter would be homemade, farm freshbutter from our own cows. Unpasteurizedfresh butter from cows that graze in greenpastures is actually quite good for us,especially for growing children.

4. THE PERFECT SOLUTION TO OILINGPANS? For now, I don’t have one. Thetemperature on bread pans and bakingsheets reaches the same height as frying.Butter is the most stable at high tempera-tures, but is expensive and hard to get fresh.Coconut oil is also stable, however commer-cial coconut oil is highly refined. Bakingsheet papers help in some cases. Inside thebread or cake we can use fresh oils becausethe temperature remains at a safe level.

5. WE ONLY NEED A SMALL AMOUNT OF OILPER DAY. As ex-Americans, and possibly insome of the other tribes as well, we use anoverabundance of fats. We really need very

little. The best amount will vary from personto person depending on their stage of lifeand activity, but in general it will be aboutLA 11 grams per day, 5 grams in a teaspoon,14 grams in a tablespoon; ALA 4.5 gramsper day, 28 grams in an ounce. An ounce toan ounce and a half of oil (about 30 to 45grams) a day is probably enough for most ofus. We want the LA and ALA in a proportionof 1 to 3 so that would roughly translate toa teaspoon of flax oil to a tablespoon ofsafflower or sunflower. Or we could eat flaxseeds and sesame or sunflower and have atablespoon of olive oil. We CAN use higheramounts of flax for therapeutic conditions,but not exclusively for more than sixmonths. I’m not suggesting that we befanatic, measuring our oil, I’m just saying weprobably use much more than this daily. Ithas been shown to be especially harmful toeat large amounts of Omega 6 oils such assafflower, sunflower, sesame, and soybeanoil. These should be used in small amountsin the ratio of 3 to 1 with omega 3 oils.

6. HEAT, LIGHT, AND AIR DESTROY FRESHOILS. Light is the #1 enemy. EFA containingoils should be in opaque (light-proof)containers. High heat, such as you encounterin frying or on baking pans also is destruc-tive. That brown, oily crust that most of uslove the taste of is bad fat. Anything with airforced into it (oxidized), or hydrogen forcedinto it (hydrogenated) is very bad. Unfortu-nately, this includes mayonnaise since air isforced into the oil in the blender. We need tomove towards more nutritious spreads suchas tofu mayo, bean spreads (chic peas,lentils included), and nut and seed butters.(Peanut is not very nutritious.)

7. THE BEST WAY TO COOK AN EGG IS TOBOIL IT IN THE SHELL. Egg yolks have EFAsin them, especially if they are free-runningchickens who eat insects and greens. Scram-bling and frying is not good, since it oxidizesthe oils.

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8. COOK OUR GOOD OILY FISH GENTLY. Itshould never be butter-fried or grilled over“charcoal” but can be grilled over the openflames like our Master did after the woodhas burned down to glowing embers.Cutting the skin open as little as possible toclean the fish and leaving the head on willminimize the escape of the precious oil. Ifthe oil is dripping into the fire it is a loss tous. The oils in fish (EPA and DHA) last twoweeks in our bodies so it would be ideal tohave fish at least every other week.

9. PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN HAVEA SPECIAL NEED FOR EFAS. The developinginfant needs an abundant supply for growingbrain and nervous system and also toprotect them from future food allergies. Thiscan come from a mixture of seeds or seedoils as in #5. Don’t overdo it though. Oliveoil is good but can’t be used exclusively.

10. ONE LAST THING… SUGAR. Any kind ofsugar, including honey, maple syrup, molas-ses and raw sugar are turned into fats in ourbodies. Sugar is turned into fat in our body,but the fat can’t be turned back into sugar. Itcan only be burned off in activity. The sugarfloods our bloodstream, and being concen-trated, our body quickly turns it into fat,then we are left feeling hungry and weakagain. So we overeat and get even fatter, allthe while feeling like we are starving. Anexcess of sweets interferes with EFA metabo-lism. Low blood sugar complaints seem tobe one of the most common among us.Later, this can turn to type 2 diabetes. Wereally need a very small amount of sugar sobe careful, especially of “hidden” sweets likemate and other teas. Honey is good my son,but watch out!

Our Abba wants us to live long, healthy,productive lives. For years He has been leading usto a healthy diet and way of life, making up forthe years the locusts ate away. We’ve come a longway since fried ham and egg sandwiches on whitebread. But He’s not done with us yet… it’s timeto CUT THE FAT!

IN CONCLUSION

That precious oil…

When you squeeze an olive or a seed hardenough, it’s very essence comes out… thatprecious oil. Like the oil of the anointing we mustuse it while it is fresh. Every morning and eveningour Abba pours out His fresh oil upon us, renew-ing our life force. Don’t ever let it go rancid, butapply it to your life right away. If we don’t use itwhile it is fresh it becomes worthless and evendangerous to our well-being. But fresh, it gives uslife and vitality. It gets the fire of life going andkeeps it going. It’s delicate fragrance and fruity ornutty flavor is delightful. It is vital, health-producing, light producing. It keeps us from beingheavy and weighed down.

That oil is actually stored light energyfrom the sun (or Son) that is concentrated andprotected in the seed until it is time for the oil tobe poured out. Life itself depends on this vibrantlight energy. But there is another kind of fat, abad fat, which is worth nothing to our body, butneeds to be cut off and burned up. If we do this itis a pleasant aroma to our God. Every minchahwe should do an inspection, like the priests of oldand CUT THE FAT. This kind of fat clogs us up,fattens us, weighs us down. It takes away ourvitality and even clogs up our ears until we can’thear and our eyes until we no longer see (Isa 6:9-10). It makes us dull, slow, lazy, idle, draggingaround without vitality. Eventually, if we continueto eat this kind of fat it will encase our heart, clogup our arteries and we will keel over dead likeEli, the high priest of old, who fell over deadbecause of the years of accumulated fat that herefused to cut off. But the living, fresh, preciousoil of the Anointing cleanses the body of thoselayers of old hardened fat that have accumulatedover the years. It’s the ONLY thing that will washit out of our system.

I hope this has answered some of ourquestions about oils. There is still much to learn.Let’s remember to share what our Father gives us!Much love to all my friends in the twelve tribes!

Ruth shel Asuryah

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The following comes from our dear friend, AhavahShuah, of the tribe of Shimone where olive oilabounds!

Cold pressed virgin olive oil is a gift of theMediterranean diet. If it is not labeled “virgin” or“extra virgin,” it is not cold-pressed or of high quality.We know that the oil which is labeled “extra-virgin” isof the first pressing and of the highest quality. This oilhas been known for centuries to have health-givingproperties. It has been commonly known to be goodfor skin and hair, but it also has many other goodproperties.It is a medicine for your heart – a protector. It alsoprotects us against mutagens –substances whichdestroy our genetic material, like radiation orchemicals. This is due to the high proportion ofmonounsaturated oleic acid in this excellent oil(82%). Oleic acid increases the proportion of goodcholesterol – HDL – and hinders the production of badcholesterol – LDL. Olive oil also stimulates your gallbladder and avoids the formation of stones. It hastraditionally been used to cleanse and heal all types ofliver problems. It contains antioxidants such asvitamin E which are very good for your skin and tokeep the free radicals under control. Those freeradicals are responsible for the aging process. (Freeradicals are loose electrons looking for a partner. Theyalways occur naturally, but should be kept undercontrol by “antioxidants.” If there are no antioxidantsavailable they can become destructive to our cells.Antioxidants are vitamins and minerals that slowdown the oxidation process. Life itself is a constantstruggle between the pro-oxidants and theantioxidants. We need the right kind of both in theright balance.)

One tablespoon of olive oil in the morningbefore breakfast is a good laxative. It increasesintestinal secretions when used as an enema. It is usedto get rid of pinworms after a garlic intake beforebreakfast; garlic “puts them to sleep” and the wormslet go their grip. Latest research points to olive oil asdecreasing the risk of breast cancer and other cancers.It’s contents of beneficial plant substances(phytosterols) are remarkable. It is these plantsubstances that give olive oil its health-givingproperties. Many of them haven’t even been studiedyet, but we know that our Abba put them there for agood reason.

Olive oil is an antidote in case of phosphorusintoxication. It actively helps fight whooping coughdue to it’s high percentage of vitamin E. It is aliniment for burns. If you get a wound or bumpyourself, place a piece of cloth with olive oil on thewound and leave it for as long as you can. Often youwill hardly see a bruise and the wounds heal so muchfaster. We make our Hipericum (St. John’s Wort) oilwith olive oil, as well as our comfrey cream.

An olive has an average of 40-60% oil. Firstpressure virgin oil or cold pressed virgin oil smellssweet and has a yellowish color that ranges to dungreen depending on the variety of the olive tree. Thecold pressed virgin oil is the most beneficial to ourhealth as part of our diet or as a cosmetic. All otheroils extracted by chemical means should actually beused only for industrial purposes, but there is a lot ofadulteration due to the greed of man.

Once we visited a mill in Tarragona, Spain. Itconsisted of a pretty simple setup. The olives werespread on round mats and the mats piled up. It lookedlike a cylindrical tower of mats. Then the press camedown and squeezed the tower of olives. Under thisgreat pressure the rich juice of the olives flow down toa system of pools connected to one another. The oilfloats and the water and solids stay underneath, thenas one pool fills up the oil on top overflows and poursoff into the next pool. In this second pool the oil getspurer as more deposits sit at the bottom while the oilon top keeps moving forward to the next pool. This ishow cold pressed olive oil is decanted in a traditionalmill.

Virgin olive oil is presently the ONLYcommercially available oil which is good for us.Although it does not have many EFAs, it is the othercomponents in the oil that make up its health givingproperties. It is rich in chlorophyll (which containsmagnesium), vitamin E, and phytosterols; plantsubstances that increase our health and protect ourcells. It is a good choice in oil as long as we aregetting a supply of essential fatty acids (ALA and LA)from other sources in the right proportion. And weneed to keep our consumption to a minimum since itcan be fattening.

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PPPPPLLLLL ANANANANANTTTTTAINAINAINAINAIN Someone once said that if they were stranded

on a desert island and could only have one herbplantain would be it. It has many uses. It wouldprobably already be growing there, as it’s manyspecies are very common. Plantain grows in yardsand fields and is similar to dandelion in size and thefact that the leaves all grow from a common center.The leaves are darker green, smooth on the edgesand ribbed with thick veins. Narrow leafed plantainhas long, narrow, lance shaped leaves and is flat, notglossy, while broad leafed plantain have short, roundor oval shaped leaves that are usually somewhatglossy. These are the most common species in NorthAmerica and possibly the Northern Hemisphere andthere are others in the south. (For those who live inthe south it is not the banana.)

Plantain is very effective, and available, to relievethe pain, inflammation and itching caused by insectbites and stings. Collect a handful of fresh leaves, justlook down, they’re probably at your feet, and rollthem between your hands like a ball, or roll themwith a rolling pin or jar or chew them... until the juicecomes out and apply the juice directly to the affectedarea. It often brings relief instantly but if the pain oritching continue wait a few minutes and reapply.

For more serious bites, like the brown recluse,bruise the leaves with a rolling pin (improvised orotherwise) and tie the flat bruised juicy leavesdirectly to the bite tying them on with a clean cloth.

Apply fresh poultices every few hours until redness,swelling and ulceration are gone. For bites like thesediligence is essential and the poultice needs to beapplied continuously.

It is good for minor bites when steeped in oliveoil or thickened with beeswax for salve. It can be hotsteeped quickly or sun steeped for several weeks.The oil or salve is also good for minor cuts andscratches and the oil can be used for earachesthough it is best steeped with mullein flowers whenused for that purpose. The fresh juice can also beused directly for earaches where the eardrum isintact. And the fresh juice is also effective at stoppingbleeding though its effectiveness seems to dependsomewhat on the time of year it is picked. Thetannins increase as the season progresses. Since theyare astringent they are also helpful for relievingdiarrhea taken as a tea.

Plantain is also an expectorant and can be madeinto a tea for coughs, earaches, headaches and otherproblems that arise from mucous congestion in thesinuses or lungs. We have found it most effective incombination with other expectorant herbs likemullein, red clover, yarrow, St. Johnwort and goldenrod. These are just some of the uses of this simpleweed. It’s amazing that a plant can be so useful andso common at the same time. It truly shows the careour Father has towards man. We are thankful for hisprovision.

Shalom Ben and Porachat

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HHHHHeeeeealalalalalttttth Nh Nh Nh Nh NooooottttteeeeesssssSleep – the Stress Eraser

All humans deal with various stimulus ofstress each day. Our Father created us in amost amazing way able to cope with ourenvironment. Stress comes out of ourenvironment and effects us every day.Where does it come from? You might besurprised. A sudden noise, a conversationthat becomes difficult for you, excessiveheat or excessive cold, laughter, joy, sorrowand sadness all can create stress. Our veryown words and thoughts create stress forus. In the course of a day stress isregistered upon our nervous system. It is asif it makes a mark and that mark depletes usof a capacity to perform at our optimum.This is evidenced by our inability to copewith a situation or our feelings of tirednessin the evening and also an indicator forthose who experience extreme tiredness inthe middle of the day.

There are a number of theories of howmuch sleep a person needs, but there isone factor that is absolutely certain: thenervous system cannot function optimallywhen the mind and body are deprived ofsleep. One reason for this is during thewakeful hours the cells of the tissuesbecome tired because of the complexbiochemical changes taking place in cellularrespiration (that is the “work” taking place inthe cell).

We marvel at how majestic our God is,the creator of all. He created man soefficiently. The mark received in the cellsfrom stress in the day can be removed bysleep at night. Sleep is a stress eraser.Much in the same way that a pencil willmake a mark on paper and the eraser canremove that mark making it completelydisappear and the paper clear. Think for a

moment. Have you ever gone to bed atnight and the problems of the day are like agiant mountain looming over you. Have youever drifted off to sleep not knowing howyou will face the troubles of the next day?Then, after a night’s sleep you awake in themorning and the mountain is gone and theproblems of the previous day aresurmountable. This is the work of sleep, thestress eraser. Through sleep the cells canbe restored to their normal ability to functionat their optimum. However, the individualmust have received adequate water (that ishalf your body weight in liquid ounces perday) and nutrition so that the tired cells havefully available the nutritional bio-nutrientsnecessary to chemically service and repairthese cells during sleep.

If a person awakens refreshed and eagerto cry out to our Abba and embrace the day,he does so because he has had enoughsleep and adequate nutrition to put theirnervous system back into good workingorder.

On the other hand, if a person can hardlydrag themselves out of bed and at thatmoment would give anything if he could justgo back to sleep, this is a clear indicator thatthe person’s brain and body have not beenadequately restored through nutrition andsleep to be able to function normally.

It should be that our normal functionwould be our optimal level of performance.That is we would be at our very best everyday to serve our Master.

How many people drag themselvesthrough weary hours, day after tired day? Ihear this complaint often. Some with adimmed level of awareness having the goalto stay up and do more to get more done.

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This is a real distortion. An enervation thatrobs our vigor. They drink strong mate, cupafter cup, skipping their glasses of water.This only facilitates greater dehydration.Dehydration is a major contributing factor tocreating biochemical stress that registersonto the nervous system.

It is important to understand that stress iscumulative. Stress is registered onto ournervous system and upon the cells of thetissues on a daily basis. If we did not haveadequate nutrition or enough sleep the nightbefore, our sleep will not remove all thestress and we will start off at a higherbaseline level of stress than we did the daybefore. If adequate nutrition and sleep arenot employed on a daily basis, this personwill find themselves with less grace. Thiscan build in a negative way day after day,week after week, month after month. Thenwith a weakened immune system diseasesets in. It is at the cellular level that alldisease begins. In one single oxygendeprived cell begins the cascade of disease.

Optimum performance, clarity of mindand the overall feeling of well being aredependent on our sins being confessed,adequate nutrition, appropriate exercise andsufficient sleep. As we encounter increasedphysical and mental demands, both ournutritional needs and our requirements fortissue (cellular) repair proportionatelyincrease as well. It is all weighed in thebalance. Energy output must be met bynutritional biochemical supply and asufficiently allotted time of (Sleep) in whichthe body can restore itself to its optimal levelof functioning.

In terms of our daily lives this simplymeans our nutrition and sleep mustcompletely compensate for everything wedo if we are to maintain the same level ofperformance day after day. Not only shouldwe be able to maintain at an optimum level,but also the long-term effect will actuallyincrease our basic level of health andgradually bring healing to damage done in

the past. Understanding this brings light tothose who sleep a full eight hours andshuffle through the day dulled in their mindsand bodies. Some who sleep ten hoursalthough seemingly having received morethan enough sleep suffer significantlythroughout the day. Some can becomecondemned in their thoughts, confused bytheir condition. Consequently, on anutritionally sufficient diet that same personcould feel great, functioning at their optimumand only require seven hours of sleep.

The anointing has taught us about foodand our Father is faithful to supply our dailybread. Just remember lots of freshvegetables, fruits and whole grains. Allthings in moderation. Not to much honey orcakes. Too much carbohydrate keeps yourinsulin level high, leaving you feeling tiredand worn out and gaining weight. Sproutedlentils and chickpeas along with a little tahinion our grain is just one way to provide moreenergy for the day. Cooks, utilize variety andyou will better supply the nutritional needs ofour people.

Eliezer

Eliezer will be providing us with insightsinto our health from now on. If you haveany input for him or topics you would liketo see covered, you can write him at JogRun Farm in Florida.

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Ground IvyThis low-growing ground cover is a member of the mint family. It has violetcolored flowers and can often be found growing in lawns. Ground Ivy some-times has a purple tint to it’s leaves and, like all members of the mint family,has a purple stem. The above ground parts picked in the spring and summer

are helpful mixed with other herbs for sinus and lung problems due to conges-tion including coughs, asthma and congestion in the ear. It also has a veryspecial use for mothers during childbirth for which it is most effective. It’s

action is similar to but, perhaps, more effective than Shepherd’s Purse.Todah Abba!

Ben and Porachat

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As we move toward the winter sol-stice, the shortest day of the year, our day-light hours are shortened, so lets be wise andtake full advantage of the health that comesfrom the sun in the form of light and energy.For the tribes located in the Northern Hemi-sphere our days are getting shorter andshorter until we reach that shortest day ofthe year, December 21, when the earth, tiltedon its axis, places our continents tilted awayfrom the sun. People in the northern-mostlatitudes actually have night for a durationof several months. These most northernlocations are also known as the land of themidnight sun because, in the summermonths, the same tilt that keeps them indarkness all winter long, also keeps them inthe sunlight throughout the summer. For those living in North Americaand Europe, the shortened winter days withtheir cold winds, cloudy skies, icy walkwaysand flying, mounting snow means less timeoutdoors for many. In view of this let’s con-sider Ecclesiastes 11:7, it says: “Truly thelight is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyesto see the sun.”

This command is very important toreceive if we want to keep ourselves freefrom depression, sickness and disease. It isnow known in the scientific circles howimportant it is for the eyes to be exposed toreflected sunlight. It still remains true that itis harmful to the eye to look directly at the

sun, but to receive reflected sunlight into theeye helps all body functions. There is amessaging communication by the vibrationof wavelengths of light reflecting onto theretina of the eye which directly communi-cates to the pineal gland, which is a mastercontrol center governing many importantbodily functions. The pineal gland does notfunction properly when deprived of light.But exposure to daylight, natural sunlight,has successfully reestablished the body’snatural rhythm for those who, throughignorance, deprived themselves of this natu-ral provision.

The body’s circadian 1 rhythm – itsinner clock – is regulated by the pinealgland, which is affected by the absence orpresence of full spectrum lighting. Thepineal gland, tucked away in the middle ofthe brain, is now found to be responsible forcontrolling very important bodily functionssuch as hormone 2 production, body tem-perature, and the timing of sleep. Untilrecent years medical schools taught that thepineal gland was considered a useless littlegland tucked away in the brain. Distur-bances in the circadian rhythm can lead todepression as well as insomnia and othersleep disorders.

Without the wavelengths of full spec-trum light from the sun reflecting onto theretina, the body can not absorb certain

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nutrients. Inadequate exposure to properlight can contribute to or worsen such condi-tions and illnesses as hair loss, poor finger-nail growth, tooth enamel deficiency, depres-sion, stroke, suppressed immune function,cancer, hyperactivity, osteoporosis andAlzheimer’s disease. Ecclesiastes 11:7 says “Truly the lightis sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to seethe sun.” So it is good for the eyes to see thesun. But here in the north what can we do?Our Father thinks of everything and he hasmade provisions for us ever since the fall.Can you think of what His provision is? Howcan we increase the amount of reflectedsunlight onto the retina of the eye duringthese short winter days? With shortenedhours of sunlight we need to get more lightto make up for the lack of daylight. Haveyou thought of it yet? Do you know what Hisprovision is? It is white, and bright, andcold… it’s snow. Yes, the wonderful whitestuff that transforms a gray dark gloomyland into a winter wonderland. When thathappens, get out in that snow. Go for walkswhen the sun is shining. Even when the sunis not shining, the snow reflects the daylightonto the retina of the eye. And whateveryou do, do not put sunglasses on. Once youstep outside into the bright winter day, itmay seem hostile to the eye. Be patient.Take a moment or two to give thanks to ourFather for a beautiful day. Do this as youlook from the shadows into the daylight.Your eyes will adjust and be strengthened indoing so. Since these facts about sunlighthave been discovered, people are going toexpensive doctors to sit in front of speciallamps to get their “bright light therapies” tocombat the winter time blues and otherdegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, theyput on their sunglasses and drive to thedoctors and then leave the doctor’s officeafter their light treatment, don their tintedglass spectacles, and drive home to theirdarkened dwelling places. How sad it all is:SAD (seasonal affective disorder). It has

been many years since we heard about notwearing sunglasses, so in obedience wesimply received it. I think most of us did notunderstand the great significance of notshielding our eyes from the sun. But thenwe do not have to understand all things inorder to obey. So for all of you who receivedthat word, count yourself blessed.

Long, long ago our father made itsimple and clear that it is good for our eyesto see the sun. It not only nourishes thepineal gland, which then affects the wholebody, but also strengthens the eye supportinggood eyesight.

We see it again; fallen man with hisgreat technological advances has only con-firmed what our father communicated to hispeople long ago. They say, “We have nowdetermined that sunlight in the eye is impor-tant to maintain good health and preventdisease.” It is like they discovered some-thing new and great… something that ourpeople have known for thousands of years.

For our tribes in the Southern Hemi-sphere, Asher, Naphtali and Issachar, theheight of summer will be soon here So justkeep this in mind as your fall season comes,and you approach the shortened daylighthours next June.

Eliezer

1 Circadian (sir”-ka-di-an) Pertaining tobiological and physiological events whichoccur in the human body at approximate 24hour intervals, such as biological rhythms.

2 Note that hormonal production controlsmany factors of our health. Premenstrual,menstrual, pre-menopausal, menopausal andpostmenopausal disturbances n woman anddeficient androgenic levels in men are com-monly experienced by to many people.

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A few simple examples of potentialenergy. Water is an amazing substance.Picture in your mind a small lake, say fourbillion gallons (16 billion liters) of water(maybe the size of Island Pond). This sta-tionary body of water has potential energyeven though it weighs over 32 billion pounds(1 gallon (4L) of water weighs 8 pounds(3.15 kg). This beautiful lake you can swimin, sail on it, and even drink it if it is clean.But take this same amount of water during ahurricane, and stand that water up 50 feet(15.5 m) tall as a tidal wave sometimes doesand this same 32 billion pounds of waterthat was so pleasant as the gentle lake nowtakes on a different form of energy calledkinetic energy, or energy in motion. Thatsame water is now able to crush and destroy

everything in its path. This sameamount of water passes overNiagra Falls every day but is notdestructive, but quite useful. Thismass of water potential is able toturn huge turbines able to producemillions of volts of electricityuseful to hundreds of thousands ofpeople each day. Our potentialenergy, or gifts, can be a tremen-dous blessing or very destructiveforce, depending on whether theyare properly used and placed inthe body.

Kinetic energy or an object likea flywheel in motion has thepotential to turn a windmill, woodchipper, generator, or propellershaft for example. But this powermust go through a transmission in

order for it to be engaged. Our gifts must gothrough our shepherds who engage brothersand sisters in the works they were created todo. Engines large or small are very useful,like an engine in a car, but are rendereduseless if that potential and kinetic energy isnot in gear. A car left in neutral will idle fordays and days using up fuel, but will neverleave the parking lot. I wonder if there arepeople in the body that haven’t left theparking lot yet.

These are very simple examples. I hopethey give you a little help to understandabout potential and kinetic energy. Its vast! Iknow we have even more potential than anybody of water or the largest engine on earth.We have the potential to create! What aprecious gift from our Abba.

Nehemiah

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There are so many concepts about health inthe world today, and so much contradictoryinformation. As in all areas of our life, we seethat true wisdom will only come from our Abbaas He reveals His mind to us. We must receivethe wisdom that comes from above tounderstand His mind and to put away all theremedies and so called cures that only lead fromone product to the other. All through the agesthe Mountebanks and Charlatans have heraldedtheir claims, peddled their snake venom andmiracle cures, preying on the ill to fatten theirown pocket book. Today, more than ever before,there are more products to treat every disorderunder the sun. Each day a new product entersthe market touted by sophisticated advertisingaimed at educating the public to show them thatthey must have this new cure-all. How do wesort through all of this? In all our pursuits ofhealth matters, one thing we continue to see isthe amazing provision we have in theScriptures. The Scriptures serve as an objectiveauthority for judging the things we hear. Overand over our Master exhorted the disciples tonot break the scriptures. It is amazing how truethis proves to be, especially in the area of health.There are many examples of this that we haveseen already. Salt is one. When all of the greatminds of the world were saying not to eat salt,long ago our Father made it clear that salt isgood for us. Now we know that salt itself wasnot the problem but it was man’s abusiveprocessing of salt. By isolating sodium chlorideand tantalizing the public with careless ease“When it rains it pours,” the lives of a multitudehave been lost. Sodium Chloride, isolated fromthe other eighty-five minerals contained in realsea salt, by itself in concentration, is poisonousto man. Similar atrocities exist with dairyproducts, meat, fish, oil, honey and even water.It is true, as these foods are sold to us from theworld they can be dangerous to our health. Butthe problem is not the food itself but ratherwhat fallen man has done to them to mass-produce them to make them last longer on the

supermarket shelf. Most processed foods are allthe same, whether they are deceptively labelednatural foods sold in the health food stores orthe ones sold in the big grocery markets. Try tofind a packaged product that is not pasteurized,homogenized or hydrogenated. Of theseproducts they may even say organic and we willnot see listed on the labeling preservatives andcolors, but not all the additives can possibly bewritten. Growth hormone and antibioticsinjected into meat, dairy animals and plantsmay be present in meat, milk and vegetableproducts but you would never know it until yousuffer the heath ravage they cause and thenpeople can not figure out why they have badhealth. What can be the answer? How will weever survive? It is everywhere and there isalmost nothing left that is pure and notgenetically modified. But look now. Listen, thereis a people being created, a Royal Priesthood,that Holy set apart Nation of Daniel 2:44. Theonly way we will be spared the plagues of thenations is that we now emerge as that HolyNation. A completely self-sufficient nation whogrow all our own grain, vegetables andlegumes, mill our own flours and press our ownnew oil, raise our own meat and produce ourown dairy products. Yes, it has to happen. Thefaithful and diligent will bring it about only bythe grace that He supplies, only by crying outevery morning and night. So let us rise to thecall and do our part to develop the productionof all our own foods, foods rich in vitamins,minerals and enzymes, foods providing us withall the essential amino and fatty acids, foodsthat supply all our daily requirements ofnutrition, foods that are rich in the healthybacteria that keep our intestinal tracts in primecondition affording us all with optimal health.Pray for the wisdom that comes from above andyou will be creative to provide your householdswith pure undefiled foods. Let us be that Nationthat astounds the world as we bring glory to theone who is saving us from all the ways of theworld, even her plagues.

Eliezer

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This light green fuzzy plant with thebright yellow flowers is Mullein. Inthe summer when the plant is floweringwe pick the blossoms and soak them inolive oil for earaches. We harvestthe leaves for expectorant tea mix.Mullein helps drain congestion fromyour head and chest (which also

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Health ConcernsThe health council at the Jog Run Farm benefited much from the recent

InterTribal meeting on board Beulah this month. Much was spoken to keep us inthe way of our Father as we grow in Him and become His Holy set apart nation.

Our Father spoke to us about the laying on of hands to bring healing andhow this gift of healing comes to us through the hands that are laid on the sick.Where there are two or more gathered to pray for a sick person then thecompassion that flows will be a pure compassion with no temptation in any oneperson to take the glory to himself. Who is so spiritual that their head would notpuff up in pride if all the sick came to him and he lay his hands on them and theyare healed? This would give the glory to a man and not our Abba. As if that manhad some special power. Well, we learned that a man can have a special powerbut that power is not of our Father and they will stand before him on that day andsay, “Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons, healedthe sick and performed great miracles all in your name.” Matt. 7:22 says, “I willdeclare to them I never knew you. Depart from me you who worked iniquity.”

If two or more are gathered and through the laying on of hands in prayer asick person is healed, then the sick person’s healing will not be attached to a manbut rather to our God who deserves all the glory when any one of us is healed. Allthe glory will go to him and those who seek no glory for themselves will not fall intotemptation.

So in these ways and in all of our ways may all the glory go to our Father.It is so clear how the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one. We are theonly ones who are set free from his power, but that is only if we cling to our MasterYahshua and His Anointing.

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�������While often cultivated in other areas,in Manasseh this wonderful plant withpurple flowers grows as a native wildflower(weed). It is commonly called “Purple Cone-flower” for the cone-shaped seed heads thatturn brown as they ripen. The root, leavesand seeds can all be used to strengthen thebody’s immune system to fight off infection.It seems most effective as a preventative,taken at the first signs ofan illness.

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It’s such a nice celebration food. When you smellthat nice aroma it makes you feel good. It drawspeople together. That smell makes you knowsomething special must be happening. But, sometimeswe find it on our menu. Popcorn for lunch? Popcornmight fill your plate, but it doesn’t fill you up. It’sokay, but not what we would build our daily meal upon.We need good “nourishing” food. Instead of usingpopcorn for lunch, have a nutritious rice salad! Haveyour menu sprinkled with foods that will fight thelatest virus! But even though popcorn may be niceoccasionally, watch out for those hard kernels thatbreak your teeth. Ummmm…. I think I’ll have somecarrot sticks today.

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Proverbs 24:13 & 14 – “My son eat honey because it isgood and the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste. Soshall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul. If you havefound it, there is a prospect and your hope will not be cutoff.”

Years ago our Father began speaking to us about thedangers of eating white sugar, and we found appropriatenatural sugars to replace it with, like honey, molasses,maple syrup and other natural sweeteners. But even goodthings taken in excess become harmful. Our Father hasclearly told us this from the beginning as well. Honey isgood, but it is a highly concentrated form of sweetener andenters the blood stream quickly. As a people, we use a lotof honey; morning vinnie & mate, individual cups of teahere and there, mate at work, weekend desserts, familynight desserts, celebration treats, sweet breakfasts, cookiesyou share with friends, etc. When you look at itobjectively, we end up eating lots of sweets. For mostpeople, eating this much sweetener is bad. If done for manyyears, as is common with children raised in a diet of sugarsand carbohydrates, diabetes can result. In America, thisabnormality is growing quickly, because of poor dietchoices. The need to produce insulin to deal with the sugarwears out the pancreas and slows or even stops its abilityto produce insulin. The blood is then flooded with sugarsthat become toxic agents in your body called ketones anddeath eventually occurs.

Insulin is a powerful hormone. It is necessary for life itself,and if your body is unable to produce it, you must takeshots of insulin made from animals. Insulin is also a storagehormone.

Carbohydrates are what the body needs to make fuel.Grains, fruit, vegetables, are all carbohydrates and areconverted by hormones in the body to forms of sugar thatthe body uses as fuel. Glycogen is the sugar that mostcarbohydrates and sweeteners are converted to. Grains,breads, pasta and sugars are quickly converted toglycogen and enter the blood stream much faster than theother types of carbohydrates (i.e. fruits and vegetables.The body requires a constant supply of carbohydrates tofeed the brain and other tissues. The brain requires more ofthis fuel than any other organ. But only a certain amount ofcarbohydrates can actually be used by the body at onetime. Two or three hundred grams is sufficient. (Wegenerally eat many more times this amount at each meal).Any carbohydrates not immediately used by the body willbe stored in the form of glycogen. The body has twoplaces to store glycogen, the liver and the muscles, andthey fill up quickly. The glycogen is converted to glucosewhen the body needs fuel, and this happens constantly.But there is always a storehouse of glycogen to meet thisneed. Any glycogen that is not needed is stored in the

liver, or muscles, and once those two places are full, theexcess is converted to fat to be stored for later use.

Insulin lowers the level of blood glucose, but byconverting and storing the excess. When we eat too manycarbohydrates and sweets, we essentially send a messageto the body that says “store fat.” Increased insulin levelssay “keep the fat,” so your body is unable to convert thestored fat into glycogen to be burned as fuel. You thencrave more sweets and carbohydrates, because of theelevated insulin level in your blood. It becomes a viciouscycle where you crave and eat more sweets andcarbohydrates, when in reality, more than enough of theglycogen your body needs as fuel is stored as body fat. Ifmore insulin is produced than is necessary to convertcarbohydrates and sugars to glycogen, you feel tired andsluggish and your pancreas is working much harder thannecessary, since every time you eat sweets andcarbohydrates insulin is produced, especially if they arethe kind that enter the blood quickly. Eventually somethingcrumbles under the stress.

There is one thing we as a people can do to modify ourintake of sweetener. In Brazil and other hot tropicalclimates, an herb grows that has an exceptional ability toadd sweetness to the taste and yet not cause any rise toinsulin levels. In fact, it has been shown to even stabilizethe level of glycogen in the blood, although it is not clearlyunderstood how. This herb is stevia.

Unfortunately, it has a bad reputation because of its bittertaste – somewhat reminiscent of saccharin. But this bittertaste is the result of excess. Stevia is extremely powerful. Alittle goes a long way. We found that using ¼ cup ofcrushed stevia leaves to 6 cups mate and 5 or 6 gallons ofwater allows us to make a very pleasant tasting pot of matewith just one cup of honey. It seems that a little honeyworks well as far as taste goes, too. More stevia than ¼cup overpowers the tea, however. More honey than thisadds to our carbohydrate intake, which is something wecould all consume less of. If we would use less honey inour teas, weekly beverages, and meals, our overallconsumption would decrease, making dainty morselsserved during special times sweeter and more satisfying. Itwould eliminate excess stress on the pancreas anddecrease daily insulin production. It would be a shame ifmany of our children were to become diabetic later in lifebecause their pancreases were worn out trying to deal withexcess carbohydrates and sugars that they consumeddaily. A little wisdom can go a long way in preserving ourhope for the future. Let’s start using a little stevia in ourteas and drinks. Experiment with it in different ways andsee if we can come up with some pleasant recipes. Sendthese tried and proven recipes to be included in the I.T.N.We will all end up feeling and being more healthy.

Eliezer

Health Issues

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From Sarah in Bellows Falls

I was told about four years ago to write a letter on all I knewabout sprouts. But all I ever came up with was what I had read in an oldbook about sprouts by Ann Wigmore. Somehow I knew this was notwhat you were looking for.

When I came to know the Body I was close to 200 pounds andnot very healthy. Eliezer gave me a book about sprouts. I startedgrowing them and eating them. I guess I was obsessed with them. Iwould go into the kitchen and everything I saw I wanted to sprout.People teased me (not bad). I just needed a balance. Well, during thistime (when we were first in Hyannis) I got pregnant. I was constantlyeating sprouts, lettuce ends and whatever live food I could eat. I lost alot of weight. I would run up the stairs. I had a lot of energy. I wascurious about what proteins I should eat, what was good for wholeprotein. Some people need poultry, meat or beans and rice or othertypes of protein, each person has a different makeup. But sproutedbeans are a good source of protein for everyone.

I run into much opposition wanting to do a lot of sprouts. Thereis not a lot of faith for as many sprouts as we actually need. It is all rightto do ten gallons for a house of sixty people each week. It is not that Iam just gaining a lot of weight, I just feel like the energy is harder tocome by if we do not have sufficient sprouts. This is not a complaintbecause up here in Vermont dairy is a large provision. But my hope is forour faith to be increased about sprouts.

A few months ago I was praying and I started thinking aboutsprouts. Yes, I pray about sprouts, but it caught me off guard. I alsostarted thinking about Peter (a new single brother). Why was I thinkingabout sprouts and Peter? I had a lot more on my heart and mind and Ihad been praying for a long time. I thought I could ask Peter to dosprouts. First I asked Roi and a few others if this would be all right.When I asked Peter he said, “I was just praying about my purpose andwhat things I should be doing. I would love to do the sprouts.” Sincethen Dana moved here, who is the first fruits of the boat being inSavannah. She does the sprouts in the morning and Peter does them inthe evening. He also makes sprouted wheat bread, etc.

Then, I had also been praying about an attic room that facessouth since I thought this would be the warmest place in a house upnorth and I wanted to have a sprout room. I believed that all thehouseholds in the Twelve Tribes should have a place to grow sprouts

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year round and that we need to pass on faith that they are an excellentsource of every vitamin, mineral and protein. They are also less expensivethan most of the produce we can find or even that we would want to eatconsidering genetic modification, or whether the produce had been grownorganically or what it had been fertilized with.

Knowing sprouts are live and knowing what live food does to usand also knowing that wherever we live it is a concern to have “live food,”then we want to eat it and if we don’t, are we just going to get closer todeath? So I continued to pray about sprouts and the room in the attic, nottelling anyone or worrying about it, trying to just trust, trust and bepatient, knowing that our Master would prepare the way.

So, Friday night Othniel said, “Sarah, I have just spoken at oursocial meeting about the attic room being used to grow sprouts, not just atour house, but I want to go to social meetings all over and encourage thiseverywhere.” I was so excited! I know our Father is at work. I know Hewants us to have the desires of our hearts, and really our desire is to beable to leap up and meet Him in the air at His return!

I want to be young and not die. I am not saying everyone must eatsprouts. I just know that if someone wants to eat live there must be a waywe can do it. We don’t want to gain even two pounds a year. In 50years….

Though I don’t know a lot, I have a lot in my heart. I want all ofthe stem (the foundation) to live until He returns, not like Moshe and theIsraelites. We have to be like Joshua and Caleb. (Even fresh fruit andvegetables after they are cut start to die, losing all of the things we needfrom them.)

I also have it on my heart to research about lamb’s quarterssprouts. Their makeup is very close to broccoli sprouts and they grow wildin our field here at the Basin farm. This could be just what we need to beable to provide sprouts to Brazil, etc. (also Amaranth). All things in ourMaster’s time.

Othniel has said, “The body becomes new every seven years.Eating live food makes you live.” We have learned that eating dead ordouble cooked foods makes cancer cells. How this fits together for me is ifwe eat live food it should cause our body (our whole body) to becomelive.

Love,Sarah

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We see from the article on eatinghome grown foods the vast potential we haveas a people to grow organic foods right in ourown homes. Not only organic but nutritiouslysuperior foods that will keep us in goodhealth until the return of our Master Yahshua.Very soon the race will begin. There are morepeople in the body of Messiah who have thegenetic potential of living until that lasttrumpet than do not. To live healthyproductive lives free of ailment and diseasewe need to feed our bodies nutritiously richfoods, drink plenty of good quality water andget appropriate aerobic and anaerobicexercise. (More on the differing benefits fromaerobic and anaerobic activities will becoming in a future ITN).

There is no place to get high qualityfood but to grow it ourselves. Commerciallyproduced fruits, vegetables and grains haveno guarantee to be free of the contaminationof pesticides, chemical fertilizers or evengenetically altered species that may carryhidden hazards. Even with organically grownand labeled produce we really have littleguarantee that their source was from mineralrich soil. The supplements on the shelves ofhealth and nutrition stores are mostlycounterfeits. They may have vitamin A, C or Ein pill or liquid form but if they are taken outof the genetic context that our Father placedthem in, meaning the specific food, they arenot really available for utilization in ourbodies. Every species of plant either in seed,sprout or vegetable form has the ability ofsupplying its own specific composition ofenzymes, vitamins, minerals amino acids, fattyacids, protein and carbohydrates.

What is important? Variety. Lots ofdifferent vegetables, sprouted seeds and

legumes. These mixed in a meal with beans,bread, dairy, fish or a little of our own meator eggs; there you have it, a power packedmeal supplying the essential nutrients neededto nourish optimal health. A meal not overbalanced with carbohydrate, protein or fatbut a meal designed in the proper balancewill supply the pituitary gland with the aminoacids it needs to stimulate production ofhuman growth hormone (HGH). The pillsand powders they sell to stimulate HGH areinferior to gaining these from our ownreliable sources. HGH production rapidlyfalls off as people age, especially inwesternized cultures that attempt to nourishthrough processed and refined foods. Thecenturions such as the Hunza and others thatlive beyond one hundred years of age allenjoyed a robust lifestyle and a diet of freshfoods. We have the ability in every clan ofevery tribe to produce superior quality foodsyear round right in our homes. Don’t thinkyou have to have a green house. All you needis a light source, some running water, andabove freezing temperatures: a little time andcare and you’ll have beautiful bowls of freshgreens year round. If we do not see theimmense value of producing thesemagnificent greens we will not set apart thepeople or make room in the schedule for thislabor of love.

What makes spouts so important?They are alive, that is as long as they have notreached a temperature of 120F / 50C. Onceyou reach these temperatures with livingfoods the enzymes are destroyed. Enzymesplay a vital role, as they are the substancesthat make life possible. They are needed forevery chemical reaction that takes place in

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the human body. Enzymes are biologicalcatalysts, which work like an electricaltransformer that steps down the energyrequired to begin vital and necessarymetabolic reactions. No mineral, vitamin orhormone can do any work without enzymes.Metabolic enzymes run all of the organs,tissues and cells in our bodies. They are themanual workers that build our bodies fromprotein carbohydrates and fats just as acarpenter will build a house. You may haveall the materials to build a house but with outthe workers (enzymes) nothing will get doneand so it is with vitamins, minerals and all theother nutrients in the foods that we eat – theyare useless without enzymes.

Pancreatic exhaustion. What does thatmean? It simply means that the pancreas isexhausted from producing enzymes for yourfood digestion. Every person has an inheritedenzyme level. If we are wise we will continueto add to our enzymes by eating enzyme richfoods. If we solely depend on the enzymes weinherit they will be used up just like inheritedmoney if it is not supplemented by a steadyincome. A continued lack of enzymesupplication leads only to illness, aging anddeath. When a human body continuallyexperiences insufficient enzymes in the foodbeing ingested, the pancreas rises to theoccasion and produces the necessary enzymesto digest that food. Over stimulation of thepancreas by lack of enzymes in the foodcauses pancreatic exhaustion. Pancreaticexhaustion simply means that the pancreas isworn out from working too hard. You will feeltired too.

Another fascinating factor found inleafy greens such as sunflower, buckwheatand wheatgrass sprouts is the way theytransfer energy from the sun into muscledevelopment. Yes it is true, muscles get theirenergy from the sun and here is how that ithappens.

All leafy green plants in yoursprouting trays and out in the fields captureenergy from the sun. The Chlorophyll orgreen coloring matter of a plant uses theenergy in the sun’s rays to combine withcarbon dioxide in the air and with water andminerals in the soil. The products formed arecarbohydrates along with other valuablenutrients. It is these simple carbohydrates ingreens which you may know as sugar andstarch that are taken into our bodies when weeat fruits and vegetables that provide fuel formuscular action and development.

The enzymes (the catalyst) containedin that same food change the carbohydratesinto a starch called glycogen. Every time youbend your elbow, take a step or even justraise your eyebrow, your muscles use some ofthe glycogen – broken down at that point intoglucose for muscular fuel. Thus the energythat fuels your muscles originates from thesun.

There is more on the virtues of sproutsbut for what little space we have here we willend for now.

ShalomEliezer

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HawthorneHawthorne is a small tree similar in size and shape to an apple tree. The white blossoms are a

common sight here. In the spring the tree’s thorny branches are covered with flower clusters, givingrise to the common name “Mayflower.” The blossom also reminds one of the apple and they are

closely related as a member of the rose family. Here in the tribe of Manasseh the WhiteHawthorne is the Missouri state flower. We are blessed to have several

trees within walking distance from our home.

Each fall we harvest many of the red berries, whichlook just like miniature rose hips, and carefully lay

them out on screens to dry. If you wish toharvest them you must be very careful,

for it is said that a scratch on theeye from their thorns can cause

blindness.

While somewhatnutritious and pleasant tasting like therose hip, Hawthorne is especially useful forstrengthening the heart. It is helpful for many heartconditions by lowering blood pressure, increasing the blood supply tothe heart muscle, strengthening the heart’s muscle contractions andincreasing the heart’s ability to use oxygen. Lower blood pressure is a result ofthe plant’s effect on the body of increasing peripheral blood flow rather thandepressing the heart muscle as some drugs do. Hawthorne is also thought to reduce orprevent cholesterol buildup in the arteries.

After the berries are dry we crush them in a small mill or blender to a coarse meal. They can beeaten or made into a tea or tincture. Hawthorne is very safe, unlike many heart drugs, showing no sideaffects. Its greatest benefits are seen when taken daily over a long period of time.

Ben and Porachot