tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post3630183462844871228..comments2024-03-09T13:26:34.444-08:00Comments on Pearls in a Nutshell: "Who Touched Me?"Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02029451742280017744noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-42045577729054240902008-05-02T13:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T13:17:00.000-07:00This is one of my favorite of your writings. Than...This is one of my favorite of your writings. Thank you.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099844850489313986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-85147286714781523232008-05-01T14:23:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:23:00.000-07:00In answer to Lavina's question of how did women kn...In answer to Lavina's question of how did women know how to read: The Jewish women had many rules that were specific to them. The synagog read aloud the entire scripture every year culminating in Simcha Torah, or The Rejoicing of the Torah, when the Jewish people would gather to listen and dance as the last passages of the year were read...then they would rejoice greatly because then they would get to start hearing God's Word read from beginning to end AGAIN! (Imagine the Protestants dancing in the aisles because the Bible was going to be read again starting in Genesis...)<BR/><BR/>Tallit teaching was understood; every male HAD to have tzitzit on them, either tied on them or on a tallit. Oh, she knew what they were for...and had heard the buzz about Jesus.<BR/><BR/>A study I am working on is about the mikvah: did you know that the Jewish community could not build a synagog until a mikvah was up and running? The symbolism is astonishing, and observant Jewish women around the world still are careful attend to total physical cleansing after their period, and THEN they enter the water of the mikva. It is't about just taking a bath.Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-4540554083423911072008-05-01T14:16:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:16:00.000-07:00The tzitzit (fringe) that the woman touched is a f...The tzitzit (fringe) that the woman touched is a facinating study: the numbers and knotting that is required to be kosher by Biblical standards. Bernie owns a tallit, and we did an indepth study of tallit/tzitzit. It is very moving, and often we wrap ourselves in the garment when we pray, as a tactile reminder of all the symbols that it represents of our faith and our God.Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-66543540077795180712008-04-30T20:26:00.000-07:002008-04-30T20:26:00.000-07:00Julie, haven't been by your blog or any other for ...Julie, haven't been by your blog or any other for a while as I was moving. How I wish that i had dropped by and read your blog on patience. As I was suffering from a severe case of lack of patience while we waited to leave and for a loan to come through and to find a place to rent and while we worked out schools for the boys. Unfortunately I still have a lot to learn in the patience department. Thank you.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051111254240549176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-87940429159557850312008-04-27T20:43:00.000-07:002008-04-27T20:43:00.000-07:00Wow, Julie, this is a startling post, it should be...Wow, Julie, this is a startling post, it should be written and used as a sermon, suitable for any pulpit.<BR/><BR/>Faith....faith....faith....again and again Jesus expounded on the power of faith. "You believe because you have seen; blessed are they who have not seen, and yet believe."<BR/><BR/>Your theory on the 'unclean' woman is startling, well thought out, well reasoned. My only question would be, did women of that era know how to read? Or was that skill only taught to upper-class men? Perhaps, even if she didn't know how to read; still she would have heard, the prophesy that compelled her to consider Jesus' 'wings' as the means to a miraculous healing. So, I suppose it was irrelevant if she read, or if she heard it told...the end result was that she meditated upon it, her intelligence and faith led her to conclude that the hem of Jesus' garment was well worth daring the crowd for...<BR/><BR/>ANd how well rewarded she was. This is a powerful story of faith; thanks for bringing it to us.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>LaviniaLaviniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810442216887536113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-13486114573618024402008-04-27T00:09:00.000-07:002008-04-27T00:09:00.000-07:00I want to touch His wings ! To see His woven mirac...I want to touch His wings ! To see His woven miracle !!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this message Julie, it came at the most opportune time for me because of well you know, May 6th.<BR/><BR/>Love you,<BR/>DDemarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290495902868400742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933957650347452922.post-13613827226645907092008-04-25T13:47:00.000-07:002008-04-25T13:47:00.000-07:00I might be a tad off the mark here but this remind...I might be a tad off the mark here but this reminded me of a time when I was young. . not sure exactly what age but the Queen E II came to town, I wiggled my way to the chain link fence that divided all of us from her and as she walked by I touched her hem and I was thrilled and remember it clearly to this day. How much greater to touch the hem of the one that would actually know me and bless me and . ..wow. . amazing.Lovella ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/13870567090244361779noreply@blogger.com