Any one here feel like they are from the tribe of E'phriam

[Joyous Song]

My family keeps Hahalacha, and all four children were raised keeping Hahalacha as well. Yet we were also born Roman Catholic and though my father's side has Jewish roots, my mothers does not. My husband knows of no Jewish roots in his past.

Yet the rabbis state keeping Hahalacha as a non Jew is impossible and keeping this in isolation is also impossible. Yet through HaMoshiach all things are possible and we, my family are proof. So I curious. Are there and others like us on this site learning about Hahalacha but without proof of a Jewish root?

 

[tampasteve]

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[tampasteve]

To answer the OP:
I do not have Jewish roots that I know of. I keep a version of Halacha that I have kept for several years now. At one point I started a Jewish conversion class, but I did not finish. I however do feel a deep connection to the Jewish people and the Jewish faith - a heart for Judaism as the Rabbis say.

 

[Joyous Song]

To answer the OP:
I do not have Jewish roots that I know of. I keep a version of Halacha that I have kept for several years now. At one point I started a Jewish conversion class, but I did not finish. I however do feel a deep connection to the Jewish people and the Jewish faith - a heart for Judaism as the Rabbis say.

Todah Rabah, we started the same way. Our first Passover was a joke but now years later we are growing more and more orthodox. We never sought conversion but most of what we learned about Hahalacha (the Hebrew laws) came from Jewish site like Chasbah.org and Torah.org. Where did you learn Hahalacha? Are you doing this alone?

 

[tampasteve]

Todah Rabah, we started the same way. Our first Passover was a joke but now years later we are growing more and more orthodox. We never sought conversion but most of what we learned about Hahalacha (the Hebrew laws) came from Jewish site like Chasbah.org and Torah.org. Where did you learn Hahalacha?

A variety of sources. First Fruits of Zion and Beth Immanuel, Chabad, URJ, MJAA, SHJ, and then a number of other written sources related to the conversion class.

Are you doing this alone?

My wife is supportive and my son is too young to know otherwise, however we did have him attending a JCC daycare until the pandemic closed everything.

 

[Joyous Song]

A variety of sources. First Fruits of Zion and Beth Immanuel, Chabad, URJ, MJAA, SHJ, and then a number of other written sources related to the conversion class.

My wife is supportive and my son is too young to know otherwise, however we did have him attending a JCC daycare until the pandemic closed everything.

Cool, Our kids are all grown. Our Son married and he keeps a more conservative form of Hahalcha and his wife is also supportive. They have only a cat. Our other son moved away and is not following any faith. Our daughters are still at home and help us clean for Pesach. I tend toward Chabad right now. They helped us through a shortage of oat Matza problem last year explaining we could make our own if we cannot get any for any issue. He gave how to go about it as well.

Its nice to hear from another person following Hahalacha who does not judge other Christians. I hope there are others out there as well. Someday I like to see joint synagogues, in areas where MJ and Ephraimites are in large numbers.

Are you part of a Messianic congregation?

 

[tampasteve]

Are you part of a Messianic congregation?

Not actively. I have been to the local ones, but they are not really my "scene". Usually I end up at a Reform synagogue for High Holidays. I am a member at a UMC church as well as I do follow all the Christian holidays too, but we do our own Sabbath observance on Friday evenings at home. I find the celebrating of both Christian and Jewish holidays to be very enlightening for my path.

 

[Joyous Song]

Not actively. I have been to the local ones, but they are not really my "scene". Usually I end up at a Reform synagogue for High Holidays. I am a member at a UMC church as well as I do follow all the Christian holidays too, but we do our own Sabbath observance on Friday evenings at home. I find the celebrating of both Christian and Jewish holidays to be very enlightening for my path.

I agree following both holidays enlightening except when conflicts occur. Still I also notice that same issues has caused us to be far more creative as well.