Dahveed 2 Quotes

“Pure and impure--Ritual purity/cleanness or ritual impurity/uncleanness had nothing to do with dirt, grime, germs, and such. Ritual purity/cleaness had to do with boundaries. Such boundaries created order out of chaos (Job 26:10; Psalms 104:9; Proverbs 8:29; and Jeremiah 5:22 among other verses) and so were sacred. Therefore, anything that crossed boundaries threatened order and created impurity/uncleanness. Rituals then must be performed to restore the boundaries and thus order. Such rituals could be as simple as washing with water, or they might be elaborate, involving sacrifices and other ceremonies. Impurity could occur anywhere. Bats, for instance, were in the ancient way of thinking neither bird not mammal. They crossed boundaries and were unclean. Blood should remain within the boundary of the skin. Contact with blood outside the skin created impurity since it had crossed a boundary. Often births and deaths, and always menstrual cycles, created ritual impurity, and that must be rectified by the counter ritual of washing. Nocturnal emissions for men did exactly the same thing, and also required washing.   Back to text”
― Terri L Fivash, Dahveed 2: Yahweh's Warrior: Author's Edition

“Because the honor I had from Yah was so great, it didn't matter whether human beings gave me a sar's robe or a shepherd's robe to hang from my shoulders. What mattered was whether I would remain a true son to Yahweh.”
― Terri L Fivash, Dahveed 2: Yahweh's Warrior: Author's Edition