Messianic Jewish Discipleship Basics

Shalom and welcome! This is an exciting journey of discipleship and I’m blessed that you are joining along. In this program, we will dive into the world of the Messianic movement and how it relates to your faith in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus)

What is a disciple? In this video, we tackle this question and will hopefully give you a direction of study and devotion on the word and what it means to live it out daily.

What is the spirit of Martha vs Mary and how does it apply to your walk with Messiah? In this video, we will tackle what these two are, and what we need to focus on before we get spiritually "burnt out".

Unfortunately, so many of us tend to mix the definitions of justification and sanctification. In this video, I hope to show you how these two work together in our relationship with the Father through Messiah, and the work of the Ruach in our lives.

In this video I show you through scripture how Yeshua saw the Torah. It is the Word of God as He Himself is the Word. The Torah points to Messiah and the Messiah points us back to Torah.

What is the essence of Torah? In this video we take a look at the essence of what Torah is and how it applies to our lives.

What does it mean to bear good fruit? In this video we take a quick dive into this topic and hopefully it will send you in the right direction to devote time on this for yourself.

In this video I touch on a topic that takes a lifetime to learn, the topic of tikkun olam or repairing the world. This essence affects every part of our lives. Everything little thing we do is a chance to bring the Kingdom to our sphere of influence.

In this video we will be learning what it means to speak to the needs of people. To see where they are and go from there.

One of the biggest issues we face today is identity theft. we need to keep in mind our identity and speak it into others.

What does it mean to plant seeds in people? Let's talk about this topic.

In this video we take a look at a well overlooked passage. Let's take a deeper look and see what we may have missed out on.

What role does rabbinic literature have in our lives as believers in Messiah Yeshua? In this video we take a quick look at this topic and I share with you my opinions on it.

This is an intro to a deeper study in Torah interpretation and understanding. We will be looking into a tool called “PaRDeS” and how to use it.

Peshat: often inaccurately translated as literal, it comes from the root which means simple, although peshat is sometimes anything but simple! Peshat correctly means the intended, explicit meaning.

Remez: alluded meaning (reading between the lines). Remez in modern Hebrew means hint. Traditionally, remez referred to methods such as gezera shava (equivalent language implying equivalent meaning) and gematria (word-number values)

Drash: Homiletical or interpretative meaning. The word 'midrash' is from the same root. The drash is an interpretation that is not explicit in the text.

Sod: (lit. secret). The mystical or esoteric meaning.

In this video we take a dive into the festivals of God. These festivals point to Messiah and the coming age of His return.

In this video I give a brief overview of the rabbinic (non-biblical) festivals/fasts and how they relate to our life in the Messianic faith. For example: Purim is a distinctly Jewish holiday. As believers in Messiah, we understand that the Gospel message “is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16). Yeshua himself said that “salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22). We must recognize that it is God’s continued protection and deliverance of the Jewish people that has made it possible for all of us, regardless of our ethnic heritage, to enter into covenant with the Creator through Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah.

Purim is an opportune time for believers in Messiah Yeshua to offer praise and thanksgiving to the One who watches over Israel and does not slumber or sleep (Psalm 121:4).

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
(Psalms 122:6-7)

Prayer is our way of communicating with our Father in Heaven. This is also how we connect to Him and His Will for our lives. In all things, we should go to Him in prayer.

In this video we take a look at what a siddur is and how it is useful in our lives for daily prayers and inspiration.

In this video we take a look at how to wear the tallit. This is found in Numbers 15 and Deuteronomy 22 where we wrap ourselves in the Tzitzit using a four cornered garment.

In this video, I share with you how to wrap tefillin. This is an interpretation of Deuteronomy 6 of putting the word of God on our arms and between our eyes.

In this video we tackle the basics of the kosher diet and how it helps us followers of Messiah to eat like He did. The laws of kashrut offer a Jewish spiritual discipline that is rooted in the concrete choices and details of daily life — to be practiced in an area that seems most “mundane.” In fact, part of the beauty of kashrut is that regardless of our age, personal interests, or geographic location, we all eat, and most of us do so several times a day. While we may sometimes choose to dine alone, eating is almost universally enjoyed as a social activity. A spiritual discipline around eating is one that carries the clear message that spirituality is about far more than what we do in synagogue and on holidays; it extends into every area of our lives, every single day.

The Sabbath day is an eternal sign of God's people, Exodus 31:16. Havdalah is the ending of Sabbath. Yeshua kep the Sabbath and we are called to imitate Him. Come learn how we can connect closer to Yeshua through the Sabbath.

Mazel Tov for making it through the course. I hope that it has edified you and helped lay a foundation for your path of discipleship. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out and let me know. You can also visit my social media page on tiktok to learn more at: taste_of_torah