Messianic Torah Observant Israel

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. In Ephesians 5, Rabbi Steve Berkson continues teaching us about how to love each other. Stopping at verse 1 he expounds on becoming imitators of Elohim as dear children. How does one become an imitator? What things about Elohim should we imitate? What are the...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: Thoughts on Jeremiah 10:23… The meaning of “perfection”… Are you serious? Telling others what to do or not to do… Keeping your heart and mind on Shabbat… Understanding the “plank in your eye” and emotions… What does “correction from Yahweh” look like? Can I change what and who I am? Disconnect your triggers… … and much more! Related Teachings can be found...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Continuing our journey of the second of the Two Great Commands, ‘love your neighbor’, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us to Luke 6:38 where we see Messiah Yeshua continuing to show us the contrast between what Rabbi Berkson calls “the Below” and “the Above”. He poi...

AFTERBURN: Rabbi Steve Berkson is pleased to introduce Mr. William Jackson to the MTOI family. Among his many abilities and talents Mr. Jackson assists Rabbi Berkson in the administrative tasks, sings in the Praise Team, and is an accomplished speaker and teacher. In this episode, after several days of sickness, Rabbi Berkson makes a surprise appearance to answer some questions. Some of the topics...

The greatest relationship any of us should invest in is with our trustworthy Creator. He has a plan for our lives that includes a ‘process’. If we trust Him, we will trust the process. The process will cause us to become the people the Creator wants to live with forever. Before we can trust the process we must correctly understand the definition of ‘trust’. We must understand what it means to be ‘...

AFTERBURN: Rabbi Steve Berkson is pleased to introduce Mr. William Jackson to the MTOI family. Among his many abilities and talents Mr. Jackson assists Rabbi Berkson in the administrative tasks, sings in the Praise Team, and is an accomplished speaker and teacher. Some of the topics covered are: • “Even what he does possess it shall be taken away.” What shall be taken away? [5:15] • “I needed a hu...

In this second teaching by Mr. William Jackson he starts by asking us a question, “What’s your why?” “What’s your goal, your end game?” What is ‘good’? How does the Creator define ‘good’? What is ‘fruit’? How do we produce it, good or bad? Can you recognize Good Fruit when you see it? How about bad, rotten or no fruit? Who’s your gardener? Does he expect you to produce fruit? How does he help you...

YMTOI Pesach/Chag HaMatzot Edition Memory Verse for Katan B  Exodus 13:9

YMTOI Pesach/Chag HaMatzot Edition Memory Verse Song for Katan A Exodus 12:24

Rabbi Steve Berkson is pleased to introduce Mr. William Jackson to the MTOI family. Among his many abilities and talents Mr. Jackson assists Rabbi Berkson in the administrative tasks, sings in the Praise Team, and is an accomplished speaker and teacher. Some of the topics covered are: • Does the “oil” come from our being pressed by the trials we go through? • Is my heart lazy? • What is the “oil”?...

Rabbi Steve Berkson would like to introduce Mr. William Jackson to the MTOI family. Among his many abilities and talents Mr. Jackson assists Rabbi Berkson in the administrative tasks, sings in the Praise Team, and is an accomplished speaker and teacher. In the Gospel of John chapter 15 Messiah Yeshua gave His disciples some final instructions before His execution/crucifixion by the occupying Roman...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • “It’s not our job…” • What did we think we were obeying in the other belief system? • How can you love someone who has badly hurt you? … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward. The same could be true as you build up yo...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Continuing our journey into the second of the Two Great Commands, ‘love your neighbor’, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us to Luke 6:20 where he shows us the event called the Sermon on the Mount. Messiah is teaching to His disciples, giving contrasts to life in thi...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • When helping my “neighbor” how do I discern how to help without overstepping boundaries? • If we are to love others as we love ourselves, then should we be concerned about what our actions might make them think? • Did Yeshua teach things opposite the Torah when He would say, “You have heard it said…, but I say…”? • Honey Bunny Day? • How do I pray for m...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. In this teaching we are switching gears to begin covering the second of the two great commands, loving your neighbor as yourself. Rabbi Steve Berkson begins in Luke 10:25 to explore what Messiah Yeshua has to say. Rabbi Berkson once again dissects the words i...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • “He doesn’t speak in tongues, so he can’t be anointed/appointed…” • The definition of prophecy and a prophet… • How do I deal with family or friends that come to visit during Shabbat? … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn effect”, simply put; The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes aft...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Some of the topics covered in this teaching: • John 14:12 – Messiah Yeshua says “he who believes in Me will also do the works that I do and even greater works he shall do because I go to my Father.” What “works” is Messiah referring to? • John 14:13 – Can som...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • What is the Biblical definition of ‘perfect’? • What does ‘echad’ mean when saying “Yahweh echad”, and what does that mean to our relationship with the Father? • Making judgments based on superficial knowledge of someone… • Can we learn from other religions and apply to our relationship with Yahweh? … and much more! Don't miss out on new teachings every...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Some of the topics covered in this teaching: • How does Messiah saying He’s the Way, the Truth and the Life connect to Torah observance? • What does ‘to know’ have to do with your relationship with the Creator and each other? • What does it really mean to be...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • Things you should know as being Torah-Observant… • “If they persecuted me…” (John 15:20),who is the ‘they’ Yeshua was referring to? • Why do we vacillate between the ‘Above’ and the ‘Below’? • Preparation and Protocol… • You’re being watched… • Would I be hated and persecuted for displaying the Fruit of the Spirit? • If men wear tzitzit to remind them,...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. How does the Creator define our relationship with Him? Continuing in John chapter 15 Rabbi Steve Berkson expounds on the ‘Love/Hate’ aspects of our walk. Rabbi Berkson turns our attention to verse 18 as Messiah out of love tells His disciples and us that if H...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • How do we understand the difference between a “servant” and a “friend”? • What is the “Spring pruning”? • Clarity on Messiah’s definition of “friend”… • How do I “bear fruit”? I not sure what I’m supposed to do… • What is the relationship between Truth and Spirit, and how that is connected to Servant and Friend? • How does a spouse submit to the other w...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. What does John chapter 15 teach us about the structure of the Kingdom of Yah? How does John chapter 15 relate to the Creation account in Genesis 1? What was the first instruction given to man? When Messiah Yeshua told His disciples to guard His commands–what...

AFTERBURN: Some of the topics covered are: • Rabbi Berkson tells the story of how he and Rebbetzin Julie met… • The responsibility of choice is yours… [10:32] • The Creator’s intention for humans and the Lake of Fire… [27:20] • The balance between prayer, petition and counsel… [29:01] • Peter denying Yeshua, Marvel™’s Dr. Strange and Predestination [36:08] • Being offended vs recognizing something...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Beginning this teaching in John 15:5, Rabbi Steve Berkson explains what Messiah Yeshua meant when He was exhorting His disciples to “stay in Me and He in them”, and how that statement could also be said as, “if you are in covenant with Me.” Without the Spirit...