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. Continuing in Psalm 119, Rabbi Steve Berkson shows us from the writings of King David the love he had and expressed toward the Law/Torah. As we look at King David’s writings, what becomes apparent is the range of emotions he expresses toward Yahweh and His co...

Some of the topics covered are: • How can we make sure we are following every applicable command for today? [12:55] • Psalm 119:45 “that I may walk in a ‘broad place’…”, what is a ‘broad place’? [13:41] • There are rabbinical teachings about Torah, but reject Messiah Yeshua – are those teachings considered “falsehood”? [15:22] • If it appears that someone in the walk doesn’t have trials, does it 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. As he begins this lesson Rabbi Steve Berkson explains that in the Christian world is just love and no Torah, and then asks the question, “what does that look like?” He explains that your expression of love toward the Creator is submission as Messiah Yeshua sa...

Some of the topics covered are: • Wanting Father’s approval… • What did you say about me?… • The consequence of walking in the ways of Yahweh… • Not doing when we should be doing… • What does it look like to “meditate in His orders”? • How does “conditional” or “unconditional” love fit in with having favor with Yah? • Safeguards for righteousness… … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the worl...

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 episode, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us to the book of Psalms starting in Psalm 11. He points out the contrast between two types of people – those who are called “the wrong”, and “the upright”. Yahweh loves those who pursue righteousness, doing what He...

Some of the topics covered are: • Deuteronomy 11:14 – Can this “rain” come upon us in the Dispersion or is it only for those in “The Land”? [6:40] • What is Yahweh’s “Love Language”? [9:34] • The “Supermarket Approach”… [12:35] • If guarding is different from obeying, how do we “guard” the commandments in our everyday lives? [17:36] • What is “Hyper-vigilant Awareness”? [18:48] • Deuteronomy 13 –...

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. Does Yahweh have a “Love Language”? Continuing the focus on our relationship with Elohim, Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us to Deuteronomy chapter 11 to discover if Yahweh has a “Love Language” and if so, can we know what that is. From there Rabbi Berkson moves us...

Some of the topics covered are: • What are “curses” supposed to accomplish? • An Emotional Elohim? • Removing the “Seven Nations” from our lives… • Being Relentlessly Consistent… • Coming into the Covenant in the Latter Days… • Rabbi expands on intermarriage… • An awesome testimony… • Is the love of Elohim “unconditional”? • Is it my duty to inform and correct those who are under delusion? (Deuter...

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. Taking us to Deuteronomy chapter 7 Rabbi Steve Berkson establishes some context in how Love and Torah are connected. He brings out for our understanding how Elohim has established a relationship of love that is based on an “if/then” – if we do what He wants, t...

Some of the topics covered are: • You are the sum total of… • When walking out Torah, when should we make a “fresh start”? • There are people that need to be out of your life… • Do people love someone who just gives them everything? • How can I impress my children if my children are not with me? • Could it be considered disrespectful if I left my parent’s faith/beliefs to follow Yeshua Messiah? •...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? What is it that Yahweh is expecting of you? Well, you may say, nothing – because Jesus has done it all for us. Is this true? Why or why not? Beginning this episode in Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Rabbi Steve Berkson presents what it is that Yahweh is expecting of all who choose to walk in covenant with Him. Then going backward a couple of books Rabbi Berkso...

Some of the topics covered are: • Don’t let the negative emotions take the wheel… • More about loving others – who, how, to what degree, etc. • Is it pleasing to Abba to express concerns or opinions to others, even if they don’t receive it? … 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...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? The reason we exist is to become more like our big brother, Messiah Yeshua. Living our lives according to the two great commandments, love your Elohim and love each other. Continuing in 1 John chapter 3, Rabbi Berkson starts in verse 11 and gives the example of Cain and how he could not control his own emotions which ended up in murdering his own bro...

Some of the topics covered are: • Why would you listen to that person?! • What does it mean to be “born of Elohim”? • Should we use the word “god”? • Am I Torah-Observant because Yahweh commands it, or because I love Him? • What are the steps to get back on “the Path”? • How do we reconcile “everyone staying in Messiah does not sin”, with other passages that remind us that there is no one who does...

Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? For those of us who would like to go deeper into understanding the words in our Bible, Rabbi Steve Berkson doesn’t disappoint in this teaching. Continuing in 1 John chapter 3, Rabbi Berkson reviews verses 1-3 from the last teaching, but then completely dissects verses 4-11, bringing an advanced teaching of the passage, right down to even single words...

Some of the topics covered are: • More about “cleansing yourself”… • Dealing with addictions • How do I know I have the relationship in 1 John 3:2? • Dealing with insecurity… • Help! I have a teenager in my house… … 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 sam...

What kind of relationship do we have with the Creator? Does all of His creation have this kind of relationship? What is the requirement for this relationship to be valid? Rabbi Steve Berkson begins this teaching episode of the series, Love and Torah, by going to 1 John chapter 3 and embarking on a “Life-Coaching” discourse about relationships involving husbands and wives, parents and children, and...

Some of the topics covered are: • If the Spirit of Messiah Yeshua is in us, why do we still sin? • Should I “study” the Bible? • Is looking through the “love lens” at the world around us “hyper-conceptualized”? • Is compassion and love the same? • Where’s the balance between love as an action and love as an emotion? … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the world of fitness as the “afterburn e...

Torah, or “the Law” – what’s love got to do with it? Rabbi Steve Berkson unpacks and verse by verse illuminates the Gospel of John chapter 14 and 1 Corinthians chapter 13, also known as the “Love Chapter”. This teaching series is packed full of vital information that will help you in your spiritual growth as you walk toward the Kingdom of Elohim, becoming the kind of person that He wants to live w...

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Some of the topics covered are: • You have “holes” in your trust… • How do I love my neighbor as myself if I don’t love myself? • What did Yeshua mean when he told His followers that those who have left houses, lands or family for His Name’s sake…? (Matt 19:29) • How does “the Law” relate to the “Fruit of the Spirit”? • Talk less, do more! … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the world of fit...

Torah, or “the Law” – what’s love got to do with it? Rabbi Steve Berkson begins this teaching series with that song reference in order to make a point that he is determined to reveal how the giving of the Torah by our Creator and our guarding and obedience to it absolutely is connected to love. In the past, we’ve probably understood love in a certain way, but in this teaching Rabbi Berkson explore...

Some of the topics covered are: • Struggling with Apostle Paul’s writings? [5:12] • How do I know if I’m being disciplined by the Father and not just going through random events? [18:09] • Proverbs 3:15-8 – Why is wisdom referred to in the feminine? [24:53] • What is “filthy talk”? (Colossians 3:8) [26:47] • What is “understanding”? [31:09] … and much more! Afterburn: also known in the world of fi...

In Proverbs chapter 3 King Solomon is writing to his children to “bind his Torah around their neck.” What does it mean to bind something around your neck? How do you “write” something on your heart? It seems that Solomon is instructing us to do things, but hasn’t it “all been done for us”? What are the three things Torah does for us? Rabbi Steve Berkson begins this final episode of this series by...