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HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It?) | Part 15 Rabbi Steve Berkson offers an in-depth exploration of Scripture to better understand the nature of our adversary, known as HaSatan or the Devil. • Reset / Review • 2 Peter 3 • A day is as a thousand years? • He is patient with us  • Why is he waiting? • Like a thief in the night? • What is prayer? • What kind of people are we to be? • Where righteo...

Feeling stuck isn’t a lack of truth, it’s a lack of movement. Growth requires action, not waiting. In this teaching, we talk about why staying still is never neutral, how delayed obedience keeps us stuck, and why many of our struggles are symptoms rather than the real issue. Growth requires action, applied knowledge, and personal responsibility. You already have what you need. The question is whet...

What does it really mean for something to be “Shabbat worthy”? This Q&A addresses real questions asked during our monthly In The Zone meeting. This video is part 2 of a Q&A session from our monthly “In The Zone” meeting, where real-life questions are discussed through a Torah-based lens. “In The Zone” weekends happen once a month, bringing together people from around the world who are part...

Have we become too casual with God? This Q&A explores where familiarity can drift into a lack of reverence. This video is part 1 of a full Q&A session from our monthly In The Zone meeting, where real-life questions are discussed through a Torah-based lens. In The Zone weekends take place once a month, bringing together people from around the world who are part of MTOI (Messianic Torah Obse...

YMTOI Parsha Pearls Song for Mishpatim  18.1 – Try a Little Kindness

This is the Q&A from part 13 of the "HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It)" series. We recommend listening to the teaching, Addicted to New DOCTRINAL Crack? | HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It?), before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  T...

This teaching is Part 14 of the "HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It?)" series. Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Reset • 2 Timothy 3:1 – But know this… • In the last days, men shall be… • Lover...

This is the Q&A from part 13 of the "HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It)" series. We recommend listening to the teaching, Doing God’s Work… or the Enemy’s? | HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It?), before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward. ...

This teaching is Part 13 of the "HaSatan (Did the Devil Make You Do It?)" series. Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Opener  • Reset  • 2 Timothy 2:23-26 - Key verses • Looking for a few good men •...

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 12, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessi...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Review • 1 Timothy 3 - Key verses • He desires a good thing • The qualifications of an overseer  • Moving the role of an advisor for your children • How should a...

Rosh Chodesh (the new moon) is a time marker for honest self-examination and goal setting. Each new cycle is a chance to look back without self-condemnation, learn from what happened, and plan specific changes going forward.  Life is framed as a transformational process with a clear target: becoming like Yeshua, measured in seven interconnected areas—spiritual, financial, physical health, relation...

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 11, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessi...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Review • 2 Corinthians 12:7 – A thorn in the flesh? • Lest I exalt myself  • 2 Corinthians 12:1 – Yahweh’s strength is perfected in weakness • 2 Corinthians 12:11...

On the first Shabbat of each month, Rabbi Steve Berkson invites both local congregants and online listeners to ask questions or share comments on any aspect of our beliefs. He discusses fundamental Torah-based practices, personal growth, offers marital advice, shares parenting strategies, and more. • Rabbi’s teaching works if you apply it • Chanukah’s “oil miracle”? • Your dogs are a menace • Can...

On the first Shabbat of each month, Rabbi Steve Berkson invites both local congregants and online listeners to ask questions or share comments on any aspect of our beliefs. He discusses fundamental Torah-based practices, personal growth, offers marital advice, shares parenting strategies, and more. • Why did Yahweh kill Uzza? (1 Chro 13) • Is this why Jacob’s wife, Rachel, died? • What are the tra...

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 10, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessi...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Review • 2 Corinthians 11 • Corrupted from the simplicity that is in Messiah • The word from authority  • Without getting paid? • Masquerading as emissaries of Me...

YMTOI's special Chanukah song by Briana White

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 9, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessio...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Review • Acts 5 - Why has Satan filled your heart to lie? • Are you lying to Elohim? • Where’s your commitment? • Acts 13 - Enemy of righteousness  • Acts 26 - Th...

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 8, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessio...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive into scripture, into the spiritual underworld, led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Review • John 8:44 – Your father the devil? • John 8:1 – The leadership tries to delegitimize Yeshua  • Leviticus 20:10 – Throwing the first stone? • Deuteronomy...

We recommend listening to the teaching, HaSatan | Did the Devil Make You Do It? | Part 7, before listening to this episode. Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.  This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense teachings each week. This Afterburn Q&A sessio...

Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on a deep dive through the scripture into the spiritual underworld led by an entity known in scripture as HaSatan.  Understanding the enemy of our belief is crucial to successfully living a Torah-observant life. • Opener • Reset • John 13:37-38 – What was Peter’s problem?  • Matthew 26:31-38 – Are you being overzealous?  • Luke 22:19-22 – From before the foundation of...