Christopher discusses Aramaic primacy with the class and the words Dibber and Memra.Af Christopher Fredrickson

This week's study dives into the concept of what "Word" means in relation to theological aspects in the Bible through Jewish lenses and the misunderstanding of this concept that is found in the Hebrew Roots groups and the Christian groups.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses with the class the concept of "Torah" what it is, and the embodiment of oral, written and living Torah.Af Christopher Fredrickson

In this week's study, the group continues on, on page 3 of book 1 of the Chronicles of the Messiah under the header "By Wisdom". A lot of questions are asked and answered in terms of what חכמה (chochmah: wisdom) is and where it comes from and how to recognize it and attain it in our lives when striving for tzedikim. Some mussar is given in terms of…

The chapters in the Chronicles of the Messiah may take several weeks to complete each chapter. This week we covered only page 2 and 3 entitled "In the Beginning". The entire chapter covers John 1:1-1:18. We discussed the Messiah in creation and what the sages say in terms of this concept.Af Christopher Fredrickson

In this introduction to the Sefer Yetzirah, Christopher discusses what is required in interpreting Kabbalist text while showing the symbolism in Jewish thought of the number 32 from Sefer Yetzirah 1:1 and it's relation to the Messiah and the New Testament.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses the divine Messiah from the vantage point of Hasidic Jewish theology and through the Targumim, Chazel, Kabbalah and the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages. Christopher proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that Yeshua is indeed Hashem and how this relates to a Jewish form of trinity theology through the tzimtzum , memra and the…

Christopher discusses the spiritual significance of the etrog during Sukkot.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher touches on the various things that will be sourced in the Chronicles of the Messiah study and their importance. He also gives examples of how a Jew would analyze the gospels as opposed to a Christian.Af Christopher Fredrickson

In this year's Rosh Hashanah teaching Christopher discusses the debate in terms of terminology of "Rosh Hashanah vs Yom Teruah." He also discusses what is meant by Rav Sha'ul in terms of the oracles of G-d mentioned in the book of Romans and how it relates to Rosh Hashanah.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses Sanhedrin 90 and how denial of resurrection of the dead is included in the passages of "those who will not see the world to come." The rabbis explain why this is so, and the various ways one can be in violation of denying this premise stating "it does not come from the Torah of Hashem". Christopher also talks about who during …

Christopher focuses in on Rebbe Nachman's commentary on Deuteronomy 7:12 in terms of halakhot. If you wish to join Christopher for the Facebook Live teachings every week, they are held at 9pm EST and you will need to add Christopher to your Facebook friends list by clicking here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013313646042…

a line by line parallel from Sanhedrin 97a and the New TestamentAf Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 in a Jewish context of application and language.Af Christopher Fredrickson

There are many arguments in the Messianic Jewish faith when it comes to "what is Torah?", is it the written Torah only? Is it the written and oral Torah together? Is it the oral and written with the sages? In this short teaching Christopher dives into the Scripture and reveals some passages that many seem to overlook in terms of how many Torot ther…

In this teaching Christopher shows the parallels of Sanhedrin 98a and Psalm 72:5 in the Hebrew reveal the attributes and the name of the Messiah and how studying Talmud is complex and not for the beginner. But the mature individual can see the secrets it possesses in the Messianic Jewish faith. Christopher goes step by step, using the script from t…

Christopher discusses Sukkah 52a and how it shows two comings of the Messiah and the rabbinic commentary on the מ also showing this fact.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher investigates a claim by anti-rabbinic individuals that claim that in Gittin 57a it says that Yeshua is boiling in excrement. Christopher opens the Talmud and scans the pages of Gittin 57a and puts them in the slides in this teaching to show what the Talmud ACTUALLY says in this passage.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Part 2 of 3 of this special roundtable discussion with Christopher Fredrickson and Stuart and Dallas Benson. In this segment, Christopher, Stuart and Dallas discuss the idea of "adding to and taking away" from Scripture and the claims that other books were originally part of your Bible. Are these claims of merit? Or has our perceptions of what cert…

Part 1 of 3 of this special roundtable discussion with Christopher Fredrickson and Stuart and Dallas Benson. In this first part they discuss some of the misconceptions of the Messianic Jewish faith that has caused issues among our Jewish and Christian brethren because of the untrained "youtube theologians" they discuss how the Scripture speaks of l…

Christopher talks about a discussion he had with an individual who is still hoping for a contested convention for some reason for Cruz to be named the nominee. Christopher shows the idiocy in this position and what they are essentially doing when they side with people like Bill Kristal who is advocating for a 3rd party candidate. Christopher also s…

The liberal media has done a wonderful job at the classification of individuals through sociology and they have hijacked the language during the past few decades. Find out where they got history wrong and have caused the ignorant to accept it in their recent subliminal attacks against Donald Trump.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Does anyone else find it hypocritical that Mitt Romney is saying that Donald Trump should release his tax returns now or be disqualified, Yet what Romney said about his tax returns in 2012 we seemed to have just forgotten and also when Romney finally released them. Also no one is talking about what the law says about tax returns for private citizen…

Christopher asks the question, "who are the real racists", we have discussed previously the racist organizations founded by the Democrat party. But today Christopher takes it further and discusses how the racism of the left has been under our noses the whole time because they have disguised it beautifully. And we finally have a candidate who has th…

Elizabeth Warren goes on the attack towards Donald Trump and the drive-by media is silent. Is there a double standard here? Also, Christopher discusses how the American people are in shock and dismay because finally we have a candidate who is honest in what he says and thinks and feels, when did honesty become a bad thing? Also, did Jan Brewer let …

Several years ago the Ayn Rand novel, Atlas Shrugged gained popularity after decades of being forgotten. The book Atlas Shrugged and the ideal of Rand on objectivism is what brought me to Messianic Judaism. But now that the movies have been made people have once again forgotten about this masterpiece, sadly right now the Republican establishment is…

Christopher makes a case for the candidacy of Donald J TrumpAf Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses why the Scripture actually forbids the thousands of calendars there are in the Hebrew Roots movement.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses the Messianic distraction that entices babies in Torah and Messiah a great deal of the time....Prophecy. Christopher discusses how to approach it in maturity and what to avoid through the models of Scripture and history. It is encouraged for new believers to watch the short lessons in the Messianic Distractions series so they …

A recording of the first drosh at Beit Geulah. Christopher discusses the rabbinic premise of the "Leper Messiah" that comes from Sanhedrin 98a and it's relation to Isaiah 53 and this week's reading Tazria. He also discusses the concept of nega tza'arat and what that means Biblically and what the applicable message is in understanding this "leprosy"…

Christopher discusses how torah observance is not like a checklist and how the New Testament as well as Hasidic Judaism shows there is a time and place for everything and how the spirit of Hashem works in the realms of growth and taking on more mitzvos.Af Christopher Fredrickson

One of the sneakiest anti-missionary and anti-Jewish entities are from the Karaites, in this excerpt from Parshas Pekudei Christopher discusses their tactics in the slow progression (starting with them hooking you on their calendar) and then causing people to ultimately deny Yeshua through their dishonesty on their history. Christopher exposes thei…

One of the major issues in the Messianic faith right now is division and the infighting that occurs. The Torah with the commentaries of the sages and also the words of Paul combat this. This is taken from both of Christopher's Torah Portion teachings on VayakhelAf Christopher Fredrickson

Part of this teaching was taken from Christopher's teaching on the Torah Portion Ki Tisa, the rest was from a series of interviews Christopher did with Andrew Gabriel Roth, one segment from an interview that was never aired back in 2011.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses the horrible twisting of the mitzvos of tzitzit that the Hebrew Roots commits with their fascination with belt loop tzitziot.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Where does our suffering originate? Is it from an external Satan or is it from Hashem? What is the reason for suffering? Is suffering a product of a curse or a blessing?Af Christopher Fredrickson

What does "light" and the menorah mean in the Torah according the sages? And how does this parallel the words of Yeshua? In this teaching you will discover the Jewish idiomatic expression used by Yeshua and paralleled by the sages of Judaism.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher investigates the evidences in the Scripture of how a believer should see oral TorahAf Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher talks about the YeshivaAf Christopher Fredrickson

Many ask, why is it in the book of Genesis we see Avraham Aveinu giving meat and dairy to the three angels and yet in Judaism we teach to separate meat from dairy as a part of Biblical and Rabbinical kosher. Christopher investigates this in the words of the sages and the languages to show why it is we separate meat from dairy and also how things ma…

Cristopher discusses Bitul HaMenaged and where it is mentioned in the New TestamentAf Christopher Fredrickson

A few weeks ago, Christopher and Jeremiah entered into a recording studio to have some fun and play around with some Van Halen tunes in a possible project called "Jew Halen". They decided to switch off on singing duties, and Jeremiah sang on two songs (Dreams, and When it's Love) and Christopher sang on one (Right Now). In these three recorded and …

Most in the "Hebrew Roots" and "Messianic" community advocate against the idea of conversion. Was this always the case in Messianic Judaism? Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism have also taken a similar stance on the issue in recent years. But what does the Hebrew of Exodus 12 say? Also, what do the sages and the New Testament say? Christopher digs deep i…

Excerpt from Parshas Shemos teaching where Christopher explains how the Hebrew Roots movment and Christianity actually teach the antithesis of what Hashem says in terms of physical or mental disabilities.Af Christopher Fredrickson

(From a portion of the studio teaching of Vayechi). Christopher discusses the ins and outs of the prohibition on tattoos, one could suggest that there is a loophole for this commandment to abstain from tattooing. But there is a surrounding context from Leviticus 19 and from the words of the sages as well as the words of Rav Sha'ul.…

This week's Shadows of the Messiah teaching we take a break from the Torah Portions this week and talk about the the holy time of Hanukkah. Christopher attempts to answer the questions "Did Yeshua celebrate Hanukkah" "Are there parallels to the story of the Maccabees in the New Testament and most notably in the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation?"…

Gary we will miss you and may you now have rest with Hashem and the pain is now gone. We will all miss youAf Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses the single biggest unraveling of the Messianic Faith, and it is something that even Hashem warned Kefa (Peter) of. Where does this stem from? It stems from the ego and it perverts how we perceive one another.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Excerpts from Christopher's teachings in 2015 on Parshas Toldos on a very important halakhic issue. What is the goal of Matthew 18? Do we commit Lashon Hara without even realizing it? How can we better guard ourselves from the influence of the Yetzer Hara? All this and more.Af Christopher Fredrickson

Christopher discusses the polar opposite interpretations from the "Hebrew Roots" and Christianity of Matthew 7:1-3. How does one judge rightly? Is it a linear ideal or is there more to this premise? Christopher shows the Jewish way to interpret and apply these verses.Af Rabbi Eh'bed Baw'naw