Teaching on Leviticus 6-8 and Luke 4-6 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Expose of Satan's tactics. Attack relationship with Father. Tempation to act independently. Yeshua quotes book of of Deuteronomy, the Penateuch. Yeshua's custom of going to synagogue on Saturday morning. Yeshua preached because he loved the Jewish people and was passionate about preaching. Context of puzzling sunset phrase. Sky shut up three years six months Jewish extrabiblical tradition. Careers and spiritual mission. Wilderness. New wineskins and D. Thomas Lancaster's book 'King of the Jews'. Questions of correct Sabbath observance. Word for the movement. What does discipleship look like. Plug for HaYesod video course by First Fruits of Zion. Connection between neck and commandment, tzav and mitzvah, as connectors. Profile of offerings olah, minchah, chatat, asham, zevach shlamim. Burnt, grain, sin, guilt, and peace offerings. Studying Torah for its own sake. Principle of first the natural. Olah and fire picture Mashiach's submersion, testing, and power. Matzah and challah. Lawes forever. Why does Yeshua say 'do no think'. Profiles of offerings zevach todah, neder, and nedavah. Desiring compassion and not sacrifice. Developing a culture of thanksgiving. The physical action of ordination. Filling the hands and the filling of the Holy Spirit. Hands-on equipping with tools. Makita tools.

In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy explains why we count the omer, the fifty days from Passover/Pesach up to Shavuot/Pentecost, emphasizes the challenge, gives practical ideas, and sets the practice in the context of God's mitzvot and love language.

Teaching on Leviticus 9-11 and Luke 7-9 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Megashift by Gene Rutz. You have a mission to stop hearses and liquidate death. It starts with compassion. Deep love, spiritual power, and and a Torah-lifestyle are a powerful combination. John the Baptist's message today is the same as Elijah's. Warning from Shimon the Pharisee for the Messianic Jewish/Hebrew Roots movement. Yeshua wore fringes. Go to shalom. Path to cool spiritual experiences. Stay focused on Yeshua, centered on Mashiach. 'Heavenly Man' about Brother Yun. 'Through The Fire Without Burning' by Dimitri Duduman. Yeshua's aliyah to Jerusalem. Tough face. Yeshua challenged people and wasn't always seeker-sensitive. Understanding the eighth day. Middle of the Torah as the belly of the Torah. Obedience and Glory. Priestly Blessing and Glory. People die when the Glory comes. Call to be sober and serious. Call to differentiate. One mitzvah in Gan Eden, related to appetite and diet. Old Testament is the dictionary of the New Testament. Enemy says 'has God really said". Returning to Pauline Nomology. Explaining Peter's vision in the book of Acts. Enlarged Vav in middle of the Pentateuch in gachon, belly. Biblical definitions of abomination, disgusting things, that which is gross. Clean out the pork, rabbit, and shellfish. How to avoid the error of Anne of Green Gables.

In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy points out that men don't wear shawls, proposes that tallits be called prayer-capes or prayer-cloaks in English and explains why some men at the Crown wear them. BIblical commandment. Greek term for tassels, tzitzit, is kraspidon and is the word used for the hem of Yeshua's garment in Matthew and Mark. Tassels indicate nationality, social status, and job description, pictured by the cord of Judah in Genesis. Ancient ID. Coming under the Father's covering in the morning in prayer. Healing in the wings of the Sun of Righteousness in Malachi 4 a prophecy of healing powers of Mashiach. Wearing tzitzit on the belt. Pioneering practical, functional version of the Torah.

Teaching on Leviticus 12-15 and Luke 10-13 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Principles of halacha, how you walk out the Torah. Do what you can and offer what you can afford. Quote from the Didache. Understand the underlying principle and the spirit of the law. God is personally involved in childbirth and parenting. Explanation of Hebrew terms tamei and tahor, clean and unclean. Simple status change, a time of greater dependence on the Creator according to the research of Rabbi Hirsch. Buffer zone of privacy, quiet, and bonding time for mother. Time for her body to recover and re-energize. How to pray for your baby. Symbolism of numbers for sons and daughters. Pray for boy to grow to complete men and full reflection of God as his image. Pray for girl's husband, for the preservation of their sexual purity, for her spiritual connection, and for healthy relationships and friendships. Pray that child would receive Mashiach's kaparah and be a living sacrifice. Yeshua's parents did this for him in the gospel of Luke. Understanding mitzvot as essential components of discipleship, connectors, for the whole family, and as the physical side of holiness. Showering and throwing clothes in wash after seminal emission or conjugal relations. Laws of niddah, menstruation, as time for quietness and inner reflection. Misinterpretation of passage in Orthodox Jewish laws of family purity. Middle of the Torah marked with enlarged Hebrew gimel. Adam and the universal condition of humanity. Leprosy as wide array of skin diseases. Facts on Hansen's disease. Graphic picture of fallen humanity. Thousands of leper colonies in countries like India. Ritual of cleansing leper acted out and dramatized featuring agent, objects, venue, procedure, and timing. Communicates the gospel. Prediction in Talmud that Yeshua-faith would go viral on a global level. Allegorical interpretation of black hair from Shir ha Shirim. Practical application, be grateful like the Samaritan.

Teaching on Leviticus 21-24 and Luke 18-20 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Too easy to focus on others instead of ourselves in spiritual growth and Torah observance. Pharisaic practice of fasting twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. Looking up to heaven in prayer. Quotes from Siddur and Didache. Tradition of smiting the chest. Bringing babies. Which mitzvah the Master left out and why. Yeshua's question, 'What do you want?' Value of desire and setting quantifiable goals. What the term Ben Avraham, Son of Abraham, meant to Mashiach. Cities responding to Yeshua and disastrous consequences of rejection of Yeshua and Yochanan the Immerser. Celebration of the festival commandments contributes to greatness in the kingdom. Feasts bad translation of moa'dim. Whose are the appointed times. Proclaim with a loud voice and cry out the truth of the holy convocations. Breakdown of Hebrew verbal root qara, to call or cry out, as calling on the name of Yahweh in prayer, publicly reading the Scriptures, preaching, and inviting others to join us. Sabbath first of the feasts of the Lord. Also a mitzvah to work from Sunday to Friday. Quote from Brian Tracy. We're commanded to have holy gatherings, not just rest. Journal entries and warm fuzzies. Matzot, Bikkurim, Omer/Sheaf counting. Kindness to the disadvantaged. Spring Festivals partially fulfilled in first coming of Mashiach. Yomei Teruah and Kippur and Sukkot. Offerings by fire. Vignette from early church history, the quartodeciman controversy. Tertullian and the Sabbatati.

In this "Lama (Hebrew for 'Why?') Talk With Izzy", Izzy explains why he wears a kippah/yarmulke/skullcap, underscores the dangers of getting noogies, interprets Paul's statements about men covering their heads, gives an overview of the tradition, and tells his story of returning to Judaism, sorting through tradition and mitzvah, discovering his Ukrainian Jewish family's past, and remembering his extended family members who were killed in the shoah/holocaust.

Teaching on from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Times of the Gentiles have been fulfilled. Crisis liturgy for Gentiles. Yeshua prays for you. When Mashiach joins a midrash. Yeshua had a hallmark way of breaking bread. Shalom aleichem. What precedes forgiveness of sins. Power from on high. Shnat HaYovel, the Jubilee year. Beginning of Jewish civic year in autumn. Return to family farm and extended family. Redemption, geulah, of Israel. More than people, it's the land and cosmos. More than individuals, it's national. Role of ritual and ceremony. Sacred space and time. Quote from 'Iron John' by Robert Bly. Nothing sacred in our culture. Hashem the mikdash m'at, the little sanctuary. Conditional blessings. Selective theology of Word of Faith and Prosperity Gospel hermeneutic. Persona, marital, civic, and national shalom. Shalom as title of Mashiach. Evil beasts and negative life forms including terrorists, political entities that compromise and sell their country out, doctors that murder infants, corporations that inject gmo and carcinogens into the populace's diet, and mosquitoes. No sword not a reference to gun control. Being fruitful, i.e. having many children, is a blessing. Curses as consquences of choosing the liar, murdered, and destoyer and limited experiences of hell. Coldness. Note of hope in Hoshea 1. Solution to exile. Ashes of Isaac. Yeshua's blessing on the Messianic community.

Teaching on the Festival of Shavuot/Weeks/Pentecost from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Tackling popular misconceptions. New covenant is not antithetical to previous foundational covenants. Parallels between the gift of the Torah and the gift of the Ruach ha Kodesh. Same date, the fiftieth day. Same time, early in the morning. Boy taking girl out on date showing up at 5 in the morning. Both public events. Visible glory. Thundering, earthshaking, audible. Tangible, indeniable, in your face theophany. Common misconception that the disciples were in the upper room when they were in the temple. 70 languages of the nations. Flames of fire reminiscent of Moshe's burning bush. Violent rushing wind and shofar blast. Same people, the nation of Israel. When was the birth of the church. Mystical birth of Mashiach's bride from his side pictured by Chavah from Adam's side. Same person glorified. Same Law given, clarified, upheld, and proclaimed. Same preparation. People redeemed and brought out of the system and into the wilderness. Third day in millenial terms.

Teaching on Numbers 4-7 and John 3-4 from a Messianic Jewish Perspective. Hebrew wordplay in ruach as wind and spirit. Wind as picture. Earthly things include basic commands of Torah pertaining to lifestyles, work schedules, diets, who we marry, etc. ABC's of faith. Danger of being too earthly or too heavenly. Be physical and spiritual. Understanding chayei olam, eternal life. Mission to save, not judge. Blowing arrogance out of the world. Defining light. The Master's intensive leadership training techniques. Shavuot story in Gospel of Yochanan paralleling Ruth. Object lessons as powerful communication medium and springboard point. Hebrew wordplay of mayim chaim, living water. Yeshua sidesteps religious debates and cuts through to real issue. No dis on Jerusalem and the Temple system. Samaritan Gerizim a false and unbiblical system. Hebrew wordplay, Yeshua and Yeshuah. Yeshua refers to Jewish people as 'we'. Jesus was and is a Jew. Why two days. Priestly work is of a military nature and involves warfare more intense, grueling, dangerous, and challenging than any Marine, Ranger, or Navy Seal will ever face. Confess your sins verbally and publically. Paramount import of shalom bait, peace in the home. Story of neder ha nazir, the Nazarite vow that Izzy took. Why Birkat Cohanim follows Sotah and Nazir. Hebrew baby names mean something. Overview of ethos of exodus generation. The anointed altar.