What is the difference between Biblical submission and obedience?  When should a believer refuse to obey a person in authority over them?  Who established all authority in the world?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching from Parashah Achari Mot (After the Death) Leviticus 16-18, given on April 28, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Submission and Obedience

Why do we all have a need to be loved?  Why is it impossible for any person to satisfy that need for love which we all have?  What does it mean to be "in the love of G-d"?  Are you looking to G-d to be the source of love in your life?  How much do you believe G-d loves you?  What can block you from experiencing G-d's love?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 21, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to G-d's Love.

What happened that gave the Israelites the faith to follow Moses out into the desert?  Have you experienced a miracle in your life?  How were you effected when you experienced that miracle?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 14, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrae.org Click here to listen to Awesome God

Why do Jewish people in the Diaspora keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread for eight days?  Why is Yom Ha Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day just a few days after Passover and one week before Israel's Independence Day?  How do the answers to these questions reveal G-d's amazing timing?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 7, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to God's Amazing Timing

Click here to listen to G-d's Firstfruit Do you know how the events leading to the execution of Yeshua apply to the life of a believer? What did Yeshua mean when He said, "It is finished?" Do you fully understand the significance of Yeshua's resurrection and the implications for the believer?   Find the answers to these questions and more in this teaching given by Pastor Tom on April 1, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at shemayisrael.org.

What is the personal message taught by the Jewish tradition of cleaning out the chametz (leaven) before Passover?  What is holding you back from serving God with all of your heart?  Elder Judith Benhamou answers these questions and more in this teaching given on Shabbat HaGadol (the Great Shabbat), March 24, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to What's Your Baggage?

What does the  B'rit Chadashah (New Covenant) mean when it says Messiah is in you and you are in Messiah or you are in G-d's Spirit and G-d's Spirit is in you?  What is the Bible teaching us about G-d by using these expressions?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on Biblical New Years Day, March 17, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to In Messiah

How did Queen Esther demonstrate Biblical humility?  How is humility a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare?  What does Rabbi Jim look like with hair?  Find out in this Purim teaching by Rabbi Jim given on March 3, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to A Different Kind of Hero

What did Rabbi Sha'ul (Paul) mean when he referred to "Messiah in you, the hope of glory" in Colossians 1:27?  How often are you aware that, if you are a follower of Yeshua, the Messiah is in you?  Learn more about His presence in you in this teaching by Rabbi Jim given on March 10, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Your Hope of Glory

What promises of G-d in the Bible have been fulfilled in our lifetimes through the restoration of the state of Israel and the return of the Jewish people to their homeland?  How does a knowledge of those fulfillments increase your faith in the Bible?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this message based on his recent trip to Israel.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Israel Report