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Direct Link to Youtube video of message. “To Have a Why” Living a full life from Chayei Sarah Rabbi Nathan features the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s commentary on Parsha Chayei Sarah draw important spiritual lessons for living a life true meaning and purpose.       Read More →

Direct Link to Youtube video of message. The Biblical Plan for Anxiety It is easy to say, “Don’t be anxious. Trust in God.” But in these challenging days anxiety seems to be the new normal for many people. Using lessons on trust from the life of Abraham in our weekly Parsha... Read More →

Direct Link to Youtube video of message. The Healing Power of Repentance – a Yom Kippur Message  During our Kol Nidre service over Yom Kippur, Rabbi Nathan helps to brings Repentance to life. T’shuvah is not harsh and condemning. Instead, it is about drawing near to... Read More →

Direct Link to Youtube video of message. The Healing Power of Forgiveness – Shabbat Shuvah On Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Rabbi Nathan shares a moving message on forgiveness. Our time ends with a prayer, walking through eight steps to... Read More →

Direct Link to Youtube video of message. The Drama of the High Holy Days Before Rosh Hashanah 2020, Rabbi Nathan helps us enter into the High Holy Day drama — the real spiritual realities that are happening behind the scene of our lives.       Read More →

Direct Link to Youtube video of message. A Prophecy of Micah Micah gives us an important message of hope in the deepest sense. In this message Rabbi Nathan unpacks how Micah points us toward the eternal Messiah who would be born in the small town of Betlechem, embody justice,... Read More →

Rabbi Nathan Direct Link to Youtube video of message. A Message for Fathers Rabbi Nathan shares lessons he has learned while daddying his six children over the past eleven years. Many of these lessons go beyond being a good dad and are relevant for for everyone. Enjoy!     Read More →

Rabbi Nathan Direct Link to Youtube video of message. In the wake of the tragic and brutal death George Floyd Rabbi Nathan shares important reflections for our community — a message of hope and unity in a very confusing and anxious time.     Read More →

Rabbi Nathan – COVID-19 and The Ashes of the Red Heifer Direct Link to Youtube video of message. We are in uncertain times. At the last minute, we had to close in person services at Ruach Israel and go online in order to do our part to slow the spread of Covid-19... Read More →

Rabbi Nathan continues in our study in the book of Messianic Jews…   Where does Yeshua fit into the hierarchy of Angels? He doesn’t. He bears the name that is above every other name and is far above the Angels. Hebrews 1:4-14 goes through seven rabbinic style proofs... Read More →

Rabbi Nathan continues in our study in the book of Messianic Jews… . “After He made atonement for our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” (Hebrews 1:3b) How would our early first-century Messianic Jews have understood these weighty words for... Read More →

Many Jews today argue that Jews simply cannot believe in a divine messiah. Because of this assumption, Messianic Jews sometimes experience discrimination. But was this always true? Rabbi Nathan unpacks how Hebrews 1:2b -3 would have been heard by first century Jewish ears. . In... Read More →