Beth Yeshua Messianic Synagogue

The Future of our Faith Community – Part One Primary Text: Genesis 3 In this Teaching: This is the first in a series of important messages about the future of our faith community and ALL faith communities in California and the United States! Teacher: Rabbi Josh Rubinstein Date: May 09, 2020

Take Every Thought Captive Primary Text: II Corinthians 10 In this Teaching: Rabbi Josh explains how we can win the war for our minds and gives us practical advice on how to do so. Teacher: Rabbi Josh Rubinstein Date: April 04, 2020

How To Live in These Last Days Primary Text: Colossians 1 In this Teaching: We should live so that everyone will know who we serve … and see our love. Teacher: Elder Steven Childs Date: July 20, 2019

How to Build A Strong Faith Primary Text: Matthew 28 In this Teaching: Faith requires exercise – and we (in Messianic Judaism) need to exercise our faith muscle often! Teacher: Rabbi Kirk Gliebe Date: July 13, 2019

Title: The Kingdom is About Relationship Primary Text: Matthew 28 In this Teaching: If the government takes away our non-profit status; if they tell us we can’t worship God the way we want to; if they tear down our congregations; if they say we can’t proclaim the truths of Torah because someone might be offended […]

Title: Holy Disruption Primary Text: The story of Abraham in Genesis. Lech Lecha. In this Teaching: Two messages for the price of one! Rav. Rubinstein encourages us to lean into the Holy disruptions in our lives. Rabbi Givani encourages us that there are two lions (the enemy, and Yeshua) at work in our lives, and […]

Title: Yeshua and The Gifts of The Ruach Primary Text: Exodus 19:9 In this Teaching: It is Jewish tradition that the Torah was given at Mount Sinai on Shavuot. The chosen people of God were witnesses to the audible voice of Adonai ringing out for the very first time in the ears of men. However, […]

Title: Yeshua’s Sacrifice is Enough – And it brings us into love – and that brings us into obedience. Primary Text: Galatians 5 In this Teaching: Why is it that we fall into the same trap that the Body of Messiah in Galatia did? Teacher: Rav Joshua Rubinstein Date: June 01, 2019

Our Audacious Calling REQUIRES The Ruach’s Power Primary Text: Acts 1 In this Teaching: To see all of the Jewish people in Sacramento fall in love with Yeshua the Messiah is an AUDACIOUS task! We need the power of the Ruach (Spirit) – and we must wait for Him to move! Teacher: Rav Joshua Rubinstein […]

How To Keep the Fire Burning Primary Text: Leviticus 6, I Thessalonians 5, Isaiah 33 In this Teaching: Have you ever used the phrase “on fire for God” or “on fire for Messiah”? Sometimes we look back and earlier times in our walk and say, “Man, I was really on fire!”. Many of us have […]

The Transformational Power of Honoring Our Parents Primary Text: Deuteronomy 5 In this Teaching: It isn’t just for the benefit of your parents that God commands you to honor them. It is for your benefit. YOU will be transformed. Teacher: Rav Joshua Rubinstein Date: May 11, 2019

They “Seem” Eager to Know My Ways… In this Teaching: Isaiah 58 tells us that God is much more concerned with THE HEART than THE FOOD when we fast. Don’t look at the outside of how others are fasting during The Festival of Unleavened Bread. Instead, allow Adonai to direct your fast – from the […]

An Offering Pleasing to God In this Teaching: We are currently counting the Omer, counting up the Festival of Shavu’ot. During this season, we traditionally await the Ruach in anticipation of receiving more from the Father. However, this is not primarily a season of receiving but giving. We should not appear before the Lord empty […]

Practical Tips for Spring Cleaning the Soul In this Teaching: Okay… maybe you’re convinced that Pesach is a perfect season to shed some light on your soul. So … how does one do that? Rav Rubinstein shares some practical tips and we spend some time waiting upon the Ruach (Spirit) for Him to reveal anything […]

It’s Time for Some Spring Cleaning in Our Souls… In this Teaching: Pesach is a time when many people take the command to clean the leaven out of their homes very seriously and clean their homes top to bottom… but, are we also taking the time to open the doors and windows to our souls […]

We Have a HIGHER Loyalty Not a Dual Loyalty In this Teaching: The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Avendego shows that the accusation of “Dual Loyalty” against the Jewish people has been present for centuries. And one of the reasons that it persists … is because we DO have a higher loyalty than our country. […]

The Spiritual Roots of Anti-Semitism In this Teaching: Why does anti-semitism continue to linger? Why are there openly anti-Semitic Congress people in 2019? Where does this hatred and fear of the Jews come from? … and what can be done about it. Teacher: Rav Joshua Rubinstein Date: Mar 09, 2019

The Purpose of Chevra In this Teaching: We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Schiffman who is the Executive Director of Chevra USA, a humanitarian organization that feeds elderly Jews, particularly holocaust survivors, in the Former Soviet Union and Israel, to Beth Yeshua this past weekend. Listen to his message to learn more about this […]

The Importance of Going to the Jewish People to Proclaim Messiah Primary Text: Romans, Luke In this Teaching: We uniquely understand the Jewish Messiah and His love for His Jewish People. Therefore we are uniquely called to proclaim Yeshua to His People. If not us … who will? Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Feb 23, 2019

The Importance of Going to the Jewish People to Proclaim Messiah Primary Text: Romans, Luke In this Teaching: If Messianic Judaism is just a “Hebraic Hangout Club” then we are failing in our primary calling: Namely, to proclaim Yeshua to His People! Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Feb 16, 2019

Sally is a story teller and singer. During this concert she presents the heart of love that God has been developing inside of her. A heart of extending forgiveness and unselfish love where it is NOT expected! Enjoy! Special Artist: Sally Klein-O’Connor (Improbable People Ministries) Date: February 9, 2019  

The Power of Testimony – And we are His Witnesses – Part 3 Primary Text: Acts 5:32 In this Teaching: Yeshua has anointed those who are in union with Him, and that are empowered by the Ruach Ha Kodesh to bare His embassage of a lively hope to a world bound in despair in these final […]

The Power of Testimony – The Faithful and True Witness – Part 2 Primary Text: Revelation 3:14 In this Teaching: The sole purpose of this week’s teaching was to drive home the fact that Yeshua the Messiah is completely trustworthy. He simply does not, nor can He lie. The Ecclesia can therefore place their complete […]

IMPORTANT Due to technical issues the audio for this teaching cut out in places and has poor overall quality. Yet, this is a powerful teaching and we wanted to present to you what we could… The Power of Testimony – Part 1 Primary Text: Exodus 15:1 In this Teaching: This week’s Torah portion highlights the Spirit […]

The Insanity of Maintaining the Status Quo Primary Text: I Timothy In this Teaching: 1st Timothy shows us that so much of our life together in Messiah is about relationship and life together. So … why aren’t we really living that at Beth Yeshua? And, even more importantly, how can we CHANGE and move toward […]

Let’s Resolve To Change The RIGHT Things! Primary Text: I Timothy 6, Philippians 2 In this Teaching: Often the “me” focus of this world sneaks into our resolutions. How can we make sure that our resolutions are God’s resolutions for our lives? And how can we avoid becoming “me” focused during this time? Teacher: Rosh Ruby […]

Practical Instructions for The Body of Messiah. Focus on Others. Primary Text: I Timothy In this Teaching: Rav Sha’ul jumps from topic to topic in 1st Timothy giving young Timothy practical advice on how to be “OTHER” focused in his ministry. In fact, the theme of many of the writings of Sha’ul (Paul) seem to […]

This powerful Hallel sets a model for how we should interact with God… Primary Text: Psalm 100, 118, 136 In this Teaching: Thankfulness and praising God for who He is changes our brain chemistry, our focus, and our … entire life! Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Nov 24, 2018

Why you should care about 1st Timothy – Part 1 Primary Text: I Timothy, In this Teaching: What if all you had to base the blueprint for the body of Messiah on were the actual instructions in the Brit Chadesha? And … do the practical instructions from Paul to Timothy have relevance for Messianic Judaism […]

What Should the Body of Messiah Look Like – Part Two Primary Text: Acts 2 In this Teaching: Our hearts desire is for the intimacy that we see in the early body of Messiah. So … how do we get there? Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Oct 13, 2018

What Should the Body of Messiah Look Like? Primary Text: Acts 5, Matthew 23 In this Teaching: Yeshua is THE Rabbi. The Shepard. Ultimately what He wants, is what Beth Yeshua is going to do. Rosh Ruby gives insight into what direction Yeshua is leading our congregation, and hopefully the Body of Messiah as a […]

Our Yom Kippur is … different. Primary Text: Leviticus 16, Hebrews 7 In this Teaching: Our celebration is different – because our High Priest is different! Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Sept 15, 2018

Sukkot: THE Chag (Festival) Primary Text: Numbers 29, John 7 In this Teaching: What are the commandments for celebrating Sukkot in the Tenach? How did Yeshua use Sukkot to point toward the Kingdom of Heaven – and to promise the Ruach to His talmidim? Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Sept 22, 2018

Rosh Hashanah – The Day of Trumpets!! Primary Text: Numbers 29, I Corinthians 15 and I Thessalonians 4 In this Teaching: Why is Rosh Hashanah important? What traditions during Rosh Hashanah should we keep? Rosh Ruby explains why we need to be lead by the Spirit to know what traditions we should and shouldn’t keep during the Fall Feasts […]

Messy 101 – Halacha, Our Way of Walking, Question & Answer Primary Text: Romans 14 In this Teaching: We lean heavily on Romans 14 in matters of communal observance. Why? Because it is before the Lord that we stand or fall – and He is able to make us stand. So what does that really mean […]

Messy 101 – Important Events in the Formation of Beth Yeshua In this Teaching: S. Rubinstein and Rosh Ruby talk through some of the most important events that shaped the present day reality of our community. Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: Aug 18, 2018

Messy 101 – The History of Beth Yeshua’s Founders In this Teaching: S. Rubinstein shares the story of meeting and marrying Rabbi Rube. Then she outlines the journey in their lives to become part of Messianic Judaism. Teacher: S. Rubinstein Date: Aug 11, 2018

Messy 101 – Theology – The Place of Rabbinic Judaism within Messianic Judaism In this Teaching: People look at Judaism from the outside and assume that it is monolithic – but it’s not. Messianic Judaism is the same. Many of our esteemed Messianic Rabbis do not agree about all halacha (how to “walk” the life of […]

… and what were their Summer Conferences like? In this Teaching: Rosh Ruby shares his experiences at both of the Summer Conferences and briefly discusses the MJAA and UMJC in their historical context of the Messianic Jewish Movement. Teacher: Rosh Ruby Date: July 28, 2018

Primary Text: Jude 1:11 In this Teaching: Jude illustrates the spiritually bleak path taken by those that depart from the faith. He entourages his readers to beware of Apostasy, grow in faithfulness through spirit lead prayer, and build up those that need stability in their faith. Teacher: Elder Steven Date: July 21, 2018

Primary Text: Jude 1:4,5 In this Teaching: Jude describes in detail the characteristics of those who have become apostate. He reminds the saints by reviewing historical biblical lessons how to recognize and avoid being a party to such reckless spiritual pitfalls. Teacher: Elder Steven Date: July 14, 2018

Primary Text: Jude 1:3 In this Teaching: Jude called himself the Bondservant of Yeshua or Messiah. Totally given over to the will of his master, Jude penned a letter to the churches encouraging them to contend for the faith that was handed down from the Patriarchs. Teacher: Elder Steven Date: July 07, 2018

Want to see the notes for this Message? Click here: LINK  Primary Text: Romans 11. In this Teaching: At the end of the 19th Century and throughout the 20th Century there was a dramatic expansion of Messianic Jewish People. How did this happen … and perhaps more importantly … WHY did this happen and what […]

Want to see the notes for this Message? Click here: LINK Primary Text: Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity by Daniel Boyarin and Romans 9-11. In this Teaching:  – We investigate the history of the initial split between Jewish followers of Yeshua and the rest of the Jewish people – as well as the split between […]

Primary Text: Romans 9 In this Teaching:  – In Romans 9 Rav. Shaul goes to great lengths to show that the Nations (Gentiles) are referred to as “My People” and “My Beloved” by God. It is clear from the prophets (and Romans) that the Nations have a PROFOUND role in the restoration of Israel and the […]

Primary Text: Ezekiel 37:21 – 28 In this Teaching:  – Learning about Messianic Judaism is kind of like trying to drink from a fire-hose! If you Google “Messianic Judaism” you’ll get all kinds of results from Hebraic Roots to Replacement Theology to The Modern Messianic Jewish Movement that was birthed in the 1960’s and 70’s. So […]

Primary Text: Acts 2, In this Teaching:  – We can either be spectators on the sideline, or we can get in the game. Which are you going to be? Are you devoted to becoming Holy, being taught, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer? Because that’s what the early church did, and the Lord added to them daily. […]

Primary Text: Romans 6 – 8 In this Teaching:  – The call to baptism is a call to death. It’s a call to be done with sin and to throw yourself into the water and to come up new. We have an opportunity to be free – for some of us it’s going to take the destruction […]

Primary Text: Matthew 3 In this teaching:  – We find that in every historical explosion of the Ruach in a community – it coincides with a call to ‘Teshuvah’ (repentance). Simply put, God needs a people that are walking in humility and repentance before He can light them on fire. The authors of the Brit […]

  In this teaching:  – In this first teaching in a series on Expectant Longing for The Ruach, Josh expounds on the idea that the days between the end of Pesach and Shavuot are days of expectation! When God set His people free from Egypt such a long time ago – it wasn’t JUST for […]

  In this teaching:  – God desires a people in these days that are able to radically obey Him. He needs a Royal Priest hood that is willing to be continually refined for His use. So…what is holding you and I back from a deeper commitment to God?” Teacher: Robert Emmert Date: April 14, 2018