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BeMidbar This week we begin our study of the 4th book of the Torah - BeMidbar or Numbers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Behar and BeChukkothai Here are the audio files from the Sabbath service for the final two Torah readings in Vayikra (Behar and BeChukkothai). Ross Nichols teaches on the readings in the first file, the congregation reads the Torah and prophet readings and Joe Good leads the dialogue. You will not want to miss these! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Emor This is the audio file for the class on the Torah reading Emor. This class was taught by John Carlson, one of the congregational leaders for Roots of Faith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Acharey Mot and Kedoshim Here is the audio class for the Torah readings Acharey Mot and Kedoshim. I will post my notes soon as well as the Torah Reading and dialogue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tazria and Metzora Here is the audio class for Torah Readings Tazria and Metzora. I am a bit behind due to other obligations. I hope to publish my study notes for the past couple of lessons soon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shemini Here is the teaching on Torah Reading Shemini. The study notes for this class will be posted in the next couple of days. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Passover Service Here is my class to prepare you for the coming Festival of Pesach. I will post my study notes as soon as practical. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tzav - Shabbat HaGadol Here is the class on the Torah reading Tzav. The notes for this class will be up as soon as practical. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VaYikra Click on the link below for a printable version of the study notes: vayikra.pdf Leviticus comes from the Greek word that means, “pertaining to the Levites”. It was anciently known as “torat haKohanim” – instructions to the priests. The Hebrew name for the book is VaYikra – and he called. There is a halachic midrash on VaYikra that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VaYakheil / Pekudai Click the link below for a Printable version of the Study Notes  vayakheil-pekudai.pdf VaYakheil Exodus 35:1-38:20 1 Kings 7:40-50 22nd Torah Reading, 10th in Exodus (122 verses) Pekudai Exodus 38:21-40:38 1 Kings 7:51-8:21 23rd Torah Reading, 11th in Exodus (92 verses) Overview / Commentary This week two portions are combined; VaYakheil (and he assembled) and Pekudai (accounts). We also complete the Book of Exodus (Shemoth) this week. This [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ki Thissa Click the link below for a printable version of this Torah Study ki-thissa.pdf Ki Thissa Exodus 30:11-34:35 1 Kings 18:1-39 21st Torah Reading, 9th in Exodus Longest Parsha in Exodus, 10th longest in the Torah (139 verses) Connecting theme between Torah and Prophet Reading (idolatry) Overview / Commentary Exodus 30:11-16 - HaShem reveals to Moses the rules for taking a census of the Israelites [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ross Nichols Interviews Dr. James Tabor This week, Ross Nichols introduces something new to his podcast audience. Ross Nichols taught for 11 weeks on Dr. James D. Tabor’s book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith. This podcast is an interview between Ross Nichols and Dr. Tabor on the main points of Abrahamic Faith. Here are some of the points from the interview: You will hear Tabor define [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Summary of Abrahamic Faith In this class, Ross summarizes his teachings over the past several weeks. He covers all of the essential teachings from the entire series on James Tabor’s book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith. You will not want to miss this class. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More on the Tribes, Restoring Abrahamic Faith, Part 10 In this week’s class, Ross teaches again on the return of Israel. In this class, he gets into some of his more speculative teaching on the return of Israel. Ross also shares some of his views on the tribes and the Christian writings. You will not want to miss this class. Paxil Buy Cipro Purchase Sumycin Cheap Pilex Sumycin Bontril Purchase Levitra Order Avapro Motrin Buy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Return of Israel - Abrahamic Faith, Part 9 In this 9th in the Restoring Abrahamic Faith series and the 2nd on “Participating in the Plan of God”, Ross begins to cover the topic of the “Lost Tribes of Israel”. This topic will take several weeks to work through. You will not want to miss this class. Cheap Rocaltrol Buy Levothroid Purchase Plendil Purchase Maxaquin Buy Copegus Order Lasuna Aceon Purchase Imitrex Buy Xenacore Buy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kingdom of God - Abrahamic Faith, part 8 In this class, Ross begins to teach on “Participating in the Plan of God”. Ross teaches this week that the establishment of the Kingdom of God is the basis for the plan of God. This is the eighth in the series based upon James Tabor’s Restoring Abrahamic Faith. He covers texts in the Christian writings and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping the Commandments - Abrahamic Faith, part 7 In this week’s class Ross’ 7th in his series on Restoring Abrahamic Faith, and his 4th and final class on following the Way of YHVH, Ross narrows the focus to the keeping of the commandments. Ross puts forth a strong stand for all who seek to follow the way to begin to keep the commandments. He seeks [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Celebrating 3 years with Roots of Faith In tonight’s talk, Ross looks back 20 years and remembers the path that led to the establishment of Roots of Faith and the synagogue without walls. This talk covers how we got to this point. It was delivered on the very day that Ross received the keys to the historic Temple Sinai. It has been a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Testimony - Abrahamic Faith, Part 6 In this class Ross explores the topic of the Testimony. Ross begins his class by reading Isaiah 8:16-22. In this passage we find that the disciples of YHVH will “bind the Testimony and seal the Torah”. In this same passage we are told that those who do not speak according to this word (Torah and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Torah - Abrahamic Faith, part 5 In this week’s class, Ross continues his teaching based upon James Tabor’s, Restoring Abrahamic Faith.� This is the second part of the class on Following the WAY of YHVH. In this class, Ross points out that the Torah is the foundation of this ancient Way. He also covers the great apostasy, or “falling away” from this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Way of YHVH - Abrahamic Faith, part 4 In this class, Ross begins to explore the second of 3 foundational concepts of a Biblical Faith; Following the Way of God. This series is following the order as set forth in James Tabor’s book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith. In this lesson, Ross defines the Way of God from the Biblical writings. In the coming weeks, he will [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Character of God - Abrahamic Faith, Part 3 This class is the third in a series based upon the book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith. In this class, Ross teaches on the character and nature of YHVH. In the Torah, YHVH reveals His character and nature to Moses in Exodus 34. This formula becomes one of the most repeated in Biblical literature. Ross explores this remarkable [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Name of God - Abrahamic Faith, part 2 In this second class, Ross further explores the foundational biblical concept of “Knowing God”. In this class, Ross teaches on the subject of God’s name. God has a personal name that is revealed in the pages of the Hebrew Bible. While this name appears nearly 7,000 times in the original Hebrew text, most translations hide this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Restoring Abrahamic Faith - Part 1 This lesson is the first in a series that reviews the idea of Abrahamic Faith.� What was the faith of Abraham? With the recent release of James Tabor’s, thoroughly revised book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith, I wanted to cover the subject so that people have a clearer idea of where I am coming from in regards [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Yom Kippur This week’s class is on the subject of Yom Kippur - commonly referred to as the Day of Atonement. This is a season of Sactity. The seventh month is the Holiest of months, and the 10th day of the 7th month is the holiest day of the year. It is considered a Sabbath of Sabbaths; a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - The Un-Named Feast In this week’s class, Ross talks about the most significant day in human history.� Can a nation be born in one day?� The answer is yes, and in this week’s class, Ross talks about this very thing. Here are some of the texts that Ross covers in this class: Exodus 5:1, 10:9 Exodus 19:16-20 Exodus 3:1-4 Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Deuteronomy 5:1-5 Deuteronomy 33:1-2 The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Journey thru Gospel, Part 2 In this week’s class, Ross picks up where he left off last week. He focuses again on the geography of the redemption - a map of salvation - if you will. He reads from several passages in the Hebrew Bible that look on the wilderness experience in a nostalgic way (see for instance Hosea 2:14-15, Isaiah [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - The Riddle � Ross started a new series this week.� The class begins with a riddle: He was believed to be the Messiah Some say that his ministry was foreseen by the prophets He was called the “Light” He was killed before the 2nd Temple fell His death may be described in the Hebrew Bible Some believed that he was raised from the dead His [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Messiah Part 5 - Prophets and Prophecy “Christianity” claims that its message is to be based upon a prophetic message (see for example 2 Peter 1:16-21). Both John and Jesus are called prophets and so it becomes essential that we understand this subject. Here are some of the passages that Ross uses to teach this subject. Exodus 20:18-21 Deuteronomy 18:9-22 Amos 3:1-8 Prophets are shown in this class [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul, Messiah Part 4 In this 4th class of the Messiah series, Ross explores further the subject of the son of David. Yeshua asked a question of his opponents concerning the lineage of the “Messiah”.� Was this not a known fact?� Is it not clear that the “Messiah” will be born from the lineage of David?� What does the priestly [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Messiah, Part 3 In this class�Ross explores the idea of the King as it relates to the Messiah. In this class, Ross looks at the origin of the monarchy in ancient Israel.� Was it the will of God to have a monarchy? Most students of Scripture anticipate a coming King of the line of David who will reign. How [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sabbath Service - Genesis 35:9-36:43 Today’s class focuses on redemption - a fitting theme during this festival season of Pesach. The Torah story that we read in this service has Jacob / Israel returning to the land of his fathers. Once again we learn that God is changing his name from Jacob to Israel (35:10; see also 32:27-28). We find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UIWU Conference I recently attended the 65th Annual United Israel World Union Conference, held in Charlotte, North Carolina.� It was a wonderful and refreshing conference filled with exciting speakers and interesting people from literally all over.� Below I am attaching the program so that you can see some of what made this an incredible meeting. The audio of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Special Passover Teaching Shalom to you during this Festival Season of Redemption! As a reminder, Sunday Shul will be this evening at 7:00 PM Central time. I will take leave of the subject of Messiah for one more week to speak tonight of the story of the Exodus. Next week I will resume the subject of the messiah, focusing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Messiah - Part 2 In this class, Ross explores all the passages from the Torah related to the Hebrew idea of “Anointing”. Ross shows that objects and Priests are the “Anointed Ones” mentioned in the Torah. Beginning in John 1:35-51, Yeshua makes one of the three references to his role in the Torah. What is it that he refers to? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Messiah Part 1 In this week’s lesson, Ross begins his series on “The Messiah - Expectations and Speculations”.� Ross seeks to recover a biblical and Hebraic view of the Messiah. The goal and objective of this series is to show: The orgin of the term and examples of the ancient practice of anointing (i.e., Priest, King and Prophet). We will [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Resurrection In today’s class Ross takes a look at the Hebrew view of the afterlife - in particular, the idea of resurrection of the dead. Maimonides in his articles of the Faith speaks of the resurrection: “I firmly believe that there will take place a revival of the dead at which will please the Creator, blessed be His [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Son of God, Part 4 (Immanuel) In this class, Ross further explores the idea of the son of God.� In this class, Ross begins to look at the use of certain texts from the Hebrew Bible by the evangelists.� This week, he looks at the historical context of Isaiah 7 and 8. Formal creeds and one of Orthodox Christianity’s fundamental beliefs is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Son of God, Part 3 This week, Ross continues the series on the Son of God.� In this week’s lesson, he begins to lay the groundwork to explore the “virgin birth”. The lesson first addresses the role of Yeshua from his own words, from the words of his earliest followers and then goes into some of the more difficult sayings of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Son of God, Part 2 In this week’s lesson, Ross further explores the idea of God’s son. In last week’s class he taught on the Hebraic view of God’s son. The class begins with a look at the popular understanding of the term. The common understanding of Son of God associates Jesus of Nazareth with God as part of a triune [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - The Son of God - a Hebrew View The Hebraic View of God’s Son In this class Ross begins to examine the concept of the Son of God from a Hebraic perspective. Beginning in the gospel of John, Ross compares the ideas and concepts spoken by Yeshua to the ancient charge given to Israel. From the introduction, Ross goes back to the Hebrew Bible to explore [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Shul - Making Disciples Shalom! This week is the first week of our new teaching series Sunday Shul.� This week’s class is about the ancient art of making disciples. Ross explores the idea of making disciples. He begins this class with the final charge of Yeshua to his own disciples and works through the texts even showing that Isaiah had disciples. In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seeing God - Genesis 18 & other texts from the Hebrew Bible In today’s class we cover some of the most intriguing texts from the Hebrew Bible.� On the one hand the Bible clearly states that “no one has seen God at any time”.� This view is found in numerous texts of the torah and prophets, and even the gospel of John (1:18), but on the other [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A New Network A New Network of Bible Teachers is coming! I continue to be amazed at all that we are capable of doing with the technology in our modern world. Joseph and Debbie Good of Hatikva Ministries and Dr. Walter Oakley have joined up to form a new network of Bible teachers. They have asked me to join [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Circumcision - The Sign of the Covenant - Genesis 17 & 18 Sabbath Class 12/22 In today’s lesson we read Genesis 16 and 17 from the torah and Isaiah 54 from the prophets. This week, we did something slightly different than you may be used to. After the reading of the torah and the prophets, we had a panel type discussion about the torah reading. Joseph and Debbie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Vision - Seder 12 of the Ancient Triennial Torah Cycle This week, I again focus on the person of Abram. In this portion of the triennial torah cycle, the word that connects the Torah reading with the prophet reading is the word Vision. In Genesis 15 we read of the “machazeh” of Abram. In Isaiah 1 we read of the chazon of Isaiah and in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Servant Song by John Carlson (the Live Version) Write up by Ross Nichols This is a new song written and performed by John Carlso. It is quite powerful. John wrote this song to point out the meaning behind the idea of being a servant of God. The Hebrew Bible talks of a servant and clearly identifies that servant as the nation of Israel, and yet [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Melchizedek - Seder 11 of the Ancient Triennial Torah Cycle Melchizedek Today’s triennial torah cycle is about the mysterious figure of Melchizedek. He is mentioned only twice in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 14 and Psalm 110). In this class I take a look at several ancient sources to consider this figure. We look at the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Midrashim and the New Testament book of Hebrews. We also [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Promised Land - Seder 10 of the Ancient Triennial Torah Cycle � In this week’s class, I focus on 2 topics, from the selected readings from this 10th seder of the ancient triennial torah cycle; (1) the “walk” of Abram (and his person), and (2) the Promised Land. Beginning with the person and walk of Abram, I show that the initial call of Abram was for him to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 11 - Seder 9 of the Triennial Torah Cycle In this class, Ross explores the connecting theme between the Torah reading and Prophets reading for this 9th seder of the Ancient Triennial Torah cycle. The theme is “unity” and specifically as it relates to language. In the torah reading from Genesis 11 we find that the whole earth had one language and the same words.� [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 8:15-10:32 - Sederim 7 and 8 of the Triennial Torah Cycle In this class, Ross covers among other things, the subject of the heart of man. The story of Noah contains some information about the heart of man.� The idea that man requires a change of heart is prevalent in the Scripture. In the introduction to this week’s class, Ross talks about this. The class also covers [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Sabbath to Remember A Sabbath to Remember The Key word that connects the Torah portion to the Prophet reading this week according to the ancient reading cycle is the word “remember”. In preparing for the class this coming Sabbath I have come across some interesting points from an ancient sermon delivered on an occassion of this very Torah portion.� I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 6:9-7:24 - Seder Five of the Triennial Torah Cycle In this fifth torah portion of the ancient triennial cycle we read of the first one called a tzadik - a righteous one.� This reading begins with the statement that Noah was a righteous man - unblemished in his generation.� What does it mean to be righteous?� All my life I have been taught that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 5:1 - 6:8 - Seder Four of the Triennial Torah Cycle In this fourth portion of the Triennial Torah cycle, we encounter one of the most intriguing personalities in the entire Bible - Enoch. According to hints in the Hebrew Bible and plain language in the NT, it is asserted that Enoch is one of two men that never tasted death. We look at both of these [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 3:22 - 4:26 - Seder Three of the Triennial Torah Cycle In this torah reading, named Behold the Man,�we have two murders and�two exiles. We begin to see the true consequences of sin; separation from God and the denial of access to the tree of life. We are introduced to the Biblical theme of the “hiding of God’s face”. We learn that innocent blood cries out to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 2:4-3:21 - Seder Two of the Triennial Cycle This torah seder has 43 verses. It is titled, The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth. It provides a more detailed account of creation. Whereas the account from Seder 1 was from Heavn to earth, this one is from earth to heaven - or from the earth up. This reading contains the first mention of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Genesis 1:1-2:3 / Seder One of Triennial Cycle In this first seder of the ancient triennial Torah cycle, the focus is on creation. Ross begins with a Greek word found in the text of Matthew’s gospel.� The word is palingheneseeah and it means� - a new Genesis.� From here Ross shows that the New Testament writers had the same outlook in regards to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Roots of Faith Sukkot Conference - Joseph Good Joseph Good, who was a pioneer of the ‘return to Hebrew Roots movement’ in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, explains his current thoughts on the path of return for those who seek to turn to the Torah. Joseph talks from the heart concerning his current thoughts, beliefs and personal life for those who think [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shabbat Nachuma / Va-etchanan / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 This week, Roots of Faith launched its first Live Webcast.� This is something that we plan to do every Sabbath.� Join in each Saturday morning at 10:30 Central time for a unique teaching experience. We hope to create a sort of cyber synagogue - a community of faith for any and all who wish to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tribe Talks On July 14th, Ross spent several hours covering the subject of the Return of Israel.� These classes, 5 in all, are full of Biblical teaching on this all-important subject.� The listener is warned!� These classes may make you think. They also contain some more speculative things. You will want to download and listen to all of these classes.� [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Emor - Leviticus 21:1-24:23 This week’s lesson again focuses on the Biblical idea of holiness.� This week’s torah reading uses the word HOLY quite frequently. We learn a good deal about the priests (ordinary as well as the Cohen HaGadol - the big or as he was more commonly called, the High Priest). We are told to be holy (Leviticus 19:2; [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do! Message delivered at UIWU Meeting I recently attended a conference in Charlotte and gave two talks, titled (1) Hear and (2) Do. In these two talks I attempt to lay out my vision for a revival of Torah Faith. In the first class (HEAR), I begin with the Shema - the foundational confession of Biblical Faith.� As a special guest, my friend [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hear! Message delivered at UIWU Meeting I recently attended a conference in Charlotte and gave two talks, titled (1) Hear and (2) Do. In these two talks I attempt to lay out my vision for a revival of Torah Faith. In the first class (HEAR), I begin with the Shema - the foundational confession of Biblical Faith.� As a special guest, my friend [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Song - The Shema This song was composed and performed by John Carlson.� It is quite moving.� It features the words of what is called the Shema.� Shema is a Hebrew word translated as Hear! The Shema contains several passages from the Torah, and Jesus referred to the Shema as the “greatest commandment”. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Song - The Shema This song was composed and performed by John Carlson. It is quite moving. It features the words of what is called the Shema. Shema is a Hebrew word translated as Hear! The Shema contains several passages from the Torah, and Jesus referred to the Shema as the “greatest commandment”. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Song - Psalm 130 This song was composed by John Carlson and performed by John Carlson and Sherry Cole. It is an incredible song! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Song - Psalm 130 This song was composed by John Carlson and performed by John Carlson and Sherry Cole.It is an incredible song! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website