Forming a Community

1. We want to present the real Yeshua as Moshiach ben Yosef and our Rabbi. We aim to address and correct the misunderstandings that Orthodox Jews have about him.

2. We seek to build communities that support Orthodox observance and provide a place for Orthodox Jews to learn while remaining true to the Jewish faith.

3. We teach Messianic and Christian individuals and congregations about the real Yeshua and address misunderstandings they may have about him from the Christian perspective.

4. We help people—both Jews and non-Jews—defend their faith against the false claims made by anti-missionaries about Yeshua and his followers. We are currently developing a paid online course so that those who have faith in Yeshua can learn how to respond to these claims.

He first needs to understand Yeshua in the correct light. Sadly, due to history, misunderstandings, and a general lack of information, many Orthodox Jews—and Jews in general—do not have the full picture. Anti-missionaries, in particular, often portray him very negatively and even as an idol because of certain Christian teachings. However, if you look at what Yeshua actually says, a Jew can see that he had faith in the One G-d, Hashem, and presented himself as Moshiach ben Yosef.

We have often had conversations with Orthodox Jews who had completely the wrong idea about Yeshua, mainly because they never read what he taught or have only heard the claims of anti-missionaries. Once they sit down and study with us, they often completely change their minds about who Yeshua is.

We currently do not have a rabbi as we hold that to have that title, one should have a proper orthodox smicha. We do teach from orthodox sources and have rabbis who we can suggest for you to get in touch with that are friendly to those in the faith.

No, we cannot perform conversions. If you are interested in converting, we can connect you with a rabbi, but only for those who have moved here and have demonstrated a willingness to be Orthodox in their observance.

That being said, we do not encourage gentiles (non-Jews) to convert, as conversion must be a true calling, and only very few have that calling. We adhere to the scriptures, which teach that one should be content with how G-d created him or her. G-d loves all people, and both Jew and non-Jew are loved by G-d; all need Yeshua. Our identity is in Yeshua first and foremost.

We hold, as traditional Orthodox Judaism does, that the Oral Torah comes from Moshe, given by HaShem at the same time as the Written Torah.

That said, we understand there are many misconceptions regarding the Oral Law—what it is and what it is not. Many believers in Yeshua mistakenly think that the Oral Law cannot exist alongside faith in Yeshua, but we disagree with this view. We hold that Yeshua, as a rabbi of the first century, lived according to the Rabbinical understandings of his day. When he disagreed, it was usually in discussions with other Pharisaical groups, primarily the schools of Hillel and Shammai. Often, the only way to know which group he was addressing is to understand the background and positions of these two schools, which most believers do not have. This lack of context leads to the mistaken view that Yeshua was against the Pharisees, when in reality, these were often "in-house" debates, similar to the variety of opinions you find among rabbis in the Talmud.

However, we also want to make clear that, although we hold to the Oral Law, this does not mean we cannot work with those who do not share this view. We find common ground in recognizing Yeshua as the Moshiach (Messiah). Most importantly, we share the desire for all Jewish people to know Yeshua and to present him in a way that shows his Messiahship.