Chapter 1:
Leading Through Dedicated Service
Explains the basic relationship between synagogue and home fellowship leaders, the separated priesthood, and the people.
Beit Knesset Leader's Guide (14 Chapters)
Chapter 2:
The Service Yeshua Wants with You
This chapter lays the groundwork to understand why Nazarene Israel synagogue services look different than rabbinic or other synagogue services.
Chapter 3:
The Synagogue Service Yeshua Wants
This chapter explains what the first century synagogue service was like, as compared to the modern synagogue service.
Chapter 4:
Why We Ignore the Talmud
This chapter explains how the very idea of an Oral Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, and the Talmud conflicts with the written record in the Torah of Moshe.
Chapter 5:
Why We Do Not Call Ourselves “Rabbi”
This article explains what the term Rabbi means in Hebrew, and why we are told not to call ourselves rabbis.
Chapter 5:
Beit Din Structure
Watch: Beit Din Structure Welcome to Nazarene Israel. My name is Norman Willis. In this study, we want to talk about the duck test with regard to Scripture. Many people know that the duck test is referring to when you have a bird and you are wondering if it is a duck, so when you […]
Chapter 6:
The Sabbath Service in Yeshua’s Day
This article shows how the Sabbath services in the first century differ from the rabbinic Sabbath services of today, and how we can restore the original Sabbath service that Yeshua our Messiah enjoyed.
Chapter 7:
Shabbat in the Home
This chapter explains how to keep Sabbath in the home, in a manner in which Yeshua Messiah would have approved.
Chapter 8:
Synagogue Layout Then and Now
This chapter explains the physical differences in layout between the Second Temple period synagogues and synagogues which came after the Second Temple period, as well as the major impact the layout has on services.
Chapter 9:
The Moedim (the Appointed Times)
This chapter shows the elder or synagogue leader factors to take into consideration when planning to host Yahweh’s appointed times.
Chapter 10:
Ritual Immersion (Baptism)
This chapter explains what the Torah says with regard to ritual immersion (or tevilah), and how it differs from rabbinic tradition. It also explains how ritual immersion or baptism applies in the Renewed Covenant (New Testament), according to Scripture.
Chapter 11:
Ancient Circumcision
This chapter explains why the ancient method of circumcision was different than today’s modern procedure. (For information only. We strongly recommend that a professional perform this procedure).
Chapter 12:
Why Weaning (and not a Bar Mitzvah)?
This chapter explains the superiority of the ancient Hebrew celebration of childhood weaning, and why it is so preferable to the modern Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Chapter 15:
The Nazarene Israelite Synagogue
This is the working draft script for our new Parasha Welcome and Orientation video. It is still a work-in-progress, and we hope to re-write it completely before recording it, but we thought you might find these notes to provide a very interesting study into the type of synagogue environment we need to be establishing–and why it matters. We hope you will find it as fascinating as we do, to know why Nazarene Israel needs a Second Temple Period style synagogue service, in order to fulfill the requirements of Acts 15.