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The Fall Feasts - 2021

  This year, the three Biblical Fall Feasts will all come in September.   As we prepare to celebrate them together, you may be asking “What are these Feasts?”   So let’s take a look at them, starting with the first one, Yom T’Ruah. YOM T’RUAH   - A Day of Blowing (Shofar) – ROSH HASHANAH When : Begins at sundown on 9/6/21 and ends at sundown on 9/7/21.   Tradition has added a 2 nd day for Jews both in Israel and in the diaspora.   This begins at sundown on 9/7/21 and ends at sundown on 9/8/21. Yom T’Ruah instructions in Scripture: o    A day of complete rest for remembering o    A holy convocation, announced with blasts on the shofar o    No ordinary work o    Special offerings, in addition to other offerings that you are doing o    A day of blowing the shofar     (Instructions found in Leviticus 23:23-25, 37-38, and in Numbers 29:1-6, 39) Historical Significance  ...
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Garrett's sermon on prayer 7/25/20

Greetings, friends!  My husband just taught on prayer as part of the Discipleship series he has been teaching at our congregation.  You should be able to follow the link below to watch it!  Be exhorted and encouraged! Watch “Garrett Snider 7/25/20 Discipleship Series Part 4” on Vimeo:  https://vimeo.com/444021761?ref=em-share 
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Covenant of Love

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     Scholars believe that the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) is covenant document – it follows the pattern of Middle Eastern written treaties and covenants.   In the Complete Jewish Study Bible, there is a commentary on page 235, called The Nature of Covenant, that I would like to read to you.     That’s when the words of the V’Ahavta really jumped out at me.  You are to…what?  You are to LOVE ADONAI your God.     This was not just a business relationship.   If you perform these 613 things, then I will perform my side of the agreement.        This was not just a religious agreement.   If you sing these songs and pray these prayers and offer these sacrifices, then I will be your God and bless you.      This was a love relationship.   We are supposed to LOVE God.      That’s a pretty radical idea, if you think about it.   How can you l...
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Garrett's Sermon: Discipleship Part 3 -- 7/4/2020

<iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/436755325" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Here is my husband's sermon from July 4, 2020! You should be able to watch it if you click on the link below. Check out “Garrett Snider 7/4/20 Discipleship Series Part 3” from Beit Zayit Messianic on Vimeo. The video is available for your viewing pleasure at  https://vimeo.com/436755325  If you like this video, make sure you share it, too!
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Unjust Expectations: Rebellion of Korach

Unjust Expectations      If you read this week’s Torah Portion, you are familiar with the story of the rebellion against Moshe and Aharon, and you read about G-d’s demonstration in their defense and G-d’s outline of the expectations for the Levites and the priesthood.      What I want to talk about today is not just how the children of Israel responded to Moshe but how we respond to leaders in our own lives, spiritual and otherwise.      We all tend to have expectations of leaders.   We believe they have authority to make things better for us, and so we, of course, expect them to do it.   And sometimes our expectations don’t play out like we hoped.      I remember, before I was a midwife, when I was working as an assistant to a local midwife.   We had one little mommy in labor who labored much more effectively when the senior midwife wasn’t in the room.   When it was only me in ...
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Garrett's Sermon: Discipleship Part 2 -- 6/13/2020

<iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/428995372" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> My husband's sermon on Discipleship from 6/13/2020. You should be able to see it if you click on the link below! Check out “Garrett Snider 6/13/20” from Beit Zayit Messianic on Vimeo. The video is available for your viewing pleasure at  https://vimeo.com/428995372  If you like this video, make sure you share it, too!
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Shavu'ot: notes from my D'Rash at the congregation

     Thursday night this week started the festival of Shavu’ot.   It was originally a 1-day feast, which would have been celebrated from Thursday night to Friday night this week, but, later, an extra day was added (today) to encompass those of us who are far from Jerusalem.   You can read more about this feast in Leviticus 23:15-21 and Deuteronomy 16:9-12 .      Since we are celebrating Shavu’ot, I want to talk about a very special Shavu’ot in history.   We will find this story in Acts 2. Acts 2:1   The festival of Shavu‘ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place.     So this was a day much like today.   In this same festival.   With believers gathered together. Acts2:2  Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.      Have you ever heard a strong wind like that?...
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