Beth Shalom Messianic Ministries

This was a very brief study that we had in a frame on a table during sukkot 2011. It started a lot of interesting conversations. So we wanted to share it with our online friends.

Halachah, a Hebrew term which literally means ‘the law’, is a series of Rabbinic traditions and customs. There are literally thousands of Rabbinic Halachot (laws), among these are traditions pertaining to the construction of a Sukkah. The Halachos for the Sukkah are basically that the s...

This was a very brief study that we had in a frame on a table during sukkot 2011. It started a lot of interesting conversations. So we wanted to share it with our online friends.

Huppah literally means ‘covering’ or ‘canopy’ the word is typically used to refer to a wedding canopy. The Huppah is a small canopy which the bride and groom stand under during a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. During the days of Yeshua (Jesus) the term huppah woul...

Millennialisms

By Philip Crossan

Introduction

Before we begin this study I want to make it very clear to the reader that these theories are just that “theories”. In addition I’d like to inform you that most of these theories are all fairly young. They have been mostly developed during and after the Protestant Reformation and were popularized mostly during the period ...

Thought I’d share some quotes from my newest book, Community, Looking at the Possibilities, scheduled to print in January and be available by February. Enjoy!

Shabbat Shalom,

Philip

Excerpt 1 from Community, Looking at the Possibilities, by Philip Crossan, Copyright 2011.

The community center is a building that can be used for religious services etc. but also could contain a private library, and bookstore, perhaps even a place to exercise. Ministry o...

The publishing arm for Beth Shalom Messianic Ministries is now Crossan Publishing in Sugarcreek Ohio, owned by Elder Philip Crossan. Below is the About and Mission Statement. Please visit Crossan Publishing on Facebook and like the page.

About the ministry of Crossan Publishing…

Thank you from, the Crossan Family and all those involved at Crossan Publishing. We have strived long and hard both in ministry and in business to discover YHVH’s (God’s) pla...

Check out our Sukkot 2011 video on our Facebook page. Sorry we are uploading so late.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beth-Shalom-Messianic-Ministries/149461881753737

The video is short but hopefully gives you some feel of what Sukkot at Beth Shalom is like. We look forward to seeing those of you who came again next year and those who did not make it, we would love to see you next year as well.

Guest list stands at 82 people for Sukkot, if anyone else wants to come it not too late. We usually get some who ask at the last minute, lol. This year will be our biggest turn out.

More Info:

... All three of the Sabbaths during Sukkot will be open intentionally for visitors and services. The other days of Sukkot will be open in the evenings. More info to follow later on our website.

Lodging:

Special hotel rates are available at the Berlin Grande Hotel, you must con...

Tentative dates for our Annual Sukkot Gathering are October 12-19. These dates may change based on the sighting of the new moon in Israel. If you are planning to join us for Sukkot please contact us by September 30.

More Info: If the calendar is correct 10/12 & 10/19 will be festival Sabbaths. 10/15 is also the weekly Sabbath. All three of the Sabbaths during Sukkot will be open intentionally for visitors and services. The other days of Sukkot will be open in the evenin...

The Great Tzitzit Controversy

By Philip Crossan

Hear I go again writing about yet another touchy subject. But it is a subject worth addressing. There is a small but growing number of people in the very messy Messianic movement that have begun tying tzitzit on the belt loops of their pants and wearing them on Sabbath. Maybe that is alright if one really feels that this is something they should be doing. I do respect my friends who do this and I likewise appreciate thei...

The Origins of the Christmas Tree

Jeremiah 10:1-4

(1) Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

(2) Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

(3) For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

(4) They deck it with silver and with gold; the...