​(From a portion of the studio teaching of Vayechi).  Christopher discusses the ins and outs of the prohibition on tattoos, one could suggest that there is a loophole for this commandment to abstain from tattooing.  But there is a surrounding context from Leviticus 19 and from the words of the sages as well as the words of Rav Sha'ul.

Christopher focuses primarily on Genesis 48:28-29 in the Torah Portion Vayechi, through the commentaries of chazel, he discusses the sages mentioning the Jewish people's eyes being "closed" to Mashiach (Yeshua) and how this relates to several passages in the New Testament. He also discusses the Egyptians' fascination with making the dead "deities" and how this relates to eating meat and cheese together, and tattoos. He discusses how the Egyptians focused on "death" and how Judaism is the antithesis by focusing on "life".

​In this teaching Christopher answers many questions on various topics associated with the Torah Portion, he also speaks in terms of the "End of Days" and that Jacob saw the end of days and the King Mashiach according to chazel.  

 (WARNING: This teaching is only for those who are at least 7 years pursuing observance of Torah, this teaching is too advanced for B'nei Noach, Ger Toshav or Ivri)
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Christopher goes through the commentaries of Rebbe Nachman on Parshas Vayechi and shows how Hasidic thought mirrors the words and theology of Yeshua.  ​

 (WARNING: This teaching is only for those who are at least 7 years pursuing observance of Torah, this teaching is too advanced for B'nei Noach, Ger Toshav or Ivri)
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Christopher goes through the commentaries of Rebbe Nachman on Parshas Vayechi and shows how Hasidic thought mirrors the words and theology of Yeshua.  

My apologies on the delay of posting the video and mp3 teachings of this week's Torah Portion, Vayigash.  We have had some issues with the internet constantly dropping over the duration of the past few days, though the teachings had been mixed and edited since Tuesday, we were unable to post them today, because of the issues with the wiring for the internet.  I wish to also make note that if you have issue viewing the video (considering we just upgraded to 1080p cameras) click the "HD" button on the video and it will switch back and forth from HD to SD to save you bandwidth.  Also feel free to download the videos if you also have issue, you can do so by right clicking the buttons below the videos and hitting "save target as" or "save link as".  
- Christopher Fredrickson 

​Christopher discusses the  binding to the soul of the tzaddik , what are the attributes of a tzaddik?  He also discusses how  kindness  is always the Jewish response to to one who causes distress, and how one mustn't ever seek revenge.

Christopher teaches from FFOZ's Shadows of the Messiah in the ongoing series at Jake's Burgers in downtown Morganton on how the Messiah (Yeshua) is hidden in the Torah Portion in both the Hebrew language and also in Torah She Be'al Peh (Oral Torah). 

For the Shadows of the Messiah (Tuesday Night Study) we use First Fruit of Zion's "Shadows of the Messiah" Torah Club.  We encourage you, if you watch the teachings weekly from the Tuesday night study and wish to study along with us to order the books.  Since we are almost done with Genesis, you want to order the second book in the series which is book 2 on Exodus.  You can also order the full set of books as well from the FFOZ website.  We do not have time during the 1 hour study to cover all the sources in the Torah Club's "Shadows of the Messiah" each week so we encourage you to get the books and study what is not covered on your own time.  This is an amazing compilation of sources in each Torah Portion that First Fruits of Zion has beautifully crafted and we encourage people all over the world to follow our lead and organize studies at synagogues and home groups on the Shadows of the Messiah, it is an enriching study and something that will help individuals battle the anti-missionaries. 

Christopher discusses two premises in parshas Mikeitz that many overlook. One premise being how one of Pharaoh's dream indicated and absence of effort while Yosef's dream had him "working in the fields" with his brothers. What does this tell us? Christopher also discusses a shadow of the Messiah (Yeshua) through the same verse in relation to Sanhedrin 97a and how it relates to parshas Mikeitz and also this holy time of Hanukkah. Also Christopher focuses in on a few verses that addresses the sin of haughtiness and how we have a real problem in the Messianic faith, with both of these issues addressed in the halakhot portions of this teaching as well as the parallels to the New Testament that mirror the words of chazel.

Christopher focuses in on Genesis 37:5-9 and how it relates to more than just a series of 2 dreams but how according to the sages and the Hebrew language how it relates to striving for tzaddikim (and the two forms of the letter צ [the regular and sofit forms]) also how it relates to the finite and eternal, also how it relates to proving Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David are not two messiahs but rather 2 comings of the same Messiah (Yeshua) for 2 missions that are related on many levels.

Christopher starts out taking questions about Messianic Judaism and Jewish thought and then touches on the first few pages from First Fruit of Zion's Shadows of the Messiah teaching on Vayeishev.

Let us know, how you have grown and what you have learned from these teachings the past year (out of the past several years Christopher has taught these Torah Portions).  And you will be entered to win a Roku Streaming Stick pre-programmed with Nashama Chochmah Television and the best Jewish channels Roku has to offer.