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Powerful testimonies of Jewish believers, insights and articles from leading Messianic teachers in Israel

A Light to Survivors
January 21st, 2025
Tiferet Yeshua regularly hosts special holiday events for Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors in ...
Miracles and Wonders: Israel at War
October 25th, 2024
This summer in Israel there was an overwhelming feeling of heaviness and dread. Everyone knew a wa...
Historic High Holidays in Israel
October 1st, 2024
Israeli news commentators have been saying, “These are historic times.” Over the past two weeks, I...
Mourning with Those Who Mourn – A Powerful Journey
August 21st, 2024
Since October 7th, Hezbollah has attacked Israel’s north with thousands of rockets and armed...
Israelis Seeking God
August 21st, 2024
From the covid crisis to the horrific October 7th attacks, fear, isolation and trauma are forcing ...
Statue of King David playing the harp
The Preeminence of Worship
July 24th, 2024
by Katy Sorsher Smith For as long as I can remember, worship at Tiferet Yeshua Congregation has be...
Israel Surrounded and Isolated – 1967 and 2024
June 30th, 2024
The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a pot that is boiling,” I answere...
1948 Echoes and Lessons in Independence Day 2024
May 13th, 2024
Every year right after Passover, there is a somber week during which Israelis observe Holocaust Re...
Weeping may endure for a night
May 12th, 2024
Immediately following Passover, after rejoicing in God’s deliverance of our people and celeb...
Your Presence is All I Want
April 18th, 2024
  Lately, one of my favorite pastime amusements is “name that Bible verse”. I came up with th...
The Cost of Access into the Presence of God
April 17th, 2024
The Gospels tell us that, immediately after Yeshua’s last breath, the veil in the Temple separatin...
How Are We Now?
April 3rd, 2024
Five months have passed since the horrific Hamas attack against Israel on October 7th. In that tim...
October 7th and John 7:37
March 7th, 2024
As people of faith and a part of this nation, we are keenly aware that throughout our history God ...
Israel’s Physical and Spiritual War
March 3rd, 2024
It has been five months since the Hamas attack of October 7 – one of the darkest days in the histo...
God Is Not Silent
February 5th, 2024
“WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?” Last year on Purim (March 7th, 2023), an announcement ...
Seeing the Light of His Love – A Testimony
November 13th, 2023
My story starts when I was very young. I was ten years old when the harsh reality of life hit me f...
A Surprising Connection on Israel’s Northern Border
October 18th, 2023
I was traveling in the US with my family when Hamas attacked Israel, and, because our flights were...
Seeing the Light, Walking in the Light
August 28th, 2023
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the...
An Astounding Transformation – A Testimony
June 21st, 2023
The call to “make disciples” often entails dimensions beyond teaching the foundations ...
The Kingdom of Heaven – Defying Our Expectations
June 19th, 2023
In the Gospels, Yeshua compares the kingdom of God to a mustard seed –a small, unassuming seed whi...
What the Spirit is Saying to us This Shavuot
May 24th, 2023
“Tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high” Lk. 24:49 As Jewish believers in...
An Israeli Believer’s Response to the Historic Call to Prayer for Israel
May 7th, 2023
Today something historic is happening: over a million followers of Yeshua around the world are ans...
God’s Fervent Desire Realized in the Last Passover
April 5th, 2023
When the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. Then He said to them, “I ...
Israel in Crisis
March 17th, 2023
My country is facing an internal crisis, the likes of which I have never seen. On Wednesday evenin...
A Message from my Ancestors and an Encounter in the Desert
February 12th, 2023
When I was twenty years old, I made the decision to immigrate to Israel by myself. As a young Jewi...
Our Calling and Vision – 2023
January 12th, 2023
As we begin 2023, this is the perfect time to revisit our congregational vision, to see where we h...
The Pharisees, Herod and the Kingdom
December 11th, 2022
Several times in the Gospels, Yeshua used leaven symbolically in order to make a powerful point. I...
A Day of Trumpeting Worship Alter and a Surprising Outpouring
October 4th, 2022
On September 21st, Tiferet Yeshua joined together with Fundacion HALEL ministry to erect an alter ...
Joel 2 and the Fall Feasts
October 4th, 2022
When lining up the end-time events described in the New Testament with the description of end time...
Sinai and New Covenants – what’s changed, what is the same?
September 18th, 2022
Sinai Covenant and New Covenant – what changed and what is the same? For the last several we...
Until the Day Breaks and the Shadows Flee
July 27th, 2022
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh… -Song ...
An Invitation
July 13th, 2022
A Rude Awakening In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that I would lose my husband while we were...
Temples of God, Baptized in the Spirit
June 10th, 2022
Born of the Spirit…Baptized in the Spirit…the Indwelling of the Spirit…Filled wi...
In the Midst of Chaos Sowing Seeds of Hope
April 28th, 2022
The Shock of War No one believed that Russia would attack Ukraine, and when they did, everyone, in...
Passover Cleaning – Using a Candle and a Feather
April 15th, 2022
Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders. &...
How Does Purim Point to the Cross?
March 27th, 2022
“Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came ...
Israel’s Perspective on Russian Aggression – A New World Order?
March 3rd, 2022
Watching the main Israeli news coverage of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, I was struck by how v...
An Outpouring at “Going Deeper” Meetings
February 7th, 2022
After the High Holidays, I started weekly “Going Deeper” meetings at Tiferet Yeshua wh...
Surviving in the Desert
January 11th, 2022
The Valley of the Shadow of Death After a month-long battle with covid on February 26th of last ye...
What Child is This? Reflections of a Messianic Jew on Christmas
December 24th, 2021
Growing up in Israel in the seventies and eighties, Christmas was a far-off Christian holiday that...
Salvation Stories
December 10th, 2021
A young man asks: “If Yeshua really is the Messiah, then what should I do?” Recently a young man r...
Going Deeper Together
December 8th, 2021
The only way to grow in our faith is to get to know God, and the best way to do that is by spendin...
The culture came first, the foreign gods followed
December 3rd, 2021
While our focus during Hanukkah is on the miraculous Maccabee victory over the greatest army in th...
A Powerful Testimony: Raised from the Ruins
December 2nd, 2021
This is a story about Menny, a very special person who joined Tiferet Yeshua. Recently after one o...
Honoring the Founders of Tiferet Yeshua
November 25th, 2021
Last month, we had the opportunity to celebrate and honor Tiferet Yeshua’s founders, Ari and...
A Cry for Deliverance!
October 10th, 2021
“…He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and...
God Commands us Three Times to do This on Tabernacles
September 27th, 2021
The Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) is unique among the biblical holidays in that God commands us...
The Day of Trumpeting – A Prophetic Dress Rehearsal
September 6th, 2021
The fall biblical holidays are upon us, the first of which is the Day of Trumpeting, commonly know...
Though the Fire Rages, God Surrounds His People
August 19th, 2021
On Sunday, August 15th Tiferet Yeshua’s WhatsApp women’s group exploded with messages:...
Tearing down the Dividing Wall of Hostility
August 5th, 2021
In mid-May this year a war broke out with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. While rocket barrages...
A Surprising Phone Call
July 16th, 2021
Victoria, our office manager, received an interesting call last week. The call came in when she wa...
A Good Day for Democracy in Israel
June 18th, 2021
This week as we sat in our team meeting, I received a call from our lawyer who had unexpected and ...
Exciting Harvest Testimonies
May 16th, 2021
The past six months, we have been experiencing what we can only call a harvest that God has been b...
Harvest, Heavenly Fire and the Great Commission
May 16th, 2021
Shavuot – Harvest, Heavenly Fire and the Great Commission This year on the evening of May 16th beg...
Israel’s Green Passport – Crossing a Red Line
April 30th, 2021
Several weeks ago, Israel honored Holocaust Memorial Day, a solemn day of radio and television bro...
Covid-19 and Harvest
March 11th, 2021
We are year in this covid pandemic (which has felt more like ten years!) and I believe it is impor...
A Season of Trials at Tiferet Yeshua
March 11th, 2021
In the first nine months of the covid-19 pandemic, it seemed like our congregation was being prote...
Purim’s Sobering Message
February 25th, 2021
During this last year of historic global shaking, we are pausing to reflect more during the biblic...
Exposure
January 24th, 2021
The Bible is clear that God will judge the earth in the end times and that His judgments begin wit...
Some are asking: COVID-19 Vaccine and the Mark of the Beast?
January 7th, 2021
On December 20th Israel kickstarted its COVID-19 vaccination campaign and, within two weeks, has v...
2020: An Unprecedented Year for Tiferet Yeshua (not in the way you think)
December 31st, 2020
 At the end of 2019 we published an article about looking ahead to 2020: “The path before us may s...
Paid for in Blood
November 9th, 2020
There was a man who firmly believed that access to the Word of God was the only way to bring about...
Political Unity in the Name of Religious Discrimination
October 27th, 2020
On October 26th, the Knesset Finance Committee, chaired by ultra-orthodox Knesset member, Moshe Ga...
Responding to Need during the Covid 19 Crisis in Israel
October 21st, 2020
When Israel went into its first covid lockdown in the beginning of March, we started hearing about...
An Ancient Sukkot Tradition – The Joy of Drawing Water
October 5th, 2020
 “Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.” (Isaiah 12:3) In the second...
Crown of the Hebrew Calendar, Prophetic Promise for the Age to Come
October 4th, 2020
We find ourselves at the end of the fall holidays celebrating Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. Su...
Joel 2: from the Day of Trumpeting to the Feast of Tabernacles
October 1st, 2020
When lining up the end-time events described in the book of Revelation with the description of end...
The Power of Raising up the Tabernacle of David in Israel
September 2nd, 2020
Reopening a Spiritual Well When Israelis come to faith in Yeshua there is something special that h...
Covid Street Outreach – Experienced Evangelists Surprised
August 6th, 2020
Many in Israel are feeling anxious, uncertain and isolated right now because of the covid-19 crisi...
Who is Shaking the Earth?
July 13th, 2020
It is starting to look like the corona virus pandemic is the most significant shaking the world ha...
Corona on the Rise Again in Israel
June 19th, 2020
On Our Way to a Second Wave? On May 20th Israel announced it was loosening corona restrictions, al...
Responding to Need during the Corona Crisis
June 18th, 2020
When Israel went into lockdown in mid-March, we started hearing about people in need who had lost ...
For Fifteen Years I Couldn’t Witness to My Friend. Then Corona Happened
June 16th, 2020
(Tzipi is a mature woman of God and has been an integral part of Tiferet Yeshua congregation for y...
The Three-Fold Symbolism of Passover and Pentecost
May 26th, 2020
Passover is the first biblical holiday of the year: the biblical year starts on the 1st of Nissan ...
Israel’s Worst Political Crisis Ever Comes to an End
May 17th, 2020
Today Israel’s 35th government was finally sworn in, officially bringing the worst political...
To The Jew First
April 21st, 2020
CHAPTER ONE: ORDER God will do what He promised Israel is ready for revival. Living in Israel sinc...
Crisis, Spiritual Hunger and a Prophetic Dream from 20 Years Ago
April 19th, 2020
The Breaking Point For me personally, the first year of covid restrictions and quarantine that we ...
Looking for Answers in the Wrong Places
April 6th, 2020
by Victoria Trubeck There’s something that I would like to share with you that has been burning in...
Egypt and the Coronavirus: Coming through the Narrow Place
April 6th, 2020
As Jews around the world prepare their hearts to recount the story of how God brought us out of Eg...
Quarantine – A Sabbath of Solemn Rest
March 23rd, 2020
As the Covid-19 makes its way across the world, this little virus is bringing the economies, indus...
Trump’s Bold, Unprecedented Steps in the Middle East
March 4th, 2020
Since the beginning of 2020, the news cycle has been dominated by constant attention-grabbing head...
What Does this Holiday Have to Do with Prophecy?
February 10th, 2020
In Israel, in the middle of the winter, we have a special holiday called Tu Bishvat which is the N...
What is Pure and Undefiled Religion?
January 16th, 2020
…we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: It is more blessed to g...
January 2nd, 2020
2019 was a year of FAITH and GRACE for us at Tiferet Yeshua: God strengthened our faith in His pro...
Tel Aviv Testimonies: A Street Evangelist is Born
December 16th, 2019
David is a born street evangelist: He’s outgoing, friendly, has a winning smile and a passio...
The Two Seas
December 11th, 2019
If you look at the Sea of Galilee, you see a lake that is full of life—there is lush vegetation ar...
Update: Israel Under Attack & What Iran Has To Do with It
November 13th, 2019
November 13, 2019 Update: Israel under Attack In the pre-dawn hours this Tuesday, Israel successfu...
New Sanctuary Dedication and Media Vision
November 7th, 2019
On Friday, September 27th we had reason to celebrate! Just a few days before Rosh Hashanah, making...
Shemini Atzeret: The Mystery of the Eighth Day Convocation
October 21st, 2019
At the end of Sukkot (Tabernacles), we mark one last holiday called Shemini Atzeret, a somewhat le...
Sukkot and the Secret of the Four Species
October 20th, 2019
As we near the end of our Sukkot holiday, we want to take a moment to reflect on the symbolic mean...
Yom Kippur: Signed and Sealed in the Book of Life
October 8th, 2019
Day of Atonement: the tradition During the time between Rosh Hashana (the Day of Trumpeting) and Y...
Rosh Hashanah Holiday Outreach
October 7th, 2019
Rosh Hashanah Holiday Outreach Jewish holidays are important part of our lives here in Israel; the...
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the Joel 2 End Time Connection
October 6th, 2019
The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to ...
Jerusalem: More than a City
September 17th, 2019
On June 2nd we celebrated Jerusalem Day here in Israel, a national holiday commemorating the liber...
Will There Be A Third Temple?
September 17th, 2019
Will there be a Third Temple? It is a good question that believers who study end time scriptures e...
Executed for Publishing Bibles
September 15th, 2019
There is a well-documented account of a man who risked everything to get Bibles into people’...
Thank you to all our supporters!
September 15th, 2019
Almost exactly three years ago, we received the vision of expanding the tent: renovating and expan...
Our Most Important Investment
September 15th, 2019
By far our most important investment as a messianic congregation in the Land of Israel is our yout...
Tiferet Youth to Germany: Something New for a New Generation
September 15th, 2019
God has connected Tiferet Yeshua in a special way to a very special place in Germany: the bible sc...
Renovation Update: just a few weeks to go!
September 15th, 2019
When renovations commenced in July, everything looked devastated as walls were torn down and every...