Shoresh David Messianic Synagogue of St. Petersburg

Shoresh David Messianic Synagogue of St. Petersburg Prayer Before Services
Fridays at 6:00pm

Dance Classes
Fridays at 6:15pm

Erev Shabbat Service
7pm

09/03/2026

Deuteronomy 29:10-31:30 Isaiah 61:10-63:9 John 12:41-50
Nitzavim-Vayelech – standing/he went
Shalom, 9/2/26
We are admonished to stand. 274 times to be exact in some bible versions.
We are told to stand firm as in our faith when we put on the whole armor of God. {1 Corinth. 16:13}
We are told to stand against such as with Hasatan, Satan. {Ephesians 6:11}
We are told to stand our ground, refusing to move from Godly values even when facing pressures.
We are told to stand still. To remain unmoved, resolute, and faithful in God's truth, resisting spiritual opposition without retreating. To stop panicking, drop your own frantic efforts to fix a crisis, and trust God to fight your battles. Only then will we see His salvation and provisions.

And we are told to stand on His word and trust His promises.
At all times we are to remember the One whom we are standing before. With this reminder ever before us it becomes easy for us to stand through all the rest.
To stand biblically means to remain faithful, resolute, and unwavering in God’s truth and authority, refusing to compromise your beliefs during hard times or spiritual battles.
Standing represents spiritual steadfastness, readiness for spiritual warfare, and a respectful posture of worship in God's presence.
Standing righteous before a Holy God now, readies us when at last we come before His eternal throne where we will not only stand but bow before Him casting our crowns at His feet.
Deuteronomy 29:13-14 says: “Not with you alone am I cutting this covenant and this oath, but with whomever is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and whomever is not with us today.”
That’s us! All believers who ever lived and followed His mitzvot and His statutes and forsake all others. God has circumcised our heart, so this is an easy thing to do for the word is in our mouth and in our heart. {Deuteronomy 30:14}
The choices are simple. Life and good and death and evil. {Deuteronomy 30:15}
We can be courageous with Adonai standing ever before us.
His word tells us in Deuteronomy 31:6, “Be courageous! Do not be afraid or tremble before them. For Adonai your God-He is the One who goes with you. He will not fail you or abandon you.”
We can rest in the knowledge that Adonai will do His part, but we must do ours. And that is to be on the alert! Stand firm in the faith! Be men of courage! Be strong! For our goal is to be steadfast, always excelling in the work of the Lord so that our labor is not in vain.
Blessings in Messiah,
Rabbi Bob

Service is Friday, September 25th at 7 PM. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete
08/27/2026

Service is Friday, September 25th at 7 PM. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete

Sukka building party Thursday, September 24th at 6:30 PM. Pizza, Movie and more. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete
08/27/2026

Sukka building party Thursday, September 24th at 6:30 PM. Pizza, Movie and more. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete

After the fasting of Yom Kippur we are Breaking-the-Fast as a family at BJ'S resturant on US 19 at 7 PM. If you are int...
08/27/2026

After the fasting of Yom Kippur we are Breaking-the-Fast as a family at BJ'S resturant on US 19 at 7 PM. If you are interested in going please call us at 727-456-9200.

Service is Sunday, September 20th at 6:30 PM. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete.
08/27/2026

Service is Sunday, September 20th at 6:30 PM. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete.

Yom Teruach Service Friday, September 11 at 7 PM. Bring your Shofar and get ready to welcome in the new year. 6000 38th ...
08/27/2026

Yom Teruach Service Friday, September 11 at 7 PM. Bring your Shofar and get ready to welcome in the new year. 6000 38th Ave N St Pete.

08/27/2026

Deuteronomy 26:1-29:9 Isaiah 60:1-22 Matthew 4:13-24
Ki Tavo – when you enter
Shalom, 8/26/26
The Israelites have now been redeemed from the bo***ge of slavery in Egypt.
They have wandered in the wilderness for 40 years with Adonai trying to teach them to trust Him.
They have seen the hand of Adonai and His miracles time and time again.
They have agreed to the Ten Words that was written by the hand of Adonai on tablets of stone.
Adonai taught them the benefits of tithing a full tenth of their produce.
And the very first thing Adonai commands them to do on the first day that they are crossing over the Jordan to enter the land Adonai is giving them, is to build an altar.
Not an altar built with man-made material, but an altar of natural, whole stone coated with plaster.
Stones where an iron tool was not used on it. But why would God make such a distinction in the way the altar was to be built? God is a Holy God and everything He does is to bring us to obedience and closer relationship with Him and learning how to rely on Him for everything.
By using natural stones, the focus is kept entirely on God’s provision rather than human accomplishments.
The neighboring, pagan nations built elaborate, carved stone altars. This one had to be different when entering the promised land.
Iron was the metal used to forge weapons of war and Exodus 20:25 says, “When you make for me an altar of stones, do not build it from cut stone, for if you use a tool on it, you will have profaned it.”
The Israelites had seen good and evil and through all this in Deuteronomy 27:9 Moses tells them that this day they have become a people for Adonai their God.
They listened to the curses for disobedience and affirmed them with an Amen meaning it is true or so be it. And they heard the blessings for obedience.
The little word “if” makes a huge difference in our lives and our walk with Adonai. If we allow the hand of God to carve His word in our hearts, releasing us from our bo***ge, learn to trust Him, and keep His commands, then we are in fact called, and have become a people for Adonai our God.
This time of year, it is ever before us to examine ourselves, evaluate our motives and take stock of our relationship with Adonai and each other. He alone is worthy. For we also have experienced the release of our bo***ge, and He continues the process of teaching us to fully trust Him. Let our worship to Him come from the altar made by His hands.
Blessings in Messiah,
Rabbi Bob

08/19/2026

Deuteronomy 21:10-25:18 Is. 54:1-10 Matthew 24:29-42
Ki Tezte – go out
Shalom, 8/19/26
This week’s Torah is so fitting as we are halfway through the month of Elul. Elul being the time we are to reflect and evaluate our standing with Adonai.
At least four times in these chapters Bnei-Yisrael are told to purge the evil from their midst.
Such things from cross dressing in Deuteronomy 22:5, to prostitution, adultery, r**e and kidnapping.
They were even told in Deuteronomy 23:13 how to “cover up what comes out of you.”
All had to be done away with so not to defile the land or the people.
In order to serve a Holy God, one must be a holy people free from defilement.
Every year it is a good idea to take stock of our personal finances to see where we stand.
When we had our company, we would take stock at least once a year and sometimes quarterly or even monthly. We didn’t want anything unexpected to turn up that we weren’t prepared for.
We took inventory so as not to come up short. All this was done to see what could be done better in the coming year to increase our productivity. To evaluate our growth.
Without these assessments we would have been stumbling in the dark not knowing what end was up thus there would be little to no growth.
We are at that time of year again where we are reminded to take such inventory of our walk with Adonai. To really focus in on our standing with Him so as not to continue to stumble in blindness with little to no growth. We can and should do that every day, but Elul and the Fall Feasts causes us to stop and meditate on the meaning of the “King is in the field.”
This world has gotten so far from Adonai we have to pause and wonder if the evil can ever be purged from our midst.
The very things Bnei-Yisrael were told to get rid of is present today on steroids. Promiscuity of every kind is rampant and is considered the norm. Morality is nothing more than a word out of the dark ages. Vows and marriage mean nothing more than someone I am with until I find someone better.
But there is a day coming very soon when the sign of the Son of Man will appear in Heaven. He will send out His angels with a great shofar, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from one end of Heaven to the other. {Matthew 24:30-31}
In order to be gathered we must be ready. Are you ready??
Blessings in Messiah,
Rabbi Bob

We will be doing a study on Adonai's Feasts starting with the Fall Feasts which are upon us. It is imperative to underst...
08/19/2026

We will be doing a study on Adonai's Feasts starting with the Fall Feasts which are upon us. It is imperative to understand these feasts as they reveil the total picture of who Yeshua is. The study will start tomorrow, Thursday, August 20th at 7 PM. There is no cost. Everyone is welcome. 6000 38th Ave N St. Pete. More info call 727-456-9200

08/12/2026

Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Isaiah 51:12-52:12 John 14:9-20
Shoftim – judges
Shalom, 8/12/26
In order to have righteousness and justice one must also have compassion and mercy so that unrighteous judgement need not be executed.
Ps. 89:15 says that righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne.
They are the core pillars of God’s character.
Justice is so important than and now that in Deuteronomy 16:20 it is stressed even more.
“Justice, justice you MUST pursue, so that you may live and possess the land that Adonai your God is giving you.”
Whether it was the physical Promised Land or our heavenly inheritance, believers need to possess these two attributes because they are the foundation of His throne.
It affects every aspect of life and every nation.
In order to reflect who Adonai is to others we have to uphold a biblically based system of social order and have the knowledge that every individual is sacred and all are created in the image of Adonai and have God given rights.
But it takes more than just knowledge of that fact. It also needs to be put into action with everyone we meet.
We need to listen to the promptings of Adonai. Times when He may tell us to go to a stranger and pray with them or give them words of encouragement that the Ruach gives us.
Righteousness and justice are the bookends of how to live in right relationship with both God and people and treating others with God-given dignity.
When we see that justice is not carried out it is taking action to set the wrong right. It’s defending and upholding the weak whether in spiritual or physical terms.
We would do well to remember the harshness, the injustice and unrighteousness the Egyptians placed upon the Israelites. How they were looked upon as just worthless individuals.
We need to make sure we never place that same burden and captivity on anyone else.
We must never go back to our Egypt nor put others under that oppression.
There is only one thing that will make this very simple to do. When we love Him, we will keep His commandments.
Blessings in Messiah,
Rabbi Bob

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Saint Petersburg, FL
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