YashaNet's Etz Chaim Torah Study Group is based out of the state of New Hampshire in the USA. We meet for all-day studies on Saturday (11:00am-6:00pm) alternating between locations in the Concord and Nashua areas. We also have studies on Tuesday evenings (4:30 - 8:00pm) at a Milford, New Hampshire location.

The Etz Chaim Torah Study Group approaches the entire Bible, including the books of what is usually called the "New Testament" as Hebrew texts. In order to be properly understood, they must be interpreted in the literary/cultural/historical/religious context that their authors wrote them in.

Typical of the resources our group uses in this approach are:

• The Complete Jewish Bible and Jewish New Testament Commentary (both by David Stern)
• Jewish Bible commentaries such as the Talmud, Midrash Rabbah, Zohar, Targums
• Writings of important Torah scholars such as Rashi, Maimonides and Nahmanides
• Qumran texts (Dead Sea Scrolls) and modern commentaries
• Ancient Jewish texts mentioned in the Bible, such as the books of Jasher, Enoch, Jubilees.
• Ancient historical accountings (Josephus, Eusubius, Tacitus)
• Information from other Messianic Torah-observant organizations (i.e., SANJ - Society for the Advancement of Nazarene Judaism, www.nazarene.net)
• Information from modern "traditional" Jewish sources (i.e., Project Genesis, www.torah.org)
• Modern Bible commentaries by Messianic authors such as Mark Nanos, Joseph Shulam, etc.

The leadership of this group follows a Torah-observant lifestyle as part of their faith in the Messiah, Yeshua. This is not a requirement to participate in the studies, however we follow the kosher commandments given by G-d with regard to foods people bring to our meetings.

Click here more on how to conduct a regular Torah study meeting.

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