Daniel was raised in a God-fearing home where the Bible and the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob were highly respected. Although his parents divorced while Daniel was in high school, God’s word was planted in his life and it would eventually bear fruit.

Daniel came to a living faith in the God of the Bible as a young adult and, as a result, he had an intense desire to study the Bible in order to know the God in whom he had come to believe and to understand what the Bible really teaches, especially regarding the Messiah and the fulfillment of the New Covenant.

Education & Life Experiences

Daniel completed a Bachelors degree in Bible and History and then studied linguistics while completing a Masters degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Intercultural Studies with an emphasis on the religion of Islam. After completing his education, Daniel spent one year teaching English at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to the country of Turkey. In Turkey Daniel studied the Turkish language and then spent several years teaching English and the Bible in Istanbul, Turkey.

In 2007, Daniel immigrated to Israel and spent his first two years studying the Hebrew language: one year in the city of Haifa and one year on a religious, organic farming Kibbutz in the north of Israel. Daniel moved to Jerusalem in 2009 and continues to reside in this special city.

Establishing of Ner LeRaglai

God has used these various life experiences, especially the past 20 years of living in the Middle East, to give Daniel a unique calling to study and teach the Bible from its Jewish, historical, cultural, and linguistic perspective. Daniel has a passion to defend the truth of the Bible, to prove the prophetic fulfillment of Yeshua as the Messiah, and to teach the Bible to followers of Yeshua in order to equip and encourage their faith. Daniel has authored two books:

1. Practicing the Sabbath with Community

2. The Third Temple: A Sign of The Coming Messiah

It is a result of Daniel’s passion and calling to teach God’s word from its Jewish, historical, cultural, and linguistic perspective that Ner Leraglai Jewish Ministries was established as a nonprofit organization. Daniel serves as the Executive Director of Ner Leraglai and he is excited, together with the Ner Leraglai board, to see how God will use this ministry in the days ahead.

Erik Rebstock is the executive pastor at HOPE Community Church in Moorestown, NJ. Following college, he spent twelve years growing and running a company as a local builder before following God’s call into ministry. Erik joined the staff at HOPE in 2022 and is passionate about impacting the local community. When he is not spending time with his family, he can be found fly fishing or dreaming of fly fishing.

Erik received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from West Chester University and a master’s degree from Biblical Theological Seminary. He has lived in Medford, NJ since 2002 with his wife Linda and their four children, Erika, Max, Thomas, and Kate.

Erik and Linda have known Daniel for decades, having attended high school together and have been involved in the same believing communities. Erik was privileged to enjoy a Sabbath Experience with Daniel in Jerusalem with a team from his congregation which was touring Israel in 2018.