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In this week’s Torah portion, Jethro, for whom the portion is named, reunites Moses with his wife Zippora and sons Gershom and Eliezer. “Jethro priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law ...
This week we read the parsha called Yitro, Jethro, Exodus 18:1-20:23. There are a few noteworthy things that jump out in this portion, specifically in how it relates to the relationship between ...
Yitro (Jethro) Moses’s father-in-law is reintroduced to us: Jethro, priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the LORD had ...
Watching Moshe (Moses) judge the Jews from morning to night, Yitro (Jethro), Moshe’s father-in-law, offers sound advice. He tells Moshe that if you continue trying to judge everyone, you surely ...
Jethro (Yitro)? And why did God choose Mount Sinai, a desert mountain outside the Land of Israel, as the location for His Revelation? Would it not have been more fitting for God to have presented ...
Our Torah portion begins with the story of Jethro [a priest of Midian], father-in-law of Moses, who, after hearing about the splitting of the Red Sea and the war against Amalek, decided to join ...
"Yitro (Jethro) was overwhelmed with gladness when hearing of all the good that Hashem had done for Israel; by rescuing him from the hand of the Egyptians." Use of the word "him" in the singular ...
It wouldn’t mean he has to convert. Listening is where this week’s parsha begins: Yitro (Jethro, Moses’ pa-in-law) listens to Moses speak about the exodus and responds with, “Wow.
This week we read about Yitro hearing all the great miracles that Hashem did for Am Yisrael, he then takes his daughter, Moshe's wife, and his grandchildren, and heads to the desert to meet Moshe ...
Parshat Yitro largely focuses on the relationship that’s meant to exist between Israel and the rest of humanity. As this is also the weekly Torah portion that includes Israel receiving the Torah ...