Yitro and His Conversion
In this class Yitro and His Conversion we discuss Yitro or Jethro the father in of law of Moses. Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yisrau, or Yisro (יִתְרוֹ — Hebrew for “Jethro,” the second word...
Category: Parshat Yitro
Exodus 18-20
Yitro Part Two
Yitro part two covers Exodus 19-21, the journey to the base of Mt. Sinai to the giving of Torah. We discuss practical holiness and mitzvah which correspond to the three-day sanctification of the...
Yitro, A Tzadic or Opportunistic
Yitro is the poster child of those in the nations who choose to be Jewish or attach themselves to Judaism as a righteous non-jew. Discover the value of the righteous and their role in...
Parshat Yitro | Know your G-D
We will discuss this week portion Yitro | Know your God. The historic event known as the Theophany at Mount Sinai is described in at least three places in the Torah,and information presented in...
Yitro: Part One
Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yisrau, or Yisro (יִתְרוֹ — Hebrew for “Jethro,” the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה,parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 18:1–20:23. The parashah is the...
Yitro: Rabbi Abraham
It is fitting that the parshah which tells of the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai is named after Yisro (Jethro), Moses’ father-in-law — a convert. Indeed, all those who witnessed the Giving...
Matan Torah | Everyone needs a Sinai moment
Matan Torah | Everyone needs a Sinai moment In they lecture Reuven lays out A Chronology of Matan Torah and discusses the mystery of Moshe’s two sons, Gershon and Eliezer. A Chronology of Matan...
