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 ...

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 ...

Recently, a British journalist asked me whether Israel’s growing isolation in the wake of October 7 was inherently “Jewish.” In her view, Israel was retreating from the world – turning ...

The Torah portion Yitro is named after Moses’ father-in-law, who was a priest in Midian. When he heard about the exodus from Egypt and the miracles associated with it, he went to the desert ...

There are two most-celebrated converts in our history: Yitro and Ruth. Interestingly, their names share the same There is also a significant difference between these two personalities. Why the ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Yitro, we read about the most dramatic and most significant event in Jewish history: the revelation at Mount Sinai. During this event, which occurred in the Sinai ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Yitro makes three appearances in the Torah and each time we see Moshe’s deep affection for him. There was something very ...

the KGB officers asked. “Because there I can complain,” Abramsky replied. In this week’s Parsha, Yitro arrives in the desert to see his son-in-law Moses, and one of the first things he seems ...

The revelatory moment at Mount Sinai is bookended by two challenging passages. Six sentences before the giving of the “10 sayings” (aseret hadibrot), also known as the Ten Commandments, we ...

Reading the story of Yitro (Shemot 18.) – Moshe’s father-in-law and one of the earliest converts to Judaism – presents a challenge, not only to many anti-Jewish Jews but also to those who ...

He is the rabbi of Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh. This week’s Torah portion – Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) – begins with the advice given by Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, to the people ...