Yitro parsha

Parashat Yitro: Before the revelation at Sinai

Whenever people are convinced that they are acting in the name of higher goals – especially when they believe they are serving God – moral boundaries become fragile.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN
A big ball of fire (illustrative)
Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18, is read on February 13, Illustrative photo

Mishpatim: A continuum of doing and listening

Parashat Yitro and Parashat Mishpatim are seen as a continuum.

|ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
ABARBANEL SUGGESTS that Moses was reluctant to take any personal time offa

Parashat Yitro: The coming of Jethro

Moses shows true emotion upon seeing Jethro.

|ByNECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Parashat Yitro: What preceded the receiving of the Torah?

The parasha is called Yitro because it begins with the story of Jethro coming to the Israelites’ encampment.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Reinvigorating religious Zionism with a national creative effort

A national creative effort would require not only the presence of many creative individuals. It would also require some coordination.

JANUARY 26, 2021ByESTHER CAMERON
Jethro and Moses (watercolor circa 1900 by James Tissot).