articles on Yitro
How to Increase Your Spiritual Power
A short Video connecting the Parasha to the land of Israel.
The Universal and the Particular
A Suir by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for thw weekly portion "Yitro".
Towards Nationhood
A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Yitro".
Don't be indifferent!
What did Yitro hear? What caused him to leave his home and go to the wilderness? What happened that he couldn't be indifferent?
Lessons on Yitro
WHAT CONVINCED YITRO MAY SWAY THE ANTI-ISRAEL TOO
We find that Yitro was convinced to follow the G-d of Israel for "Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the deities, for (precisely) with the thing that they plotted, [G-d brought] upon them(selves) (18, 11)." Rashi explains that the Egyptians drowned the boys of Israel, so in the end, G-d drowned their men as well. Why was this "Midah k'negged mida" (literally: "a measure for a measure)- so convincing for Yitro, even convincing him to actually change his life & join Israel? Similarly, this can help us understand why this theme of "V'Nahafoch hu…" (literally: "it was reversed", that the Megila flips everything Haman planned to do Israel, 180 degrees and brings upon Haman himself is so central also to Megilat Esther & the forthcoming holiday of Purim? We are not just speaking of irony, but of justice.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevt 5786
Ten Commandment Comparison
Many have attempted to solve the question, what is THE difference which can find the common denominator between all 31 differences between the 2 versions of the Ten Commandment? This innovative article suggests that our sages already answered this with one sentence in a well-known Midrash, just most never noticed that seemingly innocent sentence. It deals with the basic difference between the masculine side of the Torah and the feminine.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
Parashat Hashavua: Rachel, Leah, and King David – What Happened? – part III
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shevat 5786
