All posts in: Yisro
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6 years agoWho Are These “Other gods”?!
Do not have other gods in my presence (20:3) When the Torah warns us not to follow other gods, it implies that there are other gods. However, the Torah declares, ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoYisro – You are a Kohen!
וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ לִי מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים. . . And you will be for me a Nation of Kohanim. . . (19:6) How can Hashem call the Jewish ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoYisro – The Chosen Nation
By Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen Undoubtedly, the most important event in the history of the world was the giving of the Torah at Har Sinai. Nor has the world ever witnessed ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoYISRO – THE ART OF LISTENING
One of the striking features of Parshas Yisro is the juxtaposition of the portion about Yisro’s advice to Moshe Rabbeinu with Matan Torah. Reb Tzadok HaKohen ..
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3 years agoSHABBOS AND HONORING ONE’S PARENTS – YISRO
The highlight of Parshas Yisro is the Ten Commandments. The fourth Mitzvo is to remember the Shabbos , and the fifth is honoring one’s parents . This juxtaposition ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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4 years agoYisro – Shofar So Good
At the giving of the Torah “the sound of the shofar was very loud… it went and became very loud” [1]. But the shofar was already loud! Besides which, the shofar ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoHappy to be left out
The account of the giving of the Torah is in the portion of Yisro. This seems a little strange since Yisro was originally a priest of idolatry. Furthermore, he was not even ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years ago
Ahava & Yira
כה תאמר לבית יעקב ותגיד לבני ישראל…אלא הדברים אשר תדבר לבני ישראל (19:3,6) When one examines Rashi’s ..
Written by Benji Landau
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7 years ago
Parashas Yisro – Welcome advice? (long)
Parashas Yisro Yisro arrived in the Israelite camp after hearing about the events of the splitting of the Red Sea and the Amalekite attack. The news of these miraculous ..
Written by Daniel Sandground
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7 years ago
A Woman can go to Olam Habo?? YES.. this is how!!
Rav said to R’ Chiya: Through what deeds do women merit Olam haBo?? Through going to the trouble of bringing their children to the Bais Medrash to learn Torah. ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
