Posts Tagged: Parshat Yitro
Take Time to Celebrate the ‘Wins’ and the Growth of Jewish Life
This past Sunday, I tuned into a livestream event that was utterly unique -- the Torat Imecha Nach Yomi siyum. Over the past two years,...
Parshat Yitro: Look for Outside Solutions with an Open Mind
The most important feature of this week's parsha is arguably Judaism’s greatest contribution to the world -- the so-called Ten Commandments. A normal commandment in...
Justice Denied Is God Denied
In the late 1880s, Charles “Andy” Hudspeth, a farmhand in Arkansas, made the mistake of becoming intimately involved with a married woman called Rebecca Watkins....
Judaism Demands That We Respect ‘The Other’
The quintessential Jewish expression of thanks, gratitude, and acknowledgment is Baruch Hashem, meaning “Thank God” or “Praise be to the Lord.” Hasidim say of the Baal...
Parshat Yitro: The Revelation at Mount Sinai Was the Creation of Freedom
The revelation at Mount Sinai -- the central episode not only of parshat Yitro, but of Judaism as a whole -- was unique in the...
The Essence of a Jewish Leader
In Parshat Yitro, we find an interesting dialogue between Moses and his father-in-law Yitro -- a conversation that ultimately leads to the implementation of an organized judicial...
