History’s first convert is introduced in this week’s Parshah; Yitro had been the father-in-law of Moshe for decades, but is only inspired to join the Jewish people after hearing about the splitting of ...

And you shall discern from among the entire people, men of accomplishment, God-fearing people, men of truth, people who despise money, and you shall appoint them leaders of thousands, leaders of ...

Our guest this week is Moshe Weinger Yeshiva University. 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 of ...

Yitro, Father-in-Law of Moshe Rabeinu was one of the most fascinating men ever to have walked on Planet Earth. We are told in the first Posuk of Parshat Yitro (18:1) he was the "Kohen of Midyan".

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz shares wisdom from Parshat Yitro about putting aside one’s ego and working together for the common good. With all the uncertainties around us — climate change, public health ...

It is for this reason that Yishayahu feels so uncomfortably out of place in the heavenly abode. As he shares with the angels, “Woe is me; I am lost! For I am a man of impure lips, and I live among a ...

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Moses understood that genuine service of God is not found in thunder and lightning but rather in the place of fog, confusion, and lack of clarity. One of the greatest and most formative moments in ...

When we think of Parashat Yitro, our attention usually goes straight to Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments. The revelation, the covenant, the defining moment of Jewish history. But the Torah does ...

Right at the outset of the Aseret Hadibrot or Ten Declarations (commonly translated as the Ten Commandments), God declares, “I am the Lord your God Who took you out of the Land of Egypt” (Exodus 20:2) ...

The Torah tells us that at the moment of revelation, all the Jews at Sinai were able to see (v’chol ha’am ro’im; Exodus 20:15). Is it possible that of the few million, there was not one single person ...