When a Non-Jew Teaches Jews How to Speak about Israel: Parshat Yitro - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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week's parsha is really in many ways the fundamental parsha of the Torah. I mean, every parsha is fundamental, but it certainly has the story that shaped all of Jewish history and all of Jewish existence and is really the pivotal moment of history, what we call Maimed Har Sinai, the moment that the Jewish people stood at Mount Sinai and received a Sarah Sedibra, the 10 Commandments in the Torah, which all happens here in parshas Yisro. which all happens here in parshas Yisro. And what's interesting though is the structure of the parsha because the first half of the parsha and the second half of the parsha seem very disjointed. The first half of the parsha talks about an event, which even though it's certainly a very interesting event, it doesn't seem to fit into the portion of Matan Torah. And that's the event of Yisro coming to the desert. Now, let's remember the history. When Moshe escaped Egypt, when Paro was trying to kill him because when Paro was trying to kill him because he killed an Egyptian who was beating a Jew, he ran away to a place called Midian. Over there he helped seven girls, seven seven women who were at a well and being uh provoked and harassed, the Torah says, by by uh by the shepherds, and he saved them. And he helped them irrigate their flock. And then when they came back home, their father said, "Why didn't you bring him home to eat?" And of course they bring him and he marries one of the daughters called Tzipora. Now, what we don't know is till this

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1. 0:00week's parsha is really in many ways the fundamental parsha of the Torah. I mean, every…
2. 6:13The Torah Zohar said, only after Yisro could come, that's when Torah was given. In other…
3. 12:25It's Hashem saying this is me. I am behind all of this. I'm behind Exodus of…
4. 18:37man also removed all of his garments, and he also went down under the table, and…
5. 24:54means. A person can get frustrated and and angry and resentful and anxious and then self-blaming,…
6. 31:00Parshas Yisro that Hashem tells Moshe, "I'm going to come to you hinei anochi ba alecha.…
7. 37:10and saying, "You idiot, you're an eagle not a chicken." But rather somebody modeling to him…
8. 43:14a difficult situation or doing something wrong, etc. So, the Baal Shem Tov says, "Why does…
9. 49:19bank, your house, your marriage, your kids. It's in your own pocket. The guy never thought…
10. 55:26how people call you. So, a name represents how other people know you, how other people…

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