Parsha Perspectives for Today (Yisro, 5783/2023) - The View From Space

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

as a slave Nation Jewish people who are subjugated oppressed and persecuted in the hands of others Paro and the mitrim and now they are beginning to forge their own destiny they have now been taken out the shalach Hashem took them but now they're out they're out of mithrayim they're trying to take mithram out of them and that is a big part of the rest of safer shmos they are geographically out of mitraim but how does Hashem take mitzrayim out of them assimilated people the cultured people the people whose values are still uh influenced by their Egyptian hosts uh influenced by their Egyptian hosts whom they had spent Centuries with and it can mold and shape them in so many ways how do they get away so we begin this is a Parsha name for a non-jew but he's the ordinary non-judius there was an exceptional individual someone who had studied comparative religion would experimented with every form of relationship or connection to God a God and he came to the correct conclusion he was the first what we call Jew by choice he made the choice he wasn't born into it he wasn't forced into it he was made

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1. 1:02as a slave Nation Jewish people who are subjugated oppressed and persecuted in the hands of…
2. 6:43out to greet his father-in-law he bows down he kisses him they exchange greetings and they…
3. 12:53said thank you Hashem you know what moved them and motivated to say thank you Hashem…
4. 19:12Moshe tells you so the whole story you won't believe it it's incredible what happened and…
5. 25:18represent an interesting exchange that takes place over here but there's a custom some have minagniflex…
6. 31:25you can't do it listen to what I have to say he goes on and on…
7. 37:22all other birds they fly low the other birds fly above them if they were to…
8. 43:41he had conquered the whole world and statues of Alexander the Great the the globe in…
9. 49:54yomaden what is utas means prepare the kedastam sanctify means according to unclos prepare Holiness means…
10. 56:12salivation rights he remembers when he was in his bed as a child and his crib…

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