Parashat Yitro

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

This week's para is called so I think it's very very appropo and we're going to speak about the father-in-law. Yeahro is the father-in-law of Moshe and therefore we're going to speak a little bit about the concept of a father-in-law different. So for example they once asked a beautiful question. The question is, your wife, sorry, your wife is coming from out of town and your father-in-law is coming from out of town. Now, one of them is coming to Miami International and one of them is coming to Fort Lauderdale and it happens to be that they're coming at the exact same time. So, who do you go to pick up? Do you go to pick up your wife or do you go to pick up your father-in-law? That's the question. Yeah, it's a million-dollar question if you get it right. Let's see. Second. So they asked this question to Zilver and the way that Zilshin always answers is never going to be from a but rather let's see what's written in the Torah. The Torah says in this week's par rightapter meaning if you take the par says thatro comes and he tells that I'm that I your father-in-law is coming to you and also your wife and your two children. So is coming and sending a message. It's actually a letter. He's coming and sending a message and telling Moshe Rabenu, listen by the way. I'm coming to you with your wife and your two children. So who does Moshe come out to greet? So now if you're going to tell me usually I would say listen you're coming I would come out for the wife for the children right? But what does it say in the comes towards his father-in-law which is he comes and he says these words listen carefully. It's not because of his wife and children. It's because of the father-in-law

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1. 0:03This week's para is called so I think it's very very appropo and we're going to…
2. 2:49that he did it in hiding. He was telling everybody who am I going out to…
3. 5:23right. Your wife comes first. That means if you have to give an atonement for someone,…
4. 8:02shalom. So when he comes and he says that he comes and he and he said…
5. 10:39says from here you learn you're obligated to respect your father your father-in-law just like your…
6. 13:18right says the gim that right to do with if they're divorced all of a sudden…
7. 15:56why? If the husband is also obligated in the respect of his father-in-law. So therefore it's…
8. 18:39there's two involved. There's like an obligation and then there's a mitzvah, right? Which means you've…
9. 21:12mitzvah to do it, you don't have that mitzvah. Now again if you want to know…
10. 23:48obligated to respect my in-laws meaning is that bond is that obligation of respect stronger than…

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