In this parsha, Yitro proclaims G-d’s greatness based on the principle of midah k’neged midah, measure for measure. He says (Exodus 18:11), “Now I know that God is greater than all the deities, by ...

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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 ...

Rabbi Benji Levy is Co-Founder of Israel Impact Partners, Keshev, Kehillat Eretz Hemdah and teaches globally. He helped set up Torah MiTzion in Sydney In the final five weeks of his life, Moses ...

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Growing up, my family regularly traveled to Washington D.C. We attended inaugurations, went on lobbying missions, celebrated at Chanukah parties and did some sightseeing. Over the years, one comment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(JTA) — America faces challenges we have not seen in generations. Deep elements of resentment and radicalism are set on tearing apart the fabric of the nation. Our ability to argue with humility is ...

Parshat Yitro contains the foundational experience on which all of Judaism rests — the revelation at Sinai. We repeat this section twice annually: this week, during the reading of the Torah, and in a ...