Yisro

Torah Portion - Yisro
Written by d fine
1)All the better to hear You with : As Rashi (19:10) points out in our sedra, before Mattan Torah all the members of Bnei Yisrael who suffered from illness, disease, or forms of handicap were cured. Thus, the blind could now see again, the deaf could hear, and the dumb could speak (and think!). This was a great chesed on HaShem’s part, but why did He do it before Mattan Torah; is there any connection between Mattan Torah and such healing? The answer (I think I saw it in the name of Rav Gifter) is that HaShem wanted Bnei Yisrael to wholesomely experience the Divine revelation at Har Sinai. That meant connecting with HaShem, so to speak, with every sense the body has. This is why HaShem had all the illnesses healed - in order that Mattan Torah should be imbued within us to the greatest possible degree
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Torah Portion - Yisro
Written by Rafi Jager
This week's Parsha begins by telling us, "And Yitro heard. . . all that Hashem did for Moses and His nation Israel. . ." (Exodus 18:1), but the Torah does not tell us which of the wonders impressed Yitro the most.What aspect of the Exodus and the ensuing weeks inspired Yitro to join the Jewish people in the desert? The Talmud(Zevachim 116a) quotes three opinions of what Yitro heard that impressed him so much. The first claims that it was the Jewish people's victory over the nation of Amalek -- essentially a band of slaves defeating a powerful
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Torah Portion - Yisro
Written by Rafi Jager
The Midrash tells us that while in Egypt, the Jewish people clutched onto three aspects of living in an attempt to maintain their identity. They kept their native tongue, speaking the holy Hebrew language, ensuring that Hashem's divine prose would endure. They also retained their style of clothing and their Jewish names. However, this was not a guaranteed recipe for success. When the Jewish people crossed the Red Sea, they took with them merely the tools with which they could identify themselves as Jews. But did they leave Egypt void of any
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Torah Portion - Yisro
Written by Daniel Sandground
Parashas Yisro Yisro arrived in the Israelite camp after hearing about the events of the splitting of the Red Sea and the Amalekite attack. The news of these miraculous events convinced him to join the Jewish nation and he became the first recorded convert to Judaism. The more popular view is that Yisro arrived before the giving of the Torah at Sinai but there is evidence in Zevachim that claims his entrance was not made until after this event as he was convinced to come by the news that the Ten Commandments had been given. Rashi doesn’t disclose a preference on the varying opinions but simply mentions them. If we were to take on the opinion that Yisro arrived after the giving of the Torah then why is his arrival mentioned now?... According to the Ibn Ezra, the Torah wanted to make a contrast between
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