Questions tagged [parashas-yisro]
The weekly Torah portion of Yisro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
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Is Israel still "s'goolah" in the eyes of Hashem?
In the Torah 19:5 (Shemot), God says that on the condition that Israel keeps the covenant, Israel will be "s'goolah" (the most treasured) in God's eyes.
Is this a correct understanding?
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Parshas Yisro - Asking Moshe Rabbeinu directly: who got to listen?
Early in Parshas Yisro, Yisro noticed that Moshe was answering questions all day long. He asked Moshe about it:
וַיַּרְא֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֛ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֑ם
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־...
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Are there any sources that disagree with Yitro's advice?
Are there any sources that disagree with Yitro's advice?
Any sources that say it was detrimental to separate the community from their rebbe? In a way the Rebbe was handing out dollars very day until ...
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Why does Rambam not learn the prohibition for adultery from Yitro but from Acharei Mot?
Yitro contains 16 mitzvos according to Rambam. Most of them are linked to the 10 commandments but notably one commandment is missing: adultery.
Instead he learns this prohibition from Acharei Mot:
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Did Yisro REALLY know what was going on?
The first pasuk of Parshas Yisro opens by telling us that
"Yisro had heard all that God had done for the Jewish people"
Shemos 18:1
וַיִּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ כֹהֵן מִדְיָן חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵת כׇּל־...
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Why was Matan Torah dependant of Yisro blessing G-d?
The Lubavitcher Rebbe in Likkutei Sichos (vol. 11, p. 74) quotes the Zohar in saying that if Yisro did not bless G-d and proclaim that G-d is the True One and Only G-d, the Torah wouldn't been given ...
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Why didn't Yisro die upon doing Tshuvah for Avodah Zarah?
This link quotes the Gemara as the source for my question: https://www.sefaria.org/Avodah_Zarah.17a.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=he
So how is it that Yisro a World-Class-Idolator went on so long?
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Lo Tirtzach: Kamatz or Patach?
Minchat Shai at the beginning of Shemot 20 describes a version of the text of the Decalogue where the tzadi in the word תרצח has both a kamatz and a patach under it. He explains that the kamatz ...
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Yisro and the message of the convert
This weeks parasha (Yisro) starts with the posuk stating that:
When Yisro, the priest of Midyan, Moshe’s father in law, heard of all that G-d had done for Moshe, and for Yisrael his people, and that ...
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Matan Torah: Coercion or out of love?
There is a Midrashic approach to "and they stood at the foot of the mountain" (Shemos 19:17), namely that G-d literally held the mountain over the heads of B'nei Yisrael, coercing them to ...
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The Mitzvah of establishment of courts before Yitro's advice
Allegedly, the 7 Noahide Mitzvos were given to Adam and passed down to Moses. Even if we follow the approach that our forefathers were Noahides prior to the receiving of the Torah, they would be ...
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What crime was committed by one who touched the mountain?
From what I have learned, different sins which are punished via the court system deserve different types of death penalties. In Parshat Yitro (19:12-13), the text indicates that one who touches the ...
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How is the vav extra?
In Ketubot, 103a the text discusses what the "et" words include in the phrase
כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֑ךָ
Each et refers to another spouse of the parent so the non-biological step ...
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Why did both Nadav and Avihu go up?
This question asks why didn't Elazar and Itamar go up Har Sinai like Nadav and Avihu. I'm wondering why both Nadav and Avihu went up.
There's a disagreement who were the kohanim that went up the ...
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Denying Moshe's Prophecy
In Parshas Yisro G-D guarantees Moshe that his prophecy will not be doubted by the Jewish nation from hereon "וגם בך יאמינו לעולם". However in Parshas Korach (although not in Korach's ...
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