The Torah's juxtaposition of Amalek (seeking destruction) and Yitro (offering wisdom) teaches us that protection and ...

Since this week’s parsha is Yitro, which is mostly known as the portion which includes the ten commandments, I thought it might be interesting to make some comparisons. Let’s imagine that the ...

"We strongly condemn the incident that occurred this morning," the head of the Druze community, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, said.

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 ...

Through Yitro’s narrative and language, we as readers and listeners are able to place ourselves within this revelatory moment, ensuring the continuity and constant reliving of the events at Mt.

The question of holiness has always interested me, I have been searching for it even when I wasn’t fully aware that I was. What is it, where is it, how does it feel, how to know it, and why am I ...

Parashah of the week: Yitro “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and God rested on the seventh day; therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and ...

הַקֵּינִי, the Kenite (vide Judges 4:11, 4:17, 5:24 et al.). These names all denote different aspects of Yitro: יֶתֶר, Yeter, because a parashah was added (יִתֶר, yitter ...

In the beginning of Parshas Yisro, Moshe is telling Yisro, his father-in-law, why he’s working so hard. The Pasuk says in Perek יח [טז] ‎ כי-יהיה להם דבר בא אלי ושפטת ...

When you make Me an altar of stones, you must not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your sword over a stone intended for the altar to cut it, you will profane it. ~ Exodus 20:22 Like God ...