Throughout much of history, it was hard for the Jews have to find true friends. Facing a frequently hostile world, when they came across an unusually cooperative gentile, it came as a bit of a ...

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Watching Moshe (Moses) judge the Jews from morning to night, Yitro (Jethro), Moshe’s father-in-law, offers sound advice. He tells Moshe that if you continue trying to judge everyone, you surely will ...

When Yishayahu experiences revelation in our Haftarah for Parshat Yitro, angels feature prominently in his vision of the divine realm, surrounding the throne upon which God sits while bestowing words ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parashat Mishpatim is one of the most packed portions in the Torah. It details numerous mitzvot and laws that relate to almost every aspect of life. These laws appear between the section of Matan ...

Right at the outset of the Aseret Hadibrot or Ten Declarations (commonly translated as the Ten Commandments), God declares, “I am the Lord your God Who took you out of the Land of Egypt” (Exodus 20:2) ...

This portion is named for Moses’ father-in-law, Yitro (Jethro). Jethro visits Moses and watches him care for the Israelites. Moses is exhausted. He spends the whole day talking to anyone who needs ...

And you shall discern from among the entire people, men of accomplishment, God-fearing people, men of truth, people who despise money, and you shall appoint them leaders of thousands, leaders of ...

In last week's Torah portion we were told, "Va-yavo Amalek": Amalek came upon the Israelites [Exodus 17:8]. Think of it. Mere weeks after their miraculous liberation from Egypt and release from ...

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 ...