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Yitro

Exodus 18:1-20:23

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    • In this Torah portion, Moses tells his father-in-law, Jethro, about the miracle of the exodus. Jethro proclaims that the Israelite God is greater than all other gods, and he makes a sacrifice. Jethro then advises Moses to delegate leadership roles in order to not tire himself out. The Israelites camp at the bottom of Mount Sinai. After three days, the mountain was fills with smoke and God delivers the Ten Commandments to His people.

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    The Israelites camped at Mount Sinai.

     

    Text Studies

    Social Action and Environmentalism

    Money is Tainted
    Hillel

    Reimagining Spirituality
    Sam Berrin Shonkoff, AJWS

    Portable Holiness
    Rabbi Neil Loevinger, KOLEL

    Negative & Positive Freedom
    Rabbi James Jacobson-Meisels, AJWS

    I Know Who You Are
    Rabbi Sheldon Marder, Union for Reform Judaism

    Yitro's Advice
    Rachel Farbiarz, AJWS
     

    A System of Justice
     Rabbi Uri Ayalon, socialaction.com
     

    Love of God & Material Desire
     Jonathan Neril, Canfei Nesharim
     


    From the Denominations

    Pluralism and Outreach

    Parents Make It to the Top Ten
    Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversit

    From the Margins
    Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowship

    The Word Made Animate
    Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS

    Separation & Togetherness
    Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Institute

    Receiving God's Message
    Rabbi Melvin Burg, Orthodox Union

    How We Hear
     David Frankel, UJA-Federation of New York
     


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    Parashat Yitro Challah
    Julie Seltzer

    		  

    Parashat Yitro Quiz
    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

    		  

     

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