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Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 5772 2012 – Measure for Measure…

Yitro listens to Moshe and hears him relate all the great wonders that Hashem did for the Bnei Israel in Egypt. He is awed by what he hears and praises Hashem and says: בָּרוּךְ יְקֹוָק. He does not stop at that but adds that Hashem is great: כִּי בַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר זָדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם “…for in the [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 5771 2011

In the second of the Ten Commandments we are told that “You shall have no other gods before me…”. The wording in Hebrew is: ELOHIM ACHERIM. (Ex. 20, 3) The question often asked is if they are not gods why are they called gods. Rashi, in his commentary, explains this term based on the Midrash [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 5770 2010

At Har Sinai we are told VECHOL HA’AM RO’IM ET HAKOLOT, “And all the people saw the thunder…”. (Ex. 20,16) Rashi’s comment is: they saw that which should be heard, something which is impossible to see on any other occasion. (Today we can see sound waves.) Of course, this is a difficult concept for us [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 2009 5769 דבר תורה פרשת יתרו

Yitro advises Moshe on establishing a court system. He suggests a structure of lower courts and upper courts. He ends by saying: KOL HADAVAR HAGADOL YAVI’U ELECHA, “…every major matter they shall bring to you…”. (Ex/ 18,22) Moshe accepted the plan and instituted it among the people with one seemingly slight change. The various judges [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 2008 – 5768 דבר תורה יתרו

Bnei Israel are camped at the foot of Har Sinai and they are given instructions as to how they are to conduct themselves during Matan Torah. Hashem tells Moshe to relate to the people: VEKIDASHTAM HAYOM UMACHAR, “…and sanctify them today and tomorrow”. (Ex. 19,10) The essential instruction is the word “tomorrow”. When they are [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayeshev 2001 – 5761 דבר תורה וישב

Yosef dreams about the sun and moon and stars and tells his brothers and then his father. His father reacts with anger and says: What is this dream that you dreamt? (Gen. 37;10) The question is how come Yaakov asks what is this dream when Yosef had told him what the dream was. The point [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 7 – 5767 – 2007

Yitro comes to meet Moshe in the Midbar and the Torah says when they came together: VAYISHTACHU VAYISHAK LO VAYISHALU ISH LERE’EHU LESHALOM, “… and he bowed down and kissed him and one of the other inquired about his well-being.” (Ex. 18,7) Rashi remarks that we do not know who bowed down to whom. When, [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 6 – 5766

Moshe is telling Yitro about his experiences in judging the people. He says: KI YIHIYE LAHEM DAVAR, BA ELAI VESHAFATETI … , “when they have a matter, one comes to me and I judge …”. (Ex. 18,16) There is an obvious observation that stares one in the eye. He starts by saying, “when they have”, [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 5 – 5765

After Moshe relates to Yitro all the wonders and great things that happened to Bnei Yisrael, the Torah tells us the reaction of Yitro was to acknowledge that now he knows that Hashem is the greatest KI BATAVAR ASHER ZADU ALEHEM, “…because in the very thing that they (the Egyptians) conspired against them (the Israelites)”. [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 4 – 5764

Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro, comes to the Children of Israel in the wilderness and Moshe tells him all that Hashem did for the people and what happened to the Egyptians. The torah then says VAYICHAD YITRO AL KOL HATOVA ASHER ASAH HASHEM LEYISRAEL, “and Yitro rejoiced over all the good that Hashem had done for Israel.” [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 3 – 5763

Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro sees how Moshe is judging the people and he recognizes the shortcomings of this method. He then advises Moshe to set up a system of judges and courts, lower ones and higher ones over them, and in this manner he will alleviate the burden which fell on Moshe’s shoulders. Moshe soon institutes [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Yitro 2 – 5762

We are told that the Bnei Yisrael camped near Mt Sinai to receive the Torah. The Torah uses the word VAYICHAN, (Ex. 19:2) “and he camped”, in the singular, as if there was one Jew. From this Chazal tell us that they were united as one person with one heart. Why was this so necessary [ READ MORE ]

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