Parshat Yitro 5778 (In Spanish with English subtitles) Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum – Director of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Programs
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “And the entire nation responded together and said, “Everything the Lord has spoken we shall do” (Ex. 19:8). Religious coercion has long threatened Israeli society, bringing to the surface all the tensions inherent in our unprecedented experiment of maintaining a state that is both “Jewish… Continue Reading “Shabbat Shalom” – Yitro 5778
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) Rabbi David Stav As we read Parshat Yitro this Shabbat, we find the central theme of the entire Torah: the connection between God and mankind, through which the Almighty guides us, telling us which behaviors are appropriate, and which ones we should avoid. This is not something we should take for granted.… Continue Reading “Parsha to the Point” – Yitro 5778
שומרים על קשר משה רוצה שכל אחד מעם ישראל יחווה את הקשר הכי ישיר שניתן מול הקב”ה, כמו שהוא זכה לעשות. וכך הוא מוצא עצמו הדיין היחיד לעם ישראל ועומד בפניה דילמה אל מול הצורך למערכת משפט יעילה ומסודרת. סאלי מאיר מדור פרשת השבוע של אתר כיפה, כ שבט תשע”ז, 16/02/2017 פרשת יתרו פותחת… Continue Reading אישה ופרשה: יתרו תשע”ז
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) Rabbi David Stav The “Ten Commandments” is the “piece de resistance” of the Torah, where we read of the connection between Hashem and man, and where man receives direct instructions from Hashem on what he must do, and that from which he must abstain. The first time we came across anything… Continue Reading “Parsha to the Point” – Yitro 5777
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) Rabbi David Stav The “Ten Commandments” is the “piece de resistance” of the Torah, where we read of the connection between Hashem and man, and where man receives direct instructions from Hashem on what he must do, and that from which he must abstain. The first time we came across anything… Continue Reading "Parsha to the Point" – Yitro 5777
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “You shall not climb up My altar with steps, so that your nakedness will not be revealed on it.” In the time when the Torah was given, all religions were intimately connected with sexuality, temple prostitutes, and orgiastic rites. One of the great… Continue Reading "Shabbat Shalom" – Yitro 5777
Parshat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “You shall not climb up My altar with steps, so that your nakedness will not be revealed on it.” In the time when the Torah was given, all religions were intimately connected with sexuality, temple prostitutes, and orgiastic rites. One of the great… Continue Reading “Shabbat Shalom” – Yitro 5777
הדרך בה חיפש יתרו את הקשר ליהדות הרב יעקב פישר אנשים זקוקים לקשר ולמגע אנושי, משוועים לאכפתיות מן הזולת ומן החברה, רוצים שיקשיבו להם. כך בכל העולם, כך הטבע והפסיכולוגיה של המין האנושי, אלא שבישראל עוד יותר מדור פרשת השבוע של אתר כיפה, י”ז שבט תשע”ו, 27/01/2016 לפני זמן מה העניקו לי ילדי מתנה –… Continue Reading אור תורה: יתרו תשע”ו
