Yitro, Moses’ father-in-law, abdicates his position as the leading practitioner of the dark arts of idolatry and converts to Judaism. But can he be really sure of his motivations? Are…
One of the most dramatic moments of our 40 year journey through the desert takes place this week in our Parsha – Yitro. The news of the Exodus spreads very…
What a strange choice of name of a Parsha that is so epochal in that it contains the narrative of receiving of the Torah and the listing of the Ten…
Yitro was an idol worshipper par excellence but nevertheless became Moses’ father-in-law and one of the most famous converts to Judaism. Far from being mentally deficient, idol worshippers often were…
Moses’ father in law, Yitro, was Judaism’s famous convert. But what is a conversion? It reveals a soul that was always Jewish! But to reveal the soul’s source identity, the…
itro understood that G-d greater than idols – so just another ‘idol’? Does that stain his motivations as impure? Mitoch shelo Lishma, Bo Lishma. An ulterior motive doesn’t affect the…
