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 Unversity

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
 

Women and Revelation
Judith Plaskow, Women of Reform Judaism

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