On a regular shabbat, the weekly torah portion is divided up into seven parts. The jewish people left egypt on the fifteenth of nisan and reached mount sinai fortyfive days later, on the first of sivan. After delivering this message, the people responded by proclaiming, kol asher diber adonai naaseh all that the lord has spoken, we shall do. Vision and reality haftarah yitro brit chadashah reading snapshot. Parshat yitro with rabbi joshua berman i was honored to have on rabbi joshua berman of bar ilan university to talk about his book created equal. Jan 25, 2008 parshat yitro 5771 from introversion to extroversion harav yitzchak ginsburgh duration. Continuing the theme of revelation, the haftorah recounts the famed vision known as maaseh hamerkavah the vision of hashem as he sits upon his throne surrounded by various angels singing his praises. Following his experience at the burning bush, moshe went down to egypt and led the bnei yisrael from there and now in parshat yitro we read how, at long last, moshe was reunited with his family. Haftorah haftarah reading for parshat yitro by rabbi moshe p. The parashah tells of jethros organizational counsel to moses and gods revelation of the ten. The new book by rabbi lord jonathan sacks out on 12th march 2020. Transtropilation is the term coined by len fellman to describe the process of translating from cantillized hebrew, as closely as possible, word for word and trop for trop, with the main purpose being to aid a person with minimal hebrew training in following the hebrew. The story of joseph mentions the egyptian priests, whose land was not nationalised gen.
In parshat yitro the torah says, remember the shabbat day to make it holy whereas in parshat vaetchanan it says, guard the shabbat day to keep it holy the midrash yalkut shimoni, yitro 295 explains, remember it beforehand, and guard it afterwards meaning that shabbat is so special and important that we. Parashat bshalach finding our voices january 11 2019 142 december november october 12 september 12. In this torah portion, moses tells his fatherinlaw, jethro yitro, about the miracle of the exodus. On january 26, 2016 january 26, 2016 by aaron in 2shemot, everything, yitro leave a comment in the ten commandments that we read this shabbat, one of the commandments is to honor ones parents. At the very beginning of chapter 19, moshe goes up to god. This weeks teaching and inquiry comes from parshat yitro, in shemot, the book of exodus. Parshat yitro 5771 from introversion to extroversion harav yitzchak ginsburgh duration. The torah and the haftorah, are an integral part of the barmitzvah. Yishaya prophesied during the reign of achaz, the king of. Parshat yitro interrupts the narrative of the travels of the israelites in the desert to reintroduce a character that we havent heard about since parshat shmot. Each week, a different storyteller some musical, some poetic, some just straightup, tell the story of the current weekly torah portionand then we animate it. This particular parashat hashavua or weekly torah portion video is episode 17 from parshat yitro.
Jan 25, 2019 last week before teaching a class on jewish approaches to suffering in psalms at wesleyan academy for lifelong learning, an older gentleman approached betty taylor a temple member and chair member for this education program and began having a rather intense conversation i was the topic. Seeing that the only judicial authority for the entire jewish nation is moshe himself, yitro suggests that subsidiary. For such a small country, and when compared to other nations, these numbers are staggering and attest to the explosion of literary creativity of the. Classes downloadables the book of shemot torah tuesday night yitro 0 comments parshat yitro. The person who says them is yitro, moshe fatherinlaw. Although not necessary to do the inquiry practice or the chant or meditation, i recommend reading through the parshah to fully appreciate these teachings. Yitro brings his daughter zipporah and her two sons, gershom and eliezer, to his soninlaw moses. He advises his soninlaw to delegate some responsibilities. Teach them to look wise the jungle book by chris malbon. We were a giddy bunch, and so moses had to address the children of israel rather loudly. Parashat yitro quick summary hebrew for christians. Transtropilation is the term coined by len fellman to describe the process of translating from cantillized hebrew, as closely as possible, word for word and trop for trop, with the main purpose being to aid a person with minimal hebrew training in following the hebrew leyning. That is, the voice of god came according to the power of each individual young, old, or infant to receive it.
Alex lopez dj jovan walkers hope line nakama cast gunnercast za next move podcast hs 354 video. The connection between yitro and har sinai 12 the direct interaction with hashem at har sinai 18 the forced acceptance 11 the haftorah of yitro 4 the personality of yitro 17 the story of the beit din 23 the ten commandments 37 what made yitro come to the desert 30 when did yitro come. Jethro, moses fatherinlaw suggests a system for establishing lower courts to settle disputes. Parshat yitro 5760 this weeks section tells of matan torah the giving of the torah. Parashat hashavua yitro 2017 5777 yitro, tell me what you feel. In an unnamed teaching unofficially titled the sad tzaddik, which is appended to rabbi nachmans stories, rebbe. Burnhams musings downloadables the book of shemot torah yitro continue reading previous post deep dive into deuteronomy part iv zachor and shamor together forever.
Yitro was so great an entire parshah was named after him the reading then continues to the event of the ten commandments. In parashat yitro, moses guides the israelite people to mt. Haftarah for yitro ashkenazim on this page you will find a recording of the first few verses of your haftorah to help you get started, as well as the blessings before and after the haftorah. This particular parashat hashavua or weekly torah portion video is. In this weeks parsha hashavua, leah jones shares with us some wisdom from mosess moshes nonjewish fatherinlaw that pretty much changes the course of jewish history. Parsha yitro dvar torah the torah as an open book, 2009. While you may be tempted to try and memorize the melody of your haftorah without learning the trope, it is much easier in the long run to learn the. Praised are you, adonai, our gd, ruler of the universe, who has made us holy with commandments and commanded us to engage in the study of torah.
Yitro, mosess fatherinlaw, met moses at mount sinai, and when he saw that moses himself ruled for each and every dispute of the people, he was troubled. Parshat yitro 5763 download as pdf this weeks torah reading tells us of the most important and earthshaking single event in the history of the entire world. The chief rabbi presents his insights into parashat yitro. Parashat hashavua yitro 2009 5769 the torah as an open book 12. Yisro brings moshe s wife and two sons to join him in the desert. When all the parts have been read the ending of the last aliya is repeated, and that is called the maftir. Hearing of the miracles gd performed for bnei yisrael, moshes fatherinlaw yitro arrives with moshes wife and sons, reuniting the family in the wilderness. Well before alinsky, it outlines how to build a leadership to organize community for a specific goal. First reading moses fatherinlaw, jethro, sheik of midian, heard about all that god had done for moses and his people israel when he brought israel out of egypt. Yitro is so impressed by moshes detailing of the exodus from egypt that he converts to judaism. Order now uk order now row, except uscanada out in the uscanada on 1st september 2020.
Which also just so happens to complement our torah portion this week, parshat yitro. By kerry chaplin the first chapter of parshat yitro is the torahs guidelines for the community organizer. One which gets almost no mention at all is simcha joy, happiness. Haftarah the home of ancient prophecy and modern literacy. Yitro, yithro, yisroi, yisrau, or yisro is the seventeenth weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the fifth in the book of exodus. Yitro, fatherinlaw of moshe rabeinu was one of the most fascinating men ever to have walked on planet earth. Yitro exodus 1820 by chief rabbi ephraim mirvis following his experience at the burning bush, moshe went down to egypt and led the bnei yisrael from there and now in parshat yitro we read how, at long last, moshe was reunited with his family. Parshat yitro with rabbi joshua berman by in the podsha. God speaks the ten commandments to the children of israel amidst fire, smoke, and the sound of the shofar. Home explore judaism study in israel audio ohr somayach international is a 501c3 notforprofit corporation letter on file and your donation is tax deductable. Jethro proclaims that the israelite god is greater than all other gods, and he makes a sacrifice. Preorder here sacks has produced a work of extraordinary depth, beauty, urgency, and erudition. I hate to say it, but its probably one of the most anticlimactic chapters to be found in the torah, or in any other book, for that matter. There were many preparations the israelites needed to make for matan torah the giving of the torah at sinai.
Jethro then advises moses to delegate leadership roles in order to not tire himself out. Each week, a different storyteller some musical, some poetic, some just straightup, tell the story of the current weekly torah. Yitro then gave crucial advice to moshe, advising him on how to institute court systems, thus saving moshe and the jews a lot of time later on and giving them a proper court structure shemot 18. Parshat yitro contains the climactic moment that the book of shmot has been preparing for.
Torah reading, haftarah, links to audio and commentary. While it can be tempting to start learning your haftorah by trying to memorize the melody of the entire text, it is much better and easier in the long run to take the time to learn the actual trop first. In the book of genesis, we encounter malkizedek, abrahams contemporary, described as a priest of the most high god gen. Vayishma yitro chohen midyan choten moshe et kolasher asah elohim lemoshe uleyisrael amo kihotsi adonay etyisrael mimitsrayim. Parsha yitro dvar torah yitro, tell me what you feel, 2017. Learning the haftorah of yitro book of shemot haftorah studies. When moses leads the people out of the camp, we find ourselves about the meet god. Only jethro took these sounds as a personal message and directed his blessings to god so that he might personally benefit from torah.
The promised coming king of judah the wonderful one, counsellor of the mighty god, the father of etrnity, and the prince of peace was the son of david to come the one promised to inherit the kingdom. However, the article doesnt even mention egyptian being spoken at sinai, and this is the first ive ever heard of that. Yisro observes moshes daily schedule as chief administrator, judge, and teacher. Rejoining moshe after the exodus, bringing with him moshes wife and children, and hearing from his soninlaw all that had happened in egypt, he says, praise be to the lord baruch hashem, who rescued you from the hand of the egyptians and of pharaoh, and who rescued the people from. In particular, many of the catastrophic complaints that we. Jan 26, 2016 dvar torah parshat yitro 5776 2016 to life. In the conversation he discusses, the purpose of using near eastern texts to explain the torah, what is going on with the ten commandments and how we each have a special relationship with gd. On haftorah audio we have chosen a fairly common system of trop that is standard in many communities. For such a small country, and when compared to other nations, these numbers are staggering and attest. We are told in the first posuk of parshat yitro 18. A new book is published nearly every hour in the jewish state, according to data from the national library of israel.
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