Yitro parsha

Mishpatim: A continuum of doing and listening

Parashat Yitro and Parashat Mishpatim are seen as a continuum.

|ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18, is read on February 13, Illustrative photo
ABARBANEL SUGGESTS that Moses was reluctant to take any personal time offa

Parashat Yitro: The coming of Jethro

Moses shows true emotion upon seeing Jethro.

|ByNECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Parashat Yitro: What preceded the receiving of the Torah?

The parasha is called Yitro because it begins with the story of Jethro coming to the Israelites’ encampment.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Jethro and Moses (watercolor circa 1900 by James Tissot).

Reinvigorating religious Zionism with a national creative effort

A national creative effort would require not only the presence of many creative individuals. It would also require some coordination.

|ByESTHER CAMERON