The most celebrated section of our parasha, Yitro, is that of the Asseret HaDibrot. It begins with the well-known words: “And Elokim spoke all (kol) these words saying.”
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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1/31/24
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Though this week’s parsha begins with a story of Yitro, its chronological relationship with the rest of the Exodus narrative is debated by the commentaries. If we ignore this story for a …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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1/31/24
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Assembling complicated gadgets is generally facilitated by the printed instructions that the factory provides. Occasionally, however, there are no instructions, either because of the …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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1/31/24
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The parsha of Yitro records the revolutionary moment when G-d, Creator of Heaven and Earth, entered into a mutually binding agreement with a nation, the Children of Israel, an agreement we call a …
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By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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1/31/24
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BDE. We are sad to report that Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple was niftar on Jan. 19. He was the Senior Rabbi of The Great Synagogue of Sydney between 1972 and 2005 and one of Australia’s highest …
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By Rabbi Raymond Apple zt"l
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1/31/24
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I s Israel on the cusp of political upheaval? In recent days, evidence has grown that two key actors — the Biden administration and Israel’s security establishment — are both …
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By Caroline Glick
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1/24/24
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The South African government’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on grotesquely false allegations of genocide against Israel needs to be seen for what it is: A defamatory …
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By Rabbi Warren Goldstein
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1/24/24
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One of the more irritating and frankly offensive developments in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war has been the infection of the public discourse by the word “Palestine.” Slogans like …
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By Benjamin Kerstein
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1/24/24
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As unsettling and painful as the current wave of global antisemitism that followed the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel is, it’s still important to remember that those bestial atrocities were an …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/24/24
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Islamophobia struck again in the US Senate’s Judiciary Committee this week. Or so we’re supposed to believe. During the confirmation hearings for Adeel Mangi, a nominee to the …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/24/24
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