Parashat Yitro

Isaiah's initiation as a prophet.

Questions and answers about the weekly Torah portion.

There is a lot to learn from the commandment not to covet.

There are times we should separate from our neighbors--and times we should reach out.

We are called on daily to "proclaim liberty throughout the land."

Seeking the living soul of our sacred texts.

Unlike the first tablets, the second tablets, which were hewn by human hands, endured.

Yitro tells Moses that only people of integrity, who themselves would never engage in legally questionable business dealings, are qualified to serve as judges.

The complex ways in which parents serve as our bridge between God and the world.

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law suggests a system for establishing lower courts to settle disputes; God speaks the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel amidst fire, smoke, and the sound of the shofar.