YISRO
- (18,1)
- What convinced Yisro to convert?
- (18,1)
- What did Yisro stipulate with Moshe when he returned to Egypt?
- (18,2)
- When was Tzipporah sent away?
- (18,2)
- How had Tzipporah been sent away?
- (18,3)
- Why didn’t the Torah write Moshe’s reasons for naming his sons when they were born?
- (18,6)
- Why was Moshe reluctant to accept Yisro as a convert?
- (18,7)
- Why did only Moshe ask about Yisro’s welfare, and not vice versa?
- (18,8)
- Why did Moshe relate to Yisro the wonders of Hashem? Surely he already knew this, and that is why he came!
In
which is
explained:
- The great significance of the number three which is associated repeatedly with the giving of the Torah.
- That although Hashem offered the Torah to the nations first, it was always His intention to give it to Klal Yisrael.
- How Yisrael were absolutely entitled to take the Eretz Yisrael away from the kings of Canaan.
- How the merit of our three forefathers is the main reason why we merited to receive the Torah.
- Why we always read parshas Bamidbar before Shavuos.
In
which is
explained:
- That the admonition to serve Hashem not for the sake of reward is talking to Tzaddikim, and not to the average Jew.
- That Moshe Rabbeinu succeeded in getting all of Klal Yisrael to agree to serve Hashem on this superior level.
- That as a reward for this, Hashem wanted to speak to Moshe mouth to mouth.
- That Moshe Rabbeinu further succeeded in having Hashem agree to speak to everybody mouth to mouth.
In
which is
explained:
- That at the giving of the Torah, Moshe Rabbeinu was commanded to remain attached to his body.
- That the Torah can be learned either according to divine intellect or human intellect.
- That we received the Torah as a gift, and this allows us to implement it according to our human intellect.
- That this explains why it is a Mitzvah to eat and drink on Shavuos.
