Parashat Yitro: How An Ex-Idol Worshiper Became Big Rabbi

This week's parashah is one of the few named after an individual. In this case the most famous convert to Judaism. Now, who is Yitro? Yitro is mentioned in the Torah with 7 different names. He was the father in law of Moshe Rabbeinu, who married his daughter Tzipporah in Midian. Before converting to Judaism Yitro had indulged in every manner of idol worship. He was equivalent to the pope of Midian. After outright rejecting idolatry, he became a target of hostility and so did his family. In the midst of this there was a dangerous encounter his daughters had with bandits near a well and Moshe came and saved them while in Midian read here https://www.evernote.com/shard/s33/nl/3355001/edfda579-2e21-4611-a9e4-e3acfc30368f To Support our KIRUV and Torah Teachings work please DONATE at www.BeEzratHaShem.org If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email Info@BeEzratHaShem.org Rabbi Reuven is based out of Florida but travels to give lectures to different groups. DOWNLOAD Our Torah App https://www.beezrathashem.org/getapp Available on Apple iTunes Store, Amazon App Store and Android Play Store, ROKU, itunes and all major podcast sites. Born in Netanya, Israel, Rabbi Yaron Reuven began his American Dream as a little boy, when his family immigrated to the United States. He went from a newspaper boy at the age of 10, to a well-known self-made Wall Street multimillionaire by the age of 23. 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For more information please visit: https://rabbinicalalliance.org/ #parashathashavua #yitro #rabbi #rabbiyaronreuven #judaism #torah #Shabbat #ShabbatShalom #Shabbos #Mitzvah #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #ShabbatDinner #ShabbatTable #Rest #Peace #JewishHoliday #Parasha #Parashat #Parashathashavua #ShavuaTov 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:00 Introduction and Good News 00:00:21 Shiur Popularity and Facebook Messages 00:01:07 Discovering Filtered Messages and Torah Questions 00:01:54 Yitro's Significance and the Ten Commandments 00:03:25 Who Was Yitro? His Seven Names 00:03:54 Yitro's Daughters and Moshe's Marriage 00:05:59 Tzipporah's Conversion and Yitro's Search for Truth 00:09:15 The Obligation to Find the Truth 00:11:10 The Parable of the Desert Castle and Secularism 00:16:07 Creation and intelligent design 00:20:10 Scientists and belief in creator 00:21:56 Yitro, Moshe, and Welcoming Yitro 00:23:46 Moshe's Family Joins Him, the Secret of Vayishma 00:26:59 Yitro's Advice, Yitro's Wisdom 00:29:16 Amalek and the Truth 00:32:09 Choices When Hearing the Truth 00:33:33 Yitro and Moshe, Kain and Abel 00:35:12 Teshuva for Kayin 00:38:39 Miracles, The Creator, and Yitro's Decision 00:41:36 Knowledge and Creation 00:42:35 Moshe Judges the People 00:45:19 Multiple Toras, Written and Oral 00:46:43 The importance of rebuke 00:50:10 Important Qualities of Leaders 00:52:13 The Modern Judicial System 00:54:38 The Ultimate Goal 00:55:57 Men of Truth and Truth itself 00:58:12 Despise Money 00:59:11 One of Four 01:00:45 Fix Your Character 01:02:57 The Torah and Mitzvot 01:05:19 Saba from Novardok 01:07:48 Yirat Shamayim 01:10:07 Hating Money 01:12:24 The ultimate goal of a person 01:13:22 Doing and Hearing 01:15:48 Spread the word 01:17:15 Men of truth 01:18:35 For One Person 01:20:47 Not a Joke 01:22:05 I didn't Come 01:23:57 World Disconnection 01:25:53 Converts 01:27:47 Desire for Torah 01:29:20 People will be happy 01:30:17 Old Man David Taylor 01:32:12 Why Poor people protest 01:35:06 Special people 01:37:30 Winges of Eagles 01:38:55 Listen and Keep 01:40:15 Shema One Time 01:41:42 Is Hashem is telling us here what is His 01:42:34 All the people responded 01:43:35 The Constitution 01:44:35 If we did not accept The Torah 01:45:34 Rabbi saying it 01:46:24 Obligated to ask 01:47:48 Revelation 01:49:14 You speak to us 01:51:08 Nation of Israel 01:52:05 Stop 01:53:08 Only you are allowed 01:55:12 You have to have Leadership 01:56:11 Moshe is SuperHuman 01:59:00 Prepare the future leaders 02:00:18 Am Yisrael Pshat 02:01:16 Repeat and Repeat 02:02:43 Hashem vs Mankind 02:05:26 Big part of Lecture 02:06:49 Observing the commandments 02:07:48 For three and four generations 02:08:38 Absolve 02:09:34 There is no consequence 02:10:02 Wrong Bracha 02:11:01 Elokim 02:12:01 Casual 02:13:19 His name 02:14:16 Holy 02:15:09 Too good 02:16:37 Believe 02:17:35 Special 02:18:35 Idol 02:19:45 Hashem partner 02:21:05 Hashem is everything 02:22:04 Shabbat is 02:22:50 Man 02:24:22 Don't Be Jealous 02:25:19 Make a mistake 02:26:48 Poison 02:28:17 Al Tira'u 02:30:17 To the point of Yirat Shamayim