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Yisro — The Name That Holds the Torah

The opening of the parashah is startling. Is it really because a non-Jew was inspired to convert and take refuge beneath the wings of the Shechinah that an entire parashah bears his name? And not just any parashah—but the parashah of Matan Torah, the Torah that Hakadosh Baruch Hu created before the world and that sustains all existence.

What did Yisro do that Avraham Avinu did not? Avraham also converted and became the father of Klal Yisrael, yet there is no Parashas Avraham, nor one named for Yitzchak or Yaakov Avinu. All the more puzzling when Matan Torah was the greatest moment since Creation, when Hashem acquired His holy nation as His inheritance, repaired the world, and even nullified death. Would it not have been more fitting to name the parashah for that event itself?

And yet, the most central parashah of all is called Yisro. What secret lies here? Why do the first three pesukim repeatedly call him “the father-in-law of Moshe”? Once would have been enough. What deeper message is the Torah emphasizing?

There is another subtle shift that begs explanation. At first, Yisro hears “all that Elokim did for Moshe,” but when Moshe Rabbeinu tells the story, it becomes “all that Hashem did to Pharaoh and to Mitzrayim.” What did Moshe add that Yisro had not yet heard—and how does that detail reveal the true meaning behind Parashas Yisro?

Join the shiur to uncover, through the Zohar and the Arizal, how these pesukim reveal—through language, symbolism, and sod—what Yisro truly represents.

Shiur by Rabbi Fridmann — Badatz Miami
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