﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:54:06 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Mussaria.org - Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)</title><link>https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/98/CategoryName/Yitro-Exodus-181-2023</link><atom:link href="https://mussaria.org:443/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ctl/RSS/mid/381/ev/1/CategoryID/98/CategoryName/Yitro-Exodus-181-2023" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:6  coming — EXOD279  A person who attains a high spiritual lev...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114870/exodus-chapter-18-verse-6-coming-exod279-a-person-who-attains-a-high-spiritual-lev</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD279  A person who attains a high spiritual level must still remember his obligations to his fellow man. Rashi cites the Mechilta which explains that Yisro sent the following message to Moshe: "If ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:38 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114870/exodus-chapter-18-verse-6-coming-exod279-a-person-who-attains-a-high-spiritual-lev</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114870]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:7  bowed — EXOD280  I would not know who bowed down to whom, ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114871/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-bowed-exod280-i-would-not-know-who-bowed-down-to-whom</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD280  I would not know who bowed down to whom, and who kissed whom, if not for the fact that it is written: "And a man inquired of the other's well-being." Who is called "a man"? Moses, as it is ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:39 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114871/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-bowed-exod280-i-would-not-know-who-bowed-down-to-whom</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114871]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:7  kissed — EXOD281  We are obligated to honor our parents-in-...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114872/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-kissed-exod281-we-are-obligated-to-honor-our-parentsin</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD281  We are obligated to honor our parents-in-law. Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Berlin writes in Haamek Dovor that although Moshe's wife and sons were also coming to him, Moshe made a point of greeting his ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:40 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114872/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-kissed-exod281-we-are-obligated-to-honor-our-parentsin</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114872]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:7  went — EXOD282  See [[EXOD15]] Exodus 1:17 feared AHAVCH ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114873/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-went-exod282-see-exod15-exodus-117-feared-ahavch</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD282  See [[EXOD15]] Exodus 1:17 feared AHAVCH 25]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:41 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114873/exodus-chapter-18-verse-7-went-exod282-see-exod15-exodus-117-feared-ahavch</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114873]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:9  rejoiced — EXOD283  The Talmud (Sanhedrin 84a) prohibits spea...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114874/exodus-chapter-18-verse-9-rejoiced-exod283-the-talmud-sanhedrin-84a-prohibits-spea</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD283  The Talmud (Sanhedrin 84a) prohibits speaking in a derogatory manner about non-Jews while in the presence of a convert. Concerning [this verse] Rashi explains that the word "vayichad" ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:42 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114874/exodus-chapter-18-verse-9-rejoiced-exod283-the-talmud-sanhedrin-84a-prohibits-spea</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114874]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:10  blessed — EXOD285  To this day, a Hebrew expression that is ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114875/exodus-chapter-18-verse-10-blessed-exod285-to-this-day-a-hebrew-expression-that-is</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD285  To this day, a Hebrew expression that is associated with Orthodox Jews is Baruch Hashem ("Blessed is the Lord").  Thus, when one asks an Orthodox Jew how he or she is doing, the person often ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:43 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114875/exodus-chapter-18-verse-10-blessed-exod285-to-this-day-a-hebrew-expression-that-is</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114875]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:10  blessed — EXOD284  From here it is derived that one must mak...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114876/exodus-chapter-18-verse-10-blessed-exod284-from-here-it-is-derived-that-one-must-mak</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD284  From here it is derived that one must make a blessing over a miracle. (Berachoth 54a)]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:44 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114876/exodus-chapter-18-verse-10-blessed-exod284-from-here-it-is-derived-that-one-must-mak</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114876]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:12  eat — EXOD286  We should be eager to serve food to Torah...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114877/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-eat-exod286-we-should-be-eager-to-serve-food-to-torah</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD286  We should be eager to serve food to Torah scholars. … Where was Moshe? The Midrash replies that Moshe stood before them and served them. When Rabbi Gamliel made a feast for Torah scholars, ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:45 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114877/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-eat-exod286-we-should-be-eager-to-serve-food-to-torah</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114877]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:12  God — EXOD287  R. Avin Halevi said: All who partake of a...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114878/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-god-exod287-r-avin-halevi-said-all-who-partake-of-a</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD287  R. Avin Halevi said: All who partake of a feast in which a Torah scholar is a principal, are basking, as it were, in the Divine Presence. As it is written: "And Aaron came and all the elders ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114878/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-god-exod287-r-avin-halevi-said-all-who-partake-of-a</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114878]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art Levine]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[EXODUS | 18:12  God — EXOD288  R. Yishmael taught: Now is it before God ...]]></title><link>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114879/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-god-exod288-r-yishmael-taught-now-is-it-before-god</link><description><![CDATA[EXOD288  R. Yishmael taught: Now is it before God that they ate? [Is it not before Moses that they ate?] From here we derive that one who pays attendance upon his fellow man is paying attendance, as ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:04:47 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://mussaria.org/Excerpts-Browser-OLD/ArtMID/381/ArticleID/114879/exodus-chapter-18-verse-12-god-exod288-r-yishmael-taught-now-is-it-before-god</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[8d1a1146-4c3c-497f-8f20-6ee5a8e46218-114879]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>