{"id":112692,"date":"2017-02-12T07:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T15:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112692"},"modified":"2023-06-01T04:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T12:41:15","slug":"alt-right-torah-yitro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112692","title":{"rendered":"Torah Talk: Yitro (Exodus 18:1\u201320:23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Torah portion is <A HREF=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yitro_(parsha)\">Yitro<\/a> (Exodus 18:1\u201320:23) <\/p>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v2or99a\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v2or99a\",\"div\":\"rumble_v2or99a\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v2oqy3y\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v2oqy3y\",\"div\":\"rumble_v2oqy3y\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>My second discussion of the parasha is with a fellow convert to Judaism. <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zm7EO2BZ0P0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>* Yitro is one of two Torah portions named for a non-Jew (along with Noach). Many non-Jews are portrayed positively in the Torah. First expression of &#8220;Baruch HaShem&#8221; is by Yitro, a goy. The father of Jewish judiciary is a Midianite priest. <\/p>\n<p>* Why do we have parasha Yitro following the warning against Amalek? Lest Jews think all non-Jews are enemies.<\/p>\n<p>* God says Jews will be precious to him as long as they keep His covenant. If not, no?<\/p>\n<p>* How important is faith in Judaism? Some Orthodox rabbis I&#8217;ve known are atheists:<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4406721,00.html\">&#8220;Most of them are still there because they love community life<\/a>, their friends, the Kiddush after the Shabbat morning prayer. Most of them are 40 and 50 years old \u2013 not exactly an easy age to start a &#8216;cultural emigration.&#8217; Moreover, and that&#8217;s a very important parameter, most of them make a living off the profession, and their livelihood depends on their faith, even if just outwardly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John Updike wrote in his novel SEEK MY FACE: &#8220;Or perhaps, if she is Jewish, she is unable to put the question of God quite the way a Christian would put it, in urgent terms of either\/or. For the chosen people, the relation has evolved beyond the possibility of dropped acquaintance into that of a familiarity that breeds contempt&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Why does God introduce Himself in the Ten Commandments by saying I am the God who brought you out of Egypt, rather than I am the God who created Heaven and Earth? This is an ethno-nationalist God who has a particular relationship with a particular people. <\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;I am God&#8221; is for the intellectuals, &#8220;who brought you out of Egypt&#8221; is for the people. (Ibn Ezra) <\/p>\n<p>* Why were the 10 Commandments not given in Israel? To stress their universal applicability. <\/p>\n<p>* Why did you have to avoid women (meaning, your wife) for three days prior to the revelation?<\/p>\n<p>* The Sabbath commandment also includes the injunction to work six days a week. <\/p>\n<p>* When God spoke to man, He spoke Hebrew. <\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112664\">Social cohesion vs a free market.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112643\">How do you use your Judaism?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/johnpavlovitz.com\/2017\/02\/07\/the-scary-kinship-of-christian-nationalism-and-white-supremacy\/?utm_campaign=coschedule&#038;utm_source=facebook_page&#038;utm_medium=John+Pavlovitz\">Tweet<\/a>: &#8220;Equality means believing that a child living 5,000 miles away is a precious as the one sleeping in your nursery right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Goy: &#8220;I am interested in how the people only believe Moses because they see a miracle (19:9) and how it&#8217;s Jethro, not Hashem, who sets up the bureaucracy&#8230; and the 2nd commandment has always perplexed me. And also about how this all relates to the modern idea of nation states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;Judaism is filled with non-entitlements.&#8221; (Dennis Prager) <\/p>\n<p>* Without Jews\/Torah, ancient Egypt would not be known as a house of slaves. The ancient Egyptians were brilliant. The Germans were brilliant and they brilliantly created Auschwitz. 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