This weekly portion of Torah uses a significantly different verb -- "And they shall make" (a single Hebrew word) -- in its instruction regarding the making of an Ark that would house the stone tablets that Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai.
I am not convinced that Jethro did convert he’s definitely a man of substance, and of great values, and, I for one, would like to believe that this is why this unique and important Parashah is not named, for instance as the "Sabbath of Torah", or the “Sabbath of Sinai”, etc., but as the “Sabbath of Jethro".
הלקח הכללי מהקטע "דיינו" בהגדה של פסח: בכל מצב יש גבול למה שמגיע לנו. בכל מצב מגיע לנו הרבה, אבל לא הכל. בכל מצב, חלק מגיע לי רק אם אני טורח במיוחד, רק אם אני ראוי לו במיוחד. הרבה מגיע לי כאדם, מגיע לי כאזרח, מגיע לי כתושב, לא משנה מי אני ומה אני. אבל מגיע לי יותר, רק במסגרת הסדר הוגן, שבו יש לי גם חובות ולא רק זכויות.
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