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November 2011
Parshat Yitro tells us that Moshe's father-in-law, Yitro, comes to greet the children of Israel after they have crossed the Red Sea. Yitro was a priest who had served many gods, and when he saw what Hashem had done for Israel, he recognized and blessed Hashem as being greater than all other gods. When he sees Moshe judging all the people, Yitro advises him to create a system of judges so that Moshe can deal exclusively with the most difficult legal problems. How can one man expect to judge an entire nation? Moshe follows the insightful advice of his father- in-law for he realizes that one man could not complete such a task, especially given the role as leader of all the people.
There are many lessons we can see from this Torah portion, such as how vision requires an implementation strategy to be successful, the importance of effective institutions, educational and judicial, for molding and modeling a culture. Perhaps Yitro’s suggestion was to emphasize to us the role that teaching and justice play as the foundation of our society. We cannot survive without a smooth running system. We all have to work together to create a community that is needed for Jewish continuity. Webster’s dictionary defines the word grow as to spring up and develop to maturity, learn is defined as to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience. May this be the year that we all grow and learn!
Please refer to the calendar of events for the month of November. I look forward to seeing you at our many events scheduled for this year!
B’Shalom,
Mary Sheydwasser
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