Difference between revisions of "Two Accounts which Yitro Heard/4"
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<topic>When did Yitro arrive at Sinai? | <topic>When did Yitro arrive at Sinai? | ||
| − | <p>See < | + | <p>See <a href="Chronology – Shemot 18" data-aht="page">Chronology</a>.</p> |
<opinion>Before the giving of the Decalogue – probably Seforno, New approach.</opinion> | <opinion>Before the giving of the Decalogue – probably Seforno, New approach.</opinion> | ||
<opinion>After the Decalogue – </opinion> | <opinion>After the Decalogue – </opinion> | ||
</topic> | </topic> | ||
| − | <topic>Significance of the use of different < | + | <topic>Significance of the use of different <a href="Dictionary:אֵ-ל – אֱ-לוֹהַ – אֱ-לֹהִים" data-aht="page">names of Hashem</a>: |
<opinion>Hashem is the personal name of the God of the Jewish nation, while <i>Elohim</i> is the generic name for any god – Cassuto, New approach, Malbim.</opinion> | <opinion>Hashem is the personal name of the God of the Jewish nation, while <i>Elohim</i> is the generic name for any god – Cassuto, New approach, Malbim.</opinion> | ||
<opinion>Hashem refers to God's attribute of mercy, while <i>Elohim</i> refers to God's attribute of truth/justice – Keli Yakar.</opinion> | <opinion>Hashem refers to God's attribute of mercy, while <i>Elohim</i> refers to God's attribute of truth/justice – Keli Yakar.</opinion> | ||
</topic> | </topic> | ||
| − | <topic>< | + | <topic><a href="Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance" data-aht="page">Purpose of Yitro's Visit</a> |
<opinion>Family reunification – possibly Seforno, Keli Yakar and Malbim.</opinion> | <opinion>Family reunification – possibly Seforno, Keli Yakar and Malbim.</opinion> | ||
<opinion>Conversion – R. Eliezer in the Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, possibly Rashi.<fn>The Toledot Yitzchak also believes that Yitro came due to religious questioning, to ask Moshe about what he perceived as injustices of Hashem.</fn></opinion> | <opinion>Conversion – R. Eliezer in the Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, possibly Rashi.<fn>The Toledot Yitzchak also believes that Yitro came due to religious questioning, to ask Moshe about what he perceived as injustices of Hashem.</fn></opinion> | ||
