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Parashat Yitro.

Exodus 18:1 to 20:23 · fifth portion of the book of Exodus

When is it read?

diaspora and IsraelSaturday, January 30, 2027 Saturday, February 19, 2028 Saturday, February 3, 2029

Opening verses

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע יִתְר֨וֹ כֹהֵ֤ן מִדְיָן֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְמֹשֶׁ֔ה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃

18:1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃

18:2And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’wife, after he had sent her away,

וְאֵ֖ת שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יהָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

18:3and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land’;

Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.

The seven aliyot

Aliyah	Verses	Opening
1	Exodus 18:1 to 12	Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2	Exodus 18:13 to 23	And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening.
3	Exodus 18:24 to 27	So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
4	Exodus 19:1 to 6	In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
5	Exodus 19:7 to 19	And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.
6	Exodus 19:20 to 20:14	And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
7	Exodus 20:15 to 23	And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Maftir	Exodus 20:19 to 23	And the LORD said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Rashi on the first verse

וַיִּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ

And jethro heard. What was the particular report which he heard so that he came?, The division of the Red Sea and the war with Amalek (cf. (Mekhilta; Zevachim 116a).

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