YITRO: CONVERTS THE SKIN DISEASE OF ISRAEL - Stump The Rabbi (190)
Anyone familiar with either the Talmud or the world of Jewish Conversion has heard the Talmudic teaching that the Converts Are the Skin Disease of Am Yisrael. While the Torah repeats HaShem's special love and protection of the converts, one who is unfamiliar with how to learn can quickly arrive at ideological problems. Today in YITRO: CONVERTS THE SKIN DISEASE OF ISRAEL - Stump The Rabbi (190), we will learn about this from one of the Greatest Converts Who Ever Lived: Yitro. Enjoy, Share and Be Holy. BUILD WITH US (Who Is BeEzrat HaShem Inc) http://www.BHYESHIVA.com BeEzrat HaShem YESHIVA & BEIT MUSSAR BUILDING BUILD A JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD 0:00:00 Introduction 0:06:41 Torah Connects to Everything & is Endless; Working Backwards 0:07:53 Yitro: Ramp of Modesty, Holiness Obligation 0:09:20 G-d is Particular About Everything (Heretics) 0:11:54 Modesty Obligation for Both Men & Women 0:12:09 Ten Commandments & G-d's Enemies 0:16:49 In the Place Where Penitents Stand, the Completely Righteous Cannot Stand (Berachos 34b) 0:17:16 Vulgar Speech Can Reverse a 70-year Positive Heavenly Decree into a Negative One (Shabbat 33a) 0:18:08 All Jews Are Connected & Affect Each other 0:18:42 G-d's Enemies & Lovers 0:22:04 Enemies of G-d; Severity of Swearing Falsely (Shavuot 39a) 0:23:03 Wicked & Righteous Fathers & How They Could Affect Their Children 0:23:27 Converts Can Say Kaddish for Biological Parents that Passed Away (R. Yitzhak Yosef) 0:25:01 Adopted Children Obligation to Honor Adopted Parents, incl. Kaddish 0:26:08 Ashkenazi: 11 Months of Kaddish for Deceased Parents; Sephardi: 12 Months 0:27:11 Who is Gehinnom 12 Months for? 0:29:33 Good Deeds in the Deceased's Name Can Help Their Soul in the Next World 0:31:24 YITRO: CONVERTS THE SKIN DISEASE OF ISRAEL 0:50:04 Yitro Heard (Ex. 18 v. 1) 1:08:03 A Noahide that Knows the Truth (Yevamos) 1:10:51 Notable Converts to Judaism Who Had Bad Starts (Sanh. 96b) 1:12:24 Evil Enemy Nebuchadnezzar's Convert Children 1:15:03 Yitro, the Ultimate Convert 1:15:52 Bilam's Intended Curse for the Jews, Converted to Blessings by G-d (Sanh. 105b) 1:18:44 Conclusion Questions: 1:21:09 Can One Recite Kaddish for a Deceased Parent More than 12 Months? 1:22:11 Can One Use a Digital Thermometer on Shabbat if Sick? 1:22:34 Making a Commitment to Convert & Moving to a Jewish Community 1:22:52 Prioritize Helping Jews before Others 1:24:07 Moshiach: And with the Breath of His Lips He Will Slay the Wicked (Isaiah 11 v. 4) 1:24:52 Convert Trying to Honor Parents 1:26:31 Where are Who are the Lost Tribes? 1:27:35 Golem 1:31:46 You Shall Not Take the Name of Hashem, Your God, in Vain, for Hashem will Not Absolve Anyone Who Takes His Name in Vain (Ex. 20 v. 7, Dt. 5 v. 11) 1:32:08 Does the Rav Speak Hebrew? 1:33:45 Older Torah Observant Man Seeking Younger Wife 1:35:34 Seeking G-d's Help, While Exerting Effort 1:37:38 Conversion Syllabus 1:38:52 Are You Allowed to Read Tehillim at Night? 1:40:03 Kiruv Help Wanted in Israel for Book Distribution 1:41:13 Ben Sira, Son of Jeremiah the Prophet 1:44:29 Baal Teshuvah Aspirations to Talmudic Scholar 1:56:02 Be'Ezrat Hashem: Make Eternal Investments #Yitro #Conversiontojudaism #convert #judaism #jewish #Torah #rabbiyaronreuven #parashat #shabbat #shabbatshalom #parashathashavua #israel