Yisro 5786

Okay. Paras Israel. The PIC tells us the priest of Midian, the father of Hashem. So Rashi over here comments and says on the word Israel, she nikra nikra nikite. He had seven names. Raul, yer, yro, kov, keni and putil. So why are he called all these names? Oh, she says aim. It was called originally because of an added he added a para to Israel to the Tyra. What's the para mataz the the of going ahead and setting up a judicial system with lower courts, medium courts, and higher courts. That's all Yes idea. So that's yeser Israel. So Rashi says that when he was that's what the name Isro came for originally was because of the added para. But what does Rashi go ahead and say the added para is? What's the added para? Rashi says the para of Mika that you should go ahead and appoint lower court judges that you don't have to sit the whole day and adjudicate every single case. The question is that um that that's really not the hope the that's not the beginning of the para that Israel added. Eek first came and he says he sees the situation. The people are standing there metab is is posing every single shila from what bro to make on pretzels to the the most serious of shilas and Yes says you this a bad idea you're not be able to survive you're going to be worn out there's something wrong over here there's not the way to run a railroad and then he goes ahead and says you know what the is go ahead and set up this court system of lower courts and higher courts. The question is why does Rashi say that the par of begins with of the the the suggestion to go ahead and to set up this court system? Why doesn't Rashi say that the para is added was when said guess what this is a bad situation. Sir, Mayor Shapiro says a uh a very true thought and that is anybody can criticize, anybody can point out faults, anybody can say this is not the way to run things. This doesn't make any sense. But the most of those people that go ahead make the criticism and they walk away and you figure it out. The coun of Israel was not did he point out the problem but he gave a solution solution is the court system. Therefore, the para that Israel added is the solution. That's what's important. Pointing out the problem other people can do. But to go ahead and to point out the problem and to provide the solution, that's a worthwhile addition to the Tyra. But [snorts] the Rabbi sayai makes another point over here. Isn't it ironic that we have to have Yes, who is a non-Jew come and go ahead and suggest something to the Jewish people that they couldn't figure that out themselves. Why is it that Israel had that? And why is it that the terror goes ahead and spends a part of this whole para telling about yros says to teach that generation This is teaching us a lesson. And guess what the lesson is? Rabbisai Jews for that generation for all generations you should know that they are all there are very very intelligent and smart and genius Gentiles as well. You know there is this type of mindset especially in the oil of my yeshivas as vased you know was not true and we think maybe chose us as his people because we're so smart. No satis there are very very very smart Jews non-Jews as well. Look at history. Um Galileo wasn't Jewish. Michelangelo wasn't Jewish. Thomas Jefferson wasn't Jewish. Benjamin Franklin wasn't Jewish. Bill Gates isn't Jewish. Elon Musk isn't Jewish. Uh Warren Buffett, the greatest stock picker picker in the history on the stock market. He's not Jewish. What's the shot? The terror says Sadd there are smart Jews and there are also dumb Jews and there are smart Gentiles and there are dumb Gentiles. But the reason theam chose us was not because of our IQ or our smarts or ingenuity. Theam chose us because I'm school. We're anula. We're a special nation. You know why? Because we come from the likes of our Rome Yak because our forefathers because of our character because of our meters that's why we are an amsoola a chosen nation not because our average IQ is smarter than the average population. No, it's because we're and what they represented to etc. That's what makes us special. And to prove the point, who comes up with this idea? A non-Jew. Not only a non-Jew, an idol worshipper. Not only a idol worshipper, a kmer, a priest because he's also smart. That's why the Torah is emphasizing this here to know that we were given the Tyra not because we're so smart. We're given the Torah because because we're a nation of priestly people. We're a holy people. That's why Banish chose us. Not because of our Q IQ, but because of our hearts.