Yisro was a very special man. Yisro was not only Moshe’s father in law but also the Priest of Midyan. He was also an idol worshiper. After many years of Yisro worshipping every idol in existence, he said “Now I know that G-d is greater than all other idols” as it says in Pasuk Yud Alef. When the time came that Moshe asked Yisro if he could marry Tzipporah, Yisro had no idea how great Moshe was but he let Moshe marry Tzipporah anyway. At the beginning of the perek it says that Yisro came to Mitzrayim. Many ask why Yisro came to Mitzrayim all of the sudden. Ebn Ezra says that this was written in this part of the Torah to point out that it was the opposite of the last parsha. Just as Amalek was against the Jewish people, Yisro was kind to them. This shows how kind Yisro was, as an opposite to the last parsha. Amalek said one thing but Yisro came to do the opposite. …show more content…
Yisro was not criticizing Moshe but he was helping him. Yisro said “"The thing you are doing is not good.You will surely wear yourself out both you and these people who are with you for the matter is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. Now listen to me. I will advise you, and may the Lord be with you. [You] represent the people before God, and you shall bring the matters to God. And you shall admonish them concerning the statutes and the teachings, and you shall make known to them the way they shall go and the deed[s] they shall do. But you shall choose out of the entire nation men of substance, God fearers, men of truth, who hate monetary gain, and you shall appoint over them [Israel] leaders over thousands, leaders over hundreds, leaders over fifties, and leaders over tens.” This all is the basis to the court system in the