Yitro: Love lost — Moshe and Tzippora

Posted by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy on January 27, 2016
Topics: Pardes from Jerusalem, Yitro, Moshe

Moshe and Tzippora have a strained relationship, but why? If Moshe’s separation is a sign of his single-minded dedication to God and the People of Israel–under what circumstances should we see this as something to be emulated? What is the connection between this and the Ten Commandments?

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Meesh is the Director of the Pardes Year Program, where she has been making her professional home since 1999. Originally from Washington, D.C., Meesh has a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Her dissertation explored the courageous manner in which the rabbis of the Talmud created a new criminal punishment system. In 2015, Meesh completed her studies at Beit Midrash Har'el and received ordination from Rabbi Herzl Hefter and Rabbi Daniel Sperber. Click here to read more.

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