Yisro: 5782 - Why do we need a Rebbe? Rabbi Avraham Abba Bruk and Rabbi Shimon Zonnenfeld with a brief insight on Parshas Yisro, at the conclusion of the Daf Yomi shiur of Rabbi Betzalel Mizrachi…

00:00 Speaker 1 Rabbi Brook, please.

00:02 Speaker 2 “And Yisro heard.” What did he hear that made him come? The splitting of the sea and the war with Amalek. That’s what Rashi says. But if we think about it, what was different about Yisro? The whole world heard about the splitting of the sea. Who didn’t hear about it? Everyone did. The point is that he heard and came. He drew conclusions from what he heard and acted on them. You have to do something with it. You always have to take action.

00:42 Speaker 1 Yasher koach. Rabbi Shimon.

00:46 Speaker 3 On the same point Rabbi Brook made—what did Yisro hear that made him come? As he emphasized, the new point here is that he came. What did he hear? It says in the verse; Rashi isn’t adding anything: everything Hashem had done for Moshe and for Israel—all the miracles. But why did he come to Moshe? What did he hear? He heard about the splitting of the sea and the war with Amalek. He thought it through: How could it be that after the splitting of the sea—when, as it says, all the waters in the world split, all the nations melted away, and all the surrounding nations were afraid—Amalek came and fought against Israel? How could there be a war with Amalek after something like the splitting of the sea? So he understood that you have to come to Moshe Rabbeinu. That means you have to come to the Rebbe. Yes, because if you don’t come and connect yourself to Moshe Rabbeinu, if you don’t come to the Rebbe, you can see the splitting of the sea, a revelation of G-dliness, and afterward see the war with Amalek.

01:49 Speaker 1 Yasher koach, yasher koach. Rabbi Bushtav[unclear].