Parshas Yisro: Difference between revisions

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The Zohar explains that the giving of the Torah was through the power of Yisro's acknowledgment. Chassidus explains that this is because Yisro was a great scholar in external wisdoms, and through their refinement and transformation to kedusha, there was an advantage and addition to holy wisdom. The essence of the addition made through Yisro's acknowledgment is that the Torah itself is only a drawing down from above that isn't connected to human service, and through the giving of the Torah being through the power of Yisro's acknowledgment - the essence that is above the definition of higher and lower was drawn into the Torah, and through this came the power to innovate in Torah.

The Rebbe's Talk on the Parsha: ~~Source -~~ Parshas Yisro tells about Yisro's arrival to the desert, his return home, and Matan Torah.

The Rebbe's Talk on the Parsha: Introduction: Parshas Yisro tells about Yisro's arrival to the desert, his return home, and Matan Torah.

Question - How can it be that such an elevated parsha, which speaks about Matan Torah, where open miracles occurred including techiyas hameisim, all the sick were healed, etc., couldn't be called for example "Matan Toraseinu"? Why?

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 The Zohar explains that the giving of the Torah was through the power of Yisro's acknowledgment. Chassidus explains that this is because Yisro was a great scholar in external wisdoms, and through their refinement and transformation to kedusha, there was an advantage and addition to holy wisdom. The essence of the addition made through Yisro's acknowledgment is that the Torah itself is only a drawing down from above that isn't connected to human service, and through the giving of the Torah being through the power of Yisro's acknowledgment - the essence that is above the definition of higher and lower was drawn into the Torah, and through this came the power to innovate in Torah.
-The Rebbe's Talk on the Parsha: Source - Parshas Yisro tells about Yisro's arrival to the desert, his return home, and Matan Torah.
+The Rebbe's Talk on the Parsha: Introduction: Parshas Yisro tells about Yisro's arrival to the desert, his return home, and Matan Torah.
 Question - How can it be that such an elevated parsha, which speaks about Matan Torah, where open miracles occurred including techiyas hameisim, all the sick were healed, etc., couldn't be called for example "Matan Toraseinu"? Why?