Parshas Yisro Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Mincha 6:50pm Shacharis 9:00am Plag Hamincha 7:12pm Latest time for Shema 9:57am Latest Candle lighting 8:23pm Shabbos Mincha 4:30 / 8:10pm Shkiya 8:41pm Shabbos Ends 9:27pm Reminder - please register for Shabbos Short Vort on the Parsha One of the striking features of Parshas Yisro is the juxtaposition of the portion about Yisro's advice to Moshe Rabbeinu with Matan Torah. Reb Tzadok HaKohen provides an interesting insight to this in the name of his Rebbe. He begins by discussing the section in which Yisro advises Moshe to change the judicial system and Moshe accepts his advice. This seems quite unremarkable but on reflection a tremendous midah of Moshe Rabbeinu is displayed in his reaction to Yisro's advice. Yisro may have been a wise man but he was surely far below the level of his great son-in-law and, moreover had no exposure to the wisdom of Torah. Moshe could have easily heard out his advice and then politely reject it without really considering its application. Instead he listened attentively and gave great thought to the advice and ultimately decided to follow it. Reb Tzadok's Rebbe says that we learn from Moshe that a person should listen to the words of a hedyot and that this is an aspect of learning from every man. He then explains the juxtaposition with Matan Torah by saying that this lesson is the introduction to Matan Torah because an essential part of learning Torah is the ability to learn it from everyone.