Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Family & Ishut 

Parsha:

Shemot,  Yitro 

References: Eruvin: 86a ,  Nedarim: 65a  

Description

The relationship between Moshe and Yitro, as seen in midrash, doesn't start out well. In fact, the great majority of in-law relationships described in Tanach are rocky, and the Talmud sees in-law relationships as difficult, too. What are the pitfalls? And how did Moshe approach his relationship with Yitro? No chiddushim here.