Aliya Summary: Nearly one year after the Jews arrived at Mount Sinai,
the cloud rises from the Tabernacle, signaling their impending
departure. The Tabernacle was dismantled and they traveled in formation
as outlined on last week's Torah reading. Moshe pleads with his
father-in-law Yitro to join them on their journey to the Land of Israel.
At
this point in the Torah, we are 13 months out of Egypt and neither the
people nor Moshe have done what later caused them to be barred from
entry into Israel. After Moshe talks to Yitro, it was supposed to be a
three-day trip (condensed into one day) to bring us WITH Moshe, into the
Land of Israel. But then things started going wrong...
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