Sacred Garden: Cultivating Religious Literacy
Sacred Garden offers calm, thoughtful reflections on stories from the Tanakh.
Each short episode retells a biblical moment in plain, gentle language and ends with a personal insight to carry with you.
A weekly Torah bite for anyone seeking light, meaning, or a peaceful pause in their day.
Sacred Garden: Cultivating Religious Literacy
Exodus 18: Wisdom From Unexpected Places
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Alexandra Virginia
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Season 2
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Episode 21
Moses receives unexpected guidance from Jethro, his Midianite father-in-law. In Exodus 18, an outsider helps shape Israel’s future and teaches Moses—and us—the humility to accept wisdom from unexpected places. A gentle reflection on help, humility, and the strangers who become our teachers.
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Each story we reflect on comes from the Tanakh. I encourage you to read it in your own time — to let the words meet you where you are and reveal their light in your life.
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