English: The Gemara asks what report Jethro heard that caused him to come and convert. Rabbi Joshua says he heard about the war with Amalek; Rabbi Elazar Hamodai says he heard about the giving of the Torah; Rabbi Eliezer says he heard about the splitting of the Red Sea.
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Type of Learning
Talmudic aggadic interpretation of Yisro’s conversion
What Is Learned
Chazal preserve several traditions about which event prompted Jethro to come to Moses and join Israel.