Yeter, because he added one section to the Torah, [that beginning with] ‘and you will see.’”
Shemot, 18:17: “The father-in-law of Moshe said to him, ‘the thing that you do is not good.’
Shemot, 18:21: “And you will see from among the entire people, men of accomplishment…”
The Portion begins with the reaction of Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro, to the miracles that the Jewish people experienced on their journeys out of Egypt. Rashi notes that Yitro had seven names, and one of them was ‘Ytser’, meaning ‘additional’. Rashi explains that this name was given him because he merited to ‘add’ a whole section in the Torah, later in the Portion - which Rashi describes as the section starting with ‘and you will see’ - when he suggested a new system of judgement to replace the present system whereby Moshe would deal with every case. Thus, this name is a great praise to Yitro for achieving such a unique feat of adding a whole new section to the Torah. However,