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Due to the fact that Rus came from him, who is the for-bearer of Dovid HaMelech and Mashiach. (Source, source.)
Balak realized that everything is controlled by Hashem. (Source.)
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What Rashi actually says regarding Yisro is that a parasha was added because of him. Thus:
יתר, על שם שיתר פרשה אחת בתורה (להלן פסוק כא) ואתה תחזה.
[He was called] Jether (יֶתֶר) because he [caused] a section to be added (יִתֵּר) to the Torah [namely]: “But you shall choose” (below verse 21).
This was drawn from the Sifrei on Behaalotecha.
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Seemingly the coincidence might be just that. There is no Halakhic basis for dressing up for Purim nor is it a mesora of all Bnei Yisra'el.
So then the question is if dressing up on Purim does not come from Moshe's mask where and why did this Minhag start?
Unfortunately this aspect of the celebration might have a more dubious origin.
Dressing up on Purim is ...
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