Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

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Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad. These words from Parashat Va’etchanan comprise the pillar upon which Jewish faith stands; our absolute belief in the one true G-d. Now, when we recite the ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

In its passages, the liturgical Shemà and its blessings present a proud declaration of faith, a delineation of reward and punishment, and a comprehensive series of quotidian actions, all geared ...

Eli Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, and taken hostage by Hamas. Sharabi had never recited the Shema. Until he was in Gaza. Even though he was never a religious man ...

When we say Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad, first of all we are declaring that in the present galus, Hashem is just Elokeinu, our G-d only. But with the coming of Moshiach and Hashem’s revelation, then ...

It was some time last year that I began to have a major breakthrough in my personal understanding of the Apostle Paul. I think, like many of us, I became accustomed to him often not making sense; ...

So you’ve heard of the Shema, right? The most important prayer in Judaism? Traditionally recited twice a day, upon waking and going to sleep? Today, when we say “the Shema,” we’re talking about the ...

“This is the commander,” the officer says over a radio. “We were able to recite ‘Shema Yisrael’ in the mosque and now we will destroy the mosque with a reading of ‘Shema Yisrael,'” he says. He then ...

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Shir Siegel, daughter of Keith Siegel, one of the hostages recently freed from Hamas captivity, spoke in an interview with Yinon Magal on Channel 14 on Wednesday about her father’s difficult ordeal ...