But the arrival of a 1,500-year-old silver armband inscribed with some of the words of the Jewish text led an Israel Museum archaeology staffer to some surprising discoveries about the Shema and ...

As we emerge from Tisha b’Av and our annual three-week period of mourning the destruction and loss of our Holy Temples in Jerusalem, we are invigorated ...

Several hundred years ago, the Shema contained the entire text of the Ten Commandments. ... “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

One would expect such an essential text to appear at the beginning of the Torah, ... (the Children of Israel’s) 40-year journey. Why is the Shema pretty much left for last? ...

IDF Psak: It Is Forbidden to Say Shema Israel in a Terrorist Base Masquerading as Mosque. By. David Israel - 3 Tevet 5784 – December 15, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

The Shema is the most important six-word liturgical formula in Judaism–“Hear o Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One,” runs the usual English translation.