Posts Tagged: shema
Repetition Is the Foundation of the Jewish Religion
Zig Ziglar, the 20th-century American author and motivational speaker best remembered for his sharp wit and Southern charm, once noted, “Repetition is the mother of...
The Shema Incorporates the Core Values and Identity of Judaism
Apart from the opening statements of the so-called Ten Commandments, there is very little that we would call theology in the Torah. Even descriptions of...
Need Spiritual Inspiration? Look No Further Than Judaism
When I was a college student in the late 1960s -- the era of student protests, psychedelic drugs, and the Beatles meditating with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
The Right and the Good
Buried among the epic passages in Va-etchanan – among them the Shema and the Ten Commandments – is a brief passage with large implications for...
