Tag: Vaeschanan

The Ring!

(Torah Portion Vaeschanan) The Ring!  The piano tuner told Aliza, “Now you can understand why I am like this today, seeing the awful family discord that came about through false pretences.” The Talmud says that the following story triggered G-d to allow the Romans to destroy the Second Temple: There was a man who threw …

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With All Your Heart

(Torah Portion Va’eschanan) With All Your Heart! Probably the Torah verse most well-known by all Jews, is the declaration of Shema Yisroel Ado-noy E-lo-hai-nu Ado-noy Echad. In these six words a Jew declares his allegiance to the Almighty, proclaiming that G-d was, is, and always will be, the One and only. A Jew carries the …

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