When examining various English translations of the Torah, I notice that about half translate shema from Shema Yisrael as “Hear, Israel” and the other half as “Listen, Israel.” Does this choice reflect ...
It’s Judaism’s most famous verse — yet it’s rarely, if ever, properly understood. The opening words of the Shema prayer, found in Deuteronomy 6:4 in this week’s Torah portion, Va’etchanan, are usually ...