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The Shema: Spirituality and Law in Judaism
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780827607132
ISBN: 082760713X
Label: Jewish Publication Society of America
Manufacturer: Jewish Publication Society of America
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 222
Publication Date: 2000-10
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Studio: Jewish Publication Society of America
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The Shema has been described as the "central watchword" of Jewish faith. For centuries, Jews have pronounced this single sentence affirming God's unity as their final words before dying, as well as beginning and ending each day with this prayer on their lips.
Using the Shema as his focus, Norman Lamm, prominent Orthodox scholar and long-time president of Yeshiva University, explores the relationship between spirituality and law in Judaism.
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Rating: - This will help you pray in a better way
Rabbi Lamm is a deep thinker. And he deepens the reader's understanding of 'The Shema' .He helped me understand why we make use of two different names of G-d,why we use the language of singular and plural in the Shema. My belief is that anyone who reads this book will learn from it not only deeper meanings of the 'Shema ' but how to pray this basic prayer of Judaism in a more meaningful way.
Rating: - a unique little book
. . . in which Lamm goes line by line through the Shema, pointing out how various commentators have addressed each line over the centuries.
Lamm devotes the most space to the first sentence of the Shema (Hear O Israel, the Lord is God, the Lord is One), and to the Shema's requirement that we love God. As to the former, Lamm points out the difference between the two names of God referenced in the Shema: one represents the impersonal, universal God as seen in Nature while the other represents ... Read More
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