Shema

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Aaron Lighting the Menorah and the Shema

29 May 2018

This discourse, taught for Shabbat Behalotecha in 1988, discusses Aaron’s boundless love for his fellow and also for the Divine. This is reflected in our daily recital of the Shema, which also...

Light and Love

17 November 2020

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Toledot  which was the eve of Rosh Chodesh (New Moon of) Kislev in 1953.  On the eve of the New Moon, the moon is hidden.  Then a thin sliver of moon is...

Saying 'Echad' in the Shema - Darkness and Light

22 June 2021

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Balak in 1970, just after the 12 Tammuz Lubavitch festival, celebrating the release of the Sixth Rebbe from imprisonment and exile in Soviet Russia, in 1927....

Talmud Tour Session 3: Berachot 4a

16 February 2025

Discussing the correct time to recite the Shema, the holiness of hebrew letters in the power of creation, praying with certainty for Moshiach

The Shema Perspective

5769

On the Shema as the ideal daily Jewish prayer, exploring its commandments including tefillin and mezuzah. The significance of binding tefillin on head and arm, representing the dedication of mind and...