Parshat Va'etchanan: The Power of Shema

📖 Parshat Va'etchanan This Week: After the Holocaust, Rabbi Leizer Silver had a brilliant way to identify hidden Jewish children in monasteries. He'd call out 'Shema Yisrael!' and watch for kids who instinctively whispered back 'Baruch Shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va'ed', the words that follow. These children, separated from everything Jewish, still carried the Shema deep in their souls. In times when being proudly Jewish feels scary or uncertain, the Shema remains our anchor, not just words, but the DNA of our identity. When the world gets loud with hatred or confusion, we have something that echoes deeper than fear: the mantra that has sustained us for millennia. Teach it. Say it. Live it. Shabbat Shalom. 🕯️

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