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Ephraim Buchwald

Ephraim Buchwald

Rabbi

Aug 26, 2026

14:45
How do you frame the Shema to someone? How do you introduce it to them? Well, you framed it beautifully
14:50
in your introduction.
14:52
You said exactly what I would have said, because it is the key line of Jewish belief and Jewish commitment.
14:59
You know, it's interesting that they call the recitation of the Shema, which means the yoke of heavenly power.
15:08
of heaven, accepting the yoke of heaven upon us.
15:11
A yoke is a very, very heavy instrument, but the yoke enables people to, or enables animals to achieve so much more than they would have if they were just tethered by the neck with a rope to the wagon.
15:25
And the same thing is true of the Shema.

26 MINS LATER

41:02
What's the importance of learning Hebrew and why specifically in the Shema is it so important to build someone to the place where they're speaking Hebrew in a way that can say the Shema.

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