Ideals and Yokes
The question I started with was wondering about the first two paragraphs of Shema. (Which is what Arukh haShulchan Yomi is up to.) The first paragraph is an exercise of accepting ol Malkhus Shamayim,...
by Micha Berger · Published September 4, 2020 – ט״ו באלול תש״פ · Last modified September 4, 2020
The question I started with was wondering about the first two paragraphs of Shema. (Which is what Arukh haShulchan Yomi is up to.) The first paragraph is an exercise of accepting ol Malkhus Shamayim,...
Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Shema
by Micha Berger · Published August 1, 2020 – י״א באב תש״פ · Last modified August 1, 2020
The following is a post I wrote for the Judaism Reclaimed Facebook page, a space that in general discusses Judaism Reclaimed: Philosophy and Theology in the Torah, by R’ Shmuel Phillips (Mosaica 2019). The...
Reciting Shema on Yom Kippur is unique in that we say the second line, “בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד — Blessed is the name of the Glory of His Rule for all eternity.”...
Shoaib asked on Mi Yodeya: In the Shema the word used for the oneness of God is אחָד (ref.). This is startling for a Muslim, as they find in the Quran almost a transliteration...
5- Devarim / Shema / Yahrzeits
by Micha Berger · Published June 17, 2013 – ט׳ בתמוז תשע״ג · Last modified June 17, 2013
My rebbe, Rav Dovid Lifshitz, passed away on 9 Tammuz 5753, 20 years ago today. I am posting a gemara that rebbe would often refer to in his shmuessin. Yuma 86a: At Rabbi Yanai[‘s...
by Micha Berger · Published December 18, 2012 – ה׳ בטבת תשע״ג · Last modified December 18, 2012
צריך שיהיו תפילין עליו בשעת ק”ש ותפלה. A man must have tefillin on at the time of reading Shema and prayer [Shemoneh Esrei]. – Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 25:4 בשעת ק”ש ותפלה: ר”ל לכל...
by Micha Berger · Published November 27, 2006 – ו׳ בכסלו תשס״ז · Last modified November 27, 2006
This week’s shiur rounds out our discussion of Shema with the third paragraph. In the first paragraph we accept Hashem as King, and that evolves to the theme of Vehayah im Shomo’ah, accepting the...
by Micha Berger · Published November 9, 2006 – י״ח במרחשוון תשס״ז · Last modified November 9, 2006
We entered Shema last week by following the detailed look at the text started with Birchas Ahavah, Kel Melekh Ne’eman and the rich first sentence of Shema. This week we looked at the second...
by Micha Berger · Published November 3, 2006 – י״ב במרחשוון תשס״ז · Last modified November 3, 2006
In this shiur, we look at the rest of the first paragraph of Shema. Some of the issues discussed are: Why do we say “Barukh sheim“? How can a person choose to fulfill the...
by Micha Berger · Published October 27, 2006 – ה׳ במרחשוון תשס״ז · Last modified October 27, 2006
In this week’s shiur we concluded Birkhas Ahavah and started Shema with the origin of “Kel Melekh Ne’eman” and some thoughts on its first sentence. Some of the topics discussed: Veha’eir eineinu beSorasekha —...
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