This prayer is known as the Shema Israel, which is recited twice daily by observant Jews, in the morning and in the evening. This short prayer captures the essence of the Jewish faith (and our own).

Apart from the opening statements of the so-called Ten Commandments, there is very little that we would call theology in the Torah. Even descriptions of God are indirect, and there isn’t anything ...

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...