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The words of the Shema prayer, arguably Judaism’s most fundamental liturgical statement, are not generally associated with the art of magic. But the arrival of a 1,500-year-old silver armband ...

b’shiv’t’kha b’veitekha uv’lekh’t’kha vaderekh uv’shakh’b’kha uv’kumekha when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. Ukh’tav’tam al m’zuzot ...

In the 15th hour of a shift from hell, Dr Robby went missing. When a medical student found him, in a heap in the pediatric room, he was crying. Under his breath, Robby said “Shema Yisrael, Adonai ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. In the 15th hour of a shift ...