Synopsis: We noted last week that in this situation, although one does not have his tefillin on, he should nevertheless recite the first verse of Shema and “Baruch Shem k’vod” with the congregation.

NORTHAMPTON — As the number of antisemitic incidents began to pile up for some Jewish students at Northampton High School last school year — the complaints were far-ranging, from using “Zionist” and ...

It’s Judaism’s most famous verse — yet it’s rarely, if ever, properly understood. The opening words of the Shema prayer, found in Deuteronomy 6:4 in this week’s Torah portion, Va’etchanan, are usually ...

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