"Hear, O Israel: HaShem is our G-d; HaShem is one!" Or, as put elsewhere in this week's reading, "know that HaShem He is G-d; there is none else besides Him." Or, as stated a third time in this week's reading, no less emphatically, "You shall not have the gods of others in My presence." There is One G-d, and One G-d only. Ancient man often imagined powerful gods dwelling in phenomena all around them. Is modern man so different?

Va'etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11)

Parashat Va'etchanan is read on Shabbat:

Av 16, 5782/August 13, 2022

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