How many of us, when asked which 'prayer' we memorized as a kid, respond with The Shema? Prayer is in quotes because the Shema is not really that, is it? Not formally anyway. It’s not a request, or an expression of appreciation or gratitude. Said on the lips of dying martyrs, the Shema was always more a defiant declaration than a prayer.
What we don't talk about
What we don't talk about
What we don't talk about
How many of us, when asked which 'prayer' we memorized as a kid, respond with The Shema? Prayer is in quotes because the Shema is not really that, is it? Not formally anyway. It’s not a request, or an expression of appreciation or gratitude. Said on the lips of dying martyrs, the Shema was always more a defiant declaration than a prayer.