| The Shema was followed by another benediction voicing gratitude for divine redemption. |
| We recited the familiar prayers, like the Shema and the Amidah in their original Hebrew. |
| This may explain the Midrash that says Yaakov was reciting Shema when he met Yosef. |
| Shema is contained in the mezuzah we affix to the doorpost of our home, and in the tefillin that we bind to our arm and head. |
| I told her then how a mezuzah, with the verses of the Shema handwritten on its parchment, protects one's home, and she nodded but didn't say anything more about it. |
| All turned to look at the speaker, and they whispered among themselves in surprise at hearing a monk recite the Shema in a schul. |
