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Archive for August 15, 2008 - ט"ו אב תשס"ח

Va’etchanan and Tu b’Av

By penny • August 15, 2008 - ט"ו אב תשס"ח • Category: judaism

This week we read Va’etchanan, found in Devarim (Deuteronomy) at 3:23-7:11.
…שמע ישראל          ”Hear O Israel…”
Those were the first Hebrew words I learned to say and to read, even before my own name. I find them the most powerful of anything I say. The words bring tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. [...]