V’ahvahta or V’ahvahti: A Personal Point of View by Jerry Zakalik

Shma Yisrael by Orit Martin

Hear O Israel: Adonai is Our God, Adonai is One

I love Adonai my God with all my heart, and with my soul, and with all my might,

And these words, which I accept this day, shall be within my being;

I will teach them faithfully to my children, and talk about them in my house, and when I walk through my life, and when I go to sleep and in my thoughts when I am awake .

I will bind them as a reminder on my hand and they will always be in front of my eyes.

I write them on my doorposts and upon my gates.

I am mindful that God has given me wonderful traits and beliefs to live by: so I consecrate myself to God.

You are my God that led me out of my Egypt and you are my God.