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Do We Really Understand the Meaning of Shema Yisrael?

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Rav Shlomo Katz

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walked into the Reb and the Reb asked him tell me my where in prayers do you have the most kavana so of course the said well when I say is here oh Israel the lord is our god god is one of course that's where I have the most kavana so the says okay what about the famous in psalms god you give everyone whatever they need so said, "Well, yeah, I have a lot of kavana for that, too. But how does that compare to proclaiming that God is one?" So, the says to be my means that just as much that you proclaim that God is one, you also know that even a piece of chewing gum, if that's what you need at that moment, can only come from the one living God. That's what it meant and still means today to be a of that really there's no difference between those two.