A Profound Connection

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This poem is based on the theme of a video: 'A Prerequisite to Prayer,' youtube, Jewish Learning Institue, April 27, 2017.

  Twice a day
    a Jew must say
  ‘Shema Yisroel’ – ‘Hear, O Israel
    The Lord, our God, the Lord is One’ *

  Early morning, late in the eve
    twice a day, no reprieve
  ‘The Lord, our God, the Lord is One’  

  How early can he say it -
    the faithful do not want to delay it -
  When he can recognize his friend from up close
    is the earliest he can say it… 

   In order to recognize the Creator
    recognizing our friends is the initiator

   Profound is this connection ~
    In every face is God’s reflection 


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  *'Shema Yisroel' are the first two words of a 
    248-word prayer recognizing the authority of 
    the Kingdom of Heaven. It is said first thing 
    in the morning and last thing at night, 365 
    days a year.

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