Shema Yisrael is a powerful prayer to bring Hashem's revelation to the world. This prayer will soon be chanted all over the world, bimhayra v'yomeinu, once Moshiach arrives. The Jews are the light upon the nations. Say Shema, all Jewish men, women and children. Children's prayers are especially beloved by Hashem.
After three weeks of daily missile attacks, Monday was the first day of quiet here in Ashdod. G-d willing, schools will reopen today, as the city - like the rest of Israel's south - gradually returns to normal.
Meanwhile, Hamas vows to rearm. Iran is happy to accomodate them. Many analysts, including Israeli political leaders themselves, feel that this temporary lull will end in more rocket attacks when Hamas replenishes its losses and reactivates its weapons-smuggling system. One may think I'm naive, but this is not necessarily so.
Renewed hostilities don't depend on Iran or Hamas - it depends on us. The current lull in the fighting is Hashem's way of giving us another chance to make teshuva. Hashem doesn't expect people to make a massive revolution in their lives; all He expects is that they learn about emuna, say Kriat Shema(reciting the Shema Yisrael prayer) with their children at night, and try to be a little bit better than they were yesterday. Why Kriat Shema? If one million more Jewish children learn how to say Kriat Shema, then Hamas and Hizbolla will be neutralized without our having to fire a shot. This is the arms race - we most teach every Jewish child to see Kriat Shema before Hamas rearms or before Iran becomes nuclear.
See the following one-minute clip, "The Answer to Terror and Islamofascism," by Emuna Outreach:
Emuna Outreach and the Beams want to express our sincerest appreciation to Disney illustrator "Baruch" Ken Becker, who always there to help us fight the spiritual battles. Baruch designed our cute little "Shema Yisrael" boy, who we've nicknamed "Srulick Shema". "Srulick" is now a 4"x4" magnet that's being sent with every new Emuna Outreach order and contribution. Here he is, and you're welcome to print him out and post him by your child's bed or on the children's bedroom wall:
Click on the image to get a full-size image suitable to print out on your computer.
Email your not-yet-observant friends and family, and promise them limitless blessings for themselves and their children by just saying one sentence before bedtime. Rashi tells us in his commentary on the Torah that even if a person has no other mitzva than reciting the Shema Yisrael prayer, Hashem will save him from danger:
Shema Yisrael, Adonoi Elohenu, Adonoi Echad
Hear O Israel, The Lord is our God, The Lord is One!
The more ambitious can find the entire Shema in Hebrew, English and transliteration here.
This is an unbelievably cogent contribution to Israel's security and to overcoming our enemies. By virtue of the "Shema", we'll see limitless blessings both individual and collective, amen.
---- LazerBrody.net ------
ChinuchatHome also has a rendition of the Shema according to the Gra .
