Listen
Sh’ma Yisrael
How should I listen?
What do you want me to hear?
Adonai Eloheinu
What are you?
Who are we to call you ours?
Adonai Echad
You are One.
Why do you seem so Other?
V’ahavta… v’hayah… vayomer…
Love.
The rest will follow.
Enough said.
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