Avinu Malkenu

Teaching Letter 04/2007 - Daniel Seidenberg

Shemah Israel: YAHWEH Eloheinu, YAHWEH Echad. Deut. 6:4
Hear, O Israel: YAHWEH is our God, YAHWEH alone. These words are a pivotal part of the final admonitions that Moshe gave the Israelites in his declining days [latter days]. Even secular Jews, who usually do not bother with matters concerning faith, know at least this sentence about Judaism. Over the millennia, it has become the most important creed of the Jews... Avinu Malkenu [PDF]