Episode 8 The Sh’ma, and the Love of Generations

The novelist Herman Wouk, and his dedication to Judaism and Jewish tradition, can help us understand the meaning of the tefillin that's mentioned in the sh'ma.

The story of the State of Israel has a deep connection to the tekhelet in the third paragraph of the sh'ma. 

The blessing over redemption that follows the sh’ma was best embodied by Holocaust survivors eating matzah.

A correspondence between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat helps illuminate the meaning of the first blessing of the silent amidah prayer.