Ep.138-Parshas Vaeschanan-Saying Shema And Taking Responsibility

In this week's episode Rabbi Kohn discusses the power of prayer and the specialness of the Shema. When we declare G-ds oneness why do we say "Hear O Israel"? It seems to be a personal statement before we accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven. He answers the question of how it is possible to love G-D when love is an emotion. Subscribe to The Practical Parsha Podcast. For questions or comments please email [email protected]. To listen to Rabbi Kohn's other podcast use this link- the-pirkei-avos-podcast.castos.com/    Chapters (00:00:00) - Practical Parsha Podcast(00:00:44) - Parsha(00:02:49) - Parsha(00:04:12) - The Power of Prayer in the Parsha(00:10:21) - The Shema(00:15:48) - The Next Verse in the Shema(00:17:26) - Hebrew: Shall Love God?(00:20:44) - How can There Be a Commandment to Love Hashem?