Shema Yisrael, Yehowah, Elohainoo, Yehowah aichod:. "Hear, Israel, Jehovah, our God, is one Jehovah." On this passage the Jews lay great stress; and it is one of the four passages which they write on their phylacteries. On the word Elohim:, Simeon ben Joachi says: "Come and see the mystery of the word Elohim:. There are three degrees, and each degree is by itself alone, and yet they are all one, and joined together in one, and are not divided from each other."
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Deuteronomy 6:4
Deuteronomy 6:4
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