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Deuteronomy 6 is most famous for the ultimate proclamation of Jewish faith, the Shema. For millennia, Jews have covered their eyes twice a day and exclaimed, \u201cHear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One\u201d (Deut 6:4). The paragraph that follows outlines one of the most profound, complicated, and unique mitzvot of Judaism: it commands us to love God, with all our being (more on this later).<\/span><\/p>\n

But this chapter begins with another startling message: \u201cThis is the <\/span>m<\/span>itzvah<\/span><\/em>, the laws and the rules, that the Lord your God commanded me to teach to you, to be observed in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy\u201d (Deut. 6:1). This is <\/span>the<\/span> mitzvah<\/span><\/em>. This is the big one. The capital-M <\/span>Mitzvah<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But what is it? Is it the command to love God? Is it the command, in that same paragraph, to teach these things to our children (Deut. 6:7), or to \u201cbind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead\u201d (Deut. 6:8)? Is it the command later in the chapter to make sure we don\u2019t forget God and all that God has done for us (Deut. 6:12)? Or is it answering our children\u2019s questions when they ask us why we do all these things (Deut. 6:20)?<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer is that it\u2019s all of these things. <\/span>The Mitzvah<\/span><\/i> is gratitude. This chapter commands us to love, appreciate, and pass on what we know. It reiterates these messages, doubles- and triples-down on them. It tells us to appreciate all God did and does for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it doesn\u2019t just tell us to <\/span>voice<\/span><\/i> our gratitude, it tells us to <\/span>live<\/span><\/i> our gratitude. It tells us that living our lives in gratitude will lengthen our lives. When our lives, actions, deeds, <\/span>mitzvot<\/span><\/i>, come from a place of gratitude, we fill our lives and the lives of others with the love God has commanded. We pass on that love, filling the future with love. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And we do so by proclaiming, \u201cHear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One\u201d. \u201c<\/span>Hear<\/span><\/i>, O Israel\u201d: transmit the message. \u201cThe Lord is <\/span>our<\/span><\/i> God\u201d: ours to be grateful for. \u201cThe Lord is <\/span>One<\/span><\/i>\u201d: the oneness of love. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the man said, \u201cOne love, one life\u2026 we get to carry each other\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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