Shema Yisroel

2. SHEMA YISROEL, AD-DO-NOI ELO-HAI-NOO, AH-DO-NOI ECHOD.

"Hear O Israel, G-d is our L-rd, G-d is One." (Deuteronomy 6:4)

The Shema teaches us that G-d is One, and that He is everywhere.

Do you know the song:

Hashem is here, Hashem is there,

Hashem is truly everywhere; (2)

Up, up, down, down,

Right, left, and all around.

Here, there, and everywhere.

That's where He can be found.

(Up, up...)(2)

Hashem is everywhere. That's why "One" in Hebrew is Echod - Aleph, Ches, Daled.

Aleph - is 1: The One G-d of the world, Who gives all things life, in every place, and all the time. Ches - is 8: The 7 heavens and the earth. Daled - is 4: The four far-flung corners of the world.