V'ahavta

Visitors to our Shabbat celebration often comment on the fact that even our youngest children know the Hebrew words to the first line of the V'ahavta. Using the hand motions to help them remember the words, we often hear the children reciting them in the classroom. As they get older, this familiarity will support them in learning to read Hebrew, including the rest of the V'ahavta prayer. And you shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. V'ahavta Et Adonai Elochecha, B'chol L'vavcha Uv'col Nafsh'cha Uv'chol M'odecha.