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Akdamut: How Does this Inexplicable Poem for Shavuot Connect with the Opening Blessing of the Shema

Hosted By: Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)

Renowned scholar Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman dives into the poetic beauty of the Aramaic poem Akdamut, customarily read before the Torah reading on the first day of Shavuot, and reveals its connections with the Shema.

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