Last Sunday after the Epiphany., the cusp of Lent.

                                                Deuteronomy 6:4,5,9 

                    You shall  

         love the Lord 

         your God with 

        all your heart 

           and with all 

               your soul 

           and with all 

            your might. 

           Keep these

              words….in 

            your heart

    And write them 

   on the doorposts of your house

These are instructions for the Chosen People as they prepared to enter the Promised Land after being rescued  from  slavery in Egypt and wandering around for 40 years (a generation…) in the desert, mostly kvetching. The picture is a muzuzah - the “mitzvah” commanded in Deut.6:9.  Long ago our long-going-on Bible Study gave it to one year for my birthday and it’s been up since. They very kindly put it up - sadly it’s pointing the wrong way, though I didn’t know it for years!