These are just some random signs and bumper stickers I’ve seen around town:

This was a sticker I noticed on a store window. It says the Shema – Hear O Israel, The Lord our God, The Lord is One. But to the right in smaller letter letters it also says, “we must strengthen ourselves in love of Israel.” It’s a call for unity, that all of us should love each other.
This is a street sign. It says the famous verse from the Torah, “And thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” It was put up by the city of Ramat Gan, to encourage mask wearing.
The is a bumper sticker. It simply says, “and thou shalt love” It is the first word of the first paragraph of the Shema, and it has the cantilation notes as it would appear in the chumash, as it would be chanted when chanting the first paragraph of the Shema. American bumper stickers that say “peace” or have rainbows, or peace signs are nice and modern and cool. But when the bumper sticker for peace comes at you from the depths of three thousand years of tradition, it just grabs you in a different way.
This is the 87 bus to Petah Tikva. Under the bus number, it has the Shema – Hear O Israel, The Lord thy God, The Lord is One – followed by the short phrase, “Hashem, He is The God.” That is the line that we say seven times at the end of the Yom Kippur service to end the fast.
This is a panoramic shot of the front of the Rami Levy supermarket, behind the checkout lines. On the very top, across the entire length of the store in huge letters is the verse, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its strength…”

And finally, we are still praying mincha, the afternoon service, in the hospital lobby. Of course its basically a brief orthodox service. But with the vagaries of COVID-19 and as the need arises, it can take on a slightly egalitarian texture.

I was in the car today and I heard this on the radio, the (secular) pop station I usually listen to. The DJ introduced the next song by saying: “Today is zayin b’adar (ז באדר) which is the date that Moses passed away, according to our tradition. We will celebrate the day with the song Moshe (Moses – משה)” Then after the song, she said, “So and so just wrote in and said that it’s not only the date of Moses’ passing, but also the date on which he was born. So thank you for that….” As it happens, according to tradition, Moses was indeed born and passed away on the same day. He lived a complete 120 years. Here is the song:

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