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And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7, ESV
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

This is the heart of the Shema — the central declaration of faith Moses gave Israel before they entered the Promised Land. The Hebrew word translated "teach diligently" is shinnantam, meaning to sharpen or to incise, the way a craftsman cuts a groove into stone.

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