A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About the Bedtime Shema
A TorahTutors student learned about the origins of the bedtime Shema, a Rabbinic enactment distinct from the Shema that is recited as part of the evening service. As Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi states, “Even though one recited Shema in the synagogue, it is a mitzvah to recited it upon his bed” (BT Berachot 4b). Elsewhere,…