JustASC

I’m reading Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, whose message he summarizes in seven words:

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Seven being a nice significant Jewish number, it got me thinking: Can the message of Judaism be summarized in seven words (the Shema, by the way, is six words in Hebrew, 11 in English)?

How about:

Study Torah. Marry Jewish. Do Good Deeds.

(which is a telegraphed version of the traditional blessing for a child, for whom we wish Torah, u-le-chuppah, u-le-ma’asim tovim).

Or maybe:

Eat food. Not pigs. Eat more food.

Jesus Christ? Yeah hey. (No offense intended.)

Work, rest, spawn. The rest is commentary.

I am the Lord your God. Discuss.

Now it’s your turn. Summarize the message of Judaism, or your Jewish beliefs (or disbelief), in exactly seven words. Leave your suggestion/s in the comments section or send them to me at asc@njjewishnews.com. Winning entries will be published in the New Jersey Jewish News.