Quotes About Echad

The greatest affirmation in Judaism is the statement, Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohienu, Adonai Echad—Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One! Rabbi

The word for one in Deuteronomy 6:4 is echad and is a compound unity, a collective sense. It implies plurality in unity, like in "one cluster of grapes.