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The following verses are commonly referred to as the V'ahavta, reflecting the first word of the verse immediately following the Shema, or in Classical Hebrew V'ahav'ta, meaning "and you shall love...". These words contain the command to love God with all one's heart, soul, and might (Deuteronomy 6:5). [6]
Rabbi Eliezer taught that Deuteronomy 6:5 says, "with all your soul" for the person to whom life is more precious than wealth, and Deuteronomy 6:5 says, "with all your soul" to teach that one must be prepared even to give one's life in God's service; while to one to whom wealth is more precious than life Deuteronomy 6:5 says, "with all your ...
These verses are the Biblical passages in which the use of a mezuzah is commanded (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21); they also form part of the Shema prayer. According to traditional Jewish law, a mezuzah must be placed on every post-and-lintel entrance to a residence, courtyard, or city. [2]
Twice every day (during Shacharit and Maariv, the morning and evening prayers) observant Jews recite the Shema Yisrael, which contains the words: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might" (Deut. vi. 5). This verse is interpreted by Rabbi Even-Israel Steinsaltz to enjoin him to willingly ...
Patrick D. Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy suggests that different views of the structure of the book will lead to different views on what it is about. [5] The structure is often described as a series of three speeches or sermons (chapters 1:1–4:43, 4:44–29:1, 29:2–30:20) followed by a number of short appendices [6] or some kind of epilogue (31:1–34:12), consist of commission ...
Tractate Berakhot, which opens with a discussion of the laws of reciting the Shema Yisrael ("Hear O Israel") passage from Deuteronomy 6:4-9, concludes with a homiletic interpretation of the second verse from this passage (v. 5), showing how the ritual recitation of the tractate's opening may serve as a source of spiritual instruction at the ...
A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Quinta (Deuteronomy 1:1–11). Note the newly implemented and fully collated Masorah magna between the main text and the critical apparatus. The Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione, abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH 5, is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica.
The address warns the people to hold fast to the law of Moses (verse 6; cf. Joshua 1:7), and to 'love' YHWH himself (verse 11, cf. Deuteronomy 6:5—the term 'love' denotes 'covenant loyalty'). [12] They must not copy the worship practices of the native peoples that still lived among them (verses 7, 16), nor intermarry with them (verse 12; cf ...