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Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, “Hear, O Israel”) is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.
The mezuzah case is vertical and features the Hebrew letter ש (Shin). A mezuzah (Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jews affix in a small case to the doorposts of their homes. [1]
The Jewish prayer Shema Yisrael and its accompanying blessing/curse reveals the intent of the commandment to include love for the Lord and not only recognition or outward observance. [8] In the Gospels , Jesus quotes the Shema as the first and Greatest Commandment , [ 9 ] and the apostles after him preached that those who would follow Christ ...
For example, the Shema, a central prayer in Judaism, is translated from Hebrew as “Hear, O Israel,” she said. Brooks said at Congregation Bene Shalom, they sign this as “pay attention Israel.”
A centerpiece of Jewish prayer services which affirms belief and trust in the One God, the Shema is composed of three sections taken from the Torah. Emet Veyatziv: אמת ויציב The only blessing recited following the Shema during Shacharit Emet V'Emunah: אמת ואמונה The first blessing recited following the Shema during Maariv
Berakhot (Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת, romanized: Brakhot, lit."Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
The Torah has been translated by Jewish scholars into most of the major European languages, including English, German, Russian, French, Spanish and others. The most well-known German-language translation was produced by Samson Raphael Hirsch. A number of Jewish English Bible translations have been published, for example by Artscroll ...
This is because halacha prohibits interrupting between the Shema and this blessing, in order that the phrase אדני אלהיכם אמת (The Lord your God is true), whose first two Hebrew words come from the Shema and whose last word from this blessing, be recited. [3] This practice is already mentioned in the Mishnah (Tamid 5:1). [4]