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Shaharit for Shabbat and Yom Tov
Shema and Its Blessings 530-531 602-603
שחרית לשבת וליום טוב sha|cha|RIT le|sha|BAT u|le|YOM tov sha|ḥa|RITH le|shab|BATH u|le|YOM ṭov sha|ḥa|RIT le|shab|BAT u|le|YOM tov sha|cha|RIS l'sha|BOS ul'|YOYM toyv Shaharit for Shabbat and Yom Tov
קריאת שמע וברכותיה k'ri-AT sh'MA u|vir|cho|te|HA qe|ri|ʾATH she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|the|HA qe|ri|AT she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|te|HA k'ri-AS sh'MA u|vir|choy|se|HO Shema and Its Blessings 530-531
Instructions The Shema must be said with intense concentration. In the first paragraph one should accept, with love, the sovereignty of God; in the second, the mitzvot as the will of God. The end of the third paragraph constitutes fulfillment of the mitzva to remember, morning and evening, the exodus from Egypt. See laws 352–356. Instructions When not praying with a minyan, say: Passage אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן el ME|lech ne-e|MAN ʾel ME|lekh ne|ʾe|MAN el ME|lekh ne|e|MAN eil ME|lech ne-e|MON God, faithful King! Instructions The following verse should be said aloud, while covering the eyes with the right hand: Passage שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל, יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ, יְהֹוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד: sh'MA yis|ra-EL, a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu, a|do|NAI e|CHAD: she|MAʿ yiś|ra|ʾEL, a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu, a|do|NAI ʾe|ḥADH: she|MAʿ yis|ra|EL, a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu, a|do|NAI e|ḥAD: sh'MA yis|ro-EIL, a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu, a|do|NOY e|CHOD: Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One. Citation Deut. 6 Instructions Quietly: Passage בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. ba|RUCH shem k'VOD mal|chu|TO le-o|LAM va-ED. ba|RUKH shem ke|VODH mal|khu|THO le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿEDH. ba|RUKH shem ke|VOD mal|khu|TO le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿED. bo|RUCH sheim k'VOYD mal|chu|SOY l'oy|LOM vo-ED. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and all time. Passage וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ, בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־ מְאֹדֶֽךָ: וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה, אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם, עַל־לְבָבֶֽךָ: וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֨ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ, וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ: וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ, וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ: וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּז֥וֹת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ: ve-A|hav|ta et a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|cha, b'chol-le|vav|CHA uv|chol-naf|she|CHA uv|chol- me-o|de|CHA: ve|ha|YU had|va|RIM ha-E|leh, a|SHER a|no|CHI me|tzav|CHA ha|YOM, al-le|va|ve|CHA: ve|shi|nan|TAM le|va|NE|cha ve|di|bar|TA bam, b'shiv|te|CHA be|vei|TE|cha uv|lech|te|CHA va|DE|rech, uv|shachb|CHA uv|ku|me|CHA: uk|shar|TAM le-OT al-ya|DE|cha, ve|ha|YU le|to|ta|FOT bein ei|ne|CHA: uch|tav|TAM al-me|zu|ZOT bei|TE|cha u|vish|a|re|CHA: ve|ʾA|hav|ta ʾeth a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|kha, be|khol-le|va|ve|KHA u|ve|khol-naf|she|KHA u|ve|khol- me|ʾo|dhe|KHA: ve|ha|YU had|de|va|RIM ha|ʾEL|leh, ʾa|SHER ʾa|no|KHI me|tzav|ve|KHA hay|YOM, ʿal-le|va|ve|KHA: ve|shin|nan|TAM le|va|NE|kha ve|dhib|bar|TA bam, be|shiv|te|KHA be|ve|THE|kha u|ve|lekh|te|KHA vad|DE|rekh, u|ve|sha|kheb|be|KHA u|ve|qu|me|KHA: u|qe|shar|TAM le|ʾOTH ʿal-ya|DHE|kha, ve|ha|YU le|ṭo|ṭa|FOTH ben ʿe|ne|KHA: u|khe|thav|TAM ʿal-me|zu|ZOTH be|THE|kha u|vish|ʿa|re|KHA: ve|A|hav|ta et a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|kha, be|khol-le|va|ve|KHA u|ve|khol-naf|she|KHA u|ve|khol- me|o|de|KHA: ve|ha|YU had|de|va|RIM ha|EL|leh, a|SHER a|no|KHI me|tzav|ve|KHA hay|YOM, ʿal-le|va|ve|KHA: ve|shin|nan|TAM le|va|NE|kha ve|dib|bar|TA bam, be|shiv|te|KHA be|ve|TE|kha u|ve|lekh|te|KHA vad|DE|rekh, u|ve|sha|kheb|be|KHA u|ve|qu|me|KHA: u|qe|shar|TAM le|OT ʿal-ya|DE|kha, ve|ha|YU le|to|ta|FOT ben ʿe|ne|KHA: u|khe|tav|TAM ʿal-me|zu|ZOT be|TE|kha u|vish|ʿa|re|KHA: v'O|hav|to eis a|do|NOY e|loy|HE|cho, b'chol-l'vov'|CHO uv'|chol-naf|sh'CHO uv'|chol- m'oy|de|CHO: v'ho|YU had'|vo|RIM ho-EI|leh, a|SHER o|noy|CHI m'tzav'|CHO ha|YOYM, al-l'vo|ve|CHO: v'shi|nan|TOM l'vo|NE|cho v'di|bar|TO bom, b'shiv|t'CHO b'vei|SE|cho uv'|lech|t'CHO va|DE|rech, uv'|shoch'b'|CHO uv'|ku|me|CHO: uk'|shar|TOM l'OYS al-yo|DE|cho, v'ho|YU l'toy|to|FOYS bein ei|ne|CHO: uch'|sav|TOM al-m'zu|ZOYS bei|SE|cho u|vish|o|re|CHO: Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words which I command you today shall be on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and gates. Citation Deut. 6
Commentary of the yoke of the kingship of Heaven,” meaning that we take God as our Sovereign, and our covenant with Him as the essence of our existence as a people. The LORD is One: among the many meanings of this phrase are: (1) there is only one God; (2) God is a unity, indivisible; (3) God is the only ultimate reality; (4) God is One despite the many appearances He has had throughout history; and (5) God alone is our King. This great sentence is the supreme declaration of Jewish faith: among the first Hebrew words learned by a child, often the last words of martyrs.
Commentary בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם Blessed be the name: This was the congregational response to the utterance in the Temple of the Tetragrammaton, God’s holiest name. It is said here as a memory of the Temple service, but silently (except on Yom Kippur) because it is not part of the biblical text.
Commentary וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם Teach them repeatedly: Education is the responsibility, not only of schools, but also of parents. In Judaism, parents are educators, the home a matrix of learning, and education a conversation across the generations. Alshich connects this verse with the earlier one (“Love the LORD”): How do we teach our children? By showing them what we love.
Commentary this love flows is the Torah, God’s covenant with His people. This contains “the laws of life” in a double sense: laws that guide us in life, and laws that give us life.
Commentary THE SHEMA שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Listen, Israel: The word Shema is untranslatable in English. It means (1) listen, (2) hear, (3) reflect on, (4) understand, (5) internalize, (6) respond in action, and hence (7) obey. In rabbinic Hebrew it developed yet other senses, such as “transmit, know about, infer, learn.” I have translated it here as “Listen” rather than the traditional “Hear” because listening is active, hearing passive. The Shema is a call to an act of mind and soul, to meditate on, internalize and affirm the Oneness of God.
Commentary Most civilizations have been cultures of the eye. Judaism, with its belief in the invisible God who transcends the universe, and its prohibition against visual representations of God, is supremely a civilization of the ear. The patriarchs and prophets did not see God; they heard Him. Hence, the key verb in Judaism is Shema, “listen.” To give dramatic force to the idea that God is heard, not seen, we cover our eyes with our hand as we say these words.
Commentary יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ The LORD is our God: The sages called this declaration “acceptance
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