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  <summary>Sh’ma and Its Blessings, pages 154, with pointed Hebrew, English, and transliteration.</summary>
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      <title>Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)</title>
      <nusach>Ashkenaz</nusach>
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      <section>Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service</section>
      <topic>Sh’ma and Its Blessings</topic>
      <printPages>154</printPages>
      <pdfPages>48</pdfPages>
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          <hebrew>שחרית לשבת ויום טוב</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>sha|cha|RIT le|sha|BAT ve|YOM tov</israeli>
            <orthographic>sha|ḥa|RITH le|shab|BATH ve|YOM ṭov</orthographic>
            <sephardic>sha|ḥa|RIT le|shab|BAT ve|YOM tov</sephardic>
            <chabad>sha|cha|RIS l&apos;sha|BOS v&apos;YOYM toyv</chabad>
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          <english>Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service</english>
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        <topic>
          <hebrew>קריאת שמע וברכותיה</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>k&apos;ri-AT sh&apos;MA u|vir|cho|te|HA</israeli>
            <orthographic>qe|ri|ʾATH she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|the|HA</orthographic>
            <sephardic>qe|ri|AT she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|te|HA</sephardic>
            <chabad>k&apos;ri-AS sh&apos;MA u|vir|choy|se|HO</chabad>
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          <english>Sh’ma and Its Blessings</english>
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        <printPages>154</printPages>
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        <body>
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          <hebrew></hebrew>
          <transliteration/>
          <english>Second B’rakhah before the Sh’ma: God’s Great Love</english>
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          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אַהֲבָה רַבָּה אֲהַבְתָּנוּ, יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ,
חֶמְלָה גְדוֹלָה וִיתֵרָה חָמַלְתָּ עָלֵינוּ.
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ, בַּעֲבוּר אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ]
שֶׁבָּטְחוּ בְךָ וַתְּלַמְּדֵם חֻקֵּי חַיִּים,
כֵּן תְּחָנֵּנוּ וּתְלַמְּדֵנוּ.
אָבִינוּ, הָאָב הָרַחֲמָן, הַמְרַחֵם,
רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וְתֵן בְּלִבֵּנוּ לְהָבִין וּלְהַשְׂכִּיל
לִשְׁמֹעַ, לִלְמֹד וּלְלַמֵּד, לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת
וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי תַלְמוּד תּוֹרָתֶךָ בְּאַהֲבָה.
וְהָאֵר עֵינֵינוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ,
וְדַבֵּק לִבֵּנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ,
וְיַחֵד לְבָבֵנוּ לְאַהֲבָה וּלְיִרְאָה אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ,
וְלֹא נֵבוֹשׁ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
כִּי בְּשֵׁם קָדְשְׁךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא בָּטָחְנוּ,
נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ.</hebrew>
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            <israeli>a|ha|VAH ra|BAH a|hav|ta|NU, a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu,
chem|LAH g&apos;do|LAH vi|te|RAH cha|MAL|ta a|LEI|nu.
a|vi|NU mal|ke|NU, ba-a|VUR a|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu]
she|ba|te|CHU v&apos;CHA vat|la|me|DEM chu|KEI cha|YIM,
ken t&apos;cha|ne|NU ut|la|me|DE|nu.
a|vi|NU, ha-AV ha|ra|cha|MAN, ha|me|ra|CHEM,
ra|CHEM a|LEI|nu ve|TEN b&apos;li|be|NU le|ha|VIN u|le|has|KIL
lish|MOA, lil|MOD u|le|la|MED, lish|MOR ve|la-a|SOT
u|le|ka|YEM et-kol-div|REI tal|MUD to|ra|TE|cha be-a|ha|VAH.
ve|ha-ER ei|NEI|nu b&apos;to|ra|TE|cha,
ve|da|BEK li|be|NU b&apos;mitz|vo|TE|cha,
ve|ya|CHED le|va|VE|nu le-a|ha|VAH u|le|yir|AH et-sh&apos;ME|cha,
ve|LO ne|VOSH le-o|LAM va-ED.
ki b&apos;SHEM kodsh|CHA ha|ga|DOL ve|ha|no|RA ba|tach|NU,
na|gi|LAH ve|nis|me|CHAH bi|shu-a|TE|cha.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾa|ha|VAH rab|BAH ʾa|hav|ta|NU, a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu,
ḥem|LAH ghe|dho|LAH vi|the|RAH ḥa|MAL|ta ʿa|LE|nu.
ʾa|vi|NU mal|ke|NU, ba|ʿa|VUR ʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu]
sheb|ba|ṭe|ḥU ve|KHA vat|te|lam|me|DHEM ḥuq|QE ḥay|YIM,
ken te|ḥan|ne|NU u|the|lam|me|DHE|nu.
ʾa|vi|NU, ha|ʾAV ha|ra|ḥa|MAN, ha|me|ra|ḥEM,
ra|ḥEM ʿa|LE|nu ve|THEN be|lib|be|NU le|ha|VIN u|le|haś|KIL
lish|MOAʿ, lil|MODH u|le|lam|MEDH, lish|MOR ve|la|ʿa|śOTH
u|le|qay|YEM ʾeth-kol-div|RE thal|MUDH to|ra|THE|kha be|ʾa|ha|VAH.
ve|ha|ʾER ʿe|NE|nu be|tho|ra|THE|kha,
ve|dhab|BEQ lib|be|NU be|mitz|vo|THE|kha,
ve|ya|ḥEDH le|va|VE|nu le|ʾa|ha|VAH u|le|yir|ʾAH ʾeth-she|ME|kha,
ve|LOʾ ne|VOSH le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿEDH.
ki be|SHEM qodhsh|KHA hag|ga|DHOL ve|han|no|RAʾ ba|ṭa|ḥe|NU,
na|ghi|LAH ve|niś|me|ḥAH bi|shu|ʿa|THE|kha.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>a|ha|VAH rab|BAH a|hav|ta|NU, a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu,
ḥem|LAH ge|do|LAH vi|te|RAH ḥa|MAL|ta ʿa|LE|nu.
a|vi|NU mal|ke|NU, ba|ʿa|VUR a|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu]
sheb|ba|te|ḥU ve|KHA vat|te|lam|me|DEM ḥuq|QE ḥay|YIM,
ken te|ḥan|ne|NU u|te|lam|me|DE|nu.
a|vi|NU, ha|AV ha|ra|ḥa|MAN, ha|me|ra|ḥEM,
ra|ḥEM ʿa|LE|nu ve|TEN be|lib|be|NU le|ha|VIN u|le|has|KIL
lish|MOAʿ, lil|MOD u|le|lam|MED, lish|MOR ve|la|ʿa|SOT
u|le|qay|YEM et-kol-div|RE tal|MUD to|ra|TE|kha be|a|ha|VAH.
ve|ha|ER ʿe|NE|nu be|to|ra|TE|kha,
ve|dab|BEQ lib|be|NU be|mitz|vo|TE|kha,
ve|ya|ḥED le|va|VE|nu le|a|ha|VAH u|le|yir|AH et-she|ME|kha,
ve|LO ne|VOSH le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿED.
ki be|SHEM qodsh|KHA hag|ga|DOL ve|han|no|RA ba|ta|ḥe|NU,
na|gi|LAH ve|nis|me|ḥAH bi|shu|ʿa|TE|kha.</sephardic>
            <chabad>a|ha|VOH ra|BOH a|hav|to|NU, a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu,
chem|LOH g&apos;doy|LOH vi|sei|ROH cho|MAL|to o|LEI|nu.
o|vi|NU mal|kei|NU, ba-a|VUR a|voy|SEI|nu [v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu]
she|bot&apos;|CHU v&apos;CHO vat&apos;|lam&apos;|DEIM chu|KEI cha|YIM,
kein t&apos;cho|nei|NU us&apos;|lam&apos;|DEI|nu.
o|vi|NU, ho-OV ho|ra|cha|MON, ham&apos;|ra|CHEIM,
ra|CHEIM o|LEI|nu v&apos;SEIN b&apos;li|bei|NU l&apos;ho|VIN ul&apos;|has|KIL
lish|MOYA, lil|MOYD ul&apos;|la|MEID, lish|MOYR v&apos;la-a|SOYS
ul&apos;|ka|YEIM es-kol-div|REI sal|MUD toy|ro|SE|cho b&apos;a|ha|VOH.
v&apos;ho-EIR ei|NEI|nu b&apos;soy|ro|SE|cho,
v&apos;da|BEIK li|bei|NU b&apos;mitz|voy|SE|cho,
v&apos;ya|CHEID l&apos;vo|VEI|nu l&apos;a|ha|VOH ul&apos;|yir|OH es-sh&apos;ME|cho,
v&apos;LOY nei|VOYSH l&apos;oy|LOM vo-ED.
ki b&apos;SHEIM kodsh|CHO ha|go|DOYL v&apos;ha|noy|RO bo|toch&apos;|NU,
no|gi|LOH v&apos;nis|m&apos;CHOH bi|shu-o|SE|cho.</chabad>
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          <printed_transliteration>Ahavah rabah ahavtanu Adonai eloheinu,
ḥemlah g’dolah viteirah ḥamalta aleinu.
Avinu malkeinu, ba-avur avoteinu [v’imoteinu] she-batḥu v’kha
va-t’lamdeim ḥukei ḥayim, ken t’ḥoneinu u-t’lamdeinu.
Avinu ha-av ha-raḥaman, ha-m’raḥeim, raḥeim aleinu, v’ten b’libeinu
l’havin u-l’haskil lishmo·a lilmod u-l’lamed lishmor v’la-asot u-l’kayem
et kol divrei talmud toratekha b’ahavah.
V’ha·eir eineinu b’toratekha, v’dabeik libeinu b’mitzvotekha
v’yaḥed l’vaveinu l’ahavah u-l’yirah et sh’mekha, v’lo neivosh l’olam va-ed.
Ki v’shem kodsh’kha ha-gadol v’hanora bataḥnu,
nagilah v’nism’ḥah bishuatekhha.</printed_transliteration>
          <english>You have loved us deeply, Adonai our God, and showered us with boundless compassion. Avinu Malkeinu, for the sake of our ancestors who trusted in You and to whom You taught the laws of life, so may You be gracious to us and instruct us. Kind creator, have compassion for us, open our hearts so that we may understand and discern, hear and study, observe, perform, and fulfill all the teachings of Your Torah with love. Enlighten our eyes with Your Torah; attach our hearts to Your mitzvot; unify our hearts to love and revere Your name so that we never lose hope. As we trust in Your great, holy, awe-inspiring name, we will delight and rejoice in Your deliverance.</english>
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          <type>Instructions</type>
          <text>Some gather their tzitzit before reciting this line:</text>
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          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>וַהֲבִיאֵנוּ לְשָׁלוֹם מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ,
וְתוֹלִיכֵנוּ קוֹמְמִיּוּת לְאַרְצֵנוּ,
כִּי אֵל פּוֹעֵל יְשׁוּעוֹת אָתָּה,
וּבָנוּ בָחַרְתָּ מִכָּל־עַם וְלָשׁוֹן,
וְקֵרַבְתָּנוּ לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל סֶלָה בֶּאֱמֶת,
לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ וּלְיַחֶדְךָ בְּאַהֲבָה.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, הַבּוֹחֵר בְּעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאַהֲבָה.</hebrew>
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            <israeli>va|ha|vi-E|nu le|sha|LOM me-ar|BA kan|FOT ha-a|RETZ,
ve|to|li|CHE|nu ko|me|mi|YUT le-ar|TZE|nu,
ki el po-EL ye|shu-OT a|TAH,
u|VA|nu va|CHAR|ta mi|kol-am ve|la|SHON,
ve|ke|rav|ta|NU le|shim|CHA ha|ga|DOL SE|lah be-e|MET,
le|ho|DOT le|CHA u|le|ya|ched|CHA be-a|ha|VAH.
ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|bo|CHER be-a|MO yis|ra-EL be-a|ha|VAH.</israeli>
            <orthographic>va|ha|vi|ʾE|nu le|sha|LOM me|ʾar|BAʿ kan|FOTH ha|ʾa|RETZ,
ve|tho|li|KHE|nu qo|me|miy|YUTH le|ʾar|TZE|nu,
ki ʾel po|ʿEL ye|shu|ʿOTH ʾat|TAH,
u|VA|nu va|ḥAR|ta mik|kol-ʿam ve|la|SHON,
ve|qe|rav|ta|NU le|shim|KHA hag|ga|DHOL SE|lah be|ʾe|METH,
le|ho|DHOTH le|KHA u|le|ya|ḥedh|KHA be|ʾa|ha|VAH.
ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, hab|bo|ḥER be|ʿam|MO yiś|ra|ʾEL be|ʾa|ha|VAH.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>va|ha|vi|E|nu le|sha|LOM me|ar|BAʿ kan|FOT ha|a|RETZ,
ve|to|li|KHE|nu qo|me|miy|YUT le|ar|TZE|nu,
ki el po|ʿEL ye|shu|ʿOT at|TAH,
u|VA|nu va|ḥAR|ta mik|kol-ʿam ve|la|SHON,
ve|qe|rav|ta|NU le|shim|KHA hag|ga|DOL SE|lah be|e|MET,
le|ho|DOT le|KHA u|le|ya|ḥed|KHA be|a|ha|VAH.
ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, hab|bo|ḥER be|ʿam|MO yis|ra|EL be|a|ha|VAH.</sephardic>
            <chabad>va|ha|vi-EI|nu l&apos;sho|LOYM mei-ar|BA kan|FOYS ho-o|RETZ,
v&apos;soy|li|CHEI|nu koym&apos;|mi|YUS l&apos;ar|TZEI|nu,
ki eil poy-EIL y&apos;shu-OYS o|TOH,
u|VO|nu vo|CHAR|to mi|kol-am v&apos;lo|SHOYN,
v&apos;kei|rav|to|NU l&apos;shim|CHO ha|go|DOYL SE|loh be-e|MES,
l&apos;hoy|DOYS l&apos;CHO ul&apos;|ya|ched|CHO b&apos;a|ha|VOH.
bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, ha|boy|CHEIR b&apos;a|MOY yis|ro-EIL b&apos;a|ha|VOH.</chabad>
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          <printed_transliteration>Va-havi·einu l’shalom mei-arba kanfot ha-aretz,
v’tolikheinu kom’miyut l’artzeinu,
ki el po·el y’shu·ot atah,
u-vanu vaḥarta mikol am v’lashon,
v’keiravtanu l’shimkha ha-gadol selah be-emet,
l’hodot l’kha u-l’yaḥedkha b’ahavah.
Barukh atah adonai, ha-boḥer b’amo yisrael b’ahavah.</printed_transliteration>
          <english>Bring us safely from the four corners of the earth, and lead us in dignity to our land, for You are the God who effects deliverance. You have chosen us from all other tongues and peoples, always drawing us nearer to Your name, that we may truly acknowledge You and lovingly proclaim Your oneness. Barukh atah Adonai, who lovingly cares for the people Israel.</english>
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          <text>YOU HAVE LOVED US DEEPLY אַהֲבָה רַבָּה. The Hebrew root alef-hei-vet, meaning “love,” appears six times in this passage (both as the noun and a verb). Reuven Hammer points out that three of them speak of our love for God and three speak of God’s love for us. While reciting this b’rakhah, the worshipper can anticipate the seventh occurrence, which is found in the first paragraph of the Sh’ma: “You shall love Adonai your God.”</text>
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          <text>AVINU MALKEINU אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ. Literally, “our father, our king.” The pairing of the two words emphasizes that God is at once both intimate as a close relation and distant as a monarch. The word av, “father,” suggests the image of God as source or progenitor, and therefore it may also be translated as “creator.”</text>
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          <text>LAWS OF LIFE חֻקֵּי חַיִּים. The word “Torah” encompasses many different meanings. In its most limited usage, it refers to the Five Books of Moses. But in a larger sense it refers to all of Scripture, and even to all of later Jewish teaching. Thus, the rabbis of the Talmud spoke of the “Written Torah” and the “Oral Torah,” the latter referring to the teachings of the Midrash, Mishnah, and Talmud—and even to “whatever new teaching a student of wisdom might impart until the end of time” (Leviticus Rabbah 22:1). In this prayer, “Torah” embraces the widest meaning: the laws of life—all those teachings that instruct us concerning a full ethical and religious life.</text>
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          <text>TO UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN . . . OBSERVE, FULFILL, AND PERFORM לְהָבִין וּלְהַשְׂכִּיל . . . לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת וּלְקַיֵּם. This sequence implies that study is intimately linked with action—indeed, that study should lead to action.</text>
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          <text>GATHERING THE TZITZIT. Many observe the custom, originating in the late Middle Ages, of gathering the four tzitziyot (plural of tzitzit) of the tallit while reciting the words “bring us safely from the four corners of the earth,” thus symbolizing Israel’s unity and ingathering. The tzitziyot are then held through the third paragraph of the Sh’ma, and kissed when reciting the word tzitzit (which appears three times in that paragraph). By this practice, we indicate that we are lovingly undertaking to observe these words of Torah, and we hope that our commitment to strive for holiness will lead to greater unity. We are also gathering within us all our positive intentions.</text>
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          <text>The Blessings of the Priests before the Sh’ma The priests in the Temple would say the following b’rakhah before the Sh’ma: “May the one who dwells in this House always grant you love, harmony, peace, and friendship.” —TALMUD OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL</text>
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          <text>You Have Loved Us Deeply With a great love (ahavah rabah) You have loved us (ahavtanu). The love of God for the people Israel is declared here just before the Sh’ma. It prepares us for the Sh’ma. Now you might expect a listing of gifts to us—God’s freeing us, feeding us, delivering us. Instead, we thank God for one gift: God’s teaching, God’s opening our minds and hearts to Torah. What You’ve given us is the ability to listen to You, so we can thank and draw close to You. Your compassion is expressed in teaching our hearts to know compassion, to love You, giving us not personal freedoms but, in fact, boundaries bringing us close to the Unbounded, the One. By giving us Torah, You’ve shown us how to live. We can now offer thanks and say: “Hear O Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is one.” —JOHN J. CLAYTON</text>
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