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  <summary>Sh’ma and Its Blessings, pages 157, with pointed Hebrew, English, and transliteration.</summary>
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      <slug>lev-shalem</slug>
      <title>Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)</title>
      <nusach>Ashkenaz</nusach>
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      <slug>lev-51-157-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings</slug>
      <section>Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service</section>
      <topic>Sh’ma and Its Blessings</topic>
      <printPages>157</printPages>
      <pdfPages>51</pdfPages>
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        <section>
          <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>
          </transliteration>
          <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>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Sh’ma and Its Blessings</english>
        </topic>
        <printPages>157</printPages>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אֱמֶת אֱלֹהֵי עוֹלָם מַלְכֵּנוּ, צוּר יַעֲקֹב מָגֵן יִשְׁעֵנוּ.
לְדֹר וָדֹר הוּא קַיָּם וּשְׁמוֹ קַיָּם, וְכִסְאוֹ נָכוֹן
וּמַלְכוּתוֹ וֶאֱמוּנָתוֹ לָעַד קַיֶּמֶת.
וּדְבָרָיו חָיִים וְקַיָּמִים, נֶאֱמָנִים וְנֶחֱמָדִים,
לָעַד וּלְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים, עַל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ]
וְעָלֵינוּ, עַל בָּנֵינוּ וְעַל דּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ, וְעַל כָּל־דּוֹרוֹת
זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבָדֶיךָ. עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְעַל הָאַחֲרוֹנִים
דָּבָר טוֹב וְקַיָּם לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד,
אֱמֶת וֶאֱמוּנָה חֹק וְלֹא יַעֲבֹר.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>e|MET e|lo|HEI o|LAM mal|ke|NU, tzur ya-a|KOV ma|GEN yish|E|nu.
le|DOR va|DOR hu ka|YAM ush|MO ka|YAM, ve|chis|O na|CHON
u|mal|chu|TO ve-e|mu|na|TO la-AD ka|YE|met.
ud|va|RAV cha|YIM ve|ka|ya|MIM, ne-e|ma|NIM ve|ne|che|ma|DIM,
la-AD u|le-o|le|MEI o|la|MIM, al a|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu]
ve-a|LEI|nu, al ba|NEI|nu ve-AL do|ro|TEI|nu, ve-AL kol-do|ROT
ZE|ra yis|ra-EL a|va|DE|cha. al ha|ri|sho|NIM ve-AL ha-a|cha|ro|NIM
da|VAR tov ve|ka|YAM le-o|LAM va-ED,
e|MET ve-e|mu|NAH chok ve|LO ya-a|VOR.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾe|METH ʾe|lo|HE ʿo|LAM mal|ke|NU, tzur ya|ʿa|QOV ma|GHEN yish|ʿE|nu.
le|DHOR va|DHOR huʾ qay|YAM u|she|MO qay|YAM, ve|khis|ʾO na|KHON
u|mal|khu|THO ve|ʾe|mu|na|THO la|ʿADH qay|YE|meth.
u|dhe|va|RAV ḥa|YIM ve|qay|ya|MIM, ne|ʾe|ma|NIM ve|ne|ḥe|ma|DHIM,
la|ʿADH u|le|ʿo|le|ME ʿo|la|MIM, ʿal ʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu]
ve|ʿa|LE|nu, ʿal ba|NE|nu ve|ʿAL do|ro|THE|nu, ve|ʿAL kol-do|ROTH
ZE|raʿ yiś|ra|ʾEL ʿa|va|DHE|kha. ʿal ha|riʾ|sho|NIM ve|ʿAL ha|ʾa|ḥa|ro|NIM
da|VAR ṭov ve|qay|YAM le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿEDH,
ʾe|METH ve|ʾe|mu|NAH ḥoq ve|LOʾ ya|ʿa|VOR.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>e|MET e|lo|HE ʿo|LAM mal|ke|NU, tzur ya|ʿa|QOV ma|GEN yish|ʿE|nu.
le|DOR va|DOR hu qay|YAM u|she|MO qay|YAM, ve|khis|O na|KHON
u|mal|khu|TO ve|e|mu|na|TO la|ʿAD qay|YE|met.
u|de|va|RAV ḥa|YIM ve|qay|ya|MIM, ne|e|ma|NIM ve|ne|ḥe|ma|DIM,
la|ʿAD u|le|ʿo|le|ME ʿo|la|MIM, ʿal a|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu]
ve|ʿa|LE|nu, ʿal ba|NE|nu ve|ʿAL do|ro|TE|nu, ve|ʿAL kol-do|ROT
ZE|raʿ yis|ra|EL ʿa|va|DE|kha. ʿal ha|ri|sho|NIM ve|ʿAL ha|a|ḥa|ro|NIM
da|VAR tov ve|qay|YAM le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿED,
e|MET ve|e|mu|NAH ḥoq ve|LO ya|ʿa|VOR.</sephardic>
            <chabad>e|MES e|loy|HEI oy|LOM mal|kei|NU, tzur ya-a|KOYV mo|GEIN yish|EI|nu.
l&apos;DOYR vo|DOYR hu ka|YOM ush&apos;|MOY ka|YOM, v&apos;chis|OY no|CHOYN
u|mal|chu|SOY ve-e|mu|no|SOY lo-AD ka|YE|mes.
ud&apos;|vo|ROV cho|YIM v&apos;ka|yo|MIM, ne-e|mo|NIM v&apos;ne|che|mo|DIM,
lo-AD ul&apos;-oyl&apos;|MEI oy|lo|MIM, al a|voy|SEI|nu [v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu]
v&apos;o|LEI|nu, al bo|NEI|nu v&apos;AL doy|roy|SEI|nu, v&apos;AL kol-doy|ROYS
ZE|ra yis|ro-EIL a|vo|DE|cho. al ho|ri|shoy|NIM v&apos;AL ho-a|cha|roy|NIM
do|VOR toyv v&apos;ka|YOM l&apos;oy|LOM vo-ED,
e|MES ve-e|mu|NOH choyk v&apos;LOY ya-a|VOYR.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Truly, the God of the universe, our sovereign, is the stronghold of Jacob and our protecting shield. In every generation God is present, God’s name endures, God’s throne is established, and God’s sovereignty and faithfulness abide. God’s teaching is living and enduring, truthful and beloved throughout all time. As our ancestors accepted it as incumbent on them, we accept it as incumbent on us, and on our children, and all the future seed of the house of Israel who serve You. Both for our ancestors and our descendants, it is a goodly teaching, enduring forever, a constant truth, a never-changing principle.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אֱמֶת שֶׁאַתָּה הוּא יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ
[וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ], מַלְכֵּנוּ, מֶלֶךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ].
גֹּאֲלֵנוּ גֹּאֵל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ], יוֹצְרֵנוּ, צוּר יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ,
פּוֹדֵנוּ וּמַצִּילֵנוּ, מֵעוֹלָם שְׁמֶךָ אֵין אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתֶךָ.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>e|MET she-a|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu vei|lo|HEI a|vo|TEI|nu
[ve-i|mo|TEI|nu], mal|ke|NU, ME|lech a|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu].
go-a|LE|nu go-EL a|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu], yotz|RE|nu, tzur ye|shu-a|TE|nu,
po|DE|nu u|ma|tzi|LE|nu, me-o|LAM sh&apos;ME|cha ein e|lo|HIM zu|la|TE|cha.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾe|METH she|ʾat|TAH huʾ a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu veʾ|lo|HE ʾa|vo|THE|nu
[ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu], mal|ke|NU, ME|lekh ʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu].
go|ʾa|LE|nu go|ʾEL ʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu], yo|tze|RE|nu, tzur ye|shu|ʿa|THE|nu,
po|DHE|nu u|mat|tzi|LE|nu, me|ʿo|LAM she|ME|kha ʾen ʾe|lo|HIM zu|la|THE|kha.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>e|MET she|at|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ve|lo|HE a|vo|TE|nu
[ve|im|mo|TE|nu], mal|ke|NU, ME|lekh a|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu].
go|a|LE|nu go|EL a|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu], yo|tze|RE|nu, tzur ye|shu|ʿa|TE|nu,
po|DE|nu u|mat|tzi|LE|nu, me|ʿo|LAM she|ME|kha en e|lo|HIM zu|la|TE|kha.</sephardic>
            <chabad>e|MES she-a|TOH hu a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu vei|loy|HEI a|voy|SEI|nu
[v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu], mal|kei|NU, ME|lech a|voy|SEI|nu [v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu].
goy-a|LEI|nu goy-EIL a|voy|SEI|nu [v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu], yoytz&apos;|REI|nu, tzur y&apos;shu-o|SEI|nu,
poy|DEI|nu u|ma|tzi|LEI|nu, mei-oy|LOM sh&apos;ME|cho ein e|loy|HIM zu|lo|SE|cho.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Truly, You are Adonai our God and the God of our ancestors, our sovereign and our ancestors’ sovereign, our redeemer and our ancestors’ redeemer. You are our creator, and the rock of our deliverance, our redeemer and help. So You are known throughout time, for there is no God but You.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>עֶזְרַת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ] אַתָּה הוּא מֵעוֹלָם,
מָגֵן וּמוֹשִׁיעַ לִבְנֵיהֶם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>ez|RAT a|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu] a|TAH hu me-o|LAM,
ma|GEN u|mo|SHIA liv|nei|HEM a|cha|rei|HEM b&apos;chol-dor va|DOR.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʿez|RATH ʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu] ʾat|TAH huʾ me|ʿo|LAM,
ma|GHEN u|mo|SHIAʿ liv|ne|HEM ʾa|ḥa|re|HEM be|khol-dor va|DHOR.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>ʿez|RAT a|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu] at|TAH hu me|ʿo|LAM,
ma|GEN u|mo|SHIAʿ liv|ne|HEM a|ḥa|re|HEM be|khol-dor va|DOR.</sephardic>
            <chabad>ez|RAS a|voy|SEI|nu [v&apos;i|moy|SEI|nu] a|TOH hu mei-oy|LOM,
mo|GEIN u|moy|SHIA liv|nei|HEM a|cha|rei|HEM b&apos;chol-doyr vo|DOYR.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>You were always the help of our ancestors, a shield and deliverer for their descendants in every generation.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>בְּרוּם עוֹלָם מוֹשָׁבֶךָ,
וּמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ וְצִדְקָתְךָ עַד אַפְסֵי אָרֶץ.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>b&apos;RUM o|LAM mo|sha|VE|cha,
u|mish|pa|TE|cha ve|tzid|kat|CHA ad af|SEI a|RETZ.</israeli>
            <orthographic>be|RUM ʿo|LAM mo|sha|VE|kha,
u|mish|pa|ṭE|kha ve|tzidh|qa|the|KHA ʿadh ʾaf|SE ʾa|RETZ.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>be|RUM ʿo|LAM mo|sha|VE|kha,
u|mish|pa|TE|kha ve|tzid|qa|te|KHA ʿad af|SE a|RETZ.</sephardic>
            <chabad>b&apos;RUM oy|LOM moy|sho|VE|cho,
u|mish|po|TE|cho v&apos;tzid|kos&apos;|CHO ad af|SEI o|RETZ.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>You abide at the pinnacle of the universe—Your judgment and Your righteousness extend to the ends of the earth.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ שֶׁיִּשְׁמַע לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָ,
וְתוֹרָתְךָ וּדְבָרְךָ יָשִׂים עַל לִבּוֹ.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>ash|REI ish she|yish|MA le|mitz|vo|TE|cha,
ve|to|rat|CHA ud|va|re|CHA ya|SIM al li|BO.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾash|RE ʾish shey|yish|MAʿ le|mitz|vo|THE|kha,
ve|tho|ra|the|KHA u|dhe|va|re|KHA ya|śIM ʿal lib|BO.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>ash|RE ish shey|yish|MAʿ le|mitz|vo|TE|kha,
ve|to|ra|te|KHA u|de|va|re|KHA ya|SIM ʿal lib|BO.</sephardic>
            <chabad>ash|REI ish she|yish|MA l&apos;mitz|voy|SE|cho,
v&apos;soy|ros&apos;|CHO ud&apos;|vor&apos;|CHO yo|SIM al li|BOY.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Blessed are the ones who attend to Your mitzvot and place Your teaching and words on their hearts.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אֱמֶת אַתָּה הוּא אָדוֹן לְעַמֶּךָ,
וּמֶלֶךְ גִּבּוֹר לָרִיב רִיבָם.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>e|MET a|TAH hu a|DON le-a|ME|cha,
u|ME|lech gi|BOR la|RIV ri|VAM.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾe|METH ʾat|TAH huʾ ʾa|DHON le|ʿam|ME|kha,
u|ME|lekh gib|BOR la|RIV ri|VAM.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>e|MET at|TAH hu a|DON le|ʿam|ME|kha,
u|ME|lekh gib|BOR la|RIV ri|VAM.</sephardic>
            <chabad>e|MES a|TOH hu o|DOYN l&apos;a|ME|cho,
u|ME|lech gi|BOYR lo|RIV ri|VOM.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Truly, You are the ruler of Your people, a mighty sovereign, who takes up their cause.</english>
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        <body>
          <type>Passage</type>
          <hebrew>אֱמֶת אַתָּה הוּא רִאשׁוֹן, וְאַתָּה הוּא אַחֲרוֹן,
וּמִבַּלְעָדֶיךָ אֵין לָנוּ מֶלֶךְ גּוֹאֵל וּמוֹשִׁיעַ.</hebrew>
          <transliteration>
            <israeli>e|MET a|TAH hu ri|SHON, ve-a|TAH hu a|cha|RON,
u|mi|bal|a|DE|cha ein LA|nu ME|lech go-EL u|mo|SHIA.</israeli>
            <orthographic>ʾe|METH ʾat|TAH huʾ riʾ|SHON, ve|ʾat|TAH huʾ ʾa|ḥa|RON,
u|mib|bal|ʿa|DHE|kha ʾen LA|nu ME|lekh go|ʾEL u|mo|SHIAʿ.</orthographic>
            <sephardic>e|MET at|TAH hu ri|SHON, ve|at|TAH hu a|ḥa|RON,
u|mib|bal|ʿa|DE|kha en LA|nu ME|lekh go|EL u|mo|SHIAʿ.</sephardic>
            <chabad>e|MES a|TOH hu ri|SHOYN, v&apos;a|TOH hu a|cha|ROYN,
u|mi|bal|o|DE|cho ein LO|nu ME|lech goy-EIL u|moy|SHIA.</chabad>
          </transliteration>
          <english>Truly, You were at the beginning and You will be at the end—aside from You we have no ruler who can redeem and deliver.</english>
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          <text>continued Read forward, the word affirms what follows: credal statements spelling out the implications of the Sh’ma; each statement is preceded by the word emet, thus articulating a kind of Jewish creed. Read backward, it refers to God, who is identified with truth. The phrase is based on the words of Jeremiah, “Adonai is true (Adonai emet), is truly the living God, and the sovereign of time and the world” (10:10). Additionally, another biblical meaning of the word emet is steadfastness or faithfulness. In this interpretation, what is affirmed is that God will always be present for us.</text>
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          <text>TRULY THIS TEACHING IS CONSTANT אֱמֶת וְיַצִּיב. Reuven Kimelman, a contemporary liturgical scholar, contends that the “teaching” referred to in this assertion is the Decalogue, which originally preceded the recitation of the Sh’ma in the ancient synagogue. The recitation of the Decalogue was dropped from the liturgy because the rabbis were afraid that people would consider only those commandments as obligatory, as many Christians did. In its current context, the liturgical affirmation refers to the constancy of the entire Torah.</text>
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          <text>HELP OF OUR ANCESTORS עֶזְרַת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ]. Two contrasting theological concepts are at work in this blessing. The first emphasizes the value of personal observance of Torah and mitzvot (“Blessed are the ones who attend to Your mitzvot . . .”); the second emphasizes communal redemption and the need for God to destroy oppression, with the exodus from Egypt serving as a paradigm for all future redemptions. The first is non-violent, speaking of personal practice and virtue through performing acts of love and care; the second insists that God must war against evil in order to root it out. These two views echo a talmudic argument as to whether the future redemption will be achieved peacefully or will come through war.</text>
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          <text>TRULY, YOU WERE AT THE BEGINNING AND YOU WILL BE AT THE END אֱמֶת, אַתָּה הוּא רִאשׁוֹן, וְאַתָּה הוּא אַחֲרוֹן. A similar expression “I am the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end” is quoted three times in the Christian Testament. The wording of this prayer may have been deliberately polemical at the time it was written in antiquity, and intended to oppose Christian theological claims, which were emerging as a rival to Judaism.</text>
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          <text>Redemption What might redemption mean in our time? Gordon Tucker, a contemporary rabbi, points out that in the Bible, when an object is redeemed, it returns to its original state. Following a teaching of the Ḥasidic master Avraham Mordecai of Gur (Imrei Emet, parashat Emor), he remarks that there was a moment after leaving Egypt and crossing the Sea when we experienced freedom and the infinite possibility signalled by the limitless horizon of the desert. It was the time before the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai; yet it was a special moment of being with God. Jeremiah records God saying, “I remember the generosity of your young days, the love you exhibited when we were first engaged, walking with Me in the desert” (2:2). We can hope that our religious life will lead us back to a moment of innocence, when we feel free and in unselfconscious relation to God.</text>
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