Pages
pp. 207-207
Shacharit for Shabbat and Festivals

The Shema

קריאת שמע

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
Hebrew
יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ הָרַבִּים אַל יַעַזְבוּנוּ* נֶצַח סֶלָה וָעֶד.
מַהֵר וְהָבֵא עָלֵינוּ בְּרָכָה וְשָׁלוֹם מְהֵרָה,
Chabad
Adonoy Eloyheinu vachasodecho horabim al ya-azvunu* netzach seloh vo-ed.
maheir v'hovei oleinu b'rochoh v'sholoym m'heiroh,
Gather the two front tzitzit into the right hand, then bring the back left tzitzit forward, then the back right tzitzit. Hold all four tzitzit in the left hand near the heart. See illustration, page 641.
Hebrew
וְהָבִיאֵנוּ לְשָׁלוֹם מֵאַרְבַּע
כַּנְפוֹת* הָאָרֶץ, וּשְׁבוֹר* עֹל הַגּוֹיִם מֵעַל
צַוָּארֵנוּ, וְתוֹלִיכֵנוּ מְהֵרָה קוֹמְמִיּוּת* לְאַרְצֵנוּ, כִּי אֵל פּוֹעֵל
יְשׁוּעוֹת אַתָּה, וּבָנוּ בָחַרְתָּ מִכָּל עַם וְלָשׁוֹן, וְקֵרַבְתָּנוּ
מַלְכֵּנוּ לְשִׁמְךָ* הַגָּדוֹל בְּאַהֲבָה לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ וּלְיַחֶדְךָ*
וּלְאַהֲבָה* אֶת שְׁמֶךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, הַבּוֹחֵר בְּעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל
בְּאַהֲבָה:
Chabad
v'hovi-einu l'sholoym mei-arba
kanfoys* ho-oretz, ush'voyr* oyl hagoyyim mei-al
tzavoreinu, v'soylicheinu m'heiroh koym'miyus* l'artzeinu, ki Eil poy-eil
y'shu-oys atoh, uvonu vocharto mikol am v'loshoyn, v'keiravtonu
malkeinu l'shimcho* hagodoyl b'ahavoh l'hoydoys l'cho ul'yachedcho*
ul'-ahavoh* es sh'mecho: boruch atoh Adonoy, haboycheir b'amoy Yisro-eil
b'ahavoh:
The chazzan concludes this blessing silently. Do not respond Amen.

THE SHEMA

The Shema should be recited with intense concentration, especially the first two verses in which we accept the sovereignty of God. Recite the first verse aloud, with your right hand covering your eyes.
Do not slur over the ח, but draw it out slightly for the length of time that it takes to affirm God's sovereignty in the seven heavens and on earth—equal to eight, the numerical value of ח. The ד (whose numerical value is four) should be drawn out for the length of time that it takes to reflect that God is alone in His world and that he rules in all four corners of the universe. While reciting the Shema, pause at the commas to convey the following meaning: Hear O Israel (pause), the Lord who is our God (pause) is the one God. See additional laws on page 588.
Transliteration, page 624.
Hebrew
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהֹוָה | אֶחָד:1
Chabad
sh'ma Yisro-eil, Adonoy Eloyheinu, Adonoy echod:
Recite the following verse in an undertone:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:2
Chabad
boruch sheim k'voyd malchusoy l'oylom vo-ed:
Hebrew
וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכָל | לְבָבְךָ, וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ,
וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ: וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר
אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם, עַל | לְבָבֶךָ: וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ
בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ, וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ, וּבְקוּמֶךָ:
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ, וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ:
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ, וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ:3
Chabad
v'ohavto eis Adonoy Eloyhecho, b'chol l'vov'cho, uv'chol nafsh'cho,
uv'chol m'oydecho: v'hoyu had'vorim ho-eileh asher
onoychi m'tzav'cho hayoym, al l'vovecho: v'shinantom l'vonecho v'dibarto
bom, b'shivt'cho b'veisecho, uv'lecht'cho vaderech, uv'shoch'b'cho, uv'kumecho:
uk'shartom l'oys al yodecho, v'hoyu l'toytofoys bein einecho:
uch'savtom al m'zuzoys beisecho, uvishorecho: