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The Shema |
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Sh'ma Yisra'el ADONAI
Eloheinu, ADONAI echad,
Baruch Shem K'vod Malchuto L,olam V'ed A-men
Hear O Israel! The LORD our
God the LORD is One
(softly)
Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.
and you shall love The LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all
your might.
These words which I am commanding you today, shall be on your
heart;
and you shall teach them diligently to your children and shall
talk of them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you
rise up.
And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as
frontals on your forehead.
And you shall write them on the door-posts of your house and on
your gates.
(D'Varim/Deut. 6:4-9)
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And it will be if you vigilantly obey My
commandments which I command you this day,
to love The LORD, your God, and to serve him with all your
hearts and with all your souls,
that I will give rain for your land in its proper time, the
early rain and the late rain;
and you will harvest your grain and your wine and your oil.
And I will put grass in your fields for your cattle, and you
will eat and be satisfied.
Beware, lest your hearts be swayed and you turn astray, and you
worship alien gods
and bow to them. (softly) And the fury of The LORD will
blaze among you,
and He will close off the heavens and there will be no rain, and
the earth will not yield its produce:
and you will perish swiftly from the good land which The LORD
gives you.
(aloud) Place these words on mine upon your hearts and souls,
and bind them
for a sign upon your hands, and they shall be for frontlets
between your eyes.
And you shall teach them to your children, to speak of them when
you sit in your house,
and when you travel by the way, when you lie down, and when you
rise up.
And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on
your gates.
In order that your days, and the days of your children, be
prolonged upon the land
which Adonai swore to your fathers to give them (for as long) as
the heavens are above the earth.
(D'Varim/Deut. 11:13-21)
And The LORD spoke to Moshe saying: Speak
to The Children of Israel, and tell them
to make for themselves tsitsit on the corners of their garments
throughout their generations;
and they will place on the tsitsit of each corner a thread of
blue.
And it will be to you for tsitsit, and you will look upon it and
you remember all the commandments
of The LORD, and you will perform them, and you will not turn
aside after your hearts
and after your eyes which cause you to go astray. In order
that you will remember
and perform all My commandments; and you will be holy unto your
God.
I am The LORD, your God, Who brought you out of the land of
Egypt to be your God;
I am The LORD, your God.
(Bamidbar/Num. 15:37-41)
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