{"id":1542,"date":"2022-07-16T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1542"},"modified":"2022-08-13T19:28:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T19:28:06","slug":"10-reciting-the-shema","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/10-reciting-the-shema","title":{"rendered":"10 Reciting the Shema"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitzvah 10 Recite the Shema<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Tenth Command: Recite the Shema<\/span><\/p>\n

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, and when you lie down, and when you rise up: Dvarim (Deuteronomy) 6.7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b6\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8:<\/span><\/p>\n

And you shall teach them \u2013 to your sons \u2013 and you shall talk \u2013 of them \u2013 when you sit \u2013 in your house \u2013 and when you go \u2013 in way \u2013 and when you lay down \u2013 and when you rise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The recitation of the Shema fulfills this commandment and the acceptance of G-d\u2019s Absolute Sovereignty by declaring that G-d IS ONE<\/strong>, Unique<\/strong> and Indivisible<\/strong>.\u00a0 We submit all that we have and all that we are to His Will.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the people of Israel enact unification by the verse \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

In the mystery of the twenty-five letters:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3<\/span><\/p>\n

Shema Yisrael, HaShem Elokenu, HaShem ECHAD.<\/span><\/p>\n

And<\/span><\/p>\n

The twenty-four letters \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05e2\u05b6\u05d3<\/span><\/p>\n

Baruch Shem Kevod malkuto le-olam vaed<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever,<\/span><\/p>\n

focusing on each one of them, all those letters join as one and ascend to the forty-nine gates, in the mystery of Jubilee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One must elevate \u05d5\u05b8\u05e2\u05b6\u05d3 \u00a0\u00a0Va-ed<\/span><\/p>\n

And ever \u2013 no further \u2013 upon which the gates are opened, and the Blessed Holy One considers that person as if he had fulfilled the complete Torah, which appear in forty-nine facets, completely.<\/span><\/p>\n

By uttering the opening two lines of Shema<\/em> with devotion and intention, the people of Israel unify Tiferet<\/em> and Shekhinah.<\/em>\u00a0 By focusing on each of the forty-nine letters, they stimulate these letters to join and ascend to their source in the forty-nine gates of Binah<\/em>, who is known as Jubilee.\u00a0 With the elevation of the final three letters of the second line \u2013 the word \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d5\u05b8\u05e2\u05b6\u05d3 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Va-ed<\/p>\n

And ever<\/em> \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

The gates open and the flow of emanation descends.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when the gates are opened, the Holy One, Blessed be He, Regards each of such person as though he had fulfilled the whole Torah – the Torah which can be viewed from forty-nine aspects. So it is necessary to concentrate heart and mind on both the twenty-five and the twenty-four letters and to raise them with the whole force of intention to the forty-nine gates. . Through concentration on this, one will concentrate on the Unity, for our Master has taught us that the \u201cHear, O Israel<\/em>\u201d and the \u201cBlessed be the Name<\/em>\u201d are the summary of the whole Torah. Zohar Pritzker Edition 2:139b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And you shall teach<\/strong> them diligently<\/strong> to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up: Dvarim (Deuteronomy) 6.7<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8<\/span>\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e7\u05b4\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5<\/u> \u05d5\u05b0\u05e6\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Blessed are You, G-d our G-d, King of the universe, Who sanctified us with His Commandments<\/u>, and Commanded us to be engrossed with the Words of the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05d3 \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed are You G-d who Teaches Torah to His people Israel. ( from the Siddur )<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d7\u05b8\u05d6\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint;<\/span><\/p>\n

but he who keeps the Torah is happy:\u00a0 Mishlei (Proverbs) 29.18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u05e2\u05b5\u05e7\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d7\u05bb\u05e7\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span><\/p>\n

Because \u2013 that –\u00a0 listened \u2013 Abraham \u2013 to my voice \u2013 and kept \u2013 my safeguards \u2013 My Mitzotay (Commands) \u2013 My Chukotay (Statutes) \u2013 and my Torahtay (Teachings)<\/span><\/p>\n

Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws: Bereisheit (Genesis) 26.5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Abraham was blessed because he kept HaShem\u2019s Commands and taught his children and those in his household to follow those same ways.\u00a0 Some say this is blind faith but it is not.\u00a0 What it is is a total commitment to the Holy One, HaShem ECHAD.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Divine Presence finds a home in the land of Israel only through the Torah, and it finds a home above only through the Torah. For so my father has said: The Oral Law has been made known only for the sake of the Written Law, and the Shekinah finds a home above and below only through the Torah.Zohar Pritzker Edition 3:268a<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We too must find our home, our raison d\u2019etre in the Torah.\u00a0 So reciting the Shema twice daily will provide us the boost we need to continue our daily journey towards that end.<\/span><\/p>\n

May we try each day to learn about G-d, to follow His Ways and His Truth<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Blessings and Peace<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebbetzin Revi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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