The Shema

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

If you do not know the Shema in Hebrew, and you want to learn it, you can start here.

The Shema is central to faith in the God of Israel. It is commanded in Deuteronomy 4:6 and recited three times a day by the faithful. In this version, the cantor offers a melodic rendition. The Shema is the call to Israel and all who follow God to hear (the first meaning of shema) and to obey (the second meaning of shema). It is a daily reminder of our dependence and obligation. If you want to learn it, you may want to download the file to your computer.

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Drew

Shalom Skip … on a broader issue of dropping off resources into the site where others can have access … has Patrick provided such a repository and maybe I just can’t find it?

For instance …. I am sure that many folks at TW have resoruces … such as the Sh’ma in Hebrew, English and the transliteration or perhaps let us say that I wanted to drop in the full Amidah in MS Word … I think you get the drift.

The point is that I am sure many of us have “libraries” and perhaps it would be nice to share?

Skip Moen, Ph.D.

Thanks, Patrick and I will talk it over soon.

Yolanda

Drew, the Lord’s prayer is on YouTube in Hebrew and English so there may be the Shema also.