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pp. 102-103
Shaharit

Blessings of the Shema

קריאת שמע וברכותיה

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Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
Intense concentration must accompany recitation of the Shema. Within the first paragraph one should, with love, accept the sovereignty of God; within the second, those mitzvot as the will of God. The third paragraph's close constitutes fulfillment of the mitzva of recalling, morning and evening, the exodus from Egypt. See laws 347–356.
When praying without a minyan, say:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן
Israeli
El melech ne-eman
The verse that follows should be recited aloud, the eyes covered with the right hand:
Deut. 6
Hebrew
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהוָה ׀ אֶחָד׃
Israeli
sh'ma Yisra-el, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad.
Softly:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
Israeli
baruch shem k'vod malchuto le-olam va-ed.
At ° touch the hand-tefillin and at °° the head-tefillin.
Deut. 6
Hebrew
וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה 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־מְזֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃
Israeli
ve-ahavta et Adonai Elohecha, b'chol-levavcha uvchol-nafshecha uvchol-
me-odecha. vehayu hadvarim ha-eleh, asher anochi metzavcha hayom, al-levavecha.
veshinantam levanecha vedibarta bam, b'shivtecha beveitecha uvlechtecha vaderech,
uvshachbcha uvkumecha. *ukshartam le-ot al-yadecha **vehayu letotafot
bein einecha. uchtavtam al-mezuzot beitecha uvisharecha.
Touch, at °, the hand-tefillin and, at °°, the head-tefillin.
Deut. 11
Hebrew
וְהָיָה אִם־שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל־מִצְוֹתַי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם
הַיּוֹם, לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּלְעָבְדוֹ, בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל־
נַפְשְׁכֶם׃ וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר־אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ, יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ, וְאָסַפְתָּ
דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃ וְנָתַתִּי עֵשֶׂב בְּשָׂדְךָ לִבְהֶמְתֶּךָ, וְאָכַלְתָּ
וְשָׂבָעְתָּ׃ הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם פֶּן־יִפְתֶּה לְבַבְכֶם, וְסַרְתֶּם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם
Israeli
vehayah im-shamoa tishmeu el-mitzvotai asher anochi metzaveh etchem
hayom, le-ahavah et-adonai Eloheichem ule-avdo, b'chol-levavchem uvchol-
nafshechem. venatati metar-artzechem be-ito, yoreh umalkosh, ve-asafta
d'ganecha vetiroshcha veyitzharecha. venatati esev b'sadcha livhemtecha, ve-achalta
vesavata. hishameru lachem pen-yifteh levavchem, vesartem va-avadtem