Print pages
pp. 272-273
Maariv for Weekdays

Blessings of the Shema

קריאת שמע וברכותיה

Visible layers
The Shema must be said with intense concentration. See laws 350-354.
When not with a minyan, say:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן
Sephardi
Eil melech ne'eman
English
God, faithful King!
The following verse should be said aloud, while covering the eyes with the right hand:
Deut. 6
Hebrew
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהוָה ׀ אֶחָד׃
Sephardi
Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.
English
Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One.
Quietly:
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
Sephardi
Baruch sheim kevod malchuto le'olam va'ed.
English
Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and all time.
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׃
Sephardi
Ve'ahavta eit Adonai Elohecha, bechol-levavecha uvechol-nafshecha uvechol-me'odecha.
Vehayu hadevarim ha'eileh, asher anochi metzavecha hayom, al-levavecha. Veshinantam
levanecha vedibarta bam, beshivtecha beveitecha uvelechtecha baderech, uveshochbecha
uvekumecha. Ukeshartam le'ot al-yadecha vehayu letotafot bein einecha.
Uchtavtam al-mezuzot beitecha uvisharecha.
English
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words which I command you today shall be on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and gates.
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 אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם לָהֶם׃ וְחָרָה אַף־יְהוָה בָּכֶם, וְעָצַר אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם
וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה מָטָר, וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תִתֵּן אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ, וַאֲבַדְתֶּם מְהֵרָה
מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הַטֹּבָה אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה נֹתֵן לָכֶם׃ וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־דְּבָרַי
אֵלֶּה עַל־לְבַבְכֶם וְעַל־נַפְשְׁכֶם, וּקְשַׁרְתֶּם אֹתָם לְאוֹת עַל־יֶדְכֶם,
וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם׃ וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם לְדַבֵּר בָּם,
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃ וּכְתַבְתָּם
עַל־מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃ לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם עַל
הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם, כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם
עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃
Sephardi
Vehayah im-shamoa tishme'u el-mitzvotai asher anochi metzaveh etchem
hayom, le'ahavah et-Adonai Eloheichem ule'avdo, bechol-levavchem uvechol-
nafshechem. Venatati metar-artzechem be'ito, yoreh umalkosh, ve'asafta deganecha
vetiroshcha veyitzharecha. Venatati esev besadecha livhemtecha, ve'achalta vesavata.
Hishameru lachem pen-yifteh levavchem, vesartem va'avadtem elohim acherim
vehishtachavitem lahem. Vecharah af-Adonai bachem, ve'atzar et-hashamayim
velo-yihyeh matar, veha'adamah lo titen et-yevulah, va'avadtem meheirah
me'al ha'aretz hatovah asher Adonai notein lachem. Vesamtem et-devarai
eileh al-levavchem ve'al-nafshechem, ukeshartem otam le'ot al-yedchem,
vehayu letotafot bein eineichem. Velimadtem otam et-beneichem ledaber bam,
beshivtecha beveitecha uvelechtecha baderech, uveshochbecha uvekumecha. Uchtavtam
al-mezuzot beitecha uvisharecha. Lema'an yirbu yemeichem vimei veneichem al
ha'adamah asher nishba Adonai la'avoteichem latet lahem, kimei hashamayim
al-ha'aretz.
English
If you indeed heed My commandments with which I charge you today, to love the LORD your God and worship Him with all your heart and with all your soul, I will give rain in your land in its season, the early and late rain; and you shall gather in your grain, wine and oil. I will give grass in your field for your cattle, and you shall eat and be satisfied. Be careful lest your heart be tempted and you go astray and worship other gods, bowing down to them. Then the LORD's anger will flare against you and He will close the heavens so that there will be no rain. The land will not yield its crops, and you will perish swiftly from the good land that the LORD is giving you. Therefore, set these, My words, on your heart and soul. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Write them on the doorposts of your house and gates, so that you and your children may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your ancestors to give them, for as long as the heavens are above the earth.