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The New Jew
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Ma’ariv for Shabbat and Yom Tov

Shema

Keriat Shema uVirchotehah
קריאת שמע וברכותיה
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Hebrew
אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמְּךָ אָהָבְתָּ
תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת, חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים, אוֹתָנוּ לִמַּדְתָּ
עַל כֵּן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּשָׁכְבֵנוּ וּבְקוּמֵנוּ נָשִׂיחַ בְּחֻקֶּיךָ
וְנִשְׂמַח בְּדִבְרֵי תַלְמוּד תּוֹרָתֶךָ וּבְמִצְוֹתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד
כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ וְאֹרֶךְ יָמֵינוּ, וּבָהֶם נֶהְגֶּה יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה.
וְאַהֲבָתְךָ אַל תָּסִיר מִמֶּנּוּ לְעוֹלָמִים.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אוֹהֵב עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Sephardi
Ahavat olam Beit Yisrael amecha ahavta
Torah umitzvot, chukim umishpatim, otanu limadta
Al kein Adonai Eloheinu beshochveinu uvekumeinu nasiach bechukecha
Venismach bedivrei Talmud Toratecha uvemitzvotecha le'olam va'ed
Ki heim chayeinu ve'orech yameinu, uvahem nehegeh yomam valailah.
Ve'ahavatcha al tasir mimenu le'olamim.
Baruch atah Adonai, ohev amo Yisrael.
English
With everlasting love have You loved Your people, the house of Israel. You have taught us Torah and commandments, decrees and laws of justice. Therefore, LORD our God, when we lie down and when we rise up we will speak of Your decrees, rejoicing in the words of the study of Your Torah and Your commandments for ever. For they are our life and the length of our days; on them will we meditate day and night. May You never take away Your love from us. Blessed are You, LORD, who loves His people Israel.
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
שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל, יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ, יְהֹוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד:
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
וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ, בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ:
וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה, אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם, עַל־לְבָבֶֽךָ: וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם
לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖
וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ: וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ:
וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזֻז֥וֹת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ:
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 uvish'arecha:
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.