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If, while one recites Pesukei Dezimrah, the chazzan reaches Kedushah, Kaddish, Barchu, or Modim, one should answer accordingly. For the Kaddish, however, one answers only the stanzas until תִּתְקַבַּל. The passages of בְּרִיךְ שְׁמֵהּ and וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה are not to be recited while one is in the midst of Pesukei Dezimrah.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "10. In וִיבָרֵךְ דָּוִיד, the chazzan lifts his voice for the verse אַתָּה הוּא...נֶאֱמָן לְפָנֶיךָ.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "11. In אָז יָשִׁיר, when reciting: מִי כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם ה', מִי כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר, care should be taken to read the word כָמֹכָה initially with a כ and subsequently with a כּ.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "THE SHEMA", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "1. The chazzan concludes the blessing הַבּוֹחֵר בְּעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאַהֲבָה in a hushed tone.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "2. Care should be taken to say every one of the Shema's three sections with kavanah, in awe and reverence.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "3. While reciting the verse שְׁמַע, insert pauses so as to yield this sense: Hear O Israel (pause) the Lord who is our God (pause) is the one God.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "4. Whoever draws out [i.e., in meditation, not in articulation, see below] the ד of אֶחָד, will be granted the blessing of longevity.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "5. The ד (the numerical value of which is four) should be sounded long enough to acknowledge His kingdom throughout all four directions.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "6. Do not slur over the ח, but draw it out slightly for as long as it takes to affirm God's sovereignty throughout the seven heavens and on earth—matching eight, the numerical value of ח.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "7. Pronounce the ד clearly, lest it resemble a ר, or a hard letter (with a dagesh), or be drawn out at such length that it appears as though the ד has a sheva (echad-e).", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "8. One must pronounce clearly the letter י of יִשְׂרָאֵל (שְׁמַע), lest it resemble אִשְׂרָאֵל. In the same way, the י of וְהָיוּ, lest it resemble וְהָאוּ.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "9. A slight pause should be made between שְׁמַע and בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "10. Should בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם have been omitted, the שְׁמַע must be repeated.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "11. A brief pause should be made between בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם and וְאָהַבְתָּ.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "12. Pause between הַיּוֹם and עַל לְבָבֶךָ and between הַיּוֹם and לְאַהֲבָה—lest one imply that only \"today\" it should rest upon your heart but not tomorrow.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "13. Pause between two successive words whose first ends and whose second begins with the same letter, lest one \"swallow\" one of the letters, e.g., עַל לְבָבֶךָ. The same holds where the first word ends with a מ and the second begins with an א, e.g., וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ—lest it sound like מוֹתוֹ. (A vertical line \"|\" between words in the Hebrew text marks a pause.)", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "14. The Shema must be recited audibly. If it was not, the precept is still fulfilled provided the words were formed with his lips. If unable to utter them, let him think the words in his mind.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "15. One must attend to the meaning of the words while reciting the verses שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל and בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם; if attention was lacking, they must be repeated. When praying with a congregation, repeat them in an undertone, lest one appear as one who ascribes to a duality of deities.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "16. Should a person notice his lack of intent only after finishing the entire section, it must be repeated from the start.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "17. From וְאָהַבְתָּ onward one fulfills his obligation—post facto—by merely reciting the words.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "18. The duty that the שְׁמַע include 248 words is fulfilled when the chazzan repeats the words ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֱמֶת. One still reciting the שְׁמַע as the chazzan finishes need not say them again, having been included in the chazzan's recital.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} } ], "footer": [] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Tehillat Hashem, Annotated Edition", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Concentration / Children / Kaddish / Shacharit", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1129-1129-587-587-selected-laws-and-customs-concentration-children-kaddish-shacharit.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "The Amidah / Velamalshinim / Elokai Netzor / Additions to the Amidah", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1131-1131-589-589-selected-laws-and-customs-the-amidah-velamalshinim-elokai-netzor-additions-to-the-amidah.json" } ] }