shema

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שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל

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date: 2026-07-29
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Deuteronomy 6:4-9, the Shema — the confession of the oneness of God recited morning and evening in Jewish practice. Masoretic text with cantillation, from the public-domain Tanach with Ta’amei Hamikra edition via Sefaria.

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל (דברים ו, ד–ט)

שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד׃

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃

וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם עַל־לְבָבֶֽךָ׃

וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃

וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ (ס)

The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–9)

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date: 2026-07-29
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Courtesy translation: The Holy Scriptures — A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society, 1917 (public domain), via Sefaria. The Hebrew text (1.he) is the authentic text of this entry. Verse numbers 4-9 retained.

The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–9)

  1. HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.
  1. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
  1. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
  1. and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
  1. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
  1. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.