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השמע ועשרת הדיברות | the Shema prefaced by the Decalogue, as found in the Nash Papyrus (ca. 2nd c. BCE)

Once upon a time, according to the Mishnah, it was the nusaḥ (liturgical tradition) of the Cohanim in the Bet Hamikdash[ref]Priests of the Temple in Jerusalem[/ref] for the Ten Commandments to be read prior to the Sh’ma. . . .

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the Shema

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2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M., עשרת הדיברות aseret hadibrot, Decalogue, Nusaḥ Beit HaMiqdash, פרשת יתרו Parashat Yitro, shaḥarit

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady

שְׁמַע | The Shema, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Shema in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, interpretive translation, שמע shemaŋ

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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) and the Mesorah (TaNaKh)

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל | 以色列啊，请听 | Shema Yisrael (Yǐsèliè a, qǐng tīng) — Chinese translation by Richard Collis (2022)

This Chinese translation of the liturgical reading of the Shema is found on pages 13-15 of the liner notes for the Chinese edition of Richard Collis’s album We Sing We Stay Together: Shabbat Morning Service Prayers (Wǒmen gēchàng, wǒmen xiāngjù — Ānxírì chén dǎo qídǎo). . . .

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the Shema

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Chinese translation, שמע shemaŋ

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Richard Collis (translation), the Mesorah (TaNaKh) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שמע | Ḳabbalistic Commentary on the Shema from Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz’s Siddur Shaar haShamayim

Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz (1565-1630), known as the Shlah from the name of his chief work (Shnei Luḥot HaBrit – The Two Tablets of the Covenant), was a rabbi in Central and Eastern Europe and later Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Jerusalem. This text is an excerpt from his kabbalistic prayer book, Siddur Shaar haShamayim (Gate of Heaven), which deals with the Shma prayer. . . .

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the Shema

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Lurianic Kabbalah, קבלה ḳabbalah, shamanic praxis

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Isaiah Horowitz and Avrum Goodblatt (translation)

Divine Love, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1848)

The poem, “Divine Love” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 6:7, Tishrei 5609, October 1849, p. 197-198. . . .

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the Shema

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Ahavat Hashem, Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, English Romanticism, Prayers as poems, to love the divine

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Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Schema Jisrael | Shema Yisrael, a hymn by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1867)

“Schema Jisrael (Shema Yisrael)” is a hymn written by Moritz Mayer (1821-1867) and posthumously published in Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871), hymn №33, pp. 66-67. It may have been published earlier in the author’s lifetime. If you know of an earlier source for this hymn, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .

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the Shema

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Translation, German vernacular prayer, hymns, paraliturgical shema, שמע shemaŋ

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Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שְׁמַע | Shema, an interpretive translation by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (2003)

Sh’sh’sh’ma Yisra’el — Listen, You Godwrestlers! Pause from your wrestling and hush’sh’sh To hear — YHWH/ Yahh Hear in the stillness the still silent voice, The silent breathing that intertwines life; YHWH/ Yahh elohenu Breath of life is our God, What unites all the varied forces creating all worlds into one-ness, Each breath unique, And all unified; YHWH / Yahh echad! Yahh is One. Listen, You Godwrestlers! No one people alone owns this Unify-force; YHWH / Yahh is One. . . .

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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Deuteronomy 11:13-21, Deuteronomy 6:4, eco-conscious, interpretation as prayer, Numbers 15:37-41, paraliturgical shema, Philadelphia, Pnai Ohr, Prayers as poems, והיה אם שמע v'haya im shemo'a

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Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ | V’haya Im Shamo’a (And If You Listen): a prayer in a time of planetary danger by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

A midrashic translation/ interpretation of the second paragraph of the Sh’ma. . . .

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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, the Shema, Ecotastrophes

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, interconnectedness, interpretation as prayer, paraliturgical shema, Philadelphia, Pnai Ohr, שמע shemaŋ, והיה אם שמע v'haya im shemo'a

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Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

Preparing for the Shema, a responsive reading by Rabbi Cantor Eva Robbins (2015)

Originally composed by Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins for her ordination at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, in 2015, this responsive reading is intended to prepare oneself for a deeper connection before chanting the Shema. It can be used alone or in community. . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, Opening Prayers, שמע shemaŋ

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Eva Robbins

שְׁמַע | Shema, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

A paraliturgical reflection of the second blessing prior to the Shema, the Birkat Ahavah, for a shame resilience practice. . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical shema, shame resilience, שמע shemaŋ

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Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

שְׁמַע | A Paraliturgical Reflection of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9), by Julia Mossbridge

A paraliturgical translation of the opening paragraph of the Shema. . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., interpretive translation, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical shema

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Julia Mossbridge

Call of the Shema, a prayer-poem by Todd Greenberg

This prayer/poem [‘Call of the Shema’] came out of Rabbi Greene’s (Rabbi of Cong. Har Hashem in Boulder, Colarado) sermon this past Friday and our Torah Study discussion Saturday morning on Parashat Eikev. . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, Prayers as poems, שמע shemaŋ

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Todd Greenberg

Listen up, y’all — an interpretive rendering of v’haya im shamoa by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat

“Listen up, y’all: An interpretive rendering of V’haya im shamoa” by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat was originally published 1 February 2016 at her website, Velveteen Rabbi. There she provided the following description, “This is a creative rendering of the second paragraph of the shema, Deuteronomy 11:13-21. It was written for the service I’m leading this morning with Rabbi David [Evan Markus] at Rabbis Without Borders. (I offer deep thanks to David both for co-leading davvenen with me, and for reading an early draft of this poem and offering wise suggestions.)” . . .

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the Shema

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, interpretation as prayer, Midrashic interpretation, paraliturgical shema, Prayers as poems, והיה אם שמע v'haya im shemo'a

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Rachel Barenblat

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