The Shema Prayer - Jewish Declaration of Faith In English, Hebrew, and Transliteration

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The Shema Prayer

(Jewish Declaration of Faith)

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Hebrew

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ אֶחָד׃
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃

וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְיָ 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 לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ׃
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃

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Transliteration

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.
Baruch shem kevod malchuto le’olam va’ed.

Ve’ahavta et Adonai Elohecha bekhol levavcha,
uv’khol nafshecha, uv’khol me’odecha.
Vehayu had’varim ha’eleh asher anochi metzav’cha hayom al levavecha.
Veshinantam levanecha vedibarta bam,
besheevtecha beveitecha u’velechtecha vaderech,
u’veshochbecha u’vekumecha.
U’keshartam le’ot al yadecha,
vehayu letotafot bein einecha.
U’khtavtam al mezuzot beitecha u’vish’arecha.

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English Translation

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom forever and ever.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your might.
And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children,
and speak of them when you sit in your house,
when you walk along the way,
when you lie down, and when you rise up.
You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand,
and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
You shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.

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