Of special historical interest is the observation of Abbahu in regard to the benediction " Baruk Shem Kebod Malkuto " ( Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom ) after the " Shema ' Yisrael ," that in Palestine, where the Christians look for points of controversy, the words should be recited aloud ( lest the Jews be accused of tampering with the unity of God proclaimed in the Shema '), whereas in the Babylonian city of Nehardea, where there are no Christians, the words are recited with a low voice ( Pesahim 56a ).

Although some say Judaism is noncreedal in nature, others say it recognizes a single creed, the Shema Yisrael, which begins: " Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Others, however, characterize the Shema Yisrael as a creedal statement in strict monotheism embodied in a single prayer.

" Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One " (; transliterated Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.

The quintessential verbal expression of Judaism is the Shema Yisrael, the statement that the God of the Bible is their God, and that this God is unique and one.

* Jesus cites the Shema Yisrael: " Hear O Israel ..." (); in the parallels of and the first part of the Shema () is absent.

Another key prayer in many services is the declaration of faith, the Shema Yisrael ( or Shema ).

The Shema is the recitation of a verse from the Torah ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 ): Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad —" Hear, O Israel!

The earliest parts of Jewish prayer are the Shema Yisrael (" Hear O Israel ") ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 et seq ), and the Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6: 24-26 ), which are in the Torah.

The earliest parts of Jewish prayer book are the Shema Yisrael (" Hear O Israel ") ( Deuteronomy 6: 4 et seq ), and the Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6: 24-26 ), which are in the Torah.

For example, Shlomo Carlebach performed his prayer " Shema Yisrael " with the words Shema Yisrael Adoshem Elokeinu Adoshem Eḥad instead of Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad.

Yom Kippur comes to an end with a recitation of Shema Yisrael and the blowing of the shofar, which marks the conclusion of the fast.

Along with the Shema and Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central prayers in the Jewish liturgy.

This is evident in the practice of reciting the Shema, a prayer composed of select verses from the Torah, at the Temple and in synagogues ; the Shema begins with the verses, " Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God ; the Lord is one.

Originally, the Shema consisted only of one verse: ( see Talmud Sukkot 42a and Berachot 13b ).

The idea thus conveyed is that through the recitation or proclamation of the Shema one is a living witness testifying to the truth of its message.

In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, the Shema should be recited twice daily, whether or not one is able to attend services with a congregation.

During Shacharit, there are two blessing before the Shema and one thereafter.

These numbers, two before and one after, are based on the Mishnah Tractate Brachos, Chapter 11, which states: " In the morning one blesses two before and one after ," though there is a question in Jewish law as to whether one recites these blessing on the Shema, or surrounding the Shema.

Roi Klein, a major in the IDF, said the Shema before jumping on a live grenade to save his fellow soldiers, in accordance with the traditional Jewish practice of reciting the Shema when one believes one is going to die.

Shema is one of the sentences that is quoted in the New Testament.

The Gospel of mentions that Jesus of Nazereth considered the beginning exhortation of the Shema to be the first of his two greatest commandments: " The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel ; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

One of its most significant verses is, the Shema, which has become the definitive statement of Jewish identity: " Hear, O Israel: the

Observant Jews consider the Shema to be the most important part of the prayer service in Judaism, and its twice-daily recitation as a mitzvah ( religious commandment ).

Jesus ' first commandment is actually the second line of the Shema, a passage from the Torah that priests recited in the Temple, and that other Jews recited in their prayers, twice a day ; the Pharisees considered this to be the most important principle in Judaism.

Many of Bronner's references came from Jewish and Christian sources, such as the Shema and the Beatitudes ; others from poets such as Rudyard Kipling.

However, its message, as relayed in the pages of its magazine, the Jewish Observer, is intermittently republished to the Web by a third party, the Shema Yisrael Torah Network.

The following account of his martyrdom is on a high plane and contains a proper appreciation of his principles: when Rufus —" Tyrannus Rufus ," as he is called in Jewish sources — who was the pliant tool of Hadrian's vengeance, condemned the venerable Akiva to the hand of the executioner, it was just the time to recite the Shema.

Shema Yisrael ( or Sh ' ma Yisrael ) (; " Hear, Israel ") are the first two words of a section of the Torah, and are the title ( sometimes shortened to simply " Shema ") of a prayer that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.

The following verses, commonly referred to by the first word of the verse immediately following the Shema as the V ' ahavta, or in Classical Hebrew W ' ahav ' ta meaning " And you shall love ...", contain the commands to love God ( the Talmud emphasizes that you will, at some point, whether you choose to or not therefore " shall " future tense, love God ), with all one's heart, soul, and might ; then the verse goes on to remind you to remember all commandments and " teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit down and when you walk, when you lie down and when you rise " ( Deut 6: 7 ); to recite the words of God when retiring or rising ; to bind those words " on thy arm and thy head " ( classically Jewish oral tradition interprets as tefillin ), and to inscribe them on the door-posts of your house and on your gates ( referring to mezuzah ).

The Mishna connects the time of recitation with details of the rhythm of the life of the Temple in Jerusalem, saying that the Shema should be recited in the evening when the Kohanim ( Jewish priests ) who were Tamei ( ritually impure ) ( and had been unable to serve ) enter to eat their Terumah ( heave offerings ).

Conservative Judaism generally regards Jewish women as being obligated to recite the Shema at the same times as men.

Judah ha-Nasi, who spent all day involved with his studies and teaching, said just the first verse of the Shema in the morning ( Talmud Berachot 13b ) " as he passed his hands over his eyes " which appears to be the origin of the Jewish custom to cover the eyes with the right hand whilst reciting the first verse.

Justin Bieber says the Shema before each public performance with his manager Scooter Braun, who is Jewish.

* Jewish Encyclopedia: Shema

This was recognised by Rashi in his commentary to that the declaration of Shema accepts belief in one god as being only a part of Jewish faith at the time of Moses, but would eventually be accepted by all humanity.

These verses comprise the Jewish prayer " Shema Yisrael ", beginning with the phrase: " Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One "

A mezuzah is affixed to the doorframe in Jewish homes to fulfill the mitzvah ( Biblical commandment ) to inscribe the words of the Shema " on the doorposts of your house " ().

The Shema Yisrael Torah Network is a group of ( mainly English ) websites dedicated to spreading Jewish thought, halakha ( Jewish law ) and other material through the World Wide Web, email and written material.

For example, the Mishnah mentions that the Shema need not be said in Hebrew A list of prayers that must be said in Hebrew is given in the Mishna, and among these only the Priestly Blessing is in use today, as the others are prayers that are to be said only in a Temple in Jerusalem, by a priest, or by a reigning King.

The term " Shema " is used by extension to refer to the whole part of the daily prayers that commence with Shema Yisrael and comprise Deuteronomy,, and Numbers.

In Orthodox Judaism, women are not required to recite the Shema ( as a command from the Torah ), as with other time-bound requirements which might impinge on their traditional familial obligations, although they are obligated to pray at least once daily without a specific liturgy requirement and many discharge that obligation through prayers like the Shema.

# Berakhot ( ברכות, Blessings ) deals with the rules of blessings and prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah.

For example, they do not follow Maimonides ' recommendation to eliminate all prayers prior to the Kaddish and Shema in order to avoid ' unnecessarily burdening the congregation '.

The Jewish prayers also often incorporate gratitude beginning with the Shema, where the worshiper states that out of gratitude, " You shall love the Eternal, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might " ( Deut.

* The entire psalm is recited in the Arizal's rite of the bedtime Shema on weekdays, and is also part of the regular tikkun chatzot prayers.

These may include standard prayers ( Hail Mary, Shema Yisrael or Salah etc.

The principal prayers, the Shema ', and the eighteen benedictions, however, should be said in Hebrew, he declared, as this language keeps alive the belief in the restoration of Israel.