The Jews placed great importance on family. Sons were especially valued because they carried on the family name. The son would go to a school with teachers and the daughters would stay at home and the Mothers would teach them to be good wives. by, Davin
The shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) is important to the Jewish people because of the impact it has on each individual, connecting them to God. All across the world every Jew says this prayer morning and evening (ibid), and when God hears all of these people praying with this one powerful prayer, that can make a difference.
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The Shema is important because it is a daily confirmation of one of Judaism's core beliefs, that God is one and indivisible.
The Shema-prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) expresses our belief in One God, our love for him, and our obligation to learn the Torah and keep its commands. It is an affirmation of our part in the covenant with God. It is in the merit of this covenant that Judaism continues to exist.
Because of its declaration of some of our major beliefs, it is the one prayer that the Torah itself commands us to say.
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The Shema - the declaration (Deuteronomy 6:4) that God is One - is central to Jewish tradition. We recite it in the morning and evening prayers; and it is the wish of every Jew who is even minimally observant, that the Shema will be the last thing on his lips when he dies.
The declaration of the Shema reminds us that God is unique; indivisible; and omnipresent (Talmud, Berakhot 13b). It means that He is the most important thing; that He should be central in our lives; and, by implication, it reminds us of the importance of God's Torah.
The Shema prayer is said three times a day. It is said one in the middle of the morning prayer. It is also said during the night prayer. Lastly, it is said right before bed.
Because it is the confirmation of the core teaching of Judaism that HaShem is one and there are no other gods.
It is the declaration that God is One (Deuteronomy 6:4).
The Jewish declaration of belief is the Shema prayer. The Shema-prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) expresses our belief in One God, our love for him, and our obligation to learn the Torah and keep its commands. It is an affirmation of our part in the covenant with God. It is in the merit of this covenant that Judaism continues to exist.See also:Jewish beliefs
That is the Shema prayer, which quotes Deuteronomy 6:4-9.The Shema-prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) expresses our belief in One God, our love for him, and our obligation to learn the Torah and keep its commands. It is an affirmation of our part in the covenant with God. It is in the merit of this covenant that Judaism continues to exist.
Not "what was," but "what is." The Shema is a Jewish prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) that expresses our belief in One God, our love for him, and our obligation to learn the Torah and keep its commands. It is an affirmation of our part in the covenant with God. It is in the merit of this covenant that Judaism continues to exist.
Hear O Israel the Lord is our God, the Lord is one.The Shema-prayer (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) expresses our belief in One God, our love for him, and our obligation to learn the Torah and keep its commands. It is an affirmation of our part in the covenant with God. It is in the merit of this covenant that Judaism continues to exist.
Which one? There are lots of them. The Amidah (the standing prayer) is the central prayer of every Jewish service. It is clearly ancient. The various Kaddishes that punctuate organized Jewish worship, serving as doxologies, are ancient. The Shema (Hear oh Israel ...) is even more ancient, as is the Baruch Shem Kavod (Praise the Holy Name) response to the Shema. Another candidate is the Priestly Benediction (May the Lord bless you and keep you ...).
This prayer, known in Hebrew as the Shema, consists of passages from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41). It proclaims that God is One, and reminds us to keep His commands.
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There are a number of mitzvot (Torah-commands) which we keep every day, such as tefillin and the Shema-prayer, which (among other purposes) commemorate (as does Pesach) the Exodus from Egypt.
1) Reading the Torah in the synagogue and studying it at other times. In those countries where there were zero Torah-scholars, Judaism died out. One example of that is the Kaifeng community.2) Keeping the laws and beliefs of the Torah. Those who didn't do this, such as the Hellenizers and Sadducees, went lost.3) Maintaining vibrant Jewish communities, with communal prayer and study, mutual help, maintaining ties between the various communities, etc.4) Remembering God's covenant and promise that the Jews and Judaism will never cease.
He will cure us, hear our prayer, keep us alive and enable us to reach the appointed celebrations, and give our land rain at the right times.
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