The Shema & Blessings

el melekh ne'eman:

The following three words should be said when praying without a minyan:

shema yisra'el Adonai elohenu Adonai ekhad:

(Almighty, faithful King)

ve'ahavta et Adonai elohekha bekhol-levavekha uvekhol-nafshekha uvekhol-me'odekha: vehayu haddevarim ha'elleh asher anokhi metsavvekha hayyom al-levavekha: veshinnantam levanekha vedibbarta bam beshivtekha bevetekha uvelekhtekha vadderekh uveshakhebekha uvequmekha: uqeshartam le'ot al-yadekha vehayu letotafot ben enekha: ukhetavtam al-mezuzot betekha uvisharekha:

Hear, Israel: Adonoy is our God, Adonoy is One.Customarily one closes his eyes when pronouncing this testimony in order to shut out all distractions, and to concentrate all of one’s thoughts on God’s oneness. The last word, אחד, “One,” is to be said with special emphasis, drawing it out for the length of time needed to reflect that God, the Giver and Sustainer of life Whose Providence guides the destinies of all men, is the unique God of Israel, that He is alone in His world, ruling all four corners of the universe.

vehayah im-shamoa tishme'u el-mitsvotay asher anokhi metsavveh etkhem hayyom le'ahavah et-Adonai elohekhem ule'avedo bekhol-levavkhem uvekhol-nafshekhem: venatatti metar-artsekhem be'itto yoreh umalqosh ve'asafta deganekha vetirshekha veyitsharekha: venatatti esev besadekha livhemtekha ve'akhalta vesava'eta: hishameru lakhem pen-yifteh levavkhem vesartem va'avadtem elohim akherim vehishtakhavitem lahem: vekharah af-Adonai bakhem ve'atsar et-hashamayim velo-yihyeh matar veha'adamah lo titten et-yevulah va'avadtem meherah me'al ha'arets hattovah asher Adonai noten lakhem: vesamtem et-devaray elleh al-levavkhem ve'al-nafshekhem uqeshartem otam le'ot al-yedkhem vehayu letotafot ben enekhem: velimmadtem otam et-benekhem ledabber bam beshivtekha bevetekha uvelekhtekha vadderekh uveshakhebekha uvequmekha: ukhetavtam al-mezuzot betekha uvisharekha: lema'an yirbu yemekhem vime venekhem al ha'adamah asher nishba Adonai la'avotekhem latet lahem kime hashamayim al-ha'arets:

The following two lines are to be said silently:

vayyomer Adonai el-msheh lemor: dabber el-bene yisra'el ve'amarta alehem ve'asu lahem tsitsit al-kanfe vigdehem ledorotam venatenu al-tsitsit hakkanaf petil tekhelet: vehayah lakhem letsitsit ure'item oto uzekhartem et-kol-mitsvot Adonai va'asitem otam velo taturu akhare levavkhem ve'akhare enekhem asher-attem zonim akharehem: lema'an tizkeru va'asitem et-kol-mitsvotay vihyitem qedshim lelohekhem: ani Adonai elohekhem asher hotseti etkhem me'erets mitsrayim lihyot lakhem lelohim ani Adonai elohekhem:

Blessed [is His] Name, Whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever. 56a.When Moses went up to the heavens, he heard the angels praise God by saying, “Blessed [is His] Name, etc.” When he returned to earth, he taught it to the Jewish People. We say it in an undertone so as not to offend the angels. On Yom Kippur however, when we are considered like angels, we are permitted to say ברוך שם aloud.—Midrash Rabba to Deuteronomy

emet

And you shall love Adonoy your God with all your heart to Deuteronomy 31) explain “With all your heart” to mean “With all your desires—including the evil inclination,” i.e., subject your earthly passions and ambitions to God’s Law and make them instruments for His service. and with all your soul and with all your possessions. And these words which I command you today,.—Ibid. shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them sharply to your children. And you shall discuss them when you sit in your house, and when you travel on the road, and when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for totafos between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gateways. of the hand and head; 10) putting up mezuzos on the door-posts.

Adonai elohekhem emet:

And it will be— if you vigilantly obey My commandments which I command you this day, to love Adonoy your God, and serve Him with your entire hearts and with your entire souls— that I will give rain for your land in its proper time, the early (autumn) rain and the late (spring) rain; and you will harvest your grain and your wine and your oil. And I will put grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. Beware lest your hearts be swayed and you turn astray, and you worship alien gods and bow to them. And Adonoy’s fury will blaze among you, and He will close off the heavens and there will be no rain and the earth will not yield its produce; and you will perish swiftly cited by Rashi from the good land which Adonoy gives you. Place these words of Mine cited by Rashi upon your hearts and upon your souls,— and bind them for a sign upon your hands, and they shall be for totafos between your eyes.) is at the edge of the hair line directly above the place which is between the eyes. And you shall teach them to your sons, to speak them when you sit in your house, and when you travel on the road, and when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gateways. In order that your days be prolonged, and the days of your children, upon the land which Adonoy swore to your fathers to give them [for as long] as the heavens are above the earth.