Shema definition

Shema literally means ‘hear’ in Hebrew (Deut. 6:4), and it is referred as the Jewish education (Deut. 6:4-9).
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Shema. ” also means “hear,” “listen,” or “obey.” Moses says this verb again and again all through Deuteronomy.
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Examples of Shema in a sentence

  • It is for this reason that ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ recommends ongoing training: The first thing you must do is this: Turn your thoughts away from everything while you read the Shema or during the Prayer [the Amidah], and do not content yourself with being devout when you read the first verse of the Shema or the first paragraph of the Prayer.

  • In fact, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ identifies the Jewish Shema as the “primal creed.”130 “Behind and beneath all the primitive creeds of the apostolic and sub-apostolic era there stands the primal creed and confession of the Christian Church, The Shema: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.’”131 In the history of the Christian church, however, primacy must be given to the creeds of the early church.

  • But as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ hints at, many pray-ers practice special ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ during the recitation of the Shema and the Amidah and focus is understood to lapse a bit during the rest of the daily prayers.