Shema

The Shema is the prayer of our Lord Jesus’s heart.  When our Advocate, Jesus Christ the Righteous, was asked “Which commandment is the most important of all?”, He began to recite the Shema.  The Shema, for those who are unfamiliar, is a portion of Scripture that God’s people have recited for thousands of years several times each day. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

Hear, O Israel, The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 
Sh’ma Yisra’eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad

(spoken quietly) Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.
Barukh sheim k’vod malkhuto l’olam vaned

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
V’ahav’ta eit Adonai Elohekha b’khol l’vav’kha uv’kholnaf’sh’kha uv’khol m’odekha

And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart.
V’hayu had’varim ha’eileh asher anokhi m’tzav’kha hayomal l’vavekha

And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them.
V’shinan’tam l’vanekha v’dibar’ta bam

when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.
b’shiv’t’kha b’veitekha uv’lekh’t’kha vaderekhuv’shakh’b’kha uv’kumekha

And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Uk’shar’tam l’ot al yadekha v’hayu l’totafot bein einekha

And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Ukh’tav’tam al m’zuzot beitekha uvish’arekha