The ShemaThe Shema

““Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heartAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. and with all your soul and with all your might.

And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be in your heart;

and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.”

Deut.6:4-9

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The ShemaThe Shema::

1) Hear, O Israel – Listen & Obey1) Hear, O Israel – Listen & Obey

2) The Lord (YHWH) is our God (elohim), the Lord is one 2) The Lord (YHWH) is our God (elohim), the Lord is one (echod)!(echod)!

3) You shall love 3) You shall love YHWHYHWH (Adoni) your God … (Adoni) your God …

4) These words/commands shall be on your heart4) These words/commands shall be on your heart

““And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from

you, but to you, but to fearfear the Lord your God, to the Lord your God, to walkwalk in all His ways and in all His ways and

lovelove Him, and to Him, and to serveserve the Lord your God with all your heart the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul, and to and with all your soul, and to keepkeep the Lord’s commandments the Lord’s commandments

and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?”good?”

Deut.10:12-13Deut.10:12-13• His commandments are for our good!His commandments are for our good!

1) PURPOSE1) PURPOSE

2) DESIGN2) DESIGN

3) LAW3) LAW

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The ShemaThe Shema::

1) Hear, O Israel – Listen & Obey1) Hear, O Israel – Listen & Obey

2) The Lord (YHWH) is our God (elohim), the Lord is one (echod)!2) The Lord (YHWH) is our God (elohim), the Lord is one (echod)!

3) You shall love 3) You shall love YHWHYHWH (Adoni) your God … (Adoni) your God …

4) These words/commands shall be on your heart4) These words/commands shall be on your heart

5) you shall teach them diligently to your sons5) you shall teach them diligently to your sons

6) you shall talk of them … sit … walk … lie down … rise up6) you shall talk of them … sit … walk … lie down … rise up

7) you shall bind them … 7) you shall bind them …

8) you shall write them …8) you shall write them …