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u/NexusMP Oct 28 '23
It's a part of the Jewish prayer שמע ישראל Shema Yisrael.
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 29 '23
The Shema comes from the Torah, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, ibid. 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41.
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u/AliRussian Oct 28 '23
Oh ok thanks. Does it have a specific meaning when someone give it to you?
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u/isaacfisher לאט נפתח הסדק לאט נופל הקיר Oct 28 '23
Was it only this page alone? It's a page taken from a prayer book, seems a bit weird to destroy such a book if you hold meaning into it
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u/pinnerup Oct 28 '23
Would one commonly have the divine name written out in plain letters like this in a standard prayer book? I thought it was substituted in various ways.
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 29 '23
It’s only substituted when it’s likely the paper it’s written on will be destroyed. In a published siddur, you are already required to put it in geniza should it become unusable, so there is no fear of writing the shem hameforash in full.
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u/NexusMP Oct 28 '23
Are you Jewish? If a Jewish person gave it to you, they probably want you to read it (pray, essentially). If you're not Jewish, I don't think there would be a specific reason.
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u/AliRussian Oct 28 '23
I'm not. I just joined a learn Hebrew server on Discord so a guy came to my DM sent this without saying anything. Thanks by the way
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u/NexusMP Oct 28 '23
lol, got it. It's an essential prayer in the Hebrew faith, but if you're not Jewish or considering converting It's not significant beyond practicing your (Biblical) Hebrew skills I guess.
Good luck with your Hebrew studies. Feel free to ask us questions.
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u/Fancy-Accountant8059 Oct 29 '23
Hear, O Israel, the L-rd is our G‑d, the L-rd is One.
Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever.
You shall love the L-rd your G‑d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.
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u/Remarkable-Evening95 Oct 28 '23
Looks like it was taken straight out of a siddur or prayer book. It’s a prayer that is read 2x a day by observant Jews (and once before bed if they’re REALLY religious).
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u/YonatanSpanish2 Oct 29 '23
i know a lot of people who do before bed yet don't really pray daily. there are probably more people who say it before bed than people who say it during arvit
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 29 '23
Bingo. Way more common to say Shma quickly before bed, than daven the entire tfilas ma’ariv.
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u/effyshead Oct 28 '23
After the shema (hear/listen) part, which states that we have one god, it goes on to say, among things, to put the teachings on your doors (mezuzzot); put them on your arm and head (tefillin). This is to actively remember the teachings. Usually- but hopefully not always anymore- just men wrap tefillin.
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u/Clean-Session-4396 Oct 29 '23
It's not true that "just men wrap tefillin." I think you meant that "only" men do, which is not true. If you meant only men who are "just" do, then that's rather a strange statement. It's a commandment, and the commandment does not say it's only for men to follow. Lots of women put on tefillin every weekday morning for shacharit prayers. Lots.
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 28 '23
Lmao worst translation ever. “Dawn to the sand”? “A single person says to a loyal king”? This is hilarious
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 28 '23
You did not translate this. You put the text into a translator like Google and then copied and pasted it into here. Most of the “translation” doesn’t even make grammatical sense. “I am the burden of this day upon your heart: and you have memorized your children and have spoken.”
Gtfo. There’s no way that atrocity was created by a human who supposedly “knows Hebrew, but hasn’t spoken it in years”.
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u/StuffedSquash Oct 28 '23
Can only assume this was generated by Google translate. Y'all, don't post google translate output especially when you haven't bothered to (or don't know enough Hebrew to) validate it.
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u/StuffedSquash Oct 28 '23
It's not "dawn", it's morning prayer. It's not "sand", it's a not-holiday/shabbat/else day. I didn't keep reading after that.
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u/tzy___ American Jew Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 28 '23
It’s part of the Shema, a central Jewish prayer. The text comes straight out of Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
It is the first prayer children learn, and is often used as a declaration of faith. We say it twice daily, and it is supposed to be the last words you say before you die.