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/ʃɪˈmə/
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a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult Jewish males to declare their faith
as soon as Leonard learned to talk he was taught to recite the first words of the Shema, the creed of Judaism which originated on Sinai with Moses and is recited daily
How To Use Shema In A Sentence
- Men are asked to refrain from reading the Shema in the presence of a woman who has a single handbreadth exposed. Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature.
- Khaki clad, bloused boots, burnooses obscuring their features, bearded men with necks wrapped in shemaghs in the green-black pattern so beloved by many. Dead Zero
- According to tradition, recorded by Kshemaraja, the sutras were found, by the sage Yasugupta inscribed on a rock at the foot of Mahadeva mountain, about 12 miles from Srinagar.
- Zephaniah is advanced, sooner than he expected, to this place of trust and power, and Shemaiah would have him think that Providence had preferred him that he might persecute God's prophets, that he had come to this government for such a time as this, and that he was unjust and ungrateful if he did not thus improve his power, or, rather, abuse it. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- As a certain person once said to me after I pointed out to him that our pronounciation of the undotted daleth is plainly incorrect [as explained above]: 'Do you imagine that the Hidushe HaRim [a great Tora sage of the last century] did not read Shema properly?' Esser Agaroth
- Since Christians maintained that they were nonetheless monotheistic, that is, they adhered to the Shema—the great confession of Judaism, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One”—the conclusion became inescapable. The Jesus Dynasty
- This may explain the Midrash that says Yaakov was reciting Shema when he met Yosef.
- Even at the Kotel, I already have tzitzit on I wear a tallit katan and like one or two other folks who daven at WotW, I untuck them just before Kryiat Shema, so that I can say the third paragraph of the Shema while looking at/kissing on them. Nashot HaKotel Adar - Danya Ruttenberg
- Saddam Hussein managed to put shemarch 10 February 2011 11:17AM delphinia 10 February 2011 11:17AM The Guardian World News
- Plug the term "ladyboy" or "shemale" into search without the adult checked off in the viewer, and every single return is about a club or an avatar offering prostitution and/or open sex of the most graphic kind. Second Thoughts
