Shema Yisrael

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Jewish prayer declaration of faith

Shema Yisrael is a central Jewish declaration of faith affirming the oneness of God, traditionally recited daily and incorporated into various religious practices and texts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Shema Yisrael canonical	7
Shema	5
Deuteronomy 6:4–9	2
Deuteronomy 6:4–5	1
Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–5)	1
The Declaration of God’s Oneness	1
the Shema	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish prayer ⓘ declaration of faith ⓘ
addressedTo	Israelites ⓘ surface form: people of Israel
associatedMitzvah	acceptance of the yoke of Heaven ⓘ recitation twice daily ⓘ
associatedWith	Kabbalat ol malchut shamayim (acceptance of the kingdom of Heaven) ⓘ
centralTo	Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ
commentedOnBy	Maimonides ⓘ Rashi ⓘ
containsCommand	love of God ⓘ mezuzah ⓘ study and teaching of Torah ⓘ tefillin ⓘ
coreTheme	monotheism ⓘ oneness of God ⓘ
extendedPassagesFrom	Deuteronomy 11:13–21 ⓘ Shema Yisrael self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy 6:4–9 Numbers 15:37–41 ⓘ
halakhicStatus	biblical commandment to recite ⓘ
includedIn	Shacharit ⓘ surface form: Ma'ariv Shacharit ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalRole	central declaration of Jewish faith ⓘ
liturgicalSection	first paragraph: Ve'ahavta ⓘ second paragraph: Vehaya im shamoa ⓘ third paragraph: Vayomer ⓘ
mentionedIn	Mishnah Berakhot ⓘ
openingWords	Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad ⓘ
recitationFrequency	daily ⓘ
recitationGesture	covering the eyes with the right hand ⓘ
recitationPosture	traditionally recited standing in some communities ⓘ
recitedAt	evening prayer ⓘ moments of martyrdom ⓘ morning prayer ⓘ time of death ⓘ
recitedBefore	sleep (Kriat Shema al ha-mitah) ⓘ
recitedDuring	Rosh Hashanah services ⓘ Yom Kippur services ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalSource	Deuteronomy 6:4 ⓘ
theologicalConcept	divine unity ⓘ exclusive worship of God ⓘ
translationEn	Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One ⓘ
usedFor	affirmation of Jewish identity ⓘ proclamation of God’s unity ⓘ
writtenIn	mezuzah scroll ⓘ tefillin scrolls ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

mezuzah → containsText → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

mezuzah → isRelatedTo → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema

Book of Deuteronomy → contains → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

Book of Deuteronomy → keyPassage → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deuteronomy 6:4–5

Siddur → contains → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

tefillin → containsParshiyot → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deuteronomy 6:4–9

Shema Yisrael → extendedPassagesFrom → Shema Yisrael self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deuteronomy 6:4–9

Shacharit → hasComponent → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema

Shacharit → associatedWith → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

Moses’ farewell speeches → affirms → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–5)

Great Commandment → basedOn → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → includesPrayer → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

Surah Al-Ikhlas → name → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Declaration of God’s Oneness

Deuteronomy 11:13–21 → partOf → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema

Mishnah Berakhot → primarySubject → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema

Blessings of the Shema → associatedWithPrayer → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

Ma’ariv → doesNotRequireMinyanFor → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shema

Gates of Prayer → contains → Shema Yisrael ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Shema