Ahavat Olam

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Ahavat Olam is a Jewish liturgical blessing expressing God's eternal love for the people of Israel, recited as part of the daily prayer service before the Shema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish liturgical blessing
Jewish prayer text
addressedTo God NERFINISHED
associatedConcept Ahavah Rabbah NERFINISHED
associatedTimeOfDay evening
associatedWithPrayer Shema Yisrael NERFINISHED
containsElement affirmation of God's choice of Israel
praise of God
request for understanding of Torah
emphasizesAttributeOfGod eternity
love
mercy
expresses confidence in God's protection
focus love of God expressed through giving the Torah
request to study and internalize Torah
function preparation for reciting the Shema
genre blessing (berakhah)
invokes remembrance of God's covenant
language Hebrew
liturgicalContext daily prayer service
evening prayer service
liturgicalPlacement in the evening service (Ma'ariv)
liturgicalRole blessing before the Shema
liturgicalSection Keriat Shema u-Virchoteha (Shema and its blessings) NERFINISHED
liturgicalStatus obligatory part of the standard service in many rites
liturgicalUnit part of the blessings of the Shema
mentionsCollective people of Israel NERFINISHED
positionInService before the Shema
recitationFrequency daily
recitedBy Jewish worshippers
religiousTradition Judaism
textualForm fixed liturgical text
theme God's eternal love for Israel
Torah and commandments
covenant between God and Israel
divine protection
gratitude for revelation
usedInCommunity Conservative Judaism NERFINISHED
Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
Reform Judaism NERFINISHED
other non-Orthodox Jewish denominations
variantUsage used in some rites as the evening blessing before the Shema

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