Understanding the Shema and Key Jewish Concepts

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Explore the significance of the Shema prayer in Judaism, its six instructions, and the belief in one transcendent God. Learn about the practices of wearing Tefillin, Mezuzah, and Tallit, and the meaning of key terms like Shema and Transcendent.

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The Shema GCSE Judaism

The Shema Shema means hear . The Shema - Part One in Hebrew One of the most important prayers in Judaism. It is said twice a day. It is made up of 3 passages from the Torah, so believed to be the word of God. There are six instructions given in the Shema. In pairs read the Shema and see if you can identify all six instructions.

The Shema The six instructions are: 1. To worship only one God. 2. Love God with your heart, mind and soul. 3. Pass the faith on to your children. 4. Wear Tefillin for prayer. 5. Put Mezuzah s on the door frames of your homes. 6. Wear a prayer shawl (Tallit) with 613 fringes when you pray. Match the correct quotes from the Shema to the instructions above. I can identify instructions given to Jews in the Shema.

Hear O Israel the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. The most basic teaching in Judaism there is only one God Monotheism. In ancient times this belief set Jews apart. As monotheists, Jews think of people, trees, flowers, rock formations and the rest of nature as creatures of the one God.

Isaiah 55:8-9 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8-9 The quote from Isaiah is highlighting the transcendence of God. Transcendence means beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience. Therefore Jews believe that God s ways are higher and his thoughts are different from ours. This is why we must never be surprised if God does something we don t understand. He tells us he will do that kind of thing. Therefore, the only way we would ever be able to comprehend who God is and what he is like is if he himself tells us.

To clarify... Jews believe in one God this is highlighted in the opening line of the Shema which Jews recite every day and night. The Shema is one of only two prayers that are specifically commanded in the Torah. It is the oldest fixed daily prayer in Judaism, recited morning and night since ancient times. It consists of three biblical passages, two of which specifically say to speak of these things "when you lie down and when you rise up." Jews believe that God is transcendent he his above and beyond our understanding.