Sterling Silver Shema Pendant

Sterling Silver Shema Pendant 1" / 22M - 2.6 Grams .925 Sterling Silver Approx Weight of Pendant 2.6 grams $24.99 with Sterling Silver Chain - $14 Shema Pendant without Chain Duet 6:4 Front Side: Hebrew (Top) Back Love the Lord your God (English) Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad. "Hear O Israel the Lord your God is One" The Shema is an affirmation of Judaism and a declaration of faith in one God. The obligation to recite the Shema is separate from the obligation to pray and a Jew is obligated to say Shema in the morning and at night -- (Deut. 6:7) read more... On one side of the pendant the Shema is written in Hebrew the holy language of the Torah [Bible]. God is more here than we sense. In fact, God, for the sake of allowing man to have and use his free-will, allows the world to mask His Being so much so that human beings can even doubt His Existence. read more... [shema] remind us of their duty to serve as witnesses to God's sovereignty by leading exemplary lives....read more... In a world that had invented many gods. The Shema states that there is only One God that transcends time: Past, Present and Future: read more...

Throughout time, the cry of Shema has always symbolized the ultimate manifestation of faith in the gravest situations. With the Shema on their lips, Jews went to martyrdom at the Inquisitor's stake and in the Nazi gas chambers. Rabbi Akiva endured while his flesh was being torn with iron combs, and died reciting the Shema. He pronounced the last word of the sentence, "Echad" (one) with his last breath (Talmud Berachot 61b). The Talmud says that when Jacob was about to reveal the end of days to his children, he was concerned that one of them might be a non-believer. His sons reassured him immediately and cried out, "Shema Yisrael." We are commanded to say the Shema twice each day: once in the morning and again in the evening. This requirement is derived from the verse: "And you should speak about them when you... lie down and when you get up" (Deut. 6:7). The Talmud explains that when you "lie down and when you get up" does not refer to the literal position of one's body, but rather designates the time of day to say the Shema (Brachot 10b).

With All Your Heart by Meir Levin

The words of the Shema are no less than a fulcrum of the entire Jewish religious experience. Rooted in the Bible, discussed by mystics, examined by the halachah, on the lips of Jews through the millennia — what is the power and significance of these words? Here the author skillfully weaves together traditional sources, both ancient and modern, to examine the many interlacing facets and meanings of the profound and beloved words.