V’al kol-yisrael, v’imru: “amen.” Mourner’s Kaddish in English Translation Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu Y’hei shlama raba min-sh’maya v’chayim aleinu V’nechemata da’amiran b’alma, v’im’ru: “amen.” L’eila min-kol-birchata v’shirata, tushb’chata V’yitnaseh, v’yithadar v’yit’aleh v’yit’halal sh’mei Yitbarach v’yishtabach, v’yitpa’ar v’yitromam Y’hei sh’mei raba m’varach l’alam ul’almei almaya. Uvyomeichon uvchayei d’chol beit yisrael, ba’agala Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba b’alma di-v’raĬhirutei, v’yamlich malchutei b’chayeichon Mourner’s Kaddish in Aramaic Transliteration ![]() Listen to a recording of the Mourner’s Kaddish. Find the words in Aramaic, transliteration and translation below. It is included in all three daily prayer services. Written in Aramaic, the Mourner’s Kaddish is the prayer traditionally recited in memory of the dead, although it makes no mention of death. And that’s the Hebrew word shema.My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help Donate The Israelites of course could hear just fine, but they weren’t actually listening, or else they would act differently.Īnd so in the end, listening in the Bible is about giving respect to the one speaking to you and doing what they say. This is why, later in Israel’s history when the people were breaking their covenant promises to God, the Hebrew prophets would say things like, “They have ears, but they’re not listening.” 5. In Hebrew, listening and doing are two sides of the same coin. So in the Bible, if you want to say, “I will listen and do what you say,” you use the single word shema. In ancient Hebrew, there is no separate word for obey, meaning to carry out the wishes of someone who knows better than you or is an authority over you. So when God asks the people to shema, what he means is that they listen and obey.Īnd that’s the last fascinating thing about shema. In Hebrew the word shema is repeated twice in this sentence to give it emphasis, “if you shema shema,” meaning, “listen closely.”īut also notice that from God’s point of view, listening is basically the same as keeping the covenant. ![]() Now there’s a couple interesting things about this verse in Exodus. Like when the people of Israel come to Mount Sinai, God says, “If you shema me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my treasured possession.” 4. It’s similar to when God asks people to listen. Psalm 27:7: “ Shema my voice, when I call O Lord, be merciful, answer me.” So asking God to shema is at the same time asking God to act, to do something. This is why so many of the cries for help in the book of Psalms begin with a call that God listen. And even more, it can also mean responding to what you hear. So shema means to hear and to pay attention to. Because, she says, “The Lord has shema that I am unloved.” 3 To Respond In Hebrew, shema can also mean “pay attention to,” or “focus on.” So when Leah, who wasn’t loved by her husband Jacob, she has a son and she names him Simon, or in Hebrew, Shim’on. Now that seems basic enough, but if you look at the other ways that Hebrew authors can use the word shema, they use it to mean more than just “let sound waves enter your ear.” “Ears that shema and eyes that see, the Lord has made them both.” 2 It’s usually connected with the ear, as in Proverbs 20:12. Now shema is a really common word in the Hebrew Bible, and it’s obvious why. ![]() Now the first word of the Shema is “hear,” or “listen,” which in Hebrew is pronounced shema. “Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the Lord is one, and as for you, you shall love the LORD your God with all of your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” 1 For thousands of years, every morning and evening, Jewish people have prayed these well-known words as a way of expressing their devotion to God, they’re called the Shema.
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