Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953

"Šēma' Jīšrā'ēl" ("Hear, Israel")

ŠĒMA' JĪŠRĀ'ĒL» («ASCOLTA, ISRAELE»)

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ŠĒMA' JĪŠRĀ'ĒL ("Hear, Israel"). - Hebrew words of Deut. 6:49, which together with Deut. 11:13-21 and Num. 15:37-41 constitute a profession of faith in the unity of God, which stands at the center of the Hebrew liturgy.

The Š. J. is recited, according to Talmudic tradition (Bērākhōth, 1 ff.), in the morning from sunrise until the third hour, and in the evening around the hour of sunset. The evening recitation of the Š. J. becomes the starting point for the rise of the use of evening prayer, 'arbhiṭh, which had entered practice already at the beginning of the Christian era (Flavius Josephus, Antiq. Iud., IV, 8, 13).

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. Elbogen, Gesch. des jüd. Gottesdienstes, 2nd ed., Frankfurt am Main 1924, p. 16 ff. and passim.

Eugenio Zolli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 274.

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Zolli, Eugenio. “ŠĒMa' JĪŠRĀ'ĒL» («Ascolta, israele»).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 274. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sema-jisra-el-ascolta-israele.

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Zolli, Eugenio. “ŠĒMa' JĪŠRĀ'ĒL» («Ascolta, israele»).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 274. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sema-jisra-el-ascolta-israele.

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  author    = {Zolli, Eugenio},
  title     = {ŠĒMa' JĪŠRĀ'ĒL» («Ascolta, israele»)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {274},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sema-jisra-el-ascolta-israele}
}

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