Rabbi Reuven Lauffer - Basic Judaism: Prayer - Part 5

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

okay so we got to the shma right so I think before we go any further just you know a few words of introduction to the shma the shma of course is the the most Central filler the most Central prayer in the whole of hold of Judaism you mean Central most important Central I don't I don't know if it's possible to define something as more important or less important but it's it's like it's it's just there everywhere right so we say it in the morning we say it at night right you say it before you go to sleep you say it at the night before a bris you uh you say it it's part it's part of the vid that's it it's part it's part of the vid that's a confession when before a person dies that you know it's like it's everywhere right this the it's just like the mo it's it's a really really fundamental prayer so let's take a look and see what we've got let's start off what what is the shma so the shma is comprised really of two different dimensions there's something called calot calat all which means accepting the Yoke of the Heavenly throne and then is cabal calat all mitv which is accepting the Mitzvah which is the second paragraph of

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1. 0:17okay so we got to the shma right so I think before we go any further…
2. 3:24the Yol you harness it up and then you can direct it properly and it can…
3. 6:29tend to take more out of you and more yeah for sure usually harder battle absolutely…
4. 9:34the word aid aid means witness which means somebody comes to recite the shma they're giving…
5. 12:40years is the amount of time that God gives you down here in this world your…
6. 15:51well so for example is which means that the is not so defined the yud is…
7. 18:59limbs in a person's body right rightand and the number of positive Commandments rights what do…
8. 22:03and then we say the first the first verse of is supposed to be said out…
9. 25:06will accept the prayers of anybody who makes mistakes whilst they're praying if they weren't you…
10. 28:11uh first yeah but you've got because you've got on the LA on the last letter…

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