NETZARIM YISRAELI EMUNAH 

-NAZARENE ISRAELI FAITH -  

 SHEMA ISRAEL

YAHUWEH ELOHIM, YAHUWEH ECHAD

HEAR, O YISRAEL:

YAHUWEH OUR ELOHIM, YAHUWEH IS ONE

(DEVARIM 6:4-9)

(BLESSED IS THE NAME OF HIS KINGDOM FOREVER AND EVER)

YOU SHALL LOVE YAHUWEH YOUR ELOHIM WITH ALL YOUR LEV, AND WITH ALL YOUR BEING, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. AND THESE WORDS, WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, SHALL BE IN YOUR LEV: YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND SHALL TALK OF THEM WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR BAYIT, AND WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY, AND WHEN YOU LIE DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP. AND YOU SHALL BIND THEM FOR AN OT UPON YOUR HAND, AND THEY SHALL BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES. AND YOU SHALL WRITE THEM UPON THE POSTS OF YOUR BAYIT, AND ON YOUR GATES

SHEMA YISRAEL:

YAHUWEH ELOHIM, YAHUWEH ECHAD

(BARUCH SHEM KEVOD MALCHUTO LE-OLAM VA-ED)

ELOHIM VE`AHAVTA ET YAHUWEH ELOHIM BECHOL-LEVAVCHA U`VECHOL NAFSHECHA, U`VECHOL ME`ODECHA. VE`HAYU HADEVARIM HA`EILEH ASHER ANOCHI METZAVECHA HAIYOM AL-LEVAVECHA. VESHINANTAM LEVANECHA VEDIBARTA BAM BESHIVTECHA BEVEITECHA U`VELECHTECHA VADERECH U`VSHACHBECHA U`VKUMECHA. U`KSHARTAM LE`OT AL-YADECHA VEHAYU LETOTAFOT BEIN EINECHA. U`CHTAVTAM AL-MEZUZOT BEITECHA VEHAYU U`VISHARECHA

The Pasuq (verse) of Shema' Yisrael (Hear O Israel) has six words. They should be read in pairs, two at a time in order to have in mind the following meanings:

The word `Shema' means "accept". It also has the meaning of "understand".

So the meaning of the two words Shema' Yisrael is:

Accept these words, understand them and believe in them. This is because "YAHUWEH IS OUR ELOHIM" and also "He is One".

With the next two words,"YAHUWEH ELOHIM", we accept the yoke of Heaven. We accept that He is our ELOHIM and that we are His servants.