{"id":8392,"date":"2016-02-16T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8392"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:58:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:58:23","slug":"03-16-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-16-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10. The Way to Recite Shema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One may recite <em>Shema<\/em> while standing, sitting, or lying down on one\u2019s side (<em>Berakhot<\/em> 10a; SA 63:1). We learn from this rule that faith is not something detached from this world, something that can only be achieved under specific circumstances. Rather, the faith expressed in the recitation of <em>Shema<\/em> is a part of every life situation in this world, and so one may recite <em>Shema<\/em> in any situation.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, one may recite <em>Shema<\/em> even while walking, as the Torah says, \u201cwhen you walk on your way.\u201d However, the Sages maintain that it is not proper for one to accept the yoke of heaven casually. Therefore, one who is walking should stand still while reciting first verse of <em>Shema<\/em> (SA 63:3; MB 9).<\/p>\n<p>Because of the importance of the first paragraph, in which we accept the yoke of heaven, one must be careful not to occupy herself with anything else while saying it, nor gesture with her eyes, fingers, or lips (SA 63:6).<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that <em>mitzvot<\/em> require <em>kavana<\/em> (SA 60:4). That is, in addition to the actual performance of the mitzva, one must also intend this action or speech-act to be a mitzva; just as one has a body and a soul and one cannot live without the other, so too, the <em>mitzvot<\/em> have both body and soul. The act is the body and the accompanying intent is the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One may recite Shema while standing, sitting, or lying down on one\u2019s side (Berakhot 10a; SA 63:1). We learn from this rule that faith is not something detached from this world, something that can only be achieved under specific circumstances. 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