#Shema Yisrael

[shpendizenki]

Shema Yisrael (Official Lyric Video) Yahuah Echad (youtube.com)

Introducing a new and exciting song called "Shema Yisrael" which is a powerful and uplifting anthem with "rock vibes". The song is a modern take on the traditional biblical prayer "Shema Yisrael" (Hear, Israel) which is a declaration of faith in YHWH. The song features hard-hitting rock beats, guitar riffs, and powerful vocals that give the traditional prayer a contemporary and energetic vibe. The lyrics of the song are an expression of faith and devotion to YHWH, and it is an expression of the belief in the unity of YHWH. The song is written and performed by a talented artist, musicians and vocalists who have combined their unique talents to create a powerful and moving song that is sure to connect with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, especially those who are interested in rock and Biblical faith. The song is a powerful reminder of the importance of faith and devotion in our lives and it is a celebration of biblical heritage and culture with a rock twist. "Shema Yisrael" is a must-listen for anyone who loves uplifting, inspiring and meaningful music with a rock vibe. 🔔 Subscribe Here!! https://bit.ly/3AjDnOr Radio Edit version can be found here --- • Shema Yisrael (Radio Edit) (The ending of this version is different from the other version). Lyrics: Shema Yisrael Yahuah Eloheinu Yahuah Echad 2x Shema Yisrael Yahuah Eloheinu is One 2x You reign over all Yahuah Eloheinu Yahuah is One 2x Heaven and Earth will shake at the sound of your Name Yahuah Eloheinu Yahuah is One Shema YIsrael Yahuah Eloheinu is One 2x You reign over all Yahuah Eloheinu Yahuah is One 2x SHEMAAAAAAAAA Shema YIsrael Yahuah Eloheinu Echad 2x Shema YIsrael Yahuah Eloheinu is One SHEMAAA

#Shema #christianmusic #Shema Yisrael

[sweaty-confetti]

nooooo fucking way i just saw someone on my dash saying that the phrase “shema yisrael” (an important Jewish prayer thing) is a ZIONIST CHANT wtf are y’all on holy shit

#emo moss talks #antisemitism #antisemites

[aguineapigcouldntdothis]

i hope that one day, when the all hostages are released, they will learn just how much we love and care about them. we just had the largest mass recitation of shema yisrael in modern times. on the eve of purim, where long ago we all joined together in prayer and we lived and triumphed because of it, and now we're doing it again today. i hope that someday each and every hostage knows that their jewish friends and family cared about them endlessly to the point that we will make history for them. and on this upcoming purim, we will remember those who cannot be in their homes with their loved ones. and we will pray that they will be returned home swiftly and that they will finally be able to heal.

#jumblr #jewish

[fdelopera]

I’m Christian but want to challenge what I’ve been taught after seeing your posts about the Old Testament having cut up the Torah to fit a different narrative. Today I was taught that the Hebrew word Elohim is the noun for God as plural and therefore evidence of the holy Trinity and Jesus & Holy Spirit been there at creation. Is that what the word Elohim actually means? Because I don’t want to be party to the Jewish faith, language and culture being butchered by blindly trusting what I was told

Hi Anon.

NOPE! The reason G-d is sometimes called Elohim in the Tanakh is because during the First Temple period (circa 1000 – 587 BCE), many of the ancestors of the Jewish people in the Northern and Southern Kingdoms practiced polytheism.

(A reminder that the Tanakh is the Hebrew bible, and is NOT the same as the “Old Testament” in Christian bibles. Tanakh is an acronym, and stands for Torah [Instruction], Nevi’im [Prophets], Ketuvim [Writings].)

Elohim is the plural form of Eloah (G-d), and these are some of the names of G-d in Judaism. Elohim literally means “Gods” (plural).

El was the head G-d of the Northern Kingdom’s pantheon, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah incorporated El into their worship as one of the many names of G-d.

The name Elohim is a vestige of that polytheistic past.

Judaism transitioned from monolatry (worshiping one G-d without denying the existence of others) to true monotheism in the years during and directly after the Babylonian exile (597 – 538 BCE). That is largely when the Torah was edited into the form that we have today. In order to fight back against assimilation into polytheistic Babylonian society, the Jews who were held captive in Babylon consolidated all gods into one G-d. Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad. “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.”

So Elohim being a plural word for “Gods” has absolutely nothing to do with the idea of the Holy Trinity in Christianity.

Especially because Christians are monotheists. My understanding of the Holy Trinity (please forgive me if this is incorrect) is that Christians believe that the Holy Trinity is three persons in one Godhead. Certainly, the Holy Trinity is not “three Gods” — that would be blasphemy.

(My sincere apologies to the Catholics who just read this last sentence and involuntarily cringed about the Protestants who’ve said this. I’m so sorry! I’m just trying to show that it’s a fallacy to say that the Holy Trinity somehow comes from “Elohim.”)

But there's something else here, too. Something that as a Jew, makes me uneasy about the people who are telling you these things about Elohim and the Holy Trinity.

Suggesting that Christian beliefs like the Holy Trinity can somehow be "found" in the Tanakh is antisemitic.

This is part of “supersession theory.” This antisemitic theory suggests that Christianity is somehow the "true successor" to Second Temple Judaism, which is false.

Modern Rabbinic Judaism is the true successor to Second Temple Judaism. Period.

Christianity began as an apocalyptic Jewish mystery cult in the 1st century CE, in reaction to Roman rule. One of the tactics that the Romans used to subdue the people they ruled over was a “divide and conquer” strategy, which sowed division and factionalization in the population. The Romans knew that it was easier to control a country from the outside if the people inside were at each other’s throats.

Jesus led one of many breakaway Jewish sects at the time. The Jewish people of Qumran (possibly Essenes), whose Tanakh was the “Dead Sea Scrolls,” were another sect.

Please remember that the Tanakh was compiled in the form that we have today over 500 years before Jesus lived. Some of the texts in the Tanakh were passed down orally for maybe a thousand years before that, and texts like the Song of Deborah in the Book of Judges (in the Tanakh, that’s in the Nevi’im) were first written down in Archaic Biblical Hebrew during the First Temple Period.

There is absolutely nothing of Jesus or Christianity in the Tanakh, and there is nothing in the Tanakh that in any way predicts Christianity.

Also, Christians shouldn’t use Judaism in any way to try to “legitimize” Christianity. Christianity was an offshoot of 1st century Judaism, which then incorporated a lot of Roman Pagan influence. It is its own valid religion, in all its forms and denominations.

But trying to use the Hebrew bible to give extra credence to ideas like the Holy Trinity is antisemitic.

It is a tactic used by Christian sects that want to delegitimize Judaism as a religion by claiming that Christianity was somehow “planted” in the Tanakh over 2500 years ago.

This line of thinking has led Christians to mass murder Jews in wave after wave of antisemitic violence over the last nearly 2000 years, because our continued existence as Jews challenges the notion that Christians are the “true” successors of Temple Judaism.

Again, the only successor of Temple Judaism is Rabbinic Judaism, aka Modern Judaism.

This line of thinking has also gotten Christians to force Jews to convert en masse throughout the ages. If Christians can get Jews to all convert to Christianity, then they don’t have to deal with the existential challenge to this core misapprehension about the “true” successor to Temple Judaism.

And even today, many Christians still believe that they should try to force Jews to “bend the knee” to Jesus. When I was a young teenager, a preacher who was a parent at the school I went to got me and two other Jewish students to get in his car after a field trip. After he had trapped us in his car, he spent the next two hours trying to get us to convert to Christianity. It was later explained to me that some Christians believe they get extra “points” for converting Jews. And I’m sure he viewed this act of religious and spiritual violence as something he could brag about to his congregation on Sunday.

Trying to get Jews to convert is antisemitic and misguided, and it ignores all the rich and beautiful history of Jewish practice.

We Jews in diaspora in America and Europe have a forced immersion in Christian culture. It is everywhere around us, so we learn a lot about Christianity through osmosis. Many Jews also study early Christianity because Christianity exists as a separate religion within our Jewish history.

But I don’t see a lot of Christians studying Jewish history. Even though studying Jewish history would give you a wealth of understanding and context for your own religious traditions.

So, all of this is to say, I encourage you to study Jewish history and Jewish religious practice. Without an understanding of the thousands of years of Jewish history, it is easy to completely misinterpret the Christian bible, not to mention the Hebrew bible as well.

#judaism #jumblr #jewblr #jewish history #as a jew i never thought i'd be explaining the bible to christians but here we are! #i hope i've answered your question! #i know that a lot of jews will already know most of the jewish history i've shared but just in case i'm putting this in the jumblr tag #antisemitism tw

[jewish-culture-is]

jewish culture is being only traditional but still saying “shema yisrael” every time ur scared

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#jewish culture is #judaism #jewish #jumblr

[umabloomer]

Cutwork lace from the Magnes Collection at UC Berkeley:

"A textile most likely used as a wall hanging, including Hebrew verses recited in conjunction with the reading of the prayer, "shema' yisrael" before sleep. The verse on the right of the textile includes a textual variant of the incipit of "hashkivenu," ("hashkiveni") the second blessing before the recitation of the "shema'" during the Evening Service. The verse on the left is a biblical quotation: "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet." (Proverbs 3:24)."

#jewish #textiles #jewish textiles #magnes collection #judaica #lace

[unbidden-yidden]

Jewish Song of the Day #57: Guf Venshama

Comments:

The algorithm delivered this one to me the other day, and y'all, I burst into tears listening to it. (But like, in a cathartic way)

I don't think I can explain the kavana behind the song better than the artist, so here are his comments:

The Single, 'Guf Venshama’ is the theme song from the first EP album that will be released in a few weeks. The song 'Guf Venshama’ deals with the spiritual connection and the common denominator of every Jew, the recitation of "Shema Yisrael". The song was written and composed by Avi Ohayon, arranged by Matan Dror, and accompanied by a sensitive and moving music video produced by 'OlamMedia'. David Fadida oversees managing the production.

Ever since Simchat Torah, a profound sense of upheaval has gripped millions of Jews globally, leaving them with a feeling of groundlessness. In the footage, the boundless anguish in their eyes is evident, yet amidst it all, one constant remains—the anchoring island of sanity for every Jew in any circumstance, at all times, and particularly in recent months. It is the act of covering their eyes and uttering the words of Shema Yisrael, akin to saying, "Like a lost child, I came back to You."

The album 'Guf Venshama’ marks the initiation of an expansive project comprising a series of EP albums scheduled for release in the coming months. Within each album, Shwekey will showcase an array of musical styles, spanning Hassidic, Israeli, and English genres, featuring captivating duets with various singers. The underlying theme of the project is the promotion of unity across all segments of the Jewish people, a sentiment artistically echoed in the music. Each album will boast its unique artistic direction, contributing collectively to form a comprehensive and harmonious musical mosaic.

"The goal of 'Guf Venshama’ is to make sure that there is no Jewish child anywhere in the world who does not know how to say 'Shema Yisrael'," says Yaakov Shwekey. "With this idea we started this project, and the challenging times that the Jewish people are going through now only strengthened the importance of this message."

#jumblr #jewish music #Jewish Song of the Day

[athingofvikings]

i want to make a post explaining this shema yisrael misinformation thing... do you think i should do that, or should i just stay quiet and try to not let the goyim get their hands on it (at least not any more than they already have)?

I honestly don't know. As the latest round of dealing with "antizionists" shows, they're engaging in double-think worthy of the Ministry Of Truth of Ingsoc, to wit believing that "Antizionism is not antisemitism!" and at the same time, "The Jewish Shema is a White Supremacist Nationalist chant and any Jew who disagrees with me is automatically a White Supremacist Nationalist!"... which is a pretty much standard issue antisemitism. In the face of that degree of obstinate and arrogant bigotry, how do we have any hope of making a dent?

“And Rabbi Ile’a said in the name of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon: Just as it is a mitzva for a person to say that which will be heeded, so is it a mitzva for a person not to say that which will not be heeded. One should not rebuke those who will be unreceptive to his message. Rabbi Abba says: It is obligatory for him to refrain from speaking, as it is stated: “Do not reprove a scorner lest he hate you; reprove a wise man and he will love you””–Yevamot 65b

I'm going to suggest listening to the sages on this one, and decide for yourself whether they'll listen to you at all.

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Jewish ethnically but not practising. I don't know what to say and it might just be a voice but I just hope so hard antisemitism doesn't rise up again bc I'm terrified of it happening again and I'm not even out. Those last days have been a nightmare in the news

My parents and grandp have always hidden that identity and I feel sad that I feel I have to hide again.

Love and thoughts to all the community of Jews / religious or ethnic.. 💜💜💜💜💜

Jewish ethnically, culturally, religiously, or in any other way, we are all united. Now and always. Being Jewish is being family. You are family.

We will get through this. We will outlive them. We will survive.

I won't sugarcoat, antisemitism has spiked drastically already. Over 400% according to a source I saw.

This may mean that some people will start tucking their stars of David into their shirts, they may be quiet about their Jewishness. And that's okay. To paraphrase a post I saw, it's not a reflection of our pride, it's a reflection of the times.

However. What we do in private doesn't have to be less. If you've never said shema or modeh ani before, now is the time to start. Find a translation or transliteration online. If you've never kept shabbat and are able to, even for a few hours, do so intentionally, do that.

In a world that wants us to forsake who we are, resist by delving into your cultural heritage, even if that's not something you've ever done before.

Am Yisrael chai 🇮🇱

#jewish #judaism #jumblr #jew #opinion #jewish prayer #jewish pride #proud jew #proud israeli #i stand with israel #israel solidarity

[edenfenixblogs]

Attention Goy Friends!

I was recently asked by another goy friend on Facebook to explain something. And I thought I’d share it here for people who are not in the know.

This person wanted to know why we get SO upset when synagogues are defaced. It wasn’t like they were telling me they didn’t understand why we got upset at all. But they didn’t seem to understand where the depth of feeling came from, especially when there is actual genocide happening to Palestinians. This is a good person acting in good faith and is working on holding two truths at once, so I answered. Here’s what I told them:

First of all, of course, we can fight for Palestinian liberation shoulder to shoulder and feel as awful as you do about it! I hate this genocidal Likud party and their deranged evil leader just like anyone else would. This does not mean we don’t also carry our own pain. It doesn’t mute the pain we carry for Palestinians. We just feel EVEN WORSE on top of that.

Second, with regard to synagogues and other places of Jewish social gathering—I think those of us living in Christian-majority nations all know a fair bit about Christian history just by way of cultural exchange. But if you are not aware—The Protestant split in Europe led to the translation of Church services and texts into English/the primary spoken languages of the various Western European nations worshipping within various Jesus-centric religions. This was a huge and important milestone for poor and lower class people who had every right to participate equally and fully in their religion and could now understand the scriptures and services.

However, to this day, shul is conducted in Hebrew. Prayers are sung in Hebrew. In every Jewish synagogue regardless of denomination. Sure, there are often parts in the common tongue of the area too, but the prayers themselves are still in Hebrew. Usually the same melodies or selection of melodies too. And it’s not because we are some elitist group, as some might claim.

It’s because, even in diaspora, I can go to any Jewish community in the entire world. I may not speak the common tongue of whatever place I end up. But I can go there, listen for the sound of Jewish prayer. If I have nothing to my name and no money or food or home or safety I can look for some Hebrew on a door or a Jewish star and listen for someone singing Oseh Shalom or the Shema Yisrael or the V’ahavta in the same melody that I learned it growing up. And I will have found safety. I will have found community. I will have found people who understand me.

And the part of this that I think most goyim don’t understand is that because of our long history with Christianity there is statistically a more than 50% chance that I or other members of my generation will actually NEED to employ that Jewish community as a resource in the exact circumstance I described above. Because we become victims of genocide within 2-3 generation intervals like clockwork for the last 2000 years.

When a synagogue is attacked in a nation that allows antisemitic hatred to foment unchecked it is such a brutal emotional blow. Because every synagogue destroyed is a safe place for Jews that is no longer safe. Not for the people who go there regularly. And certainly not for the people who may need to go there—who will VERY LIKELY need to go there. And with each space eliminated, we are sent further into diaspora.

#jewish diaspora #Jewish pain #antisemitism #context #for the goys #who are trying to remain educated #jumblr #Judaism son #there are so few Jews left in the world at all #and 46 percent of them are in Israel #it’s tempting to be upset and dismissive of people who ask these things #but I have to try and remember #with so few of us left #how many people have actually met Jews #we are 0.2% of the population #we are 2% of Americans #how many of us even ARE THERE who KNOW this information #who grew up with enough access to our own culture #to provide answers #and of that even smaller proportion of us #how many goyim could have possibly met us #so even when I want to scream #I have the ability to educate #so I must #goyim

[eretzyisrael]

by Nave Dromi

-The images that had a profound effect on the target audiences were those of surrendering Gazans, stripped down to their underwear handing over their weapons without a fight.

There are countless other examples, but arguably the most famous took place last week with the IDF’s operations in Jenin to root out the terror network there.

After taking over a mosque that had been used for terrorist purposes, one IDF soldier decided to chant the Shema Yisrael prayer over the loudspeakers that are traditionally used by the mosque’s muezzim to call Muslims to prayer.

This singular moment caused such great disturbance amongst the local Arabs that they had to set off a loud alarm throughout the area to try and drown it out.

This was a moment which reverberated around the city of Jenin, a veritable viper’s nest of terrorists. The Jews had come and were victorious.

The message was clear.

From the very loudspeakers that Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida was allowed to invite to terror and mass murder, the IDF soldiers were now chanting Jewish prayers in defiance and boldness.

Unfortunately, not everyone saw it that day, and after the Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry complained, the soldiers involved were court-martialed.

Of course, not everything goes in war and there need to be officialdom's boundaries.

However, all these events send a very important message, of resistance to those who want the Jewish People to disappear from their ancestral and indigenous homeland. The PA, no less than Hamas, would continue massacring Jews until there are none left.

#psy-ops #psychological warfare #idf #gaza #hamas

[vaspider]

I keep wanting to reach out to the Jewish Community Center in my city and try to actually be part of my own culture, but I have serious social anxiety and also fear of being treated like I'm not Jewish enough because my mom raised me isolated from Jewish culture (yay generational trauma!). Do you have any advice other than the Shia LaBeouf "just do it!" meme?

Just do it!

Okay, now that I've said that:

The people who are involved enough in the Jewish community, and invested in it enough, to make running a Community Center the thing that they do, will be delighted to hear from someone who grew up separated from the community and who wants to be closer to their community.

Look at it this way: you are giving them the opportunity to help you. You are giving them the opportunity to perform mitzvaot, and they're gonna be happy about it, the same way I was happy to answer this ask. By asking me this question, you gave me the opportunity to help you reconnect with a community who loves you and wants you to be part of it, so thank you!

Am Yisrael is your home and you belong there, and it's better and stronger and more beautiful with you in it. You not only have a right to be part of this community, but we want you here, and getting to help Jewish people connect with a culture that was denied to them is one of the great joys of our community. It's an opportunity to say shehechyanu when I help someone say a bracha for the first time or teach them something they didn't know. The joy of seeing the look on someone's face when they light candles on Shabbat for the first time or feel the weight of the Shema? I love that stuff, and the people who are committed enough to run a community center, they love that stuff too. They're gonna be really excited to talk to you.

Keep that in mind, okay?

#jumblr #judaisim

[aguineapigcouldntdothis]

should i embroider shema yisrael on my bandana? i wear that instead of a kippah bc it feels safer to wear in public and it suits my sensory needs and i think it could be nice to have that on there. i could put it on the inside just so i can hide it if necessary

#jewish #jumblr

[fdelopera]

Musings on Asarah B'Tevet, 5784

In addition to the beginning of Shabbat, yesterday (Friday) was also the Tenth of Tevet (עשרה בטבת, Asarah B'Tevet), a Jewish holiday and a minor fast day.

The fast commemorates the siege of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, which began on the 10th day of the month of Tevet in 588 BCE, and ultimately led to the destruction of the Temple of Solomon (the First Temple) in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av in 586 BCE.

Yes, Jewish history, Jewish holidays, and Jewish cultural memory go back thousands and thousands of years to Bronze Age and Iron Age Jerusalem.

Our cultural memory ties us to Jews who fought to defend Jerusalem against the Babylonians... And that time, we lost. Jerusalem was destroyed. We were taken captive. We were dragged against our will to a foreign land, to live as an underclass in Babylonian society...

And yet through it all, we retained who we are. We retained our identity as Jews. We did not succumb to assimilation and cultural death in polytheistic Babylon.

Instead, we declared, Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad. Hear O Yisrael, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One.

Our captivity in Babylon made us more determined to be Jews, not less.

The Babylonian exile and the subsequent return to Jerusalem when the Persians under Cyrus the Great defeated Babylon saw a flourishing of Jewish culture. That is when we rebuilt the Second Temple. That is also when our forefathers edited much of the Torah into the form that we know it today. The Judaism that we practice today owes so much to that time period when we had to define what it means to be a Jew.

That is one of the beautiful things about Jews and the Jewish community throughout history, all the way up to the present day. When we are up against existential threats to our very existence, we come together. We unite. When we Jews face adversity, we face it together.

#jewish history #judaism #jumblr #jewish holidays #jewblr #babylonian exile #jewish and proud #NOTE: I report and block antisemites. If any antisemites comment on this post you will be reported and blocked. You have been warned.

[hachama]

[Image description: Hebrew text with nikkud, transliterated text in English characters, and an English translation Hebrew text: Shema Yisrael Sh'ma Yisra'eil Hear, Israel End image description]

Or, my preferred translation:

Listen up, Gd Punchers

#jumblr #jewish humor #just jewish things

[hero-israel]

wait a minute... i'm actually stupid. what is the joke in your name??