- Deuteronomy 6:4
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהֹוָה ׀ אֶחָד׃
Hear, O Israel! The ETERNAL is our God, the ETERNAL alone.
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שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ אֱלָהַנָא יְיָ חַד׃
Listen, Yisroel! Adonoy is our God, Adonoy is one.
- Deuteronomy 6:5
וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכׇל־מְאֹדֶךָ׃
You shall love the ETERNAL your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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וְתִרְחַם יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּכָל לִבָּךְ וּבְכָל נַפְשָׁךְ וּבְכָל נִכְסָךְ׃
You are to love Adonoy, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your possessions.
- Deuteronomy 6:6
וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃
Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day.
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וִיהוֹן פִּתְגָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין עַל לִבָּךְ׃
And these words that I command you today shall be upon your heart.
- Deuteronomy 6:7
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשׇׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃
Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up.
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וּתְתַנֵּינוּן לִבְנָךְ וּתְמַלֵּיל בְּהוֹן בְּמִתְּבָךְ בְּבֵיתָךְ וּבִמְהָכָךְ בְּאוֹרְחָא וּבְמִשְׁכְּבָךְ וּבִמְקִימָךְ׃
You are to teach them to your children and you are to discuss them, when you sit at home, and when you journey on the road, and when you go to sleep, and when you rise.
- Deuteronomy 6:8
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ׃
Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead;
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וְתִקְטְרִנּוּן לְאָת עַל יְדָךְ וִיהוֹן לִתְפִלִּין בֵּין עֵינָךְ׃
You are to tie them as a sign on your arm and they are to be totafos [tefillin] between your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 6:9
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃
inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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וְתִכְתּוֹבִנּוּן עַל מְזוֹזְיָן וְתִקְבְּעִנּוּן בְּסִפֵּי בֵיתָךְ וּבְתַרְעָךְ׃
You are to write them on the doorposts [and affix them to the lintels] of your house, and on your gateposts.
- Deuteronomy 6:10
וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ ׀ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב לָתֶת לָךְ עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וְטֹבֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־בָנִיתָ׃
When the ETERNAL your God brings you into the land that was sworn to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to be assigned to you—great and flourishing cities that you did not build,
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יַעֵילִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַרְעָא דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב לְמִתַּן לָךְ קִרְוִין רַבְרְבָן וְטָבָן דְּלָא בְנֵיתָא׃
When Adonoy your God will have brought you to the land that He swore to your forefathers—to Avrohom, to Yitzchok, and to Yaakov—to give you: great and good cities that you did not build.
- Deuteronomy 6:11
וּבָתִּים מְלֵאִים כׇּל־טוּב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִלֵּאתָ וּבֹרֹת חֲצוּבִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־חָצַבְתָּ כְּרָמִים וְזֵיתִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָטָעְתָּ וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ׃
houses full of all good things that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and you eat your fill,
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וּבָתִּין מְלַן כָּל טוּב דְּלָא מְלֵיתָא וְגוּבִּין פְּסִילָן דְּלָא פְסַלְתָּא כַּרְמִין וְזֵיתִין דְּלָא נְצַבְתָּא וְתֵיכוֹל וְתִשְׂבַּע׃
And houses full of all bounty that you did not fill, and hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive stands that you did not plant; and you will eat and be full.
- Deuteronomy 6:12
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים׃
take heed that you do not forget GOD, who freed you from the land of Egypt, the house of bondage.
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אִסְתְּמַר לָךְ דִּלְמָא תִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ דְּאַפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא׃
Look out for yourself, lest you forget Adonoy, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 6:13
אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹד וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָּׁבֵעַ׃
Revere only the ETERNAL your God; worship [God] alone; swear only by God’s name.
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יָת יְיָ אֶלָהָךְ תִּדְחַל וּקְדָמוֹהִי תִּפְלַח וּבִשְׁמֵיהּ תְּקַיֵּים׃
Fear Adonoy, your God, and serve [before] Him, and swear by His name.
- Deuteronomy 6:14
לֹא תֵלְכוּן אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶם׃
Do not follow other gods, any gods of the peoples about you—
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לָא תְהָכוּן בָּתַר טָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא מִטָּעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא דִּבְסַחְרָנֵיכוֹן׃
Do not follow other gods [idols of the nations], from the gods [idols] of the peoples around you.
- Deuteronomy 6:15
כִּי אֵל קַנָּא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּקִרְבֶּךָ פֶּן־יֶחֱרֶה אַף־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בָּךְ וְהִשְׁמִידְךָ מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃
for the ETERNAL your God in your midst is an impassioned God—lest the anger of the ETERNAL your God blaze forth against you, wiping you off the face of the earth.
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אֲרֵי אֵל קַנָּא יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ שְׁכִינְתֵיהּ בֵּינָךְ דִּלְמָא יִתְקַף רוּגְזָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ בָּךְ וִישֵׁיצֵינָךְ מֵעַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא׃
For a jealous Almighty is Adonoy, your God, [His Shechinah is] within you; lest there be aroused the anger of Adonoy, your God, against you and He destroy you from upon the surface of the land.
- Deuteronomy 6:16
לֹא תְנַסּוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתֶם בַּמַּסָּה׃
Do not try the ETERNAL your God, as you did at Massah.
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לָא תְנַסּוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן כְּמָא דְּנַסֵּיתוֹן בְּנִסֵּיתָא׃
Do not test Adonoy, your God, as you tested at Massoh.
- Deuteronomy 6:17
שָׁמוֹר תִּשְׁמְרוּן אֶת־מִצְוֺת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְעֵדֹתָיו וְחֻקָּיו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּךְ׃
Be sure to keep the commandments, decrees, and laws that the ETERNAL your God has enjoined upon you.
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מִטָּר תִּטְּרוּן יָת פִּקּוֹדַיָּא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן וְסָהִדְוָתֵיהּ וּקְיָמוֹהִי דְּפַקְּדָךְ׃
Carefully guard the commandments of Adonoy, your God, and His testimonies and His statutes that He commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 6:18
וְעָשִׂיתָ הַיָּשָׁר וְהַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ וּבָאתָ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטֹּבָה אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע יְהֹוָה לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ׃
Do what is right and good in the sight of GOD, that it may go well with you and that you may be able to possess the good land that the ETERNAL your God promised on oath to your fathers,
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וְתַעֲבֵיד דְּכָשַׁר וּדְתָקֵין קֳדָם יְיָ בְּדִיל דְּיִיטַב לָךְ וְתֵיעוֹל וְתֵירַת יָת אַרְעָא טָבְתָא דְּקַיֵּים יְיָ לַאֲבָהָתָךְ׃
Perform the upright and the good [correct] in Adonoy’s eyes, in order that you benefit and arrive in, and inherit the good land that Adonoy swore to your forefathers.
- Deuteronomy 6:19
לַהֲדֹף אֶת־כׇּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה׃
and that all your enemies may be driven out before you, as GOD has spoken.
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לְמִתְבַּר יָת כָּל בַּעֲלֵי דְּבָבָךְ מִן קֳדָמָךְ כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל יְיָ׃
To smash [break] all your enemies before you, as Adonoy declared.
- Deuteronomy 6:20
כִּי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר מָה הָעֵדֹת וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶתְכֶם׃
When, in time to come, your children ask you, “What mean the decrees, laws, and rules that the ETERNAL our God has enjoined upon you?”
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אֲרֵי יִשְׁאֲלִנָּךְ בְּרָךְ מְחַר לְמֵימַר מָא סָהִדְוָתָא וּקְיָמַיָּא וְדִינַיָּא דְּפַקֵּיד יְיָ אֱלָהֲנָא יָתְכוֹן׃
When your son asks you tomorrow, saying, ‘‘What are the testimonies and the statues and the laws that Adonoy, our God, commanded you?’’
- Deuteronomy 6:21
וְאָמַרְתָּ לְבִנְךָ עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ לְפַרְעֹה בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּצִיאֵנוּ יְהֹוָה מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה׃
you shall say to your children, “We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and GOD freed us from Egypt with a mighty hand.
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וְתֵימַר לִבְרָךְ עַבְדִּין הֲוֵינָא לְפַרְעֹה בְּמִצְרָיִם וְאַפְּקַנָא יְיָ מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיַד תַּקִּיפָא׃
You will tell your son, ‘‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Adonoy took us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
- Deuteronomy 6:22
וַיִּתֵּן יְהֹוָה אוֹתֹת וּמֹפְתִים גְּדֹלִים וְרָעִים ׀ בְּמִצְרַיִם בְּפַרְעֹה וּבְכׇל־בֵּיתוֹ לְעֵינֵינוּ׃
GOD wrought before our eyes marvelous and destructive signs and portents in Egypt—against Pharaoh and all his household—
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וִיהַב יְיָ אָתִין וּמוֹפְתִין רַבְרְבִין וּבִישִׁין בְּמִצְרַיִם בְּפַרְעֹה וּבְכָל אֱנָשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ לְעֵינַנָא׃
And Adonoy set signs and wonders [that were] great and harmful, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon his entire household as we watched.
- Deuteronomy 6:23
וְאוֹתָנוּ הוֹצִיא מִשָּׁם לְמַעַן הָבִיא אֹתָנוּ לָתֶת לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ׃
and freed us from there, in order to take us and give us the land promised on oath to our fathers.
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וְיָתַנָא אַפֵּיק מִתַּמָּן בְּדִיל לְאַעָלָא יָתַנָא לְמִתַּן לַנָא יָת אַרְעָא דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתַנָא׃
And us He took out of there, in order to bring us into, and to give us the land He swore to our forefathers.
- Deuteronomy 6:24
וַיְצַוֵּנוּ יְהֹוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כׇּל־הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְטוֹב לָנוּ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים לְחַיֹּתֵנוּ כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃
Then the ETERNAL commanded us to observe all these laws, to revere the ETERNAL our God, for our lasting good and for our survival, as is now the case.
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וּפַקְּדַנָא יְיָ לְמֶעֱבַד יָת כָּל קְיָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין לְמִדְחַל קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהַנָא דְּיִיטַב לַנָא כָּל יוֹמַיָּא לְקַיָּמוּתַנָא כְּיוֹמָא הָדֵין׃
Adonoy commanded us to perform all these statutes to [show that we] fear Adonoy, our God; to benefit us for all time, to keep us alive like this day.
- Deuteronomy 6:25
וּצְדָקָה תִּהְיֶה־לָּנוּ כִּי־נִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כׇּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּנוּ׃
It will be therefore to our merit before the ETERNAL our God to observe faithfully this whole Instruction, as we have been commanded.”
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וְזָכוּתָא תְּהֵי לַנָא אֲרֵי נִטַּר לְמֶעֱבַד יָת כָּל תַּפְקֵידְתָּא הָדָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהַנָא כְּמָא דְּפַקְּדַנָא׃
And it will be to our credit [merit] if we are careful to fulfill this entire mitzvah before Adonoy, our God, as He commanded us.