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x ¤n`rI ©e The Eternal said to Moses: ‘Speak to the children of Israel and tell them that each generation shall put tassels on the corner of their clothes, and put a blue thread on the corner tassel. Then when this tassel catches your eye, you will remember all the commands of the Eternal and do them. Then you will no longer wander after the desires of your heart and your eyes which led you to lust. Then you will remember all My commands and do them and you will be set apart for your God. I am the Eternal your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your own God. I, the Eternal, am your God.’ 1
x ¤n`rI ©e Vayomer Adonai el mosheh leimor: Dabbeir el b’nei yisra’el v’amarta aleihem, v’asu lahem tsitsit al kanfei vigdeihem l’dorotam, v’nat’nu al tsitsit ha–kanaf p’til t’cheilet. V’hayah lachem l’tsitsit, ur’item oto, uz’chartem et kol mitsvot Adonai, va’asitem otam, v’lo taturu acharei l’vavchem v’acharei eineichem, asher attem zonim achareihem. L’ma’an tizk’ru, va’asitem et kol mitsvotai, vih’yitem k’doshim leiloheichem. Ani Adonai eloheichem, asher hotseiti etchem mei’erets mitsrayim, lih’yot lachem leilohim, ani Adonai eloheichem.
communicates with humanity, via the Jewish people through the giving of Torah. This third one, which follows, speaks of ‘Re– demption’, that God intervenes in the life of the Jewish people by rescuing us from slavery in the past, and time and time again from other dangers. On another interpretation the first blessing celebrates God’s universal concern for all humanity and all of nature, before focusing on God’s particular relationship with Israel. Now as we approach the central prayer, the Amidah , where we stand before God, we are reassured that God has stood by us in past
dedi x ¤n`oI©e The Eternal said ... This third paragraph of the Sh’ma brings the general requirements on the people of Israel as a whole down to our responsibility for our own individual behaviour. Even our very clothing can be used as a symbolic way of remembering God’s presence in our lives. It concludes by recalling the exodus from Egypt that introduces the theme of the blessing that follows. d¨pEn¡`¤e z ¤n¡` All this is true ... This blessing completes the trilogy of blessings that surround the Sh’ma . In one interpretation the two that precede it speak of ‘Creation’, that God is the source of all life, and ‘Revelation’, that God
times of trouble. 1 Num 15:37–41.
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