Siddur Part 11 Ahavath `Olam - Sh:ma`

Sacred One, our God, Your love for us is an eternal love;
Your compassion for us is exceedingly great.
Our parent, our Ruler: For the sake of the idea of You,
and for the sake of our ancestors who trusted in You,
and You taught them the customs of life –
so may You favor us, our compassionate parent.
The One who shows mercy – please have mercy upon us,
and place in our hearts the inclination to discern, to conceptualize,
to listen, to study, to teach,
to keep, to perform, and to actualize
all the studied words of Your Tora with love.
Enlighten our eyes with Your instructions
and make our hearts cleave to the awe of You,
and unify our hearts to love the idea of You.
You alone will quickly rule over us,
for we are truly called by the sacred idea of You;
and for the sake of the idea of You –
the kind, the mighty, the awesome God –
quickly in love raise our glory
and save us for the sake of the idea of You.
Unembarrassed, we trust in You;
unashamed, we seek refuge in the idea of You,
and we will never falter –
for You are our parent and our Ruler,
and we rejoice and are happy with Your salvation.
Do not remove Your mercies and kindnesses from us,
Sacred One, our God, forever triumphant.
Bring blessing and peace upon us from the four corners of the earth,
and actually bring us to our land with haste.
For You have selected us from every people and language,
and brought us close to the great idea of You,
to thank You, and for Your unity and exaltedness,
and to love the idea of You.
Appreciated! You are the Sacred One,
the One who lovingly selects the people of Yisrael!

'Listen, Yisrael; the Sacred One is our God –
the Sacred One is utterly singular.' (Devarim 6:4)
The idea of the glorious majesty of the One
is appreciated for all eternity.
Love the Sacred One your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your potential.
Keep these words which I instruct you today upon your heart.
Review them often with your children, and speak them -
when you are sitting in your house, walking on the way,
when you lie down, and when you rise.
Bind them for a sign upon your hand;
and they will be reminders between your eyes.
Write them upon the doorposts of your house and your gates.

And it will be, if you will fully heed My instructions
which I instruct you today,
to love the Sacred One your God whom you will serve;
with all your heart and with all your soul,
And I will give you the rain of your land in its due season,
the early rain and the late rain,
that you may gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil.
And I will provide grass in your fields for your cattle;
and you will eat and be satisfied.
Guard yourselves, lest your heart be tempted,
and you turn away, and you will serve the gods of others,
and submit yourselves to them;
And the anger of the Sacred One will be kindled against you,
and the heavens will be shut, and there will be no rain,
and the ground will not give its fruit;
and you will perish quickly from upon the good land
which the Sacred One gives to you.
You will place these my words upon your heart and upon your soul,
Bind them for a sign upon your hand,
that they may be as reminders between your eyes.
Teach them to your children, to speak of them -
when you are sitting in your house, walking on the way,
when you lie down, and when you rise.
Write them upon the doorposts of your house, and your gates;
So that your days will increase, and the days of your children,
upon the land that the Sacred One swore
to your ancestors to give them,
as the days of heaven upon the earth.

And the Sacred One spoke to Moshe, saying,
Speak to the children of Yisrael, and tell them,
to make for themselves sisith
on the corners of their garments through the generations,
and to put upon the sisith of the corners a thread of tekheleth;
And they will be to you for sisith, that you will see it,
and remember all the instructions
of the Sacred One, and follow them;
and you will not follow after your heart and after your eyes,
which cause you to go astray;
So that you will remember, and follow all My instructions,
and you will be sacred to your God.
I am the Sacred One your God,
who brought you out of the land of Misrayim, to be your God;
I am the Sacred One your God.