Shema
Origin of Shema
Examples from the Web for shema
Contemporary Examples of shema
He would often kiss the earth of Israel; at night, he would say the shema prayer for hours.
Her arrest and detention for uttering the shema ought to find no sympathy from any Jew.
Historical Examples of shema
The other practical observances like prayer, the reading of "Shema," and so on.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
The Inquisition was obliged to forbid the uttering of the word "Shema" with a threat of heavy punishment.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
To the commandments of the tongue belong the reading of the Shema, grace after meals, the priestly benediction, and so on.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
In this palace a seal was found bearing a lion and the inscription belonging to Shema, the servant of Jeroboam.
Archology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton
Oesterley (in loco) adds that “the very parchment on which the Shema is written is efficacious in keeping demons at a distance.”
Studies in the Epistle of JamesA. T. Robertson