Shema Dancing

An ink and colored pencil commission from 2014, featuring the character Shema from the old 1990 computer game Quest For Glory II: Trial by Fire.

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On this final night of #Hannukah I celebrate the #Shema Israel, the prayer that defines Judaism. Thank you for bringing the beauty of this prayer, and the faith that it expresses, to Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80kHOp06eYA
Shema Yisrael - Reverend Hazan Daniel Benlolo

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Read Mark 12:

“Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Jesus answered, “The most important is,

‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."

There you have the Shema.

"And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him."

believing in Trinity means not believing Jesus.

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Shema Palestine – Richard J Tilley

We hosted the amazing #Efrat #Shema from #weizmannscience at the #Ludwig Institute in #Oxford today. Amazing work on single-molecule #epigenetics for #cancer early detection, but also really insightful basic #biology. Shows that it pays to think about the _function_ of your biomarkers. Anyway, check out her work, it's very impressive: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/dept/irb/Shema/
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We study how epigenetic deregulation in cancer contributes to tumor initiation and progression. To address these fundamental questions, we develop and apply innovative cutting-edge single-molecule and single-cell technologies. The activity of genes and regulatory elements is modulated by their cell type-specific chromatin organization. Histone modifications and chromatin regulators play important roles in cellular differentiation and development.

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Time check: 06:08:00 ACT (#ASEAN Common Time).
Time for: #Shema

I've been learning a handful of #Hebrew #Prayers because of #TheChosen, which is very interesting to me, seeing as I am utterly allergic to legalism in just about any form, and have never liked rote prayers.

In addition, I come from a cultural background where it's normal to say certain phrases rote in certain times, such as "May your hand not hurt" if someone serves you something, or "I hope you're not tired" if someone does something to help you. These are phrases repeated verbatim, with little variation, which convey a very simple meaning, "thanks."

I never liked those phrases. My attitude was, if you're going to say something poetic to me, you had better well mean it, otherwise, a simple "Thank you" will do.

But even with that, I find these prayers oddly refreshing and comforting, even though I'm really not a prayer-book kind of guy, by any stretch.

The morning prayer is called the "Modeh Ani:"
"I am thankful before You, living and enduring King, for you have mercifully restored my soul within me. Great is Your faithfulness."

The evening prayer is from the beginning of the "Bedtime #Shema:"
"Praised are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids. May it be Your will, Lord my God and God of my ancestors, that I lie down in peace and that I arise in peace."

Addendum:

I found another amazing morning prayer via #TheChosen:

"My God, the soul that you placed within me is pure. You created it, You formed it, You breathed it into me, and You preserve it within me. And in the future, You will take it from me and restore it in the Time to Come. All the time that this soul is within me, I am thankful before You, Hashem, my God and the God of my fathers, Ruler of all creation, Lord of all the souls. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who restores souls to dead bodies."

Source: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/morning-blessings/

Morning Blessings | My Jewish Learning

Morning Blessings:The Order of the Traditional Morning Jewish Service.

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L'avamposto di #ShepherdsFarm da cui provenivano gli aggressori è stato costruito vicino all'insediamento di #Shema circa due anni fa.
La casa della famiglia palestinese, che secondo le fotografie aeree esiste almeno dal 1981, si trova vicino all'avamposto.
I residenti dell'avamposto sono stati filmati più volte mentre sfrattavano i palestinesi dai pascoli nei villaggi circostanti usando quad, droni e violenza fisica.

In Cisgiordania, tra il 2012 e il 2022 sono stati istituiti 66 avamposti dediti alla pastorizia.
L'establishment della sicurezza stima che questi avamposti siano la ragione principale dell'aumento della violenza dei coloni.
La mappatura di #KeremNavot rivela che i coloni hanno conquistato un'area di circa 24mila ettari in Cisgiordania attraverso il pascolo. ⬇7

A related question. Is there any way to get the melody of the Sh’ma prayer out of one’s head? 😭

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I suspect that one of the factors there is that the Jewish tradition(s) don't really thrive on or care much about #theology. There isn't a lot of Jewish doctrine to study.

This might seem counterintuitive, because there's a Jewish "orthodox" movement and a school called "Jewish Theological Seminary." But Jewishness is deeply #orthopractic.Theological consensus isn't very Jewish. Many Jews wouldn't even sign off on the #Shema. So be it.