You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates" (Deuteronomy 6:4–9). You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." The second is this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these.'" Seeing how Jesus affirmed the importance of loving the one true God with every aspect of ourselves, it behooves Christians to familiarize themselves with this important Jewish prayer. "And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, '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. Jesus references the Shema in Mark 12:28–31 when responding to the question of which commandment is the most important. So this twice daily prayer calls Jews to live out their commitment to God, putting into practice their love for Him. Rather shema means listening, taking heed, and responding with action to what has been heard.
In Hebrew, shema does not simply mean "hear" as in ears perceiving sound and the brain processing information. The prayer is called the Shema because Shema is the first word of the prayer in Hebrew. These recitations of Scripture are meant to express a commitment of loyalty to keeping covenant with God by loving Him fully, obeying His ways, and teaching children to do the same. This prayer, often considered the most important prayer in Judaism, is taken from Scripture and is composed of Deuteronomy 6:4–9, Deuteronomy 11:13–21, and Numbers 15:37–41. The Shema is the title of a prayer that Jews recite twice daily, every morning and every evening.
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