6 — Friday-night bedtime: Preparation and Shema

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Part 6 of 26

Intention

For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed be He, & His Divine Presence & His Fear & His Mercy & His Mercy & His Fear, to unify of the Name of letter Yud, letter Hei with letter Vav letter Hei with a Complete Unity in the name of all Yisrael to lift the Divine Presence from the dust & to raise the Divine Presence – our Force. Behold I accept upon myself the Divinity of the Blessed One [Adonai] & His love & His fear. And behold I fear from him because he is the master & rules over all, & all is before Him entirely. And behold I accept His Sovereignty on each & every member & vein from the 248 members & 365 veins of my body & my soul – a total & complete sovereignty. And behold I am a servant to the Adonai May He Be Blessed. And He in His Mercy will aid us to Merit to serve Him with a complete heart & a willing soul. Amen – May it be His Will.

Forgiveness before sleep

Master of the Universe, behold I forgive & pardon anyone who angered me, or antagonized me or who sinned against me, whether relating to my body, or my money, or my honor, or anything that belongs to me, whether done accidentally, or willingly, unintentionally or intentionally, or whether with words, whether with actions, whether in this present incarnation, whether in another incarnation – any person of Israel. And may no person be punished because of me.

HaMapil

Blessed [are You, Adonai, our God, King of the Universe] that casts the pangs of sleep upon my eyes, & slumber upon my eyelids, & that enlightens the pupil of the Eye. May it be Your will, Adonai, my God , & God of my forefathers, that You will lay me down in peace, & that You will raise me up for good life & peace. And place my portion in your Torah & accustom me in a matter of Mitzvah. And don't accustom me to a matter of sin. And do not bring me into the hands of sin, nor in the hands of trials, nor the hands of degradation. And let the Good Inclination rule over me & let not the Evil inclination rule over me. And save me from the Evil Inclination, & from bad illnesses. And let not bad dreams or bad thoughts disturb me. And may my bed be complete before you. And enlighten my eyes lest I die in sleep. Blessed [are you Adonai] that enlightens the world all with His glory.

Shema and its three paragraphs

(Concentrate on the Saying of this Shema to accomplish the Mitzvah of Oneness of God) [cover eyes when Shema is said & think of Oneness of God]

HEAR, O ISRAEL, Ado·nai Is Our G·D, Ado·nai Is ONE

(Silently) Blessed be His Name & glorious sovereignty forever.

And you shall love the Adonai, your God, with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house & when you walk by the way, when your lie down & when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, & they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house & upon your gates. (Devarim / Deut. 6:4-9)

And it shall be that if you hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you today, to love the Adonai your God & to serve Him with all your heart & all your soul, then I will send rain for your land in its proper time, the autumn rain & the spring rain, that you may gather in your grain, your wine & your oil. And I will give grass in your field for your cattle & you shall eat & be satisfied. Take heed to yourselves lest your heart be deceived, & you turn aside & serve other gods & bow to them. For then the Adonai's wrath will be kindled against you, & He will close up the heavens that there be no rain, & land shall not yield her produce, & you shall perish quickly from off the goodly land which the Adonai gives you. You shall lay My words, these upon your heart & upon your soul, & you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, & they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down & when you rise. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house & upon your gates. So that the Adonai will lengthen your days & the days of your children upon the land which the Adonai promised to give to your fathers, as the days of the heavens above the earth (Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:13-21)

And the Adonai spoke unto Moses, saying, speak unto the children of Israel & say to them to make for themselves a fringe on the borders of their garments, throughout their generations. And they shall place upon the fringe of the border, a thread of blue wool. And it shall be to you a fringe that you may look upon, & remember all the commandments of the Adonai & to do them. Then shall you not stray after your heart & your eyes whereafter you are wont to stray. So may you remember & do all My commandments & be holy for your God. I am the Adonai your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Adonai your God. (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:37-41)

(Repeat & Say) The Adonai, Your God is True.