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==How Kriyat Shema is to be Read== | ==How Kriyat Shema is to be Read== | ||
# One should read the first Pasuk out loud by everyone in the congregation in order to inspire Kavana. <Ref> S”A 61:4 and Rama 61:26. </ref> The rest of Shema should preferably be said out loud | # One should read the first Pasuk out loud by everyone in the congregation in order to inspire Kavana. <Ref> S”A 61:4 and Rama 61:26. </ref> | ||
# The rest of Shema should preferably be said out loud. It can be said quietly as long as one is saying it loud enough that one can hear oneself. After the fact if one said it so quietly that one couldn't hear oneself one fulfilled one's obligation.<ref>The Tana Kama in the Mishna Brachot 15a says that after the fact if someone didn't say Shema loud enough to hear himself he fulfilled his obligation. In the gemara 15b Rav Chisda rules like the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda that initially one needs to say Shema loud enough to hear himself but after the fact one fulfilled one's obligation even if it was quieter than that. Shulchan Aruch 62:3 codifies the opinion of Rav Chisda. Shulchan Aruch 61:26 writes that the practice is to say Shema aloud and have the practice to say it quietly. Halacha Brurah 61:9 explains that Shulchan Aruch means that quietly means that everyone says it loud enough that they can hear themselves and loud means that they said it loudly so everyone can hear. </ref> | |||
# When one says the first pasuk of Kriyat Shema, one should instill in one's heart love of Hashem. <ref>Mishna Brurah 25:14 quotes the Sefer Charedim who says that just as one shouldn't say Shema without [[Tefillin]], so too one shouldn't say the first Pasuk of Shema without instilling in one's heart love of Hashem as the pasuk speaks about the command to love Hashem.</ref> | # When one says the first pasuk of Kriyat Shema, one should instill in one's heart love of Hashem. <ref>Mishna Brurah 25:14 quotes the Sefer Charedim who says that just as one shouldn't say Shema without [[Tefillin]], so too one shouldn't say the first Pasuk of Shema without instilling in one's heart love of Hashem as the pasuk speaks about the command to love Hashem.</ref> | ||
# One should read Kriyat Shema with the tune of Torah reading. Such is the Minhag of Sephardim and some Ashkenzim, however some Ashkenazim have the Minhag to not say it with the tune. However one should still pasue in the proper places not to mess up the meaning of the words. <Ref> Talmidei Rabbenu Yonah 8b says that one must say Kriyat Shema with the Torah reading tune. This is also the opinion of the Tur and S”A 61:24. Rama adds that the Minhag Ashkenaz is not to say it with the tune but some are strict in this regard. </ref> | # One should read Kriyat Shema with the tune of Torah reading. Such is the Minhag of Sephardim and some Ashkenzim, however some Ashkenazim have the Minhag to not say it with the tune. However one should still pasue in the proper places not to mess up the meaning of the words. <Ref> Talmidei Rabbenu Yonah 8b says that one must say Kriyat Shema with the Torah reading tune. This is also the opinion of the Tur and S”A 61:24. Rama adds that the Minhag Ashkenaz is not to say it with the tune but some are strict in this regard. </ref> | ||
