Bedtime shema

December 16, 2018 at 12:28 PM
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Sharon asked 5 years ago
Hi rabbi , My son (13)doesn\'t want to say entire bedtime shema. Which paragraph should he say that protects the body at night? hamapil? thanks sharon
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Rabbi Yosef Karpman answered 5 years ago

Shalom,

ideally the 248 words of the shema are read as 1 paragraph they parallel the 248 spiritual parts of the body.
so at the minimum to say from shema until Hashem elokeihem emet

 

R.Yosef Karpman