Mystical Reference To SHE...

The following is a collection of quotes from wikipedia intermixed with my Commentary---

Observant Jews consider the ''Shema'' to be the most important part of the prayer service in Judaism, and its twice-daily recitation as a mitzvah (religious commandment). It is traditional for Jews to say the Shema as their last words, and mothers teach it to their children before they go to sleep at night. The words are "shema yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai echad (silently) baruch shem kavod malchuto le'olam vaed".

The Following is an example of The Shema Yisrael prayer.

The first, pivotal, words of the Shema are (keep in mind Hebrew is read from right to left):

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד - Shema Yisra'el YHWH Eloheinu YHWH Echad

ceremonial Order of the prayer: SHEMA is first---

Shema — listen, or hear & do (according to the Targum, accept)

Yisrael — Israel, in the sense of the people or congregation of Israel

Adonai — often translated as "Lord", it is read in place of YHWH

Eloheinu — our God, the word "El" or "Eloh" signifying God (see also: Elohim), and the plural possessive determiner suffix "-nu" or "-enu" signifying "our"

My Comments:

Echad — the Hebrew word for the number 1, which has the dual meaning "one" and "alone", its root is also "united" and "unique", and "brotherhood" (Achdut).

my comments:

So the prayer ends with ''Echad'' which means ''ONE'', ONE is just a reference to non-differentiation, the resolution of 2 or more powers into one concentrated focus or gravitational balance, mental, spiritual and bio-celestial equilibrium and harmony with everything. The expression''Eloheinu'' as a plural possessive determiner suffix is expressed as ''NU'' or ''ENU'' signifying ''Our'', as in Sharing resources from ''ONE'' Source, which leads us to the Oneness of The ''Echad'', which is a unique unification of opposites, male and female alike.


''We can further elucidate on the expression ''NU'' which is a reference to'' (The Egyptian Goddess''Nu'' or ("Watery One") or Nun ("The Inert One") is the deification of the primordial watery abyss. In the Ogdoad cosmogony, the name nu means "abyss").

my comments:

''NU also has a male aspect, which further confirms the significance of The SHEMA YISRAEL and the Concluding of the Prayer with the expression ''ECHAD''--''ONE'' which is quite clear, It seems that this Divine Echad, or oneness is the consolidation of Duality into ''ONE'' cooperative state of perfect serene balance, this is what the world calls ''GOD''...And SHE, is at the center of it all....''

Nu was shown usually as male but also had aspects that could be represented as female or male. Naunet (also spelt Nunet) is the female aspect, which is the name Nu with a female gender ending.

Further analysis of reconciled Duality at the center of Creation----

Schneur Zalman explains that God's Unity has two levels, that are both paradoxically true. The main text of Kabbalah, the Zohar, describes the first verse of the Shema ("Hear Israel, the Lord is God, the Lord is One") as the "Upper level Unity", and the second line ("Blessed be the Name of the Glory of His Kingdom forever") as the "Lower level Unity". Schneur Zalman gives the Hasidic explanation of this. In Kabbalah, all Creation is dependent on the immanent, potentially finite, "Light that Fills all Worlds", that each Creation receives continually. All is bittul-nullified to the light, even though in our realm this complete dependence is hidden. From this perspective, of God knowing the Creation on its own terms, Creation exists, but the true essence of anything is only the Divine spark that continuously recreates it from nothing. God is One, as nothing has any independent existence without this continual flow of Divine Will to Create. This is the Lower Level Unity.


''In relation to God's essence, Creation affects no change or withdrawal. All Creation takes place "within" God. "There is nothing but God". The ability to create can only come from the infinite Divine essence, represented by the Tetragrammaton name of God. However, "It is not the essence of the Divine, to create Worlds and sub-sustain them", as this ability is only external to the Infinite essence. Creation only derives from God's revelatory "speech" (as in Genesis 1), and even this is unlike the external speech of Man, as it too remains "within" God. From this upper perspective of God knowing Himself on His own terms, Creation does not exist, as it is as nothing in relation to God's essence. This Monistic Acosmism is the "Upper Level Unity", as from this persective, only God exists.''

''The new doctrine in Lurianic Kabbalah of God's Tzimtzum ("Withdrawal"), received different interpretations after Isaac Luria, from the literal to the metaphorical. To Hasidism and Schneur Zalman, it is unthinkable for the "Withdrawal" of God that "makes possible" Creation, to be taken literally. Tzimtzum only relates to the Ohr Ein Sof ("Infinite Light"), not the Ein Sof (Divine essence) itself. God's true infinity is revealed in both complimentary infinitude (infinite light) and finitude (finite light). The "Withdrawal" was only a concealment of the Infinite Light into the essence of God, to allow the latent potentially finite light to emerge after the Tzimtzum. God Himself remains unaffected ("For I, the Lord, I have not changed" Malachi 3:6). His essence was One, alone, before Creation, and still One, alone, after Creation, without any change. As the Tzimtzum was only a concealment, therefore God's Unity is Omnipresent. In the Baal Shem Tov's new interpretation, Divine Providence affects every detail of Creation. The "movement of a leaf in the wind" is part of the unfolding Divine presence, and is a necessary part of the complete Tikkun (Rectification in Kabbalah). This awarenes of the loving Divine purpose and significance of each individual, awakens mystical love and awe of God.''


My Concluding Commentary:

So I think that the expression SHE-MA is perfectly suitable as a title for the SHEMA Yisrael prayer, because being that the purpose of the ceremonial prayer is to cleanse oneself and reunite with ''Oneness'', NU represents the infinite reservoir of celestial Life water. SHE-MA, or as I would say ''SHE'', is the core effectiveness of this SHEMA YISRAEL ceremony, because......we will always find purification, through, In and From...HER waters....Or the waters of NU, or NU-Waters---NEW Waters.