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אורח חיים ס״בOrach Chayim 62

Siman 62 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 5 se'ifim

הלכות קריאת שמעLaws of Reciting Shema· siman 62

Se’if 1א׳

אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמִּצְוָה לְדַקְדֵּק בְּאוֹתִיּוֹתֶיהָ, קְרָאָהּ וְלֹא דִּקְדֵּק בָּהֶן, יָצָא.

[The Laws of] one who is not precise with the recitation of the Shema or did not make it heard to his [own] ears, and it contains 5 se'ifim Even though it is a mitzvah to be precise regarding the letters [of the Sh'ma], one who has recited it without being precise with them has [nonetheless] fulfilled their obligation.

Se’if 2ב׳

יָכוֹל לִקְרוֹתָהּ בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן, וְיִזָּהֵר מִדִּבְרֵי שִׁבּוּשׁ שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ לָשׁוֹן, וִידַקְדֵּק בּוֹ כְּמוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ.

One may read [the Sh'ma] in any language, and they should be careful to avoid word mispronunciations in that language, and one should be precise in it just as in Hebrew [lit. "the Holy tongue"].

Se’if 3ג׳

צָרִיךְ לְהַשְׁמִיעַ לְאָזְנוֹ מַה שֶּׁמּוֹצִיא בְּפִיו, וְאִם לֹא הִשְׁמִיעַ לְאָזְנוֹ, יָצָא, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיא בִּשְׂפָתָיו.

[When reading the Shema,] one must hear with their ears what comes out of their mouth, but if one did not hear it, they [still] fulfilled their obligation as long as they brought it out of their lips (i.e. articulated it with their mouth).

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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim — Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0