With everlasting love have You loved Your people, the house of Israel. You have taught us Torah and commandments, decrees and laws of justice. Therefore, LORD our God, when we lie down and when we rise up we will speak of Your decrees, rejoicing in the words of the study of Your Torah and Your commandments for ever. For they are our life and the length of our days; on them will we meditate day and night. May You never take away Your love from us. Blessed are You, LORD, who loves His people Israel.
Sephardi
'ahabat 'olam bet yisra'el 'amməka 'ahabta tora umitzwot chukkim umishpatim 'otanu limmadta 'al ken 'dny 'elohenu bəshakəbenu ubəkumenu nasiach bəchukkeka wənismach bədibre talmud toratəka ubəmitzwoteka lə'olam wa'ed ki hem chayyenu wə'orek yamenu ubahem nehgeh yomam walayəla wə'ahabatəka 'al tasir mimmennu lə'olamim baruk 'atta 'dny 'oheb 'ammo yisra'el
The Shema must be said with intense concentration. See laws 350-354. When not with a minyan, say:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן
English
God, faithful King!
Sephardi
'el melek ne'eman
The following verse should be said aloud, while covering the eyes with the right hand:
Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One. Quietly: Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and all time. Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words which I command you today shall be on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and gates.