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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 5
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Orach Chayim Siman 5 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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Opens “כוונת הברכות. ובו סעיף אחד: יכוין בברכות…”
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<b>כוונת הברכות. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>יכוין בברכות פירוש המלות כשיזכיר השם יכוין פירוש קריאתו באדנות שהוא אדון הכל ויכוין בכתיבתו ביו"ד ה"א שהיה והוה ויהיה ובהזכירו אלהים יכוין שהוא תקיף בעל היכולת ובעל הכחות כולם:
[Laws Regarding The Proper] Intent [When Reciting] The Blessings. Containing 1 Se'if: One should have in mind the meaning of the words when reciting blessings. When articulating the Name (ie. י-ה-ו-ה), one should have in mind the meaning of the Name as it is pronounced - Adon-ai (א-ד-ו-נ-י): that He is Lord over all. And one should have in mind [the meaning of the Name] as it is spelled with a Yud-Hei (ie. י-ה-ו-ה) that He Was (ה-י-ה), Is (ה-ו-ה), and Will Be (י-ה-י-ה). And when articulating the Name Elo-him (א-ל-ה-י-ם), have in mind that He is Strong, Omnipotent, and Master of all powers.
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