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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 62
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<b>מי שלא דקדק בקריאת שמע או לא השמיע לאזנו. ובו ה סעיפים:</b><br>אף על פי שמצוה לדקדק באותיותיה קראה ולא דקדק בהן יצא:
[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.
יכול לקרותה בכל לשון ויזהר מדברי שיבוש שבאותו לשון וידקדק בו כמו בלשון הקודש:
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"].
צריך להשמיע לאזנו מה שמוציא בפיו ואם לא השמיע לאזנו יצא ובלבד שיוציא בשפתיו:
[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).
אם מחמת חולי או אונס אחר קרא קריאת שמע בלבו יצא: הגה ואף לכתחלה יעשה כן אם הוא במקום שאינו נקי לגמרי ואינו יכול לנקותו משום אונס יהרהר בלבו ובלבד שלא יהא המקום מטונף לגמרי דאסור להרהר בד"ת במקום הטנופת [ב"י סי' פ"ה]:
If, due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, one recited the recitation of the Sh'ma in their heart [i.e. silently], they fulfilled their obligation. Rem"a: And even optimally one may do this if they are in a place which is not completely clean and they are not able to clean it up due to unavoidable circumstances, [in such a case,] one may think [it] in their heart (i.e. recite it silently to themselves) as long as the place is not completely soiled [e.g. with excrement] since it is forbidden to think a matter of Torah in a soiled place. (Beit Yosef, Siman 85)
צריך ש"ץ להשמיע קולו בשמע ישראל כדי שישמעו הקהל וימליכו שם שמים ביחד:
The prayer-leader needs to make his voice heard with "Sh'ma Yisrael" so that the congregation will hear and declare the kingship of the Heavenly Name together.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0