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- ↑ Shema is for Real By Joel Lurie Grishaver, page 62
- ↑ Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on Prayer By Bruce Kadden, Barbara Binder Kadden, page 48
- ↑ Śiaḥ śarfe ḳodesh By Richard N. Levy, Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, page 57
- ↑ Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on Prayer By Bruce Kadden, Barbara Binder Kadden, page 45
- 1 2 Shulchan Aruch OC 235:1.
- ↑ However, according to the minority opinion of the Rosh (cited in Bet Yosef 235:11), only the amidah of maariv can be recited early, and the blessings of Shema should be recited afterwards after nightfall.
- ↑ Angelo Piattelli and Hillel Sermoneta (eds.), Seder Tefillot ke-minhag benè Roma, Jerusalem 2014, page 117.