Reciting Shema at One's Bedside
The Source for this Mitzvah: Berachot 4b-5a
Number of Sections of the Shema to read: Tos. Berachot 2a #1, Rosh Berachot 1:6
Protection against
Mazikin [Damaging Spirits]
: Berachot 5a; Tos. Berachot 2a #1
For
Torah Scholars
: Berachot 5a
Associated Blessings: Tos. Berachot 2a #1; Rosh Berachot 1:1
Additional prayers: Rosh Berachot 1:6
Forgiving others
nightly, before going to sleep, earns
long life
: Megillah 28a
The Bed of one who skips Recitation of Shema is likened to the bed of a Nochri woman [in terms of danger to him]: Berachot 8b, Pesachim 112b
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