This superbly crafted 925 Sterling Silver spinning ring features the text of the basic Jewish creed written in Hebrew: “Shema Yisrael, H’ Elokeinu, H’ Echad” (Hear, O Israel, Hashem is our God, Hashem is One) (Deuteronomy 6:4).

Observant Jews consider the Shema to be the most important part of the prayer service in Judaism, and its twice-daily recitation as a mitzvah (religious commandment). It is traditional for Jews to say the Shema as their last words, and for parents to teach their children to say it before they go to sleep at night.

The literal word meanings are roughly as follows:
Sh’ma — listen, or hear and do (according to the Targum, accept)
Yisrael — Israel, in the sense of the people or congregation of Israel
Adonai — often translated as “LORD”, it is read in place of YHWH; Samaritans say Shema, which is Aramaic for “the Name” and is the exact equivalent of the Hebrew “ha-Shem”, which Rabbinic Jews substitute for “Adonai” in a non-liturgical context such as everyday speech.
Eloheinu — the plural 1st person possessive of אֱלֹהִים Elohim, meaning “our God”.
Echad — the unified and cardinal number one אֶחָד