Emet V'Emunah (''True and faithful'') is the paragraph that is recited immediately following
Shema during
Maariv. Its recitation fulfills the obligation to recall the Exodus from Egypt during the evening.
Themes
Emet V'Emunah is a parallel prayer to
Emet Vayatziv
Emet Veyatziv ( he, אמת ויציב, , true and certain) is a blessing recited by Jews during Shacharit, the daily morning prayer. It immediately follows the Shema and precedes the Amidah.
Themes
It is a recognition of God's kingship and God as ...
, which is recited during
Shacharit immediately following Shema. But unlike Emet Vayatziv, which speaks of the redemptions from the past of the Jewish ancestors, Emet V'Emunah relates the future redemption of the Jewish people.
Emet V'Emunah describes the chosenness of the Jewish people. The prayer describes the Jewish people as unique and distinctive, and with a mission to God.
Alternative version for Sabbath
In the Italian rite (based on the Siddur or Rav
Saadya Gaon
Saʻadiah ben Yosef Gaon ( ar, سعيد بن يوسف الفيومي ''Saʻīd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi''; he, סַעֲדְיָה בֶּן יוֹסֵף אַלְפַיּוּמִי גָּאוֹן ''Saʿăḏyāh ben Yōsēf al-Fayyūmī Gāʾōn''; ...
), there is an alternative version of this blessing for the Sabbath, beginning with "emet ve-emunah ba-shevii".
[Angelo Piattelli and Hillel Sermoneta (eds.)]
Seder Tefillot ke-minhag benè Roma
Jerusalem 2014, page 119.
References
{{Jewish prayers
Maariv
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings