Samaritan Shma!

On the Main Line: Jameel and family visit Samaritans: In case anyone is wondering why he seems to read "Shema Yisrael Shema Elo[h]einu . . . " it is not a variant reading, but because the Samaritan kinnui*for YHVH is not 'Adonay' and it is not 'Ha-shem.' It is 'Shema,' which is the exact Aramaic equivalent of 'Ha-shem.'