English: It was taught: The men of Yericho used to bundle the Shema, and the Sages did not protest. How did they do it? R’ Yehudah said: they would say “Hear, O Israel, Hashem is our God, Hashem is One” and would not pause.
On the daf / in context: The dispute concerns whether they failed to pause between “echad” and “ve’ahavta” (the pause that facilitates proper kavanah) or between other clauses.
Type of Learning
Custom — the practice of continuous recitation without the standard pause after the first verse.
What Is Learned
The men of Yericho recited the opening of Shema without the customary pause; the Sages did not protest, though the preferred practice is to pause for kavanah.