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Sources explore the spiritual and protective purposes of reciting the Shema before sleep, including defense against harmful forces, the concept of sleep as a 'small death' requiring recommitment to God's unity, and the practice as a nightly examination of soul and surrender of oneself to the Divine.
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקָּרָא אָדָם קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת — מִצְוָה לִקְרוֹתוֹ עַל מִטָּתוֹ