Shemoneh Esreh

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-moh-nuh es-rey; Sephardic Hebrew shuh-moh-ne es-rey ]

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noun

Judaism.

the Amidah, consisting of 19 blessings, recited on days other than the Sabbath and holy days.

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shəmōneh ʿeśrēh eighteen (apparently the number of blessings in earlier times)

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The "imprecation against the Sadducees" stands twelfth among the collects of the Shemoneh Esreh.

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The Shema and the Shemoneh Esreh have been appropriately styled the "two pillars of the fabric of the liturgy."

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