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Shemoneh Esreh
[ Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-moh-nuh es-rey; Sephardic Hebrew shuh-moh-ne es-rey ]
noun
, Judaism.
- the Amidah, consisting of 19 blessings, recited on days other than the Sabbath and holy days.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Shemoneh Esreh1
shəmōneh ʿeśrēh eighteen (apparently the number of blessings in earlier times)
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Example Sentences
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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