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Shemoneh Esreh

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

noun

, Judaism.
  1. 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.

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

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