<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 21, 2008 6:47 PM, Richard Wolberg <<a href="mailto:cantorrichard@cox.net">cantorrichard@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div> </div><div style=""><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Mangal;">"Oshiroh laShem ki gaw'o gaw'aw..." "I will sing unto the Lord for He is highly exalted..." The numerical value of these two words (9+9) total 18, alluding to our praising God daily with (the original) 18 b'rochos in the "amidah." (Rabbeinu Menachem)
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Mangal;">Also, gaw'o gaw'aw (highly exalted) is <i>Chai,</i> life, in its purest form.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote>
</div><br>Note: While the Bavli calism that birkas haminnim caused teh Amidah to morph into 19<br>Minhag EY maintained 18 brachos throughout, hence the name sh'moneh esrai was STILL literally true on weekdays until??? [1000 CE maybe]
<br><br><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>