daf bit: Beitzah 17
(Today's daf is 18.)
On Shabbat the Amidah (central prayer of the service) has seven blessings, in contrast to weekdays when it has nineteen. On festivals, also, the Amidah has seven blessings. What if a festival falls on Shabbat? Beit Shammai says you pray eight blessings, inserting the festival blessing after the one for Shabbat. Beit Hillel, on the other hand, says you pray seven blessings, using the Shabbat text but inserting a reference to the festival in the middle of it. Rabbi says you should also end this blessing "...who sanctifies Shabbat, Israel, and the seasons". A tanna disputes the ordering in this last phrase, but the halacha follows Rabbi (and Hillel). (17a)
On Shabbat the Amidah (central prayer of the service) has seven blessings, in contrast to weekdays when it has nineteen. On festivals, also, the Amidah has seven blessings. What if a festival falls on Shabbat? Beit Shammai says you pray eight blessings, inserting the festival blessing after the one for Shabbat. Beit Hillel, on the other hand, says you pray seven blessings, using the Shabbat text but inserting a reference to the festival in the middle of it. Rabbi says you should also end this blessing "...who sanctifies Shabbat, Israel, and the seasons". A tanna disputes the ordering in this last phrase, but the halacha follows Rabbi (and Hillel). (17a)