sheva brachot

noun

the seven blessings recited after grace after meals at a wedding feast, and at festivities during the week after or before the wedding.

OriginHebrew שֶׁבַע בְּרָכוֹת →
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Meanings

nounsheva brachot pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlythe seven blessings recited after grace after meals at a wedding feast, and at festivities during the week after or before the wedding.

    If at least 10 adults are present, grace after meals culminates with the recitation of the sheva b'rakhot (the seven blessings pronounced during the wedding ceremony) with the blessing over the wine recited last.

    2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 172
  2. pluralplural onlya feast at which these blessings are recited

Origin

  1. Hebrewשֶׁבַע בְּרָכוֹת
  2. Englishsheva brachot

From Hebrew שֶׁבַע בְּרָכוֹת (shéva' b'rakhót, literally “seven blessings”).

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