Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 4/3/Translation


 * Rabban Gamliel says:
 * Every day a person must pray eighteen [blessings of the Amidah].
 * Rabbi Yehoshua says:
 * [One may say] an abbreviated [form of the] eighteen [blessings].
 * Rabbi Akiva says:
 * If the prayer is fluent in his mouth, he must say eighteen [blessings];
 * but if it is not -- [he may say] an abbreviated eighteen [because otherwise he may stumble on the words].