In our daily prayers we find, "Ein k'Eloheinu" - "There's no one like our G-d"Ben Ish chai mentions that there are big kabbalistic intentions in it.
- What is the inner meaning of the prayer?
- What are the intentions.
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Is this in all customs of daily prayer? (Meaning do all nuschu’os include this?)– mrollCommented Aug 15, 2019 at 7:23
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1I believe it's fairly common among Sephardim (@Rh tends to hold by Sephardic halacha, @mroll)– יהושע קCommented Aug 15, 2019 at 7:40
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1I don't understand the difference between your two questions.– msh210 ♦Commented Aug 15, 2019 at 9:06
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Compare Megillah 14a on the similar phrase אין צור כאלקינו from Shmuel 1:2:2 - “Man fashions a form on the wall but can’t place in it a breath or soul, innards or intestines, but Hashem fashions a form inside a form and places in it a breath and soul, innards and intestines.” Just posting as a comment because אין כאלקינו may be broader since it doesn’t make reference to Hashem as the Fashioner of life, but perhaps someone connects the two.– DonielFCommented Aug 15, 2019 at 15:39
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En Kelohenu calls God by four names in the order in which they appear in the Torah (Elokim, Adonenu, Melech, Moshia) [Genesis 1:1, 15:2, Exodus 15:18, Deuteronomy 33:29], symbolizing the four worlds of the kabbalah.
Source: pp 214-5 of Rabbi Donin's To Pray as a Jew.
answered Aug 15, 2019 at 18:11
