[HANASHIR:6237] Re: Ein Keloheinu

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Macy Nulman's Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, truly a great reference book, 
has almost 2 pages on this one short prayer.  A few high points:

Originally it started with Mi Keloheinu but then was rearranged to spell out 
'AMEN B(aruch) A(ta).  One explanation is that this hymn made up for the 
'missing' intermediate blessings in the Shabbat Amidah to bring the total 
back to 19.  

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> Date: Saturday, 10-Jun-00 05:19 PM
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> From: Susan Schanerman         \ Internet:    
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:6231] Ein Keloheinu
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> I heard somewhere that the first letters of the Ein Keloheinu verses
> spell out "A M E N B A" and that they stand for "Amen and Ba(ruch)" -
> which represent the end of prayer and the beginning of prayer - to
> signify that prayer is a cycle.   Anybody know anything about this and
> whether it was intentional?
> Susan Schanerman
> Phoenix
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