Ana BeKoach

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Ana BeKoach (Hebrew : אנא בכח‎, We beg you! With your strength) [note 1] is a piyyut (liturgical poem) recited by Jewish communities[ which? ] at the end of Parshat HaKorbanot read during Shacharit, as part of Kabbalat Shabbat (the Kabbalah inspired introductory prayers before Shabbat Maariv), and on each day from the second day of Pesach to the day before Shavuot during the 49-day counting of the Omer. It takes its name from the first two words of the first verse.

Contents

The piyyut's structure is informed by Kabbalah principles. It has the following structure and associations:

History

The piyyut is based on Kabbalah and is attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah, a tanna (a rabbinical sage who commented in the Mishnah in the second century CE.

Rabbi Nehunya was described as meeting the requirements in the Talmud for being given guardianship of the 42-letter name of HaShem. He secretly weaved this name into Ana BeKoach, to ensure it was not available to everyone, but would not be lost. [1]

The Forty-Two Lettered Name is entrusted only to him who is pious, humble, middle-aged, free from bad temper, sober, and not insistent on his rights. And he who knows it, is heedful thereof, and observes it in purity, is beloved above and popular below, feared by man, and inherits two worlds, this world and the future world. [2]

—  Tractate Kiddushin 71a.13

Usage

The piyyut is recited as part of the Parashat Korbanot reading during Shacharit as well as during Kabbalat Shabbat before Lekha Dodi. It finds major expression[ clarification needed ] when said after each of the 49 daily Omer countings, both in its full form and intertwined in commentary verses included after the count for each day. [1]

Parts of the services where Ana BeKoach is recited by orthodox Jewish communities
Siddur
(Nusach) 		Used byWeekday ShacharitKabbalat ShabbatSephirat Ha'Omer
Siddur Ashkenaz
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 Ashkenazi At the end of the introductory prayers as part of the Korbanot (sacrifices) recital, before the start of Pesukei Dezimra. [3] [4] [5] [6] After Yedid Nefesh (Beloved of the soul) and the opening Psalms Ps 95–99, 29, and before Lekha Dodi. [7] After counting the Omer towards the end of Maariv [8]
Siddur Edot HaMizrach
(Nusach Sefard)		 Sephardi (majority)
Mizrahi (all)		After the opening Psalms Ps 95–100, 29, and before Lekha Dodi. [9] [note 3] After counting the Omer and reciting Psalm 67 towards the end of Maariv. After each counting section these siddurim include verses for contemplation put together with the word from Ana BeKoach for each Omer day, extracts from Psalm 67 and the combined Sephirot for that day [10] [11] [12]
Siddur Sefard
(Nusach Askenaz, Sefard and Ari)		Sephardi (minority)
Chasidic (excl. Chabad)		After the opening Psalms Ps 95–100, 29, and before Lekha Dodi. [13] [note 3]
Siddur Chabad
(Nusach Ari)		 Chabad-Lubavitch After the opening Psalms Ps 95–99, 29, and before Lekha Dodi [14] [note 4]

Other times Ana BeKoach is said outside formal services:

It is the custom of Hasidim to recite the piyyut during:[ citation needed ]

Text of Ana BeKoach

This table highlights the 42-word name by indicating the initial letter from each word forming it in bold. The greyed-out acronyms are not spoken aloud in Orthodox practice. [15]

Each verse is linked to:

The eighth verse (Ps 72:19) following the piyyut is not part of it but serves to close it like Amen closes blessings. This verse is also recited after the first verse of the Shema. [1]

v.English translation Transliteration 42-letter name Hebrew Sephira Day
The 3-letter acronyms (grey) form the 42–word name. They are obtained by extracting the first (bold) letter of each word. In Orthodox practice, these are not said aloud. [note 2]
1We beg you! With the strength and greatness of your right arm, untie our bundled sins.Ana BeKoach gedullat yemincha, tattir tzerurah.א∞"ג י∞"ץ‎אַנָּא בְּכֹחַ גְּדֻלַּת יְמִינְךָ. תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה:‎חסד
(Chesed)		יום ראשון
(Sun)
2Accept your nation's song; elevate and purify us, O Awesome One.Kabbel rinnat ammecha; Saggevenu taharenu, nora.ק∞"ע ש∞"ן‎קַבֵּל רִנַּת עַמְּךָ. שַׂגְּבֵנוּ טַהֲרֵנוּ נוֹרָא:‎גבורה
(Gevurah)		יום שני
(Mon)
3Please, O Heroic One, those who foster your Oneness, guard them like the pupil of an eye.Na gibbor, doreshei yichudecha, kevabbat shamerem.נ∞"ד י∞"ש‎נָא גִּבּוֹר. דּוֹרְשֵׁי יִחוּדְךָ. כְּבַבַּת שָׁמְרֵם:‎תפארת
(Tiferet)		יום שלישי
(Tue)
4Bless them, purify them, pity them. May Your righteousness always reward them.Barechem, taharem, rachamei. Tzidkatecha tamid gamelem.ב∞"ר צ∞"ג‎בָּרְכֶם טַהֲרֵם. רַחֲמֵי צִדְקָתְךָ. תָּמִיד גָּמְלֵם:‎נצח
(Netzach)		יום רביעי
(Wed)
5Powerful Holy One, in much goodness guide Your congregation.Chasin kadosh, berov tuvecha nahel adatecha.ח∞"ב ט∞"ע‎חָסִין קָדוֹשׁ. בְּרוֹב טוּבְךָ. נָהֵל עֲדָתֵךָ:‎הוד
(Hod)		יום חמישי
(Thu)
6Unique and Exalted One, turn to Your nation which proclaims Your holiness.Yachid ge'eh, Le'ammecha peneh zocherei kedushettecha.י∞"ל פ∞"ק‎יָחִיד גֵּאֶה. לְעַמְּךָ פְּנֵה. זוֹכְרֵי קְדֻשֶּׁתֶּךָ:‎יסוד
(Yesod)		יום שישי
(Fri)
7Accept our entreaty and hear our screams, O Knower of Mysteries.Shav'atenu kabbel veshama tza'akatenu, yodea' ta'alumot.ש∞"ו צ∞"ת‎שַׁוְעָתֵנוּ קַבֵּל. וְשָׁמַע צַעֲקָתֵנוּ. יוֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת:‎מלכות
(Malkuth)		יום שבת
(Sat)
Said in a whisper, except on Yom Kippur when it is said aloud.
8Blessed is the name of His glorious kingdom, forever and ever.Baruch shem kevod malchuto, le'olam va'ed. Ps 72:19 בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:‎--

Kabbalah influence on Ana BeKoach

Tree of Life showing the Sefirot Kabbalistic Tree of Life (Sephiroth) 2.svg
Tree of Life showing the Sefirot

the meaning, structure and power of the piyyut can be explained using the following Kabbalah related ideas:

The importance of the number 42 (7×6)

42 Journeys from Egypt to the Promised Land

Numbers 33 sets out the route the Israelites took from leaving Egypt to entering the Promised Land. The route includes 42 journeys from one camp to another over 40 years before they eventually enter the land of Israel. According to the Baal Shem Tov each of the 42 camps represents steps that person must successfully navigate to fulfill their life purpose from birth (the exit from Egypt) to death and entry into Olam Haba (World to Come) equated with the Israelites entering the Promised Land. [2] [15] [16] [17]

Piyyut and other liturgy based on 42, and the 42-letter name assist those who contemplate them to understands each of the 42 personal waypoints they must encounter, and how to surmount them.

The forty-two 'stations' from Egypt to the Promised Land are replayed in the life of every individual Jew, as his soul journeys from its descent to earth at birth to its return to its Source. [16]

— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov

When God brought the Jews out from Egypt, He brought them out with the mystery of the 42-letter name, just as He created heaven and earth... [2]

— Zohar Hadash

R. Yehudah b. Shalom HaLevi said in the name of R. Yonah; and also R. Levi in the name of R. Hama b. R. Hanina said: 'The manna descended after [it had journeyed through] forty-two stages.' [2]

—  Midrash Rabbah Shemot 25:5

Using the 42-letter name to create the world

A permutation of the first 42 letter of Genesis are said to indirectly encode the 42-letter name. This is interpreted by Kabbalah and Talmud as indicating that HaShem used his 42-letter name to create the world. The Hebrew name for the 42 letter name is שם מ'בֶ (The Mem Bet name). [2] [15]

God created the world with this forty-two lettered name. [2]

—  Zohar II:234b (II:27.264)

'And the Earth Was Void and Without Form.' This describes the original state, as it were..., until the world was graven with forty-two letters, all of which are the ornamentation of the Holy Name. [2]

— Zohar I:30a (I:30.318)

Using the 42-letter name to reintroduce HaShem to the enslaved Israelites

When Moses asked HaShem who he should tell the Israelites had sent him, he was told that HaShem's name was "Ehkeh asher Ehkeh" (I will be what I will be) Exodus 3:13–14. The Gematria numerical equivalent for Hebrew word "Ehkeh" is 21. Since the word appears twice in the name this gives 42, referring to the 42-letter name (Talmud Kedushin 71). [2] [15]

42 in the holy texts

  • There are forty-two lines in each column of the Torah (Tractate Soferim 2:6).
  • The scripts in each Tefilin (Shel Yad and Shel Rosh) each mentions HaShem's name 21 times, in total 42 times for both Tefilin.
  • The Geonim say the Shem HaMephorash pronounced by the Kohen Gadol when he entered the Kodesh HaKodashim on Yom Kippur was the 42-letter name.
  • 42 is the number of days of Sefirat HaOmer after seven days of Passover.
  • there are 42 words in the piyyut Ana BeKoach, the first letters of which spell out the 42-letter name. [2]
  • The Shema (declaration that HaShem the G-d is one) is the most important prayer in the siddur. It's opening paragraph (following the Shema declaration itself) starting "Ve'ahavta" contains 42 words which (less obviously than Ana BeKoach encode the 42-letter name linking it to Ana BeKoach.
  • The Zohar says that the first blessing of the Amidah (the second most important prayer) originally contained 42 words which also encoded the 42-letter name. This is no longer apparent in modern siddurim because of millennia of transcription errors.
  • Verses 10 and 11 of Kaddish (prayer said between sections of prayer serves, and as prayer for the dead) contain the 7 words וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח וְיִתְפָּאַר וְיִתְרוֹמַם וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא וְיִתְהַדָּר וְיִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְהַלָּל...‎ (...veyishtabbaḥ veyitpa'ar veyitromam / Veyitnasse veyithaddar veyitʻalleh veyithallal...). These 7 words which have important meaning (describing various attributes of HaShem) each consists of 6 letters, giving a total of 42 letters. The first letter of each word is "Vav" which has a Gematria numerical value of 6. [1]

To match the Omer days, 49 (7×7) elements are required

Ana BeKoach: Each verse of the 7 verses of the piyyut contains contains 6 word. The 6-letter acronym (two 3-letter acronyms taken together), derived from each verse, which forms part of the 42-letter name, is added to the end of the verse as a word. Constructed in this way it has 49 words (7 verses of 7 words each). [15]

Psalm 67: After counting the Omer for the day, Psalm 67 is recited and then Ana BeKoach is read. If the first verse to Psalm 67 (which gives introductory information only) is ignored, the Psalm consists of 49 words each of which is associated with successive Omer days. Similarly verse 5 of Psalm 67 contains 49 letters which are also each linked to the Omer days. This Psalm is further associated with the Temple menorah, the 7 armed oil lamp used in the Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple) services, which links the Psalm and the Omer count to the Beit HaMikdash where the Omer (a measure of barley) was brought on the second day of Pesach as an offering of the first part of the harvest to HaShem. [18]

Exodus journey stations: The stations represent life experiences which a person needs to overcome. [16] The lower 7 sefirot are part of these experiences each of which needs to be understood for a person to proceed in life. The 42 stations and 7 sefirot make 49 life stages. [17]

Sephirot: The 7 lower Sephirot are said to contain each of the Sephirot (including themselves) within them. There are therefore 49 permutations of Sephirot. Each Sefira is linked to a week in the Omer count. On each day of that week the week's Sefira is contemplated in relation to one of the others it contains. On the seventh day of a particular Sefira's week, the Sefira is contemplated, as it relates to itself. [17]

Associating these concepts with Ana BeKoach

Omer Calendar Baruch Zvi Ring - Memorial Tablet and Omer Calendar - Google Art Project.jpg
Omer Calendar

the 49 days of the Omer should remind Jews of the journey of the nation from Egypt to Israel through 42 waypoints and 7 Sephirot, and how this relates to the steps they must take in their personal life journey. [15] [16] [17] The piyyut with its 49 nine words (42 words plus the 7 component parts of the 42-letter name derived from it), the 49 words of Psalm 67 and the 49 letters of verse 5 of that Psalm are associated with days of the Omer, to assist a Jew to understand the life steps and how to confront them.

Ana BeKoach is one of the Kabbalistic inspired piyyut included in all orthodox services. It was constructed to associate it with the mystical meaning of the lower seven Sephirot and the 42-letter name. Its various uses by all Jewish traditions include the devine mystical power into these observances. Reciting the piyyut has the power of bringing the Ein Sof light to earth strengthening the person reciting it, and the nation to face it ongoing journey.

Every time the piyyut is recited one must focus on how it's can assist them in their life journey. The piyyut is said in the Parashat Korbanot read during Shacharit and during Kabbalat Shabbat. It reaches its full potential of guiding a person through life by its association with the counting of the Omer, through its intertwining with the other 49–derived items.

An additional verse for contemplation is inserted in the Omer service after the day's count in Edut Hamizrach, Sefard and Chasid Siddurim. These siddurim give the formula for the verse as: [10] [11] [12]

The Ana BeKoach word for that day (with its initial letter that forms part of the 42-letter name), plus
The combined Sephirot for that day, plus
The Psalm 67 word for that day , plus
The Psalm 67, verse 5, letter for that day.

This constructed verse combines all the Kabbalah elements in these various sources into the counting of the Omer for each day.

The table below shows how all these parts for each Omer day fit together. For example:

By counting the Omer and contemplating the other items, associated with it a Jew can understand their journey through life, and which areas they currently need to work on to achieve the goal of finally uniting with Ein Sof. [17]

Associating [1] [13] [14] Ana BeKoach with Sefirat Ha'Omer, the Sephirot, the 42-letter name, Psalm 67 and the Exodus journey camps (Numbers 33)
[The count reads down the week columns from left to right]
Week 1 [note 5]
חסד
Week 2
גבורה
Week 3
תפארת
Week 4
נצח
Week 5
הוד
Week 6
יסוד
Week 7
מלכות
Weekday
1 [note 5]
חסד		Hebrew Date16 Nissan [note 5] 23 Nissan30 Nissan7 Iyar14 Iyar21 Iyar28 Iyar
Day count1 day8 days15 days22 days29 days36 days43 days
Week count–1 week 1 day2 weeks 1 day3 weeks 1 day4 weeks 1 day5 weeks 1 day6 weeks 1 day
Ana BeKoachאָנָּא‎קֳבֵּל‎נָא‎בָּרְכֵם‎חָסִין‎יָחִיד‎שַׁוְעָתֵנוּ‎
Sephiraחסד שבחסדחסד שבגבורהחסד שבתפארתחסד שבנצחחסד שבהודחסד שביסודחסד שבמלכות
Psalm 67אלקיםלדעתעמיםלאמיםתנחםכלםיברכנו
Psalm 67:5יריוימת
Camp
(Life Stage) [16] 		Ramses
(Birth)		Red Sea
(Rejuvenation)		Kibroth-hattaavah
(Cravings)		Kehelath
Group Pressure)		Mithkah
(Nachas)		Abronah
(Old age)		Oboth
(Pain)
Weekday
2
גבורה		Hebrew Date17 Nissan24 Nissan1 Iyar8 Iyar15 Iyar22 Iyar29 Iyar
Day count2 days9 days16 days23 days30 days37 days44 days
Week count–1 week 2 days2 weeks 2 days3 weeks 2 days4 weeks 2 days5 weeks 2 days6 weeks 2 days
Ana BeKoachבְּכֹחַ‎רִנַּת‎גִּבּוֹר‎טַהֲרֵם‎קָדוֹשׁ‎גֵּאֶה‎קַבֵּל‎
Sephiraגבורה שבחסדגבורה שבגבורהגבורה שבתפארתגבורה שבנצחגבורה שבהודגבורה שביסודגבורה שבמלכות
Psalm 67יחננובארץאלקיםכיסלהארץאלקים
Psalm 67:5שנםטשינ
Camp
(Life Stage)		Sukkot
(Young child)		Sin wilderness
(Crises of faith)		Hazeroth
(Rebellion)		Mount Shepher
(Nature)		Hashmonah
(Emissary)		Ezion-geber
(Distinguish)		Iye-abarim
(Lost)
Weekday
3
תפארת		Hebrew Date18 Nissan25 Nissan2 Iyar9 Iyar16 Iyar23 Iyar1 Sivan
Day count3 days10 days17 days24 days31 days38 days45 days
Week count–1 week 3 days2 weeks 3 days3 weeks 3 days4 weeks 3 days5 weeks 3 days6 weeks 3 days
Ana BeKoachגְּדוּלַת‎עַמְּךָ‎דּוֹרְשֵׁי‎רַחֲמֵי‎בְּרֹב‎לְעַמְּךָ‎וּשְׁמַע‎
Sephiraתפארת שבחסדתפארת שבגבורהתפארת שבתפארתתפארת שבנצחתפארת שבהודתפארת שביסודתפארת שבמלכות
Psalm 67ויברכנודרכךיודוךתשפוטיודוךנתנהוייראו
Psalm 67:5מנכעוםח
Camp
(Life Stage)		Etham
(Older child)		Dophkah
(Fear)		Rithmah
(Purpose)		Haradah
(Overcome fear)		Moseroth
(Councilor)		Kadesh
(Reactions)		Dibon-gad
(Life blessings)
Weekday
4
נצח		Hebrew Date19 Nissan26 Nissan3 Iyar10 Iyar17 Iyar24 Iyar2 Sivan
Day count4 days11 days18 days25 days32 days39 days46 days
Week count–1 week 4 days2 weeks 4 days3 weeks 4 days4 weeks 4 days5 weeks 4 days6 weeks 4 days
Ana BeKoachיְמִינְךָ‎שַׂגְּבֵנוּ‎יִחוּדֶךָ‎צִדְקָתְךָ‎טוּבְךָ‎פְנֵה‎צַעֲקָתֵנוּ‎
Sephiraנצח שבחסדנצח שבגבורהנצח שבתפארתנצח שבנצחנצח שבהודנצח שביסודנצח שבמלכות
Ps 67יארבכלעמיםעמיםעמיםיבולהאתו
Psalm 67:5חוימרבם
Camp
(Life Stage)		Pi-HaCheirus
(Teenager)		Alush
(Power)		Rimmon-perez
(Family)		Makheloth
(Community)		Bene-jaakan
(Older age)		Mount Hor
(Love)		Almon-diblathaim
(Loneliness)
Weekday
5
הוד		Hebrew Date20 Nissan27 Nissan4 Iyar11 Iyar18 Iyar [note 5] 25 Iyar3 Sivan
Day count5 days12 days19 days26 days33 days40 days47 days
Week count–1 week 5 days2 weeks 5 days3 weeks 5 days4 weeks 5 days5 weeks 5 days6 weeks 5 days
Ana BeKoachתַּתִּיר‎טַהֲרֵנוּ‎כְּבָבַת‎תָּמִיד‎נַהֵל‎זוֹכְרֵי‎יוֹדֵעַ‎
Sephiraהוד שבחסדהוד שבגבורההוד שבתפארתהוד שבנצחהוד שבהודהוד שביסודהוד שבמלכות
Ps 67פניוגויםכלםפניואלקיםיברכנוכל
Psalm 67:5ולתיואס
Camp
(Life Stage)		Marah
(Young Adult)		Rephidim
(Weakness)		Libnah
(Home)		Tahath
(Middle age)		Hor-haggidgad
(Wisdom)		Zalmonah
(Petulance)		Aviram Mountain
(Sadness)
Weekday
6
יסוד		Hebrew Date21 Nissan28 Nissan5 Iyar12 Iyar19 Iyar26 Iyar4 Sivan
Day count6 days13 days20 days27 days34 days41 days48 days
Week count–1 week 6 days2 weeks 6 days3 weeks 6 days4 weeks 6 days5 weeks 6 days6 weeks 6 days
Ana BeKoachצְרוּרָה‎נוֹרָא‎שָׁמְרֵם‎גָּמְלֵם‎עֲדָתֶךָ‎קְדֻשָּׁתֶךָ‎תַּעֲלוּמוֹת‎
Sephiraיסוד שבחסדיסוד שבגבורהיסוד שבתפארתיסוד שבנצחיסוד שבהודיסוד שביסודיסוד שבמלכות
Ps 67אתנוישועתךישמחוולאמיםיודוךאלקיםאפסי
Psalm 67:5ואשםלרל
Camp
(Life Stage)		Elim
(Adult)		Sinai
(Revelation)		Rissah
(Failure)		Terah
(Parenting)		Jotbath
(Calmness)		Punon
(Disease)		Moab Plains
(Death-New Life)
Weekday
7
מלכות		Hebrew Date22 Nissan29 Nissan6 Iyar13 Iyar20 Iyar27 Iyar5 Sivan [note 5]
Day count7 days14 days21 days28 days35 days42 days49 days
Week count1 week2 weeks3 weeks4 weeks5 weeks6 weeks7 weeks
Ana BeKoach [note 2] א∞"ג י∞"ץ‎ק∞"ע ש∞"ן‎נ∞"ד י∞"ש‎ב∞"ר צ∞"ג‎ח∞"ב ט∞"ע‎י∞"ל פ∞"ק‎ש∞"ו צ∞"ת‎
Sephiraמלכות שבחסדמלכות שבגבורהמלכות שבתפארתמלכות שבנצחמלכות שבהודמלכות שביסודמלכות שבמלכות
Ps 67סלהיודוךוירננובארץעמיםאלקינוארץ
Psalm 67:5ימפמאץה
Camp
(Life Stage)		Sefira
Chesed		Sephira
Gevura		Sephira
Tiferet		Sephira
Netsuch		Sephira
Hod		Sefira
Yesod		Sephira
Malchut

Notes

[note 1]

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    Obscuring the 7 Holy Names
    This article is only a general overview. It may not mention all differences between nusachim or quote all related Halacha.
    EnglishTranslit.Hebrew
    Why obscure?: To observe prohibition against writing HaShem's names where they may be destroyed (Deuteronomy 12:3–4), incl. in printed electronic media
    4-letter name HaShemHaShemיְיָ‎ / השם‎
    12-, 42-, 72-letter namesOnly 3-letter acronyms in grey with letters replaced by "∞" and warnings
    Ado-ai (for 4-letter)HaShemHaShemיְיָ‎ / השם‎
    Ado-ai (itself)L-rdAdo-aiאֲדֹ-י‎
    Kel G-dKelקֵל‎
    Elokim G-dElokimאֱלֹקִים‎
    Ekyeh EkyehEkyehאֶֽקְיֶ֑ה‎
    Shakkai Alm-ghtyShakkaiשַׁקַי֙‎
    Tzvakot H-stsTzvakotצְבָאקֹת‎
    Exceptions: Words only containing part of the 4-letter name, or Kel used in personal names (Joel / Yoel / יואל‎)
  2. 1 2 3 This article conforms to the prohibition against writing HaShem's holy names where they may be destroyed, based on Deuteronomy 12:3–4 (Destroy everything related to idols / But do not allow anything holy of HaShem's to be destroyed). This does not apply to electronic writing, but it may be printed so Halacha extends the prohibition to electronic media. It also does not apply to other languages, but to show respect Halacha extends it to these (therefore, "G-d"). The holy names falling within the prohibition in this article are
    • The 4-letter Great Name which is never pronounced. It is represented by "HaShem", or for liturgy by "Ad-nai". Words including part of the name are excluded (e.g. Hallelujah) unless confusion may happen (e.g. Judah).
    • The 42-letter name which is never pronounced, does not appear directly in the Tanach but falls within the prohibition because it is derived from the 4-letter name, and from the beginning of Genesis.
    • Instances of one of the Tanach names for HaShem (Elokim in Psalm 67) have had their "h" replaced with a "k" ("Hey" with a "Kuf" in Hebrew).
    This article only makes reference to the 42-letter name in letters in the section setting out the piyyut text, and the Omer table. It is required in these instances to understand how it is woven into the piyyut, and how it relates to the Omer. In these cases the second letter of each 3-letter acronym has been replaced with the infinity symbol (∞) so no portions of the name would be printed if the article were printed, the name is not written as one word, it is coloured grey to indicate it is different to other text, and warnings are given that it should only be contemplated, with no attempt being made to determine how it is pronounced, or to recite it. All other references to it are to the "42-letter name". The 4-letter name does not appear in the article at all, it is always referred to by "HaShem" or the "4-letter name". All names of HaShem, even if replacing other names (like "HaShem" itself), should be treated with respect.
  3. 1 2 Siddur Edot HaMisrach and Siddur Sefard exclude Yedid Nefesh but include Ps 100
  4. ↑ Siddur Chabad excludes Yedid Nefesh
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Week" and "Weekday" refer to an Omer week, and Omer days within that week. For example:
    • Week 1, Weekday 1 is the first day of the first week of the Omer (16 Nissan, the start of the counting).
    • Week 5, Weekday 5 is the fifth day of the fifth week of the Omer (18 Iyar, Lag BaOmer, day 33 of the counting).
    • Week 7, Weekday 7 is the seventh day of the seventh week of the Omer (5 Sivan, day 49, the last day of the counting. Shavuot is the next day, 6 Sivan).

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