Ana Bekhoah (If You Would, With the Power)
Ana B’-Choach is a short poem full of symbolism that represents the passage from one state to another. It is attributed to the first-century sage Rabbi Nechunyah Ben HaKana. Made up of seven verses corresponding to the seven days of the week, the initials of each of the seven verses form Divine names. These seven passages also correspond to the seven emotional sefiros through which, according to Kabbalistic beliefs, the Divine energy sustains and nourishes us. Ana B’Koach represents the seven sefiros and, for this reason, is recited in prayers wherever person praying is moving from one state to another, such as when going to sleep.
