I actually typed this up as an example for someone at synagogue, but I thought I'd post it here as an example of what I do (besides the usual Jewish prayers. Usually the ones I do are several pages in length and require me to hold several letter strings in my head at a time. I try to keep the gnosis that each letter points to all together in the letter string, so it can get pretty difficult after awhile (My eyes start to cross doing the tougher ones). Sorry if the vowel points aren't under the letters. This worked on Livejournal, but apparently Blogger has some issues with it. Anyway, here ya go:

The Fifth Yichud

(from Meditation and Kabbalah by Aryeh Kaplan, pg. 252)


The purpose of this Yichud is to repel and banish the Outside Forces. You may meditate on it after another Yichud.

Meditate on the two names Elohim Elohim like this:

ALHYM ALHYM (אלהים אלהים)

Then intertwine the names with these vowels:

AeAe LeLe HeHe YeYe MaMa (אֵאֵ לֵלֶ הֵהֵ יֵיֵ מַםַ)

Contemplate [that each name Elohim (אלהים) has a numerical value of 86, and therefore the two names have a value of 172]. Add to this an additional 10 for the 10 letters of both names, and you have 182, which is the numerical value of Jacob (יַעֲקֹב).

Also contemplate that the vowel points have the same numerical value as Jacob. The first eight letters all have the vowel point Tzeré (ֵ ), except for the second Lamed, (ל), which has a Segol (ֶ). [The Tzeré consists of two dots or Yod’s, and thus has a numerical value of 20. The Segol consists of three dots or Yud’s and has a value of 30. The seven Tzerés therefore have a total value of 140, and together with the 30 of the Segol] this yields 170. This is the value of AC (עק) of Jacob.

The two letters Mem (מ) have the vowel Patach (ַ). [This has the form of a (headless) Vav (ו), and therefore has a numerical value of 6. The two therefore have] a numerical value of 12. This is the value of JB (יב) of Jacob.

Combining AC (עק) and JB (יב) then yields Jacob (יעקב)