![]() However, we heard that in other countries they say “kol nidre” we did not hear about this from our teachers. We do not ascribe to the custom of annulling vows on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur. In fact, the rabbis and scholars argued against it! Here are some examples: Thus, “from this Yom Kippur to (next) Yom Kippur, coming (we pray) favorably upon us” is the true (version), and support for this (comes from) what they say in “Four Vows” (= chapter 3 of Nedarim): “He who wants the vows that he makes during the entire (coming) year not to be valid should stand at the beginning of the year and say, ‘all vows that I may make shall be void,’ (and it shall be so)-provided that he remembers this at the time of the vow.”įor many years, Kol Nidre was not part of the liturgy. ![]() Papa, the final authority, who said in “The Sender of a Bill of Divorce” (= chapter 4 of Giṭṭin) that one must specify the vow (that he wishes to release)-and that is (indeed) our practice. He who says “from last Yom Kippur to (this) Yom Kippur coming (we pray) favorably upon us-all of them we have regretted” is committing an error, because it is not possible to release oneself (from a vow) or (to release someone other than oneself from a vow) without ab initio regret23 and either an expert (judge) or three ordinary ones, and also because the halakhah is in accordance with (the view of) R. ![]() My lord father corrected Kol Nidre, which we say on Yom Kippur night, (to read): “from this Yom Kippur to (next) Yom Kippur, coming (we pray) favorably upon us-all of them that we (shall have) regretted22 (shall be released),” and that is the true (version). ![]() Schlesinger Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, 1959, 70 §100. ![]()
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