Questions tagged [kol-nidre]
a prayer, formally annulling vows, said just before or at the start of Yom Kippur
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If Kol Nidre is effective, why do people do hatarat nedarim?
It seems to be unnecessary. Also, why do the specific Hatarat Nedarim on Erev Rosh Hashanah if we do it anyway just before Yom Kippur?
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Why list קונם and קונס explicitly in Kol Nidrei but not other Kinuyim?
Nedarim 1:2 lists several kinnuyim, alternate expressions you can use for making a neder.
In the Ashkenazi version of Kol Nidrei that I'm familiar with as well as the Nusach Sefarad one I found on ...
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The Day After Yom Kippur, Does The Community Re-Excommunnicate People Who Were Excommunicated Before Kol Nidre?
Since we permit to pray with those who were excommunicated (I mean menudim or muhramim i.e. in niduy or 'herem) in Kol Nidre, does the community need to reinstitute relevant niduyim/haramot the day ...
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Are unimposed or uncompelled vows (or any related synonyms) annulled by "Kol Nidrei"?
Are the following vows (or any related synonyms) annulled by "Kol Nidrei":
Any vows or promises or oath (or any related synonyms) that I said to God? For example, I say, God, I promise to give 20% of ...
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What is the point of vows, oaths, and pledges in light of Kol Nidre? [duplicate]
I was reading about Yom Kippur, and I came across this translation of the traditional recitation of the Kol Nidre:
"All personal vows we are likely to make, all personal oaths and pledges we are ...
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Kol Nidre: Is it lawful to pray along with sinners?
I was reading about Yom Kippur, and I came across this in a translation of the traditional recitation of the Kol Nidre:
"By the authority of the Court on High and by authority of the court down ...
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Why do we wear a tallit at kol nidre?
Why do we wear a tallit at kol nidre?
And if one arrives late to kol nidre and night has fallen already, should he put one on?
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Kol Nidre vs. Kal Nidre
Is the prayer we recite on Yom Kippur night pronounced "Kal Nidre" (with a kamatz) or "Kol Nidre" (with a חולם)?
I've heard in the name of one of the Posekei Hador, Harav Bension Musafi, that it ...
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Can one rely on Kol Nidrei?
In Kol Nidrei, one says
All vows, and prohibitions, and oaths, and consecrations, and konams and konasi and any synonymous terms, that we may vow, or swear, or consecrate, or prohibit upon ...
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What's so moving about Kol Nidrei
Wikipedia describes Kol Nidrei:
Though not a prayer, this dry legal formula and its ceremonial
accompaniment have been charged with emotional undertones since the
medieval period, creating a dramatic ...
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