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Kol Nidre

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Kol Nidre: see Yom Kippur Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year.
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Kol Nidre

Prayer sung in Jewish synagogues at the start of services on the eve of Yom Kippur. The prayer begins with an expression of repentance for all unfulfilled vows, oaths, and promises to God during the previous year. It was in use as early as the 8th century, perhaps as a means of annulling oaths forced on Jews by their Christian persecutors. The melody used by Ashkenazi Jews became famous when the composer Max Bruch used it in his Kol Nidrei (1880).
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Jewish singer and songwriter Gil Akebayov graces INN readers with his version of the famous Kol Nidre prayer which begins the Yom Kippur service.
Video: Kol Nidre, A New Song by Arutz Sheva/Israel National News (Beit El, Israel)
From the celebration of the Jewish New Year, heralded by the plaintive call of the shofar, meant to stir and awaken us from the mundane routines of daily life, to the emotional crescendo of the beautiful and mournful Kol Nidre service on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, those of the Jewish faith have the opportunity to assess their lives; to examine their commitments to family, friends and work; to start anew.
The High Holy Days by The New York Observer / The New York Observer
Jews will attend the evening service tonight, known as Kol Nidre, "all vows," and daylong services Saturday.
YOM KIPPUR, JEWISH TIME OF ATONEMENT, BEGINS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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