Kol Nidre
/KOLNIDRE ISTHESTRANGESTPRAYEREVERTO ENTER THE PRAYERBOOK .
NOTLEASTBECAUSEITISN’TAPRAYER,
ITISALEGALFORMULAFORANNULMENTOFWOWS,
ANDTHEFIRSTTIMEWEHEARFROMIT, ITHASBEENALREADYOPPOSED .
THE FIRSTTIMEWEHEARABOUTKOLNIDRE , ITISINTHE8THCENTURY.
THEGAONIMANDTHERISHONIMWEREAGAINSTITALLTHEWAYTHROUGH .
ITISNOTRIGHTTOSAY, ITDOESNOTBELONGTHERE,
BUT, SOMEHOW, KOLNIDREHASOUTLIVEDALLIT’SCRITICSAND
THEBIGQUESTIONISWHY ?
FOREVERYONEITISTHECENTEROFYOMKIPPUR’SPRAYER !!!!
THEREARE4BASICOBJECTIONSWHATEXITSABOUTKOLNIDRE :
OBJECTION( 1 )
ITISNOTAPRAYER ,
ITISALEGALDOCUMENT,
ITDOESNOTMENTIONTHENAMEOFG’D,
IT’SAFORMULAFORTHEANULLMENTOFWOWSANDIT DOESNOT TOASERVICEPRAYERATALL
OBJECTION( 2 )
THERISHONIMANDTHEGAONIMASKEDTHEQUESTION:
CANYOUDOATARATNEDARIM , CANYOURELEASEWOWSFORANENTIRECOMMUNITY!
THEWAYITISUSUALLYDONE,
YOUGOTOABETHDIN, THEYWILLASKYOUHUNDREDSOFQUESTIONS.
THEYWILLGIVE YOUAHARDTIMEANDTHENYOUANNULYOURWOWS !
OBJECTION( 3 )
ISITRIGHTTODOSUCHATHING ?
CANYOUTHINKOFANYTHING, WHYITISRIGHTTODOSUCHATHING ?
WHATHAPPENSWHENEVRYYEARWEGETOUR WOWSANNULLED ?
THEDANGERIS :
WECANTAKEWOWS,
WECOMEYOMKIPPURANDWECANUNDOIT !!!!
THEREFORE, THE GUEMARAISQUESTIONINGTHEATARATNEADRIMIN AMYROUTINEWAY, BECAUSE ITWILLLEADPEOPLETOTAKENEDARIM, WOWS, LIGHTLY !!!
JUDAISM, ISARELIGIONOFHOLYWORDS !
OBJECTION( 4 )
DOWENEEDTODOATARATNEDARIM ?
ANDHERETHEPOINTISVERYSIMPLE !
WEJUSTHAVEDONEIT !
WHENDOWEDOIT?
EREV R”H, AFTERPRAYER, WESTAYBEHIND
SAMEEREV YOMKIPPUR !!!!!
ITDOESNOTSAYANYWHEREDOIT ONYOMKIPPUR !!!!
- ITISNOTAPRAYER ,
- ITISNOTTHEWAYTODOSO ,
- ITISNOTTHERIGHTTHINGTODOSO ,
- ITISNONEEDTODOSO ,
WHATISITTHENFOR ????????
ONYOMKIPPUR, ACERTAINGROUPOFJEWS, CAMETOSHUL.
AGROUPOFJEWSWHOWEREUNDERPRESSUREAND HADTOCONVERTINTOANOTHERFAITH , ANDPRACTICEDJUDAISMINSECRET !
ONCEAYEAR, THESECONVERTS CAME TOSHUL , DECLAREDTHEIRBELIEFTO ONEG”DINSECRET , ANDUSEDKOLNIDREASAMEANS OFCANCELINGTHEIRWOWSOFFIDELITYTOANOTHERRELIGION .
KOLNIDRE , ANEMOTIFPOWER!!!!!
SINCEROSHHASHANA , WEARERECITINGSEVERALTIMES :
AVINUMALKENU !
OURFATHER , OURKING !
BEFOREBEINGOURKING, G”DISOURFATHER ,
MAYG”DOURKING , OURFATHERLISTENTOOURPRAYERS
AND ,
WISHYOUALLGMARCHATIMATOVAANDANEASYFASTING