Trisha Arlin first published this prayer for a communal confession on Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot on her liturgy site, here. Elements of this vidui (confession) are derived from the Kavvanah before Blowing the Shofar on Rosh Ḥodesh Elul for Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot (New Year’s Day for Domesticated Animals). . . .
Contributor(s): Moshe Ben Maimon, Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)
Categories: Birkhot Ha-Shaḥar | Tags: vidui, English Translation, redemption, Late Antiquity, shema, ne'ila, Yom Kippur, Ribbon HaOlamim, L'Olam Yehei Adam, Kohelet, confession
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English) לְעוֹלָם יְהֵא אָדָם יְרֵא שָׁמַֽיִם בַּסֵּתֶר וּמוֹדֶה עַל הָאֱמֶת, וְדוֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבוֹ, וְיַשְׁכֵּם וְיאֹמַר: Always may a person revere Heaven in solitude,[1]lit. seclusion jQuery(“#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1”).tooltip({ tip: “#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1”, tipClass: “footnote_tooltip”, effect: “fade”, fadeOutSpeed: 100, predelay: 400, position: “top right”, relative: true, offset: [5, 5] }); to contemplate Truth and articulate truth in . . .
Contributor(s): Avi Weiss
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yamim Nora'im, Yom Kippur | Tags: vidui, North America, 21st century CE, 57th century A.M., New York, Alphabetic Acrostic, confession, Open Orthodoxy, positive self-recognition, supplemental vidui, complementary vidui
Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez writes, “Rav Avi spoke to us a few times as he was working through [composing] this [vidui] and I am truly moved by it. Let us not only remember and confess our wrong doings, but also what we did right this year.” . . .
Contributor(s): Binyamin Holtzman and Joseph B. Meszler
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yamim Nora'im, Yom Kippur | Tags: Israel, vidui, 21st century CE, 57th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, confession, positive self-recognition, supplemental vidui, complementary vidui, Maale Gilboa, acknowledgment
Ahavnu – We have loved, Bakhinu – we have cried, Gamalnu – we have given back, Dibarnu yofi – we have spoken great things! He’emanu – We have believed, v’Hish’tadalnu – and we tried to give our best effort, Zakharnu – we have remembered, Chibaknu – we have embraced, Ta’amnu Sefer – we have chanted Your book! . . .
Contributor(s): T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Rabbi Edward Feld
Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession | Tags: vidui, North America, torture, 21st century CE, 57th century A.M., confession, Al Ḥet, communal confession
For the sin which we have committed before You through diminishing the image of God. . . .
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg
Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Yamim Nora'im, Environment, ecotastrophe | Tags: 20th century CE, eco-conscious, vidui, 21st century CE, 57th century A.M., Al Ḥet, communal confession, על חטא
Eternal God, You created earth and heavens with mercy, and blew the breath of life into animals and human beings. We were created amidst a world of wholeness, a world called “very good,” pure and beautiful, but now your many works are being erased by us from the book of life. . . .
Traditional Judaism offers a confessional prayer, or vidui, to be recited during a time of serious illness or near death. If the patient is unable to recite the prayer, others may do so on his or her behalf. This modern adaptation [of vidui] places less emphasis on atonement for sins, and more on the bonds connecting the patient to his or her loved ones. It can be recited by a friend, family member, or chaplain on behalf of a person who is very ill, especially when life and death are hanging in the balance. . . .
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