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An alternate Vidui for Yom Kipur, including an alphabetical list of the things we’ve done wrong in the past year, and also an alphabetical list of the things we can do right in the new year. This vidui is supplemented with the song “Ani v’Ata” (Arik Einstein 1971), the song of optimism and commitment to improve the world.
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Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
אֲנִי וְאַתָּה אָז יָבוֹאוּ כְּבָר כֻּלָּם
אָמְרוּ אֶת זֶה קֹדֶם לְפָנַי
לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה
אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נְשַׁנֶּה אֶת הָעוֹלָם
You and I by then all will follow
Others have said it before me
But it doesn’t matter
You and I we’ll change the world
יִהְיֶה לָנוּ רַע, אֵין דָּבָר זֶה לֹא נוֹרָא
אָמְרוּ אֶת זֶה קֹדֶם לְפָנַי
זֶה לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה
אֲנִי וְאַתָּה נְשַׁנֶּה אֶת הָעוֹלָם
It will be tough for us, no matter, it’s not too bad
Others have said it before me
But it doesn’t matter
You and I we’ll change the world
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where we have gone wrong in the past year we Acquiesce we Avoid problems that require our Attention we are Addicted to unhealthy foods, substances and habits we Believe what we wish to be true we are Busy all the time we Complain we are Complicit we are Conventional we Capitulate and Concede we are Committed to our Comfort we Dismiss we are Distracted we go wrong through Extremism we Fail to Face the Facts we are Generally Good – but not as good as we could be. we have gone wrong by Ghosting[1] Engaging in online correspondence and then disappearing by failing to respond. and by Holding on to our pain so that we cannot forgive we are Insincere we Ignore the needs of others we Justify our offenses (“I was Just trying to help!”) we fail to Keep others’ confidences we Lack purpose, kavana, in our prayers and in our actions we are Lazy – in our actions and in our imagination of what is possible we are Lax in our commitments we Look the other way we Make Mountains out of Molehills we are Needlessly Negative we Obfuscate we are Overwhelmed we Procrastinate we “Protest too much” we Quit we Rationalize we Revert to habitual patterns we are Self-centered we do Too little Too late we Underestimate others’ talents we Underestimate our own ability to make an impact we Underestimate the dangers around us we Undermine the norms and institutions we rely on we have gone wrong by Virtue signaling we Waste time, Waste resources, Waste our energies on matters that don’t deserve our attention we are Weak-Willed we Withdraw we allow our efforts, and our hope, to Wane we are Xenophobic we hear people say “Yadda-Yadda-Yadda” rather than listening carefully to their words and meaning we Zoom-Z call when we could meet in person. | |
what we will do better in the coming year we will Admit our faults we will Accentuate our commonalities and not our differences we will be Brave we will Bear the Burdens of Bold action we will do better through Civility and Curiosity and by Committing to the actions that we Conceive we will Deliver on our promises we will Examine our own behavior critically we will Follow up and Follow through we will do better by Focusing our attention, and Filtering out noise and distraction we will do better through Generosity in material goods and Generosity of spirit we will Go the extra mile; we will Go the extra inch we will do better through Humility we will Invest in our Ideals we will do better through Inspiration and Ingenuity through Joy, Kindness, Laughter and Love we will do better by Listening we will make the world better through Music, beauty and art through Nurturing by pursuing, and creating, Opportunity we will do better through Pluralism and Pragmatism and by Praising others and by being Punctual we will Put down our Phones we will ask Questions – and listen earnestly to the responses we will be Reliable we will Remember that when we withhold forgiveness, we hurt others and ourselves we will Step up, Speak up, and Speak out we will Sustain the efforts that we commit to we will do better through Self-awareness and through Sustainable development[2] As through the United Nations’ 17 goals. by Teaching the next generation to choose hope over defeat and despair by Understanding others’ perspectives by Volunteering and through Visionary leadership by Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes and through Xeriscaping[3] Landscaping using plants that require very little water. (Thanks to Ben Orlove for this one!) we will do better by saying Yes and by stepping out of our Zone of comfort and we will daZZle ourselves, and one another, with all that we truly can do. |
Notes
| 1 | Engaging in online correspondence and then disappearing by failing to respond. |
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| 2 | As through the United Nations’ 17 goals. |
| 3 | Landscaping using plants that require very little water. (Thanks to Ben Orlove for this one!) |
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