על חטא | For the Sin of Torture: A Communal Confession by Rabbi Ed Feld
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2012-09-19
Last Updated: 2025-02-18
Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., communal confession, confession, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, North America, torture, וידוי vidui, על חטא Al Ḥeyt
Excerpt: This liturgy is based on the traditional public confession of sins on Yom Kippur and is meant to complement the existing al ḥet found in the maḥzor. This prayer written by Rabbi Ed Feld in 2007 for Yom Kippur 5768 was first published at the website of RHR-NA (now T'ruah). . . .
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּעַלִימַת עַיִן.
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For the sin which we have committed before You
for averting our eyes.
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּסְטִימַת אוֹזֶן.
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For the sin which have committed before You
for closing our ears.
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּפַּחְדָנוּת יְתֵירָה.
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For the sin which we have committed before you
through excessive fear.
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּהַקְטָנַת צֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים.
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For the sin which we have committed before You
through diminishing the image of God.
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּיִסוּרים וְעִנוּיִים שֶׁגָמַלְנוּ לַזוּלַת.
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For the sin which we have committed before You
for the suffering and torture committed on others.
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עַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּאַלִימוּת שֶׁנַעַשָׂה בִּשְׁמֵנוּ.
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For the sin which we have committed before You
with the violence done in our name.
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וְעַל חֵטְא שֶׁחָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
בְּיוֹדְעִים וּבְלֹא יוֹדְעִים.
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For the sin which we have committed before You
with our full knowledge or without our knowledge.
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וְעַל כֻּלָּם, אֱלוֹהַּ סְלִיחוֹת,
סְלַח לָנוּ, מְחַל לָנוּ, כַּפֶּר־לָנוּ.
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V’al kulam eloah s’liḥot,
s’laḥ lanu, m’ḥal lanu, kaper lanu.
For all these sins, forgiving God,
forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.
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רבנים למען זכויות האדם־צפון אמריקה, ימים נוראים תשס”ח (5768/2008)
This liturgy is based on the traditional public confession of sins on Yom Kippur and is meant to complement the existing al ḥet found in the maḥzor. This prayer written by Rabbi Ed Feld in 2007 for Yom Kippur 5768 was first published at the website of RHR-NA (now T’ruah).
Contributor: T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
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Name: T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Bio: Founded 2002, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights - North America) is a multi-denominational rabbinical organization dedicated to giving voice to the tradition of human rights in Judaism.
Website: http://truah.org
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/truah
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Name: Rabbi Edward Feld
Bio: Rabbi Edward Feld has published widely on Jewish theology, prayer, the Hebrew Bible, and on halakhic and ethical issues. He is the author of Joy, Despair and Hope: Reading Psalms (Cascade Books) and The Spirit of Renewal: Faith After the Holocaust (Jewish Lights). He is the senior editor of the new Mahzor Lev Shalem, published by the Conservative Movement’s Rabbinical Assembly, for which he was listed as one of the Forward 50 – the 50 outstanding American Jews of 2010. Currently, Rabbi Feld is at work on a companion Siddur Lev Shalem for Shabbat and Festivals. In his distinguished career, Rabbi Feld has served as Rabbi-in-Residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America functioning as an advisor and mentor to rabbinical students, Rabbi of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and Hillel Director of Princeton University. He is a noted teacher, lecturing throughout North America. He is married to Merle Feld, a poet and playwright and Director of the Rabbinic Writing Institute.
Website: http://www.edwardfeld.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/edward-feld
Featured Image:
Title: Waterboarding
Caption: Photo from a protest against waterboarding, on the occasion of Condoleezza Rice's visit to Iceland, by Campaign Against Military Bases. Condoleezza Rice was invited to the protest and to try waterboarding for herself but as she didn't show some volunteers tried it out for themselves. (credit: Karl Gunnarsson, license: CC BY-SA)
