הַוִּדּוּי הַמַּשְׁלִים | HaVidui haMashlim (Complementary Confession), by Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman • the Open Siddur Project

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Excerpt: A complementary (positive vidui) to supplement the harsh communal and personal vidu'im (confessions) being offered during the Zman Teshuvah. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Transliteration (Romanization)	Translation (English)
…עַל כֵּן, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁיֵּשׁ תּוֹעֶלֶת גְּדוֹלָה לְתִקּוּן הַנֶּפֶשׁ בְּוִדּוּי הָעֲווֹנוֹת… גַּם כֵּן בְּוִדּוּי הַמִּצְווֹת, לְמַעַן יִשְׂמַח בָּהֶם בִּלְבָבוֹ, וִיחַזֵּק אָרְחוֹת חַיָּיו בְּדֶרֶךְ ה׳. (הרב קוק, עין אי״ה, מסכת מעשר שני ז:י‏)	Al ken, k’shem she’yesh to’elet g’dolah l’tiqun hanefesh b’vidui ha’avonot gam ken b’vidui hamitsvot l’ma’an yismaḥ bahem bilvavo viḥazeq arḥot ḥayyav b’derekh hashem.	…Therefore, just as there is great value to the confession of sins… there is also great value to the confession of mitsvot, which gladdens the heart and strengthens the holy paths of life! (Rav Avraham Yitsḥaq haKohen Ḳooq Ayn Aya, Maaser sheni 7.10).^[1] This passage of Rav Ḳooq translated by Rabbi Sue Mauer Morningstar
הַוִּדּוּי הַמַּשְׁלִים	HaVidui haMashlim	the Complementary Confession
אָהַבְנוּ, בָּכִינוּ, גָּמַלְנוּ, דִּבַּרְנוּ יֹפִי.	Ahavnu Bakhinu Gamalnu Dibarnu yofi	We have loved, we have cried, we have given back, we have spoken great things!
הֶאֱמַנּוּ, וְהִשְׁתַּדַּלְנוּ, זָכַרְנוּ, חִבַּקְנוּ, טָעַמְנוּ סֵפֶר.	He’emanu v’Hish’tadalnu Zakharnu Ḥibaqnu Ta’amnu Sefer	We have believed, and we tried to give our best effort, we have remembered, we have embraced, we have chanted Your book!
יָצַרְנוּ, כָּמַהֲנוּ, לָחַמְנוּ עֲבוּר הַצֶּדֶק, מִצִּינוּ אֶת הַטּוֺב.	Yatsarnu Kamahanu Laḥamnu avur haTsedeq Mitsinu et haTov	We have created, we have yearned, we have fought for justice! We have exhausted all the good we could do.
נִסִּינוּ, סַרְנוּ לִרְאוֹת, עָשִׂינוּ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנוּ.	Nisinu Sarnu lir’ōt Asinu asher tsivitanu	We have tried, we have turned aside to see, we have done as You have commanded us!
פֵּרַשְׁנוּ, צָדַקְנוּ לִפְעָמִים, קָרָאנוּ בְּשִׁמְךָ.	Perashnu Tsadaqnu lifamim Ḳaranu b’shimkha	We have expounded Torah, we have been righteous, sometimes, we have called out in Your Name!
רָצִינוּ, שָׂמַחְנוּ, תָּמַכְנוּ.	Ratsinu Samaḥnu Tamakhnu	We have been steadfast in our will, we have rejoiced, we have supported one another.

Translated by Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler. The prayer is inspired by Rav Kook, but unfortunately many are misattributing it. Many thanks to Dr. Joyce Gottlieb for her edits and for connecting us with the original author, Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman, of Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa, Israel. Rabbi Holtzman composed this prayer after shabbat on September 22, 2012. Also see the PDF and JPG prepared by Rabbi Riqi Kosovske. — Aharon Varady

Source

Click to access Ahavnu-ViduiHaMashlimYK-Binyamin-Holtzman.pdf

Notes

Notes
1	This passage of Rav Ḳooq translated by Rabbi Sue Mauer Morningstar