Kol Nidre

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Kol Nidre is a solemn Aramaic declaration recited at the onset of Yom Kippur that focuses on the annulment of personal vows and sets the tone for the day’s introspection and repentance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish prayer
liturgical text
alsoLanguage Hebrew
associatedConcept atonement
divine mercy
teshuvah
associatedWith Day of Atonement
calendarContext 10th of Tishrei
category High Holy Day prayer
criticizedBy some medieval Christian polemicists
defendedBy Jewish legal authorities
doesNotAnnul civil obligations
criminal liability
interpersonal obligations
hasVariant Ashkenazi rite version
Italian rite version
Sephardi rite version
Yemenite rite version
historicalLanguageLayer Aramaic core text
Hebrew additions
influenced classical music compositions
language Aramaic
legalScope oaths
personal vows
self-imposed obligations
liturgicalFunction sets spiritual tone for Yom Kippur
liturgicalOccasion Yom Kippur
liturgicalPosition opening service of Yom Kippur
musicalCharacteristic melismatic melody
musicalForm cantorial chant
musicalMode Ahavah Rabbah mode
notableAdaptation Max Bruch’s “Kol Nidrei” Op. 47
performedBy cantor
recitedBy Ashkenazi Jews
Jewish congregations
Mizrahi Jews
Sephardi Jews
religiousTradition Judaism
ritualAction Torah scrolls are removed from the ark
congregation stands
ritualLeaderPosition cantor stands before the ark
setting synagogue
subjectOf halakhic debate
textType declaration
legal formula
theme annulment of vows
introspection
repentance
timeOfRecitation sunset at the beginning of Yom Kippur
tone solemn

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Yom Kippur
centralPrayerService
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
featuresSong
Machzor ("Kol Nidrei service")
includesSection

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