Vidui (confessional prayer)
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Vidui is the Jewish confessional prayer in which a person verbally acknowledges sins and seeks forgiveness, especially emphasized during the High Holy Days.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish prayer
→
confessional prayer → penitential prayer → |
| addressedTo |
God
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| associatedBook |
Machzor (High Holy Day prayer book)
→
Siddur (daily prayer book, some rites) → |
| associatedConcept |
High Holy Day Machzor
→
Yom Kippur liturgy → atonement → teshuva (repentance) → |
| component |
Al Chet (For the sin… litany)
→
Ashamnu (alphabetical acrostic confession) → |
| denominationalUse |
Conservative Judaism
→
Orthodox Judaism → Reform Judaism → other non‑Orthodox Jewish movements → |
| gesture |
lightly striking the chest for each sin (in many customs)
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|
| halakhicStatus |
part of the mitzvah of teshuva according to many authorities
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|
| liturgicalContext |
High Holy Days
→
Rosh Hashanah (some communities) → Yom Kippur → daily prayers (some rites) → deathbed confession → |
| mode |
verbal confession
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|
| practice |
recited communally
→
recited in first person plural → recited individually → |
| primaryLanguage |
Hebrew
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|
| purpose |
confession of sins
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seeking divine forgiveness → spiritual repentance → |
| rabbinicSource |
Talmudic discussions of verbal confession
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|
| religiousTradition |
Judaism
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|
| structure |
alphabetical acrostic (in Ashamnu)
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list of specific sins → |
| textualSource |
medieval Jewish liturgical tradition
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| theme |
acknowledgment of wrongdoing
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collective responsibility for sin → commitment to change behavior → request for mercy → |
| theologicalBasis |
biblical and rabbinic teachings on confession
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| timeOfRecitation |
Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur (in many rites)
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before death when possible → multiple times during Yom Kippur services → |
| variantForms |
Ashkenazi rite versions
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Sephardi rite versions → Yemenite rite versions → modern liberal liturgical adaptations → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Al Chet
("Yom Kippur confession")
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associatedConcept |
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Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
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associatedWith |
|
Vidui (confessional prayer)
("Ashamnu (alphabetical acrostic confession)")
→
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component |