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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashamnu (alphabetical acrostic confession) | 1 |
| Vidui (confessional prayer) canonical | 1 |
| Vidui (confessional prayers) | 1 |
| Yom Kippur confession | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish prayer
ⓘ
confessional prayer ⓘ penitential prayer ⓘ |
| addressedTo | God ⓘ |
| associatedBook |
Machzor
ⓘ
surface form:
Machzor (High Holy Day prayer book)
Siddur ⓘ
surface form:
Siddur (daily prayer book, some rites)
|
| associatedConcept |
Machzor
ⓘ
surface form:
High Holy Day Machzor
Yom Kippur liturgy ⓘ atonement ⓘ teshuva (repentance) ⓘ |
| component |
Al Chet (For the sin… litany)
ⓘ
Vidui (confessional prayer) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
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) ⓘ |
| halakhicStatus | part of the mitzvah of teshuva according to many authorities ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
High Holy Days
ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah (some communities) ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ daily prayers (some rites) ⓘ deathbed confession ⓘ |
| mode | verbal confession ⓘ |
| practice |
recited communally
ⓘ
recited in first person plural ⓘ recited individually ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| purpose |
confession of sins
ⓘ
seeking divine forgiveness ⓘ spiritual repentance ⓘ |
| rabbinicSource | Talmudic discussions of verbal confession ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| structure |
alphabetical acrostic (in Ashamnu)
ⓘ
list of specific sins ⓘ |
| textualSource | medieval Jewish liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| theme |
acknowledgment of wrongdoing
ⓘ
collective responsibility for sin ⓘ commitment to change behavior ⓘ request for mercy ⓘ |
| theologicalBasis | biblical and rabbinic teachings on confession ⓘ |
| timeOfRecitation |
Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur (in many rites)
ⓘ
before death when possible ⓘ multiple times during Yom Kippur services ⓘ |
| variantForms |
Ashkenazi rite versions
ⓘ
Sephardi rite versions ⓘ Yemenite rite versions ⓘ modern liberal liturgical adaptations ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yom Kippur confession
this entity surface form:
Ashamnu (alphabetical acrostic confession)