Posted on 09/17/2010 6:50:52 AM PDT by EveningStar
As you know, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, begins today at sundown and ends tomorrow at sundown. The evening service begins with the Kol Nidre. It has a haunting melody and I thought you might like to hear it (guess the singer).
This is the translation from Aramaic:
"All vows, obligations, oaths, and anathemas, whether called 'konam,' 'konas,' or by any other name, which we may vow, or swear, or pledge, or whereby we may be bound, from this Day of Atonement until the next (whose happy coming we await), we do repent. May they be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, and void, and made of no effect; they shall not bind us nor have power over us. The vows shall not be reckoned vows; the obligations shall not be obligatory; nor the oaths be oaths."
ping for later when I have speakers
ping
Just a wild guess, but is it Mandy Patinkin singing it?
Just read that it is Johnny Matthis. Would never have guessed him. Beautifully sung.
Ping for later, at sundown.
Johnny Mathis.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
..................
Thanks to EveningStar. Though I'm sure it won't come up, I'll add that the vows referred to are those taken voluntarily by an individual which have no impact on or involvement of other persons or entities. Only vows between an individual and God.
Day of Atonement!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.