Jewish Museum BerlinKol Nidre and the „Civil Improvement of the Jews“ – Controversies throughout the Ages – Blogerim בלוגרים – Blogerim בלוגרים https://www.jmberlin.de/blog-en/2015/09/kol-nidre/
On 23 September of this year, we will celebrate Yom Kippur. As always on the eve of the Day of Atonement, synagogues will be overflowing with people anxiously waiting for the singing of Kol Nidre, a prayer (in form of a declaration) in Aramaic and Hebrew that implores God to forget “all vows, obligations, oaths …
Moses Mendelssohn is known for his adamant view that