Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre Prayers Singable in English

IT IFIF1UJR As the special energy of Yorn Kippur begins, a powerful elevation experience is -accessible. We enter the holy place together through the preparatory prayers . ...JI. {igfit wfiicfi transce To enter with our whole being into the holy place and fully realize the a{{ fimits am£6ounas purification of at-one-ment, we have to let go of attachment to our problems; the was sown in our fieartsfrom 6eyom£time. heaviness, burdens, feelings of guilt, and powerlessness weighing down our hearts. / We take off the bindings which keep these masks in place, and we nullify the power that keeps our lives motionless, crystallized, and obstructed from sfiinefortfi, deanse, renew us in ;oy. transformation through the Kol Nidre and its surrounding prayers. 1(µeasetfie 'Izaatfit in us On these pages you will find some of the Yorn Kippur prayers and new Piyyutim at tfiis fiour. (songs with refrains) which are also singable in Englis/ BISHIVASHELMA-ALAH rl~j .·Or zaruala-tzadiku-l'yish'ray layvsimkha. Light is sown for the tzaddik, · heart. an d JOY shelma-alaho/yeshivashelmata, /. 'i1bt:I aldaathamakomv'aldaathakahal, By consent of this group gathered here in this space, and consent of the powers on high, we will share in this prayer, llii'dl ~di .'ii;i'Cl 'il Kol nidrayve-esarayvakharamay v'konomay v'khinuyay v'kinusayush'vu-ot.Dindarnaud'isht'vaana ud'akharim'na v'di-asar'na al nafshatana. Mi-yomkippurim zehadyomkippurimhabaalaynul'tova. Kolhonikharat'na v'hon. Kolhony'honsharan.Sh'vikinsh'vitinb'taylinum'vutalin.Losh'ririnv'lo kayamin.Nidranalo nidrayve-esarana lo esarayush'vu-atana lo sh'vu-ot. All ungodly vows, commitments, oaths, covenants, promises and all manner of bindings of soul with which I may bind myself, limit myself, constrain myself, and make commitments that limit my life from this Yorn Kippur eve until the next Yorn Kippur (may it come upon us all for a blessing), I state for all of them, I hereby release, disavow, and declare null and void from this time forward. Non-integral bindings shall not bind my force, the roles I take on shall not constrain who I really can be, and the limitations shall not limit my true power. (three times) VayomerAdonaisalakhtiki-d'varekha. And God said "I pardon them as you have asked." V'nis'lakhl'khola-datb'nayYisraelv'la-gayrha-garb'tokham,ki l'kholha-ambish-gaga. Grant forgiveness to all the people of Israel, and to the peoples who live with them, for all people have flaws. Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev said, "O God, please, you must redeem the Jewish people! And if you refuse to do that, then at least you must redeem the non-Jewish peoples!"