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don't, they feel shortchanged."
release the guilt of those breaking
The most inspiring thing about
God's commandment not to make
Kol
Nidre," says Cantor Chaim
promises that, even after honest
Najman
of Congregation Shaarey
effort, may be broken. If a vow was
Zedek,
"is
the universal acceptance.
made to an individual and it goes
The melody that is used in
unfulfilled, that person must be
Ashkenazi syna-
asked directly for forgive-
gogues throughout
ness under the premise
the world evokes a
that God cannot forgive
sense of history
our sins against another
that connects us to
human being.
past generations."
To create the legal set-
Perhaps more
ting for the declaration of
than any other
Kol Nidre, all of the syna-
prayer, Kol Nidre
gogue's Torahs are removed
does hold special
from the ark and held by
power. Jewish edu-
surrounding
cono- b reaants
b
cator Rena Meyers
the bima. At least two peo-
teaches her stu-
ple . stand at either side of
dents that "Kol
the chazzan (cantor).
muel Greenbaum
Nidre is the start of
Together, the
feeling,
the mood and the
the
three fulfill the
tone
that
are
set for the time
requirement to
to
reflect.
Even
with our hec-
create a bet
tic
'90s
schedules,
everything
din, or Jewish
stops so we can get in touch
court. The
with our own feelings about
legal procedure
religion and God."
of granting
Cantors understand the
dispensation
need
to set the tone for per-
from vows can
sonal
reflection. When Cantor
then proceed.
Corrsin
sings Kol Nidre, she
Rabbi Weil
(( very softly so everyone
starts
explains that
knows that something impor-
the court set-
tant is com-
Cantor
Lori
Corrsin
ting may only
ing." She con-
convene in Jewish law during
cludes in a vol-
the day so the service must be
ume that
said before sundown.
makes her feel
The dress of the reader is
the whole
typically a kitel or white robe,
world can hear.
which Rabbi Weil says is asso-
"The cantor's
ciated with purity. The tallit,
job is to make
not used in the evening ser-
them feel it in
vice, is worn for Kol Nidre as
their bones,"
it begins in the daytime.
she says.
The Kol Nidre is chanted
The message
three times, in a mixture of
is one of hope
Aramaic and Hebrew. Rabbi
for the future
antor Chaim Najman
Weil says that is because in the Cantor-
through
personal
repentance.
principles of Judaism, something is
"While the text absolves us of
deemed substantive if said three
vows
that were unintentional and
times — giving it significance,
uttered under oppressive conditions,
an
it."
e
showing that we m
Cantor Najman says, the underlying
By design, the melody of Kol
theme is that we have managed to
Nidre is important. The text is not
survive and hopefully will continue
actually emotional, but the melody is
to do so. The forces that abound in
probably one of the most emotional-
synagogues at that moment is so
ly loaded ones in all of Judaism,
powerful and inspiring, it is unques-
adding depths and meaning to the
tionably the most unifying moment
words," says Cantor Corrsin.
in the religious and communal life of
However, the music does not offer
our people.
too much latitude," concedes
Cantor Greenbaum. He says the
Shelli Dorfman can be reached at
simple, mournful melody has few
(248) 354-6060, ext. 246, or by e-
notes and is fairly unchanged since
mail at
ancient times. "But its melody is
sdoifman@thejewishnews.com
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