{"id":5577,"date":"2017-09-24T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2017-09-24T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:56:46","slug":"gmar-chatimah-tovah-may-you-be-sealed-for-a-good-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/?p=5577","title":{"rendered":"G\u2019mar Chatimah Tovah ~ May You Be Sealed For A Good Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #f08080;\">G\u2019mar Chatimah Tovah ~ May You Be Sealed For A Good Year!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Kol Nidre, an Aramaic song, whose unforgettable melody ushers in the holiday of Yom Kippur, allows Jews to take back promises that could not be fulfilled or were made under force. It performs the psychological function of allowing Jews to clear their conscience of promises of a personal nature that could not be kept. In the historical sense, it was created in the Middle Ages to permit Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity to return to the faith of their ancestors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl joined Central Synagogue as senior cantor in 2006. In 2014, she was chosen by the congregation to lead Central Synagogue as senior rabbi. Here she sings Kol Nidrei.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-C-8f_SoNqg?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>\u00a0Ko<\/em><em>l Nidre Transliteration: Ve\u2019esarei, Ush\u2019vuei, Vacharamei, Vekonamei, Vekinusei, Vechinuyei. D\u2019indarna, Ud\u2019ishtabana, Ud\u2019acharimna, Ud\u2019assarna Al nafshatana<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Miyom Kippurim zeh, ad Yom Kippurim haba aleinu letovah<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Bechulhon Icharatna veh<\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">on<\/span>, Kulhon yehon sharan<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Sh\u2019vikin sh\u2019vitin, betelin umevutalin, lo sheririn v\u2019lo kayamin<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Nidrana lo nidrei, V\u2019essarana lo essarei<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Ush\u2019vuatana lo shevuot.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Translation: All Vows, prohibitions, oaths, consecrations, vows that we may vow, swear, consecrate, or prohibit upon ourselves- from this Yom Kippur until the next Yom Kippur, may it come upon us for good \u2013 regarding them all, we regret them henceforth. They will all be permitted, abandoned, cancelled, null and void, without power and <\/em><em>without standing. Our vows shall not be valid vows; our prohibitions shall not be valid prohibitions; and our oaths shall not be valid oaths.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Listen to<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/jhom.com\/calendar\/tishrei\/kolnidrei.html#sound\">Kol Nidrei Musical Traditions <\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">From East to West: Sephardi, Moroccan, Yemenite, Koenigsburg, Berlin.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/jhom.com\/calendar\/tishrei\/audio\/kn_berlin.ram\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h77alspCNDk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Yom Kippur occurs 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. It is a time of continued reflection, a time to examine human behavior. History has taught human beings to rely on themselves for creating change in our society. Yom Kippur is the culmination of our examination of our behavior begun on Rosh Hashanah. It is a time to reflect on the moral quality of our values and actions. Yom Kippur a celebration of inner strength and a time of self-forgiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Introspection and goal setting are traditional behaviors on the High Holidays. There are three key elements to for Yom Kippur: teshuva, tefilla, and tzedaka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Teshuva is a Hebrew word, usually translated as \u201crepentance,\u201d but which actually means return. Teshuva is the action of returning to our values and ideals, renewing our commitment to the highest standards of our ethics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Tefilla is traditionally translated as \u201cprayer,\u201d but comes from a word that means self-reflection. Tefilla directs us toward self-evaluation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Tzedaka usually signifies \u201ccharity,\u201d but the deeper meaning conveys what kind of human beings we wish to be: tzadikim, or people who embody the highest ideals of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Teshuva, tefilla, and tzedaka \u2013 meaning a return to our ideals, self-reflection, and puttingour ethics into action .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQYfooxkHBY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"460\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lynnefeldman.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"http:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sj-shofar.jpg\" alt=\"sj-shofar\" width=\"352\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sj-shofar.jpg 352w, https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sj-shofar-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Artist<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/lynnefeldman.com\/\">Lynne Feldman<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #f08080;\"><strong>May All Of Us Be Listened To &amp; Embraced &amp; Welcomed &amp; Supported In The Coming Year<\/strong>!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u2019mar Chatimah Tovah ~ May You Be Sealed For A Good Year! Kol Nidre, an Aramaic song, whose unforgettable melody ushers in the holiday of Yom Kippur, allows Jews to take back promises that could not be fulfilled or were made under force. It performs the psychological function of allowing Jews to clear their conscience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5605,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions\/5605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mochajuden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}