- The Kol Nidre is the holiest Jewish prayer and is recited
several times on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It means "all vows"
and is a flat statement that no promise of any kind will be kept for the
coming year. It is also sung by the cantor in synagogue, accompanied on
the violin and goes like this:
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- "All vows, obligations, oaths or anathemas, pledges
of all names, which we have vowed, sworn, devoted, or bound ourselves to,
from this day of atonement, until the next day of atonement (whose arrival
we hope for in happiness) we repent, aforehand, of them all, they shall
all be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, void and made of no effect;
they shall not be binding, nor have any power; the vows shall not be reckoned
as vows, the obligations shall not be obligatory, nor the oaths considered
as oaths."
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- "The Jazz Singer," the first talkie with Al
Jolsen, describes the great devotion that Jews have for this "prayer."
Jolsen plays a cantor's son who tries to break away from Jewish tradition
but who in the end is drawn back to it, finally agreeing to sing the Kol
Nidre on the great day. It is ironic that Hollywood's first motion picture
with sound should have dealt with this explosive subject, even if the words
were sung in Hebrew.
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- Can any person or people with this mentality be trusted?
The Kol Nidre mentality is the underlying cause for all the anti-Jewish
reaction by normal people down through the ages. Have we ever heard a renunciation
of this "prayer" by any Jew - orthodox, reform or otherwise?
In fact, how many of us are even aware of this subversive practice, this
license to lie, which is glorified in a holy ritual every year?
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- Every Jew in a position of power, from Paul Wolfowitz
to your judge, doctor or teacher, should be questioned on this subject.
Jewish judges should be asked to recuse themselves on this grounds automatically.
Only in this positive but defensive manner can we at this late date begin
to take charge of our lives by denouncing the lie of "anti-Semitism"
and confronting those whose practices are based on deception.
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- Remember the motto of Israel's elite organization, the
Mossad: "By way of deception thou shalt make war."
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- Comment
- From Name Withheld
12-1-03
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- In fairness, there is an obscure version of the Kol Nidre
(there are a number of variants on the text) which also seeks forgiveness
and nullification of coerced obligations for the coming year. This is no
longer commonly used, though it is quoted in the 100 year old version of
the "Jewish Encyclopedia" as part of a lengthy scholarly discussion
of the Kol Nidre.
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- Actually, many Reform congregations do not recite the
Kol Nidre because it is considered anachronistic and because it MIGHT be
misconstrued.
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- However, the Kol Nidre is specifically about contracts
of a religious nature and NOT about business or other contracts with other
men. If it were what Campbell and others commenting on your site say, would
it not also negate obligations between Jews?
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- Obligations between Jews may be settled by a rabbinnic
court, or Bet Din; obligations between Jews and Gentiles must be handled
by civil courts. The Talmud states: "The law of the land is The Law."
In other words, in all civil and crimnal matters (matters of a non-religious
nature) the ruling of a civil court is final and as binding as if it were
the Torah itself.
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- The Kol Nidre has NO EFFECT upon temporal obligations
nor upon the rulings of a court of law.
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- Comment
- From Sam Lock
- 12-1-3
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- The last comment by "name withheld" counter-commenting
to Barbara Cohen, is a flat-out lie and therefore "name withheld"
is a liar until he proves otherwise.
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- He states, "...The Kol Nidre does NOT do what Mr.
Campbell libelously claims. Rather, it is a sort of contract between man
the individual and God asking God's forgiveness for obligations made UNKNOWINGLY
or UNDER COERCION during the PREVIOUS (not forthcoming) year."
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- Jeff, I must copy a part out of the quoted Kol Nidre
by Barbara Cohen, acually, the entire thing, so I may not be labeled a
liar.
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- "All vows, obligations, oaths, 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 unto
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."
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- "...from this day of Atonement UNTO THE NEXT..."
does not refer to the PRIOR year, now does it class?
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- Is this guy just baiting us or lying to us? Jeff, this
is a great lesson in 'sources of information and how can you really rely
on it.'
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- "Name withheld"...for obvious reasons.
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- Comment
- From Barbara Cohen
- New York, NY
- 12-1-3
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- Dear Jeff,
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- Regarding your article today: The Kol Nidre http://rense.com/general45/kol.htm
- your readers can find a much more details at the enclosed
article.
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- http://abbc.com/quotes/q701-750.htm
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- KOL NIDRE 703
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- The Bible teaches: "Ye shall not steal, neither
deal falsely, neither lie one to another. And ye shall not swear by my
name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the
Lord." (Leviticus 19:11-12)
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- One of the most useful devices provided the Jews to offset
Moses' laws against swearing falsely, is found in the Talmud Book of Nedarim
(Vows), and is put into practice yearly on the Day of Atonement in every
synagogue across the world as the "Kol Nidre" (all Vows prayer).
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- The text of the Kol Nidre is found in "The Jewish
Encyclopedia" and published by Funk and Wagnalls Co., The History,
Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish people from the earliest
times to the present day, page 539. This is a typical Talmudic situation:
Knowingly, in advance, every shred or TRUTH is to be cast away, with religious
support. A Scriptural verse of no relevance whatsoever is used for justification.
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- Christian Americans and non-Christians have been drenched
with propaganda concerning "brotherhood" between Christian, non-Christians
and Jews. Such propaganda could never be effective if the true nature of
Talmudic Judaism were known!
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- KOL NIDRE: It is the prologue of the Day of Atonement
services in the synagogues. It is recited three times by the standing congregation
in concert with chanting rabbis at the alter. After the recital of the
"Kol Nidre" (All Vows) prayer the Day of Atonement religious
ceremonies follow immediately. The Day of Atonement religious observances
are the highest holy days of the "Jews" and are celebrated as
such throughout the world. The official translation into English of the
"Kol Nidre" (All Vows) prayer is as follows:
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- "All vows, obligations, oaths, 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 unto
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."
(emphasis added)
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- The implications, inferences and innuendoes of the "Kol
Nidre" (All Vows) prayer are referred to in the Talmud in the Book
of Nedarim, 23a-23b as follows:
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- "And he who desires that none of his vows made during
the year shall be valid, let him stand at the beginning of the year and
declare, every vow which I make in the future shall be null (1). (His Vows
are then invalid) providing that he remembers this at the time of the vow."
(emphasis in original) A footnote (1) relates: "(1)...The Law of Revocation
in advance was not made public." (Emphasis in original text)
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- The greatest study of the "Kol Nidre" (All
Vows) prayer was made by Theodor Reik, a pupil of the [I]nfamous Jewish
Dr. Sigmund Freud. The analysis of the historic, religious and psychological
background of the "Kol Nidre" (All Vows) prayer by Professor
Reik presents the Talmud in its true perspective. This study is contained
in "The Ritual, Psycho-Analytical Studies." In the chapter on
the Talmud, page 163, he states: "The text was to the effect that
all oaths which believers take between one Day of Atonement and the next
Day of Atonement are declared invalid." (emphasis added)
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- The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia confirms that the "Kol
Nidre" (All Vows) prayer has no spiritual value as might be believed
because it is recited in synagogues on the Day of Atonement as the prologue
of the religious ceremonies which follow it. The secular significance of
the "Kol Nidre" (All Vows) prayer is forcefully indicated by
the analysis in Vol. VI, page 441:
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- "The Kol Nidre has nothing whatever to do with the
actual idea of the Day of Atonement...it attained to extraordinary solemnity
and popularity by reason of the fact that it was the first prayer recited
on this holiest of days."
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- On the Chicago Illinois Television Station, on the Day
of Atonement in 1992, the announcer said in effect: "Synagogues and
temples throughout the city were crowded yesterday as the 24 hour fast
began. As Rabbis called on the Jewish people to join the fast, to sound
the Kol Nidre, the traditional melody used at the start of Yom Kippur,
as a gesture of goodwill."
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- That Christians accepted this as a true statement, without
any question at all, is amazing. For THE "Kol Nidre" Prayer is
a "License" for the Jews to deceive and cheat Christians and
non-Jews for the next year, as they have obtained forgiveness in advance
from "their" god to lie, cheat, steal and deceive.
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- Comment
- From Name Withheld
- 12-1-3
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- Jeff - Time and again slanders against my faith are repeated
on this site, although I still like the site and read it daily, knowing
that you are not the originator of the slander and also observing that
pretty much everyone gets equal time, which is what free speech is all
about.
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- But the attack on the Kol Nidre by J. B. Campbell is
just too much. The Kol Nidre is not a prayer. It is recited three times
on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year, in order to be sure
that all have heard and recited it. The Kol Nidre does NOT do what Mr.
Campbell libelously claims. Rather, it is a sort of contract between man
the individual and God asking God's forgiveness for obligations made UNKNOWINGLY
or UNDER COERCION during the PREVIOUS (not forthcoming) year. It ONLY affects
promises made to God and not promises or obligations made to other men.
In other words, it is a plea for forgiveness to God for offenses made to
him. It does not negate any obligations made to other men and only asks
God's pardon for unknowingly offending Him or for having offended Him because
another (say a Christian or a Moslem) forced one to do so.
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- Campbell's statements are made out of either extreme
ignorance or extreme hatred (or both), but they are lies and rubbish. If
a Jew said such horrible and false things about a sacred Christian practice
there would be hell to pay but I guess it's okay if it is the other way
around.
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- Many thanks for helping to set the record straight.
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- Update
- From J B Campbell
- JBC@wealthkeeper.net
- To: Jonathan Grossman
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- On 14.12.2003 6:22 PM, Jonathan Grossman wrote:
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- Read your Kol Nidre article. You are quite the nut. Funny
to read and of course only an anti-Semite like Rense would print it. Good
luck spreading your propaganda. It makes for good comedy.
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- I thought the rabbi objecting under the name "Name
Withheld" was very funny. Did you read my Rense piece on "anti-Semitism,"
since you're slinging around that slimy weapon? As I asked Dershowitiz,
do you have one drop of Semitic blood in your body? What is your attitude
toward the actual Semites? (That would be the Arabs.)
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- The syndicated lawyer and talk show host, Bill Handel
or Handle, back in '92 had a one-time special on KFI in LA called, "Why
Do You Hate Jews?" The first hour was given to the anti-Jews and
I got on. I said, "Because you are the most notorious liars on Earth."
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- "Oh? What lies do we tell?"
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- "Well, everything you say could be a lie. You are
authorized to lie by your rabbis."
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- "Authorized to lie by our rabbis... How does that
work?"
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- "What is your holiest prayer?"
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- "Umm - I don't know!"
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- "Isn't it the Kol Nidre?"
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- "You know, Bruce - I've had five years of Hebrew
school and three years of law school and I just can't remember how the
Kol Nidre goes."
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- "I can recite it for you if you like..."
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- "Okay."
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- And I did. On KFI, 50,000 watts across Southern California.
Bill about croaked. I said, "Bill, this is why people hate Jews.
Get it? And another thing - you called that Gentile gal a minute ago
a Shiksa."
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- "Yeah? So?"
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- "In your lingo, shiksa means dirty, unclean, non-Kosher
piece of meat. Like "goyim." That means cattle. You're the
cowboys and we're the cows - right?"
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- "Aw, Bruce! I don't think so!"
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- "You don't think so?"
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- "No, I don't think so..."
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- "Do you deny it?" He wouldn't deny it - just
Jewish equivocating. Anyway, the anti-Jew calls were so heavy that we got
another hour. And the last two hours were for Jews only. You know - the
last word. But it worked out okay. The first Jewish call was from a rabbi.
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- "Bill! What that fellow said about the Kol Nidre!
He was wrong, Bill!"
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- "I know he was, Rabbi. Can you tell us how wrong?"
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- "Oh, Bill! The Kol Nidre is between you and God
- not the way he made it sound! Now, let's say that you have sworn not
to come within a mile of a chocolate mousse. You can't keep this promise
to God, so the Kol Nidre lets you off the hook with God! You see, Bill?
Nothing like what he said!"
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- "Uh, huh... Okay - thanks, Rabbi."
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- Talk about comedy. People all over Los Angeles were
laughing. Jews were slapping their foreheads at this moron for telling
such a fantastic whopper
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