#Kol Nidre

[shiraglassman]

I'm the right side

[eretzyisrael]

The exact origin of the Kol Nidre melody is a bit of a mystery… 

It's been claimed that the melody's roots can be found in German medieval folk music. Others have rejected this idea, arguing that it is clearly of Jewish origin.

There is, in fact, not just one Kol Nidre melody, but a collection of musical themes which came together and settled in a permanent order at some point during the 15th or 16th centuries. 

The combination of the religious setting, the emotional backdrop, and the powerful melody creates a unique psychological atmosphere among those gathered to hear the prayer on Yom Kippur. 

Much of this has to do with the ability of music to reach into the soul, even if the listener cannot understand the words. A few notes are often enough to trigger intense feelings and bring back old memories.

Over the centuries, the Kol Nidre melody has inspired countless musicians and artists, from classical composers to filmmakers to psychedelic rock bands.

See the first comment below to read on…

#YomKippur

The image below, an initial-word panel for the Kol Nidre prayer featuring decorative dragons and mythical beasts, appears in a Hebrew illuminated manuscript made in Germany in the early 14th century. It can be found at Oxford's Bodleian Library (MS. Mich. 619, fol. 100), zoom in here

National Library of Israel

[bonyassfish]

kol nidre

kol nidre is one of the holiest and most haunting prayers in the yom kippur canon. and yet, on the surface, it has nothing to do with yom kippur’s themes of atonement and self-examination. it is a request that we be released from any vows or obligations we have made in the previous year, or might make in the coming year. 

and yet, it says so much. a vow is permanent, but we understand that we are only human beings. we might make vows, and mean them in the moment, but maintaining anything, any action or identity, isn’t always possible for humans. we begin our day of self and communal reflection with an acknowledgement of our own fallibility, and an acknowledgment of the mercy offered by god (or by the community, if you’re an atheist/agnostic). because we know we are humans, we know we will inevitably make mistakes.

moreover, it’s an explanation of why judaism has survived millenniums of abuse, discrimination, repression, and genocide. because we change. we adapt. the judaism I practice is not the same as what my grandparents practiced. and what they practiced was not the same as their grandparents. when the second temple was destroyed, we had to fundamentally restructure how we practice judaism. in our diaspora, we’ve adapted our religion and culture to the time and space we exist in. our survival is because we have been able to change. change is a natural constant of life. 

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Actually, you can say "Happy Yom Kippur" but only if you're Jewish and being ironic and self-aware.

Enjoy Lol Nidre tonight, gang!

[girlactionfigure]

The exact origin of the Kol Nidre melody is a bit of a mystery… 

It's been claimed that the melody's roots can be found in German medieval folk music. Others have rejected this idea, arguing that it is clearly of Jewish origin.

There is, in fact, not just one Kol Nidre melody, but a collection of musical themes which came together and settled in a permanent order at some point during the 15th or 16th centuries. 

The combination of the religious setting, the emotional backdrop, and the powerful melody creates a unique psychological atmosphere among those gathered to hear the prayer on Yom Kippur. 

Much of this has to do with the ability of music to reach into the soul, even if the listener cannot understand the words. A few notes are often enough to trigger intense feelings and bring back old memories.

Over the centuries, the Kol Nidre melody has inspired countless musicians and artists, from classical composers to filmmakers to psychedelic rock bands.

See the first comment below to read on…

#YomKippur

The image below, an initial-word panel for the Kol Nidre prayer featuring decorative dragons and mythical beasts, appears in a Hebrew illuminated manuscript made in Germany in the early 14th century. It can be found at Oxford's Bodleian Library (MS. Mich. 619, fol. 100), zoom in here

National Library of Israel

[doriskilmanandthepinkicing]

“from the depths of our oy”

[ariel-seagull-wings]

Polish jewish actress Lili Liliana in Kol Nidre (1939).

@spengnitzed @bixiebeet

[garlicgirlie]

Guess who has two thumbs, is going to Kol Nidre service tomorrow, and just reported his ass to Hinge?

It’s meee🧄🧄🧄

[power-chords]

When I saw it in the theater this week I noticed this great concatenation of visuals while Vincent and Max are en route to Fever. Vincent brings up his father, recounting these fragments of childhood memory, and through the window behind him you suddenly see the landscape spring up in lights. The shots of him talking are aligned such that the tone he takes — opening up, vs closing himself off — are paired, respectively, with the cab passing by expanses of lighting and concrete structures that block them. Then, through the window, we see him contemplate an illuminated cross as they pass a church. A sole passenger jet ferrying travelers through the night. Then the coyotes skulking across an alien landscape, the neon urban wilderness that has paved over their dominion. Cue "Shadow on the Sun."

Mann was evasive when asked why he chose the song, but it bookends these images, the recollection of a dead relative amidst points of light, a house of worship, and bodies in motion/migration:

Every drop of flame Lights a candle in Memory of the one Who lived inside my skin

[eretzyisrael]

Kol Nidre from a 19th-century machzor

[when-wax-wings-melt]

shivers in a feverish state. Fitz and Biana divine imagery thoughts are sickening my breath and poisoning my bloodstream

[femmchantress]

Me, joking: (Husband)!!! Are you making yourself a PB&J? On Erev Yom Kippur? That’s not very repentant of you.

My husband, who isn’t Jewish: That’s my secret. I avoid Yom Kippur entirely by making the deeply strategic decision of not being a Jew.

[killerchickadee]

The man singing is likely the first recorded cantor and also happened to have been my great-great-grandmother's brother. So my. Great-great-great-uncle?

Anyway it's very cool to hear my ancestor's voice, recorded well over 100 years ago.

[adira5780]

G'mar chatima tova everyone.

I hope you find this Yom Kippur meaningful however you are observing it.

[flanarchy]

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