Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-269) and index , Includes the text of the Ṿidui prayer in Hebrew and English; annotated translation by Joel M. Hoffman.

Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 237-254 , Morality, meaning, and the ritual search for the sacred , Morality, meaning, and the ritual search for the sacred , Heavenly assembly , What's in a bowl? Babylonian magic spells and the origins of Kol Nidre , Sermons and history: the "Marrano" connection to Kol Nidre , Magic of the moment: Kol Nidre in progressive Judaism , Music of Kol Nidre , Kol Nidre: a halakhic history and analysis , Choice, commitment, cancellation: vows and oaths in Jewish law , Kol Nidre: translation and commentary , Kol Nidre from Union prayer book to Gates of repentance , Memories of the past, guidelines for the future , What if cleverness is foolishness and righteousness an illusion? , Words of wisdom or legalese? , Two Torah scrolls and Kol Nidre: the earthly court below , At least credit me with being compassionate , Filling the void , Words mean everything, words mean nothing: both are true , "Woe is me that I have sworn": the power to annul God's vows , Tyranny of perfection , Disruption, disorientation, and restarting: the Kol Nidre road to return , Lifting the curtain: the theatrical Kol Nidre , "It's rather hard to understand": approaching God through sound, not translation , Sound and pageantry: willingness, aspiration, and discernment , Is Kol Nidre typical? , All bets are off , Room with no back, only forward , Imagining nothing , Vote of no confidence , Over-promise, under-deliver ... and then forgive , Courting inversion: Kol Nidre as legal drama , Kol Nidre mirror to our soul , Release beyond words: Kol Nidre even on a violin , Night vision: a gift of sacred uncertainty , Ritualizing Kol Nidre: the power of three , All vows? No! Then, which vows? , How is Kol Nidre like a Dodgers game? , We are the image of God that God leaves behind for history to know , Oath, or My family story , Heavenly assembly , What's in a bowl? Babylonian magic spells and the origins of Kol Nidre , Sermons and history: the "Marrano" connection to Kol Nidre , Magic of the moment: Kol Nidre in progressive Judaism , Music of Kol Nidre , Kol Nidre: a halakhic history and analysis , Choice, commitment, cancellation: vows and oaths in Jewish law , Kol Nidre: translation and commentary , Kol Nidre from Union prayer book to Gates of repentance , Memories of the past, guidelines for the future , What if cleverness is foolishness and righteousness an illusion? , Words of wisdom or legalese? , Two Torah scrolls and Kol Nidre: the earthly court below , At least credit me with being compassionate , Filling the void , Words mean everything, words mean nothing: both are true , "Woe is me that I have sworn": the power to annul God's vows , Tyranny of perfection , Disruption, disorientation, and restarting: the Kol Nidre road to return , Lifting the curtain: the theatrical Kol Nidre , "It's rather hard to understand": approaching God through sound, not translation , Sound and pageantry: willingness, aspiration, and discernment , Is Kol Nidre typical? , All bets are off , Room with no back, only forward , Imagining nothing , Vote of no confidence , Over-promise, under-deliver ... and then forgive , Courting inversion: Kol Nidre as legal drama , Kol Nidre mirror to our soul , Release beyond words: Kol Nidre even on a violin , Night vision: a gift of sacred uncertainty , Ritualizing Kol Nidre: the power of three , All vows? No! Then, which vows? , How is Kol Nidre like a Dodgers game? , We are the image of God that God leaves behind for history to know , Oath, or My family story