kol nidre, n.Definitions

Kol Nidre (n.) is the melody that opens the fast, sung before the sun has fully set.

Kol Nidre (n.) releases the promises a person made to themselves and could not keep.

Kol Nidre (n.) fills a sanctuary with people who managed, for once, to arrive early.

Kol Nidre (n.) works like clearing a desk before starting work that actually matters.

Kol Nidre (n.) begins a day of atonement by admitting that vows are easier made than kept.