we explore a few of the confessions we make and learn a little more about what we are saying to Hashem, our King, who is kind and merciful and helps us to do teshuvah
Yom Kippur is a serious time of year, but it is also a beautiful opportunity to do teshuvah and clear our slate of the aveiros we have done so that we can start afresh.
One of the stages of teshuvah is Vidui, verbally confessing our aveiros. Chazal created an official Vidui to ensure we confess all the wrongs we have done.
Join me here as we explore a few of the confessions we make and learn a little more about what we are saying to Hashem, our King, who is kind and merciful and helps us to do teshuvah.
Al Cheit is the second section of Vidui. Each time we say the word “shechatanu,” we beat the left side of our chest with our right fist.
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