Vidui: ‘Fess Up
By Cantor Judith Ovadia
Cantor Judith Ovadia
I have a confession: there have been times when, between ensuring that the choir, organist, rabbi, and lay participants know what they are supposed to be doing, worrying about the less-familiar music, and trying to pace myself, physically and mentally to endure, I have neglected my personal religious obligations during Yamim HaNoraim. Especially in the first year of a new pulpit, when the High Holidays often feel like a belated audition in front of the entire congregation, my mind and my heart have not always been directed toward the work of Teshuva. I will dare to presume I am not the only one who has transgressed in this way.
