Mincha for Erev Yom Kippur
May the expression of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor before You, Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Our God and the God of our forefathers, may our prayer come before You, and do not ignore our supplication for we are not so brazen and obstinate as to say before You, Yahweh, our God, and the God of our forefathers, that we are righteous and have not sinned rather, we and our forefathers have sinned.
We have become guilty, we have betrayed, we have robbed, we have spoken slander. We have caused perversion, we have caused wickedness, we have sinned willfully, we have extorted, we have accused falsely. We have given evil counsel, we have been deceitful, we have scorned, we have rebelled, we have provoked, we have turned away, we have been perverse, we have acted wantonly, we have persecuted, we have been obstinate. We have been wicked, we have corrupted, we have been abominable, we have strayed, You have let us go astray.
We have turned away from Your commandments and from Your good laws but to no avail. But You are righteous in all that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully while we have caused wickedness.
What can we say before You, Who dwells on high, and what can we relate to You, Who abides in the highest heavens for indeed, everything that is hidden and revealed You know.
You know the secrets of the universe, and the hiddenmost mysteries of all the living. You probe all innermost chambers and test thoughts and emotions. Nothing is hidden from You and nothing concealed from Your eyes. And so may it be Your will, Yahweh, our God and the God of our forefathers, that You forgive us all our errors, and You pardon us all our iniquities, and You atone for us all our willful sins.
For a positive commandment and for a negative commandment, whether it can be remedied by a positive act or whether it cannot be remedied by a positive act; those that are revealed to us and those that are not revealed to us. Those that are revealed to us we have already declared before You and confessed them to You; and those that are not revealed to us are revealed and know to You, as it is said, The concealed sins are for Yahweh, our God, but the revealed sins are ours and our childrens' forever, that we may fulfill all the words of this Torah. For you are the Forgiver of Israel and the Pardoner of the tribes of Jeshurun in every generation, and beside You we have no king Who pardons and forgives only You
My God, before I was formed I was unworthy, and now that I have been formed, it is as if I had not been formed. I am dust in my life and will surely be so in my death. Behold before You I am like a vessel filled with shame and humiliation. May it be Your will, Yahweh, my God and the God of my forefathers, that I not sin again. And what I have sinned before You, may You cleanse with Your abundant mercy, but not through suffering or serious illness.
Our God and the God of our forefathers, may our prayer come before You, and do not ignore our supplication for we are not so brazen and obstinate as to say before You, Yahweh, our God, and the God of our forefathers, that we are righteous and have not sinned rather, we and our forefathers have sinned.
We have become guilty, we have betrayed, we have robbed, we have spoken slander. We have caused perversion, we have caused wickedness, we have sinned willfully, we have extorted, we have accused falsely. We have given evil counsel, we have been deceitful, we have scorned, we have rebelled, we have provoked, we have turned away, we have been perverse, we have acted wantonly, we have persecuted, we have been obstinate. We have been wicked, we have corrupted, we have been abominable, we have strayed, You have let us go astray.
We have turned away from Your commandments and from Your good laws but to no avail. But You are righteous in all that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully while we have caused wickedness.
What can we say before You, Who dwells on high, and what can we relate to You, Who abides in the highest heavens for indeed, everything that is hidden and revealed You know.
You know the secrets of the universe, and the hiddenmost mysteries of all the living. You probe all innermost chambers and test thoughts and emotions. Nothing is hidden from You and nothing concealed from Your eyes. And so may it be Your will, Yahweh, our God and the God of our forefathers, that You forgive us all our errors, and You pardon us all our iniquities, and You atone for us all our willful sins.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You under duress and willingly; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through hardness of the heart.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You without knowledge; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with the utterance of the lips.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You in public or in private; and for the sin that we have sinned before you through immorality.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through harsh speech; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with knowledge and with deceit.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through inner thoughts; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through wronging a neighbor.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You with insincere confession; and for the sin that we have sinned before You in a session of vice.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You willfully and carelessly; and for the sin that we have sinned before You by showing contempt for parents and teachers.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You by exercising power; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through desecration of the Name.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through foolish speech; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through impure lips.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You with the Evil Inclination; and for the sin that we have sinned before You against those who know and against those who do not know.
For them all, O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You by causing subservience through bribery; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through denial and false promises.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through evil talk; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through scorning.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You in commercial dealings; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with food and drink.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through interest and extortion; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through haughtiness.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You with prying eyes; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with the idle chatter of our lips.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You with haughty eyes; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with brazenness.
For them all, O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You in throwing off Your yoke; and for the sin that we have sinned before You in judgment.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through entrapping a neighbor; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through a begrudging eye.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through light-headedness; and for the sin that wehave sinned before You with obstinacy.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You with legs that run to do evil; and for the sin that we have sinned before You by gossip-mongering.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You through vain oath-taking; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through baseless hatred.
- For the sin that we have sinned before You in the matter of extending a hand; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through confusion of heart.
For them all, O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to bring an elevation-offering.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to bring a sin-offering.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to bring a variable-offering.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to bring a guilt-offering for a definite or a possible sin.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to lashes for rebelliousness.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to forty lashes.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to the death penalty at the hands of the Heavenly Court.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to spiritual excision and childlessness.
- And for the sins for which we are liable to the four death-penalties of the human court: stoning, burning , beheading, and strangling.
For a positive commandment and for a negative commandment, whether it can be remedied by a positive act or whether it cannot be remedied by a positive act; those that are revealed to us and those that are not revealed to us. Those that are revealed to us we have already declared before You and confessed them to You; and those that are not revealed to us are revealed and know to You, as it is said, The concealed sins are for Yahweh, our God, but the revealed sins are ours and our childrens' forever, that we may fulfill all the words of this Torah. For you are the Forgiver of Israel and the Pardoner of the tribes of Jeshurun in every generation, and beside You we have no king Who pardons and forgives only You
My God, before I was formed I was unworthy, and now that I have been formed, it is as if I had not been formed. I am dust in my life and will surely be so in my death. Behold before You I am like a vessel filled with shame and humiliation. May it be Your will, Yahweh, my God and the God of my forefathers, that I not sin again. And what I have sinned before You, may You cleanse with Your abundant mercy, but not through suffering or serious illness.
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