Marriages and mortgages are not annulled by Kol Nidre. But that doesn’t stop the choir from singing that all vows are annulled (and all Jews untrustworthy as a consequence).

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Kol Nidrei, one of the most awe-inspiring and misunderstood parts of Jewish liturgy, dramatizes the power of repentance.

The first service, Kol Nidrei, occurs on the eve of Yom Kippur. During the service, Torah scrolls are taken out of the Ark, and the Kol Nidrei is recited.

By Beethoven’s time, Kol Nidre was perhaps the best-known melody in the Jewish cantorial oeuvre, and it was likely known even to many non-Jews in Vienna, particularly musicians.

The ninth century sage Rav Amram Gaon deemed Kol Nidrei a “mistaken custom,” and 10th century sage Rav Saadia Gaon declared that it gave no absolution for individual oaths.