This ‘Kol Nidre’ prayer means ‘All Vows’ and is a plea to the LORD to cancel any vows made in the year ahead that could not be kept or should not have been made at all. In the chant, the worshipper hopes to affect positively the decree determining his/her destiny in the coming year; a future inscribed on ‘Rosh HaShanah,’ and sealed on ‘Yom Kippur,’ the ‘Day of Atonement. In ancient times, the High Priest of Israel would bring the blood of an offering into the ‘Holy of Holies’ once a year on ‘Yom

🎶 Kol Nidrei: The Iconic Yom Kippur Prayer Kol Nidre (“all vows”) is an ancient formula, said on Yom Kippur eve, declaring all unintentional vows we may make over the (coming) year null and void. It has also come to refer to the entire Yom Kippur evening service | Chabad.org