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A PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS

From Tefillah Zakkah · Abridged

Behold I forgive completely anyone who has sinned against me or harmed me, whether physically or monetarily, or who has gossiped about me or even slandered me — except for money that I wish to claim and that I can recover by law, and except for someone who sins against me and says, “I will sin against him and he will forgive me.”

… And just as I forgive everyone, so may You (Hashem) grant me favor in every person’s eyes so he or she will grant me complete forgiveness. And may no person be punished on my account.

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Translations and transliteration are reading aids. The newly added translations and Hebrew vowel markings have not been independently reviewed. Please report a correction to info@forgiveit.org.

This is an abridged passage, not the complete Tefillah Zakkah. The full prayer is found in many Yom Kippur machzorim.

Why we say it before Yom Kippur

Tefillah Zakkah, composed by Rav Avrohom Danzig, author of Chayei Adam, helps us prepare to stand before Hashem. In this passage, we forgive others and ask that they forgive us.

The Mishnah teaches that Yom Kippur does not atone for wrongs against another person until that person has been appeased. Saying this declaration does not replace asking forgiveness from those we have hurt. The exceptions within the prayer are part of its meaning.

Mishnah Yoma 8:9 ↗ · CCHF’s Tefillah Zakkah Project ↗

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    THE CHOFETZ CHAIM

    Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
    Torah scholar and author of the Mishnah Berurah

    Put forgiveness first.

    He asked that this passage appear earlier in the prayer, so no one would miss it.

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    RAV SHMUEL KAMENETSKY

    Rosh Yeshivah
    Yeshivah of Philadelphia

    “a matter of extreme importance”

    He urged everyone to declare forgiveness before Yom Kippur—even when unable to say the full prayer.

    Portraits: Jgavant / Wikimedia Commons. Chofetz Chaim · Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky. CC BY-SA 4.0. Display crops applied.

    Paraphrased from Live the Blessing, pp. 526–527; brief quotation attributed there to Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky. Visit CCHF’s Tefillah Zakkah Project ↗

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    About these words of forgiveness

    What is Tefillah Zakkah?

    Tefillah Zakkah is a prayer traditionally recited before Yom Kippur. It includes a declaration forgiving others. ForgiveIt presents an abridged forgiveness passage, not the complete prayer.

    Is forgiveness only for Yom Kippur?

    No. Forgiveness is also part of the traditional bedtime prayer practice. ForgiveIt keeps this passage available throughout the year; it is not a substitute for the full bedtime Shema.

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    Learn more: CCHF’s Tefillah Zakkah Project · The bedtime forgiveness practice. Prayer versions differ by tradition; see the language note above.

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