וִידּוּי m. (יָדָה) confession of sin, prayer for pardon. Tosef. Yoma V (VI), 14; Yoma 87ᵇ מצות ו׳ ערב וכ׳ the proper time for confession (on the entrance of the Day of Atonement) is &c. Ib. וחותם בו׳ and closes the benediction with an allusion to confession (forgiveness). Y. ib. VI, 43ᶜ הו׳ מעכב the confession (by the Highpriest, Lev. XVI, 21) is indispensible for the legality of the act. Snh. VI, 2 וִידּוּיוֹ his (Achan’s) confession; a. fr.—Pl. (Chald.) וִידּוּיִין, וִידּוּיִן. Shebu. 14ᵃ תרי ו׳ (Ms. F. שני; Rashi וִידּוּיֵי) two confessions (Lev. XVI, 6 a. 11).
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וִידּוּי m. ( יָדָה ) confession of sin, prayer for pardon . Tosef. Yoma V (VI), 14; Yoma 87ᵇ מצות ו׳ ערב וכ׳ the proper time for confession (on the…
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- Jastrow, יָדָה 1
- Yoma 87b:7
- Leviticus 16:21
- Mishnah Sanhedrin 6:2
- Shevuot 14a:8
- Jastrow, שני 1
- Leviticus 16:6
- Leviticus 16:11