kol nidre

1. 1.

   the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur

   Broaderprayer

Questions about kol nidre

What does kol nidre mean?

kol nidre means "the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur".

Is kol nidre a common word?

kol nidre is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.