On Yom Kippur we Jews recite the Vidui which is a confession of our sins. We do this publicly in and as a congregation at our Services. Some "sins" we may have committed and some we may not have. The idea of reciting the full litany with all the community may be assume that all such misbehaviours have been done by someone. OR - it may be a way of listing all those things which should not be done so as to serve as a notice and reminder of such things.
In any case... I and Karen are about to be married and it is a tradition to recite the Vidui/Confessional. How and when is not exactly clear at this moment and we will check with the Rabbi but the point must be that the Wedding is an end and a beginning and therefore a time to cleans ourselves. SO - we do the confessional and see forgiveness and we give forgiveness.
So much separation will be part of our wedding. Havdahlah separates the mundane week from the Holy Shabbat. The Wedding separates our pasts from our future together. All that went before has value and I/we are grateful for all from the past. But - the past is no longer! And we move into the future, together, and with this community and with others, too! Others who couldn't make it here and others who have not yet been met. Viva the Future!
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