About a Yehudah ha-Levi poem

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isabel perez

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May 4, 2008, 7:01:11 AM5/4/08
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Can anybody tell me which are the "nedaray we-esaray" Yehudah ha-Levi talks about at his famous poema "My heart is in the East..."?
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Dr. Avraham Ben-Rahamiėl Qanaļ

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May 4, 2008, 9:45:07 AM5/4/08
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Isabel,
 
        He is referring to "Kol Nidrei WeIsarei" ["all vows and bonds of abstinence"] that is said on the eve of Yom Kippur. It refers to vows and bonds that ordinarily would have barred one from joining in prayer. In Spain it took on a renewed meaning in nullifying forced vows of obedience to the Church in order to allow Anusim to take part in the prayer for Yom Kippur.
 
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Massimo Mandolini Pesaresi

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May 5, 2008, 5:04:21 AM5/5/08
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Also, I read in Gabriel Levin's translation, Poems from the Diwan, a reference to Num. 30: 5 (about the vows taken by a daughter in her father's house.)
 
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