Dora Bas Rivka Silver O'H On the 24th day of Tishrei, after all
the holidays were over, the Jews gathered to fast and repent,
wearing sackcloth and ashes. They confessed their sins and those
who were in forbidden marriages separated from their spouses.
They stood (because Vidui, the confession prayer, is recited
standing), then they remained standing to read the Torah. This
went on for half the day, then the leaders of the people arose
and cried out to G-d. They told the Jews to bless G-d "from
world to world," meaning in this world and the Next World.
(According to the Talmud in Brachos 63a, "from world to world"
was the response used in the Temple, rather than "Amen.") They
acknowledged that G-d is One and that He alone made Heaven,
Earth, and everything in them. G-d alone gives life and the
heavenly spheres bow before Him. He chose Abraham, with whom He
forged a covenant, giving him the land of the Canaanite nations
(a promise He fulfilled). G-d saw how the Jews were oppressed in
Egypt and He answered them