Viduy: Why Recite These Supplications?

Quiz

1 - The three vital components of Teshuva are:

• Sincere prayer, charity, learning Torah.
• Humility, kindness, compassion towards others.
• Regret, commitment not to repeat the sin, verbal confession.

2 - Why is it not enough to regret our actions? Why do we have to put it into spoken words?

• It strengthens our resolve.
• The Torah wants us to express ourselves in actions and not just thoughts.
• It makes others aware of how bad it is to transgress.

3 - When saying the viduy, one should feel:

• A feeling of shame that he went against Hashem’s will.
• Happy that he is getting it off his chest.
• That he is a lost case.