Levi Goldstein: Hatoras Nedarim

Then comes Erev Rosh Hashana and we do Hatoras Nedarim. By the way, the Groiseh Talmidei Chachamim over here, where did it start, Hatoras Nedarim? Really, I did research. I couldn't find... No, that's a real question. Hatoras Nedarim is supposed to cleanse you from all the vows and to come closer and to cleanse yourself & become closer to your friends no grudges or anything But Hatoras Nedarim does exactly the opposite It creates all the animosity & grudges for the entire year. And it begins in middle of Davening. Middle of Davening, you're already scouting out you're looking around you're looking around, you're like, OK this corner, they're gonna take the 10 this corner's gonna be the other 10 us guys... Just us, nobody... OK... everyone knows their place and at the end of Davening The Gabbai gets up there and he has a gun and he says makes an announcement The Hatoras Nedarim musical chairs will now begin! And there's this one guy who's out of all the groups I'm out! YOU'RE OUT! and then you're like, ok, you've got your group. It's over. That's when it starts Hatoras Nedarim It's time for public humiliation. The Chazzan gets up there Shimu na rabboisai dayanei mumchin kol neder veshamta ushmuel kefar (mumbling) ushmarti bechoftzi bechoftzi bechoftzi? shenadarti al atzmi bein bachalom bein behakitz bein bachalom bein behakitz? there's actually a nusach like this a vow that I took upon myself bein bachalom bein behakitz that means a vow that I did whether I was awake or while I was asleep! think about that guy wakes up. Zelda! You're not gonna believe this! I can't eat any more steak! and all the guys are rolling their thumbs "this guy doesn't know Hebrew" yeah, sure, ok. the guys notice it. Alright, I'll remember next year... And then this one guy comes up and starts doing it in English and everybody's like Aha and then he messes up the English! Listen my masters, every fork and every knife fork and vow vow vow whether performance of our after Mincha...