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release, the response of those granting it, and a declaration. Reading this text alone does not release a vow; a particular vow must be explained to a rabbi versed in the laws of vows, and appropriate guidance obtained.<\/p>\n<h2>Text of the prayer<\/h2>\n<p>Please listen, our teachers. Every vow, oath, prohibition, konam vow or ban that we vowed or swore, awake or in a dream, or swore by the sacred names that may not be erased or by the Name of the LORD, blessed be He; every form of Nazirite commitment we accepted, even Samson\u2019s Nazirite vow; every prohibition, even a prohibition of benefit, that we imposed on ourselves or others, in any wording of prohibition, ban or konam; every undertaking, even for a commandment, that we accepted in the language of an oath, a Nazirite vow or any other wording, including a pledge made by clasping hands; every vow, voluntary pledge, customary observance of a commandment that we adopted, and every utterance of our lips; whatever we vowed or resolved in our hearts to perform as a commandment or a good practice, or any good deed we performed three times without stipulating that it was without a vow\u2014whether something we did concerning ourselves or others, whether we remember it or have already forgotten it\u2014we regret all of these from their inception. We ask and seek from your honor release from them, for we fear stumbling and being caught, Heaven forbid, in the sin of vows, oaths, Nazirite commitments, bans, prohibitions, konam vows and agreements. Heaven forbid that we regret performing those good deeds; we regret only accepting these matters as a vow, oath, Nazirite commitment, prohibition, ban, konam, agreement or inward commitment. We regret not having said: we do this without a vow, oath, Nazirite commitment, ban, prohibition, konam or inward commitment. We therefore seek release from them all. We regret everything mentioned, whether the deeds concerned money, the body or the soul; in all of them we regret the wording of vow, oath, Nazirite commitment, prohibition, ban, konam or inward commitment. According to the law, one who regrets a vow and requests release must specify it. But please know, our teachers, that we cannot specify them, for they are many. We do not request release from vows that may not be released. Therefore, please regard them as though we had specified them. Those granting release answer in these words, repeating them three times:<\/p>\n<p>They are all released for you, released for you, released for you; forgiven you, forgiven you, forgiven you; remitted for you, remitted for you, remitted for you. There are here no vows, oaths, undertakings, agreements, customs, Nazirite commitments, bans, prohibitions or konam vows; rather, there are pardon, forgiveness and atonement. (They are released from their inception.) Just as they have agreed and granted release<br \/>for you, the earthly court, so may the heavenly court agree and grant you release. May your guilt depart and your sin be atoned for.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners then make this declaration:<\/p>\n<p>We hereby make a declaration before you, our teachers, and annul from this time forward whatever we may undertake: all vows, oaths, Nazirite commitments, prohibitions, konam vows, bans, agreements and inward commitments, whether awake or in a dream, except vows to fast made at the afternoon prayer. If we forget the condition of this declaration and make further vows from today onward, we already regret them from their inception and stipulate that they shall all be null and void, without force or validity, and shall not take effect at all. We regret them all from now and forever.<\/p>\n<p>Those granting release say:<\/p>\n<p>We have received the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Some petitioners also recite this declaration by the eminent Chida, of blessed memory:<\/p>\n<p>We further make this declaration before you, our teachers: should any evil thought, improper reflection or harmful inclination arise in our hearts or minds, especially during prayer or Torah study, in any manner that does not honor or accord with the will of the blessed Creator, we now utterly annul those thoughts, reflections and inclinations that oppose the will of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekhinah, as a broken potsherd. All the more, if we speak any evil or forbidden word, let it all be null and void from now. We now explain and make entirely clear, declaring our mind and will with all our hearts, that our desire, longing and intention are to serve our Creator, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and Israel, with complete and pure service, in thought, speech and deed, with awe, love and joy, as required. Every thought, word and deed contrary to His blessed will is henceforth null and void, for it comes from the evil inclination and is all vanity. Thus all our service to the blessed Creator, in thought, speech and deed, is solely to bring Him pleasure, without any ulterior motive whatsoever. All is for the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekhinah, in awe and love, love and awe, to unite the Name Yod-He with the letters Vav-He in complete unity, in the name of all Israel, according to the understanding of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son Rabbi Elazar, and of our teacher Isaac Luria Ashkenazi. May the Omnipresent in His mercy help us for the honor of His Name, now and forever. <br \/>May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, LORD, my rock and my redeemer.<\/p>\n<p>Those granting release say:<\/p>\n<p>We have received the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners then say:<\/p>\n<p>May it be Your will, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, concerning all curses, imprecations, bans and excommunications with which we cursed, pronounced doom, swore, excluded, banned or excommunicated ourselves or others of the seed of Israel; or with which others cursed, pronounced doom, banned or excommunicated us, our wives, our offspring or our households\u2014especially if we transgressed any of the twenty-four matters for which a court imposes exclusion, Heaven forbid, and opened our mouths for harm: <br \/>May it be Your will, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, our God in heaven and on earth, that they have no power over us and leave no mark upon us. May all curses be turned for you and for us into goodness and blessing, as it is written: <br \/>The LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.<\/p>\n<p>They then recite this release of curses by the eminent Chida, of blessed memory:<\/p>\n<p>We respectfully ask you to release us from all curses, rebukes and forbidden matters, and to annul the evil eye and similar things.<\/p>\n<p>Those granting release say:<\/p>\n<p>May all curses, imprecations, excommunications, bans, exclusions, doom, rebukes, harmful utterances, sorcery and all evil things be released; all evil dreams and evil interpretations, appeals for judgment, words spoken for harm, all kinds of forbidden things, harsh and evil decrees and every kind of evil eye placed upon you or anyone in your household. This includes curses others pronounced against you or you pronounced against yourselves in any manner, or any curse, doom, ban, exclusion, rebuke or evil decree to which you became liable in any way. From this moment we release and annul all of it. Thus we say:<\/p>\n<p>In union with and by permission of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shekhinah; by permission of the heavenly court and the earthly court, our holy Torah, the Great Sanhedrin and the Lesser Sanhedrin: they are released for you, released for you, released for you; remitted for you, remitted for you, remitted for you; forgiven you, forgiven you, forgiven you. There are no curses here, no imprecations, no excommunications, no doom, no bans, no exclusions, no rebukes, no harmful utterances, no sorcery, no words spoken for harm, no alien thoughts or evil reflections, no evil eye of men, no evil eye of women, no evil eye of enemies or of friends. May they all be null and void, regarded as a broken earthenware vessel and as something without substance. May every kind of evil eye be removed from you and your homes and cast into the depths of the sea, as it is written: <br \/>Let nothing of what is banned cling to your hand, so that the LORD may turn from His fierce anger and grant you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, as He swore to your ancestors. <br \/>Please, LORD, be filled with mercy. May Your mercy overcome Your anger, may it prevail over Your attributes, and may judgments be sweetened. Remember for us the binding of our father Isaac, peace be upon him, as though his ashes were gathered upon the altar. Look upon his ashes to save us and all Israel from every evil. Annul over us and all Israel every harsh and evil decree through the name (Kera Satan). Just as the earthly court agrees and grants you release, so may the heavenly court agree and grant you release. May all curses, evil dreams and interpretations, words spoken for harm and all evil decrees be turned for you and for us into goodness and blessing, as it is written: <br \/>The LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you. And it is written: <br \/>But you who cling to the LORD your God are all alive today. <br \/>Act for the sake of Your Name; act for the sake of Your right hand; act for the sake of Your Torah; act for the sake of Your holiness. 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