Did You Know...
It is customary to recite the Tefilla Zaka before the Kol Nidrei prayer. Aside from accepting the prohibitions of the day, in the Tefilla Zaka we also express our forgiveness to anyone who hurt us in the past year (unless they hurt us maliciously, with the intent that we would forgive them).It is important for us to forgive others if we expect G-d to forgive us for our misdeeds. Nonetheless, the recital of this prayer does not exonerate the perpetrator from asking for forgiveness. It is a requirement to ask for forgiveness, even if one knows that he will be forgiven. Once a person has asked for forgiveness three different times, he need not ask any more. If the victim was a Torah scholar, however, he must ask until he gains forgiveness.
