Confession

The power of confession

Our liturgy is filled with pro forma confessions. These are not our sins, so we may say them out loud. We may even sing them out loud. But if they are not our sins, why do we confess them?

Terrorists confess:

'Hospitals and schools are our shelter'

Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists captured at Shifa Hospital detail how the terrorist organizations took over and used the hospital.

I have sinned, I have betrayed

Yom Kippur is not meant for us to find fault with anyone but our own selves.

Father, forgive me

The Yom Kippur confession has no mention of keeping kosher, observing Shabbat, neglecting davening, failing to put on tefillin.

Confession of good?

​​​​​​​Many think that in order to repent one must look evil, the affair teaches us that the secret of success is actually in looking good.

Murderer of Ori Ansbacher confesses

Terrorist who raped and stabbed 19-year-old woman to death in Jerusalem forest last year confesses to the murder.

Judge throws out Jewish terror suspect's confession

Court rules that confession given by youth suspected in attempted arson attack on Jerusalem church is inadmissible.

Shelly Dadon Murderer Retracts Confession

Hussein Yousef Khalifa claims confession extracted 'under duress', says interrogator bound his hands to a chair and threatened him.

Shelly Dadon Murderer Expected to Retract Confession

Hussein Yousef Khalifa, who murdered the 20 year-old because she was Jewish, had confessed to the crime in July.

Man Confesses to Armed Robbery - Because of Yom Kippur

Schizophrenic man confesses to robbing gas station - six months after proceedings began - due to a need for 'closure.'