Al Chet Prayer

Al Chet
”For the sin…”

For the sin which we have committed before You.

For the sin which we have committed before You of our own will, 

And for the sin which we have committed before You by hardening our hearts,

For the sin which we have committed before You unknowingly, 

And for the sin we have committed before you openly or secretly.

For the sin which we have committed before you knowingly and deceitfully,

And for the sin which we have committed before You in speech, 

For the sin which we committed before You by wronging a neighbor,

And for the sin which we have committed before you by sinful meditation of the heart.

For the sin which we have committed before You by association with impurity,       

And for the sin which we have committed before You by spurning parents and teachers,

For the sin which we have committed before You in presumption or in error,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by violence.

For the sin which we have committed before You by the profanation of Your name,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by unclean lips,

For the sin which we have committed before You by impure speech,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by evil inclination,

For the sin which we have committed before You wittingly or unwittingly,

For all these O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, and grant us atonement.

For the sin which we committed before You by denying and lying,

And for the sin which we committed before You by bribery,

For the sin which we committed before You by scoffing,

And for the sin which we committed before You by slander,

For the sin which we committed before You in commerce,

And for the sin which we have committed before You In eating and drinking.

For the sin which we have committed before You by asking usurious interest,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by stretching forth the neck in pride.

For the sin which we have committed before You by gossip,

And for the sin which we have committed before You with wanton looks,

For the sin which we have committed before You with haughty eyes,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by effrontery,

For all these, O God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, and grant us atonement.

For the sin in which we have committed before You by rejecting Your commandments,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by perverting justice,

For the sin which we have committed before You by ensnaring our neighbor,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by levity,

For the sin which we have committed before You by being stiff-necked,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by running to do evil.

For the sin which we have committed before You by tale bearing,

And for the sin which we have committed before you by swearing falsely,

For the sin which we have committed before You by causeless hatred;

And for the sin which we have committed before You by breach of trust,

And for the sin which we have committed before You by confusion of values,

For all these, O god of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, and grant us atonement.