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Andrew Neff

Andrew Neff worked on Wall Street for 25 years as a equity analyst following the technology sector, where he was an Institutional Investor All-Star for 16 years and a Wall Street Journal All-Star for nine years. He currently learns in yeshivas in Teaneck, NJ, Riverdale, NY and Englewood, NJ. His previous pieces on ou.org include From Bear Stearns to Bava Metzia (July 2008); You DO Have A Prayer (September 2008); All My Life’s A Cycle (January 2009). These pieces are also available at www.andyneff.com

You DO Have a Prayer

September 25, 2008, by

As we get ready for Yom Kippur, I have a question: What is Kol Nidre all about? Why do we say Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur? Or, more importantly, why is Kol Nidre – which means “All vows” – the last thing we say before the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest of holy days, […]