Bill Kristol @BillKristol
"The renowned talmudic scholar Hai Gaon (939-1038) called it a 'foolish custom that is not to be followed.' Yet the 'foolish custom' of Kol Nidrei persisted, presumably because the fear of God’s justice was greater than that of the geonim’s disapproval." https://t.co/3wgpPNaXpj — PolitiTweet.org