I started AtoneNet, a space for public ritual confession; Here’s why I’m shutting it down - opinion
The purpose of the vidui is to have the entire community atone for its sins; you’re repenting not just for your own shortcomings, but for the shortcomings of the person sitting next to you.
Anonymous "confessions" posted to AtoneNet before it was shut down after 11 years.(photo credit: JTA illustration by Joseph Strauss)ByDAVID ZVI KALMAN/JTA