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According to the Rosh, an early Talmudic commentary, "We go to the synagogue on Yom Kippur eve and it is the custom that the Chazan removes the Sefer Torah and recites the Kol Nidre."
This is one of the very few references we find for the custom of removing the Torah scrolls from the Ark before the prayer of Kol Nidre. Others are silent on the subject; perhaps because they could find no basis for it. But, since this minhag (custom) is now so widely accepted and universally practiced, it would be useful for us to discover its origins and its history.
Yom Kippur was established by the Torah on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, since it was on that day that Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the second set of tablets and informed his people that the Almighty had forgiven them for the sin of the Golden Calf. Each year, on that very day, the infinite compassion and mercy of G-d is reawakened. When else then, but on this day should the Jew seek forgiveness?
Viewed in this light, let us see if our custom of removing the Torah scrolls is a replay of those momentous events, as we try to humbly recreate that moment of Divine grace.
For forty days and nights, Heaven seemed to have turned a deaf ear to the prayers of the former slaves. But on the tenth of Tishrei, the celestial sky opened and yielded a second set of tablets. Compare this with the Chazan who opens the Ark and brings forth the Torah scrolls.
The Hebrew phrase, “Ohr Zorua Latzadik - Light is sown for the righteous” is recited at the Kol Nidre. This is without question, symbolic of the rays of light which emanated from Moses. This also recalls our first leader's success in prevailing upon the Creator to forgive us our sin.
At the service the congregation calls out, “Forgive this people's sin.” To which the Chazan responds, “And G-d said, 'I have forgiven as you prayed I would.’” This also, is uncannily similar to what Moses, the first Chazan, said in the Bible.
Is there a moral to all of this? I sincerely hope more than one. But the most relevant for us who are standing on the threshold of Yom Kippur, is: “If it ain't broke, don't fix it.” For thousands of years, our ancestors have tested and retested this ancient formula. If one thinks that religion can simply and constantly be upgraded like the breakfast cereals which are always being touted as, "New and Improved," we can forgive them. The question this Yom Kippur however is, will G-d?