Must one specify (detail) sins when reciting Viddui, or is a general confession sufficient?
Synopsis
A Tannaic dispute: Rabbi Akiva holds a general confession suffices; Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava holds one must enumerate specific sins. The Shulchan Aruch rules that specifying in a whisper is praiseworthy but not required.
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