Questions tagged [selichot]
prayers recited around the new year and on fasts, seeking forgiveness
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Is Tefillin worn during the Three Weeks of Tammuz?
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The Three Weeks are 3 weeks in Tammuz leading up to Tisha B'Av. During those weeks we add Selichos to our morning and afternoon prayers. My question is this: do we wear tefillin during these ...
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Were the 8th and 9th of Teves once fasts?
In slichos this morning I noticed a mention of the 8th and 9th of Teves also being fasts. Were these three days ever fasts all at once or were these fasts independently observed and replaced each time ...
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How to understand the first selicho for Asoro B'Teves
I do not understand the first selicho (in the Rosenfeld edition, p 343) for Asoro B'Teves.
The first line reads, “I remember the distress that befell me; three blows he inflicted on me this month.”
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Why would God forsake us when we are old?
In the Shema Koleinu prayer that we say during selichot, one of the lines goes like this:
אל תשליכנו לעת זקנה, ככלות כוחנו אל תעזבנו
Do not cast me away in the time of my old age; when my strength ...
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If you're short on time or came late to shul, which paragraphs of the selichot should you recite? (sefardic version)
If you come late to shul and need to catch up while the congregation is finishing selihot or has already started shacharit, which paragraphs of the selichot should you recite? I would like answers for ...
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When to say selichot in a minyan that doesn't
Note: This question is practical, however, my rav is not capable of answering it from his own experience, due to the nature of mainstream Orthodox kehillot in the US.
According to Western Ashkenazi ...
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Why isn't the miracle of Channukah mentioned in Selichot?
In the selichot service, we have a prayer which lists the historic times when Hashem answered prayers (even implicit ones). The "mi she'ana" prayer starts with Avraham on Har Hamoriah and moves ...
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Slichos, netz and nusach [closed]
A person who is ashkenaz (father ashkenaz, mother sephardi) has the habit of praying netz with the only minyan in his area that does, and it is a sephardi minyan. In order to not be different than the ...
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Why begin selichot on a Sunday rather than on a date?
We ashkenaz start selichot on a Sunday. Sunday is a day of the week. Usually we start events on a given day of a given month (e.g., rosh hodesh, rosh hashanna), or after a given number of days (e.g.,...
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When do sefardim begin reciting selihot?
Since rosh hodesh Elul is a mini-holiday do you need to wait till the day after rosh hodesh or do sefardim begin saying selihot on the first of Elul?
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Why does the leader wear a talis on the first night of s'lichos in a Chabad synagogue?
In Chabad-Lubavitch synagogues, it is customary that anyone who would not wear a talis normally does not do so just because he's leading/representing the congregation. The only exception of which I'm ...
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Prayer of Avraham Avinu at Mount Moriah
On Yom Kippur and in Selichos we pray "The One who answered Avraham Avinu's prayer on Mount Moriah, should answer us". "מי שענה לאברהם אבינו בהר המוריה הוא יעננו".
What did Avraham pray for at Mount ...
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Why is there no clear Chabad custom regarding Tzom G'dalya s'lichos: early morning or during shacharis?
In the 2005/5765 Kehot edition of סליחות על־פי מנהג חב״ד/Slichos appears part of a letter by the last Lubavitcher rebbe with no date on it. It reads, in part:
לא שמעתי הוראה בסדר סליחות ליום זה (...
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Selichot origins
In what year (CE) did saying selichot in Elul begin? In what year were they made a standard addition to prayer books? Looking for an academic answer, not the yeshivahish one. And did Sephardim start ...
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How long to stay bent in Vidui for Selichos
My Artscroll Selichos says, right after Shema Koleinu:
During the recitation of the וידוי, Confession, stand with head an
body slightly bowed, in submissive contrition.
How long does one need to ...
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Selichos during Beis HaMikdash? [duplicate]
a) When were the tefillos of Selichos instituted or composed?
b) Who composed them?
When were they first said?
Did they say selichos in the times of the Beis HaMikdash ?
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Is recitation of Selichot a halachic obligation?
Is recitation of Selichot a halachic obligation?
I'm not asking if it's "only d'rabbanan", as rabbinic laws also create halachic obligations.
At the same time, not every custom that is mentioned in ...
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Alternative to Selichot?
For someone who, for whatever reason, will not participate in selichot, are there any alternatives (things to say, acts to do etc.) suggested to properly prepare for the high holidays?
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What does Selichot consist of?
In Sephardic tradition Selichot is said from the second day of Elul through to Yom Kippur. I did not practice all this growing up and am trying to understand now. What tefilot make up Sephardic ...
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Do we consider ourselves converts?
OK, bad title but I have been having trouble with the titles recently. Sorry.
In slichot, we say a whole set of things including many pesukim. Towards the end of the slichot, right before the shma ...
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selichos on yom kippur
Yom kippur is a day of kapparah (forgiveness). In most machzorim it says at a certain point in every t'filla 'Now one says selichot'. Does any shul ever say them? Which?
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Change from Kail Erech to Kail Melech in Selichos
Nusach Ashkenaz and Ashkenazi Nusach Sefard both start Selichos with Kail Erech Apayim prior to the first Hashem Hashem, and then for the rest of Selichos say Kail Melech Yoshaiv prior to Hashem ...
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How can I find meaning in saying selichot?
I have always had a problem connecting with the selichot. In my shul they are said in a very rushed, impassionate fashion, mainly due to the need for people to get to work. I don't understand most of ...
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Why do we not say selichot on Tisha B'Av?
Every fast day on the Jewish calendar has its set of selichot that are said. The one exception to this is Tisha B'Av. This seems counter-intuitive to me because Tisha B'Av is the day when we mourn the ...
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What exactly constitutes the 13 attributes for the purpose of not saying them without a minyan?
The answers to this question mention that the 13 attributes of God are not said in selichos when davening without a minyan. If one is saying selichot without a minyan, exactly what parts constitute ...
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Saying slichos at any time but "ashmores haboker", should we take out references to the early morning time so we are not "lying"?
Many of the Slichos refer to the early morning time: "Ashmores Haboker", which is clearly not applicable to those who say late slichos (say at 8 AM) or who say it early at night (say at 10 PM, let's ...
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Why do we vary the form of the attributes of HaShem in the selicho "Kail Rachum shmecho"?
In the selicho "Kail Rachum shmecho" we ask HaShem to do things because of ("lema'an") - a list of things. Some are in the masculine form eg shemecho and some in the feminine form eg amitoch, brisoch. ...
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Why is there a custom to join "Hashem" and "Elokenu" together in the line Al Taazvenu in Shema Kolenu in Selichot
In Shema Kolenu, based on the Posuk in Psalms 38:22 we say the phrase:
Al Taazvenu Hashem Elokenu Al tirchak mimenu | Don't leave us Hashem Our God Don't distance yourself from us.
The interesting ...
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Minhag of saying Selichos only before Rosh HaShanah
There is a minhag to only say Selichos before Rosh HaShanah and not during Aseres Yemei Teshuva. I know in Chabad this is in the minhag. Is this minhag practiced anywhere else? Where does it come from?...
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Source of non-verse in Selichot
In Ashkenazi Selichot, the following set of verses from Tanach (patterned around the opening verb ז.כ.ר. to remember) appears towards the end of the Selichot service (there may be some slight ...
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Different names for Dovid in regular Selichos vs Yom Kippur Selichos
Why do we refer to Dovid Hamelech as "Mashiach Tzidkecha" in Selichos (towards the end, paragraph begins with those words) except on Yom Kippur when we refer to him as "Dovid Avdecha" (in the same ...
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saying selichos motzai shabbas [duplicate]
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Why only on the first Saturday night of Selichot is the minhag to start at midnight?
Where does the minhag come from to say the first selichos on motzai shabbas when one can ...
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What parts of selichot can be said without a minyan?
Suppose attending a minyan for selichot is impossible in the week before Rosh Hashannah. Which parts of selichot can be said without a minyan, and which parts must be omitted?
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Falling behind during selichos
Related to, but not duplicating Falling behind during davening, how should you attempt to keep up with overly-quick recitation of selichos?
I would assume that you interrupt the piyut you’re reciting ...
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Forgiveness on Rosh Chodesh
If Rosh Chodesh is a "Zeman Kapara" (time of atonement) as we say in the Mussaf prayers, why does it contain no selichot and no tachanunim? Why doesn't it (the day of Rosh Chodesh itself) resemble Yom ...
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Should the shaliach tzibbur wear a talis to say the 13 middos ?
The Gemoro in Rosh Hashono 17b says that HKB”H put on a talis like a shaliach tzibbur and taught Moshe the 13 middos and said whenever Israel sins they should perform before Me according to this ...
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Why say tachanun in selichos but not in davenning when say a sandek is in Shul?
If someone (eg sandek, mohel) is in Shul (the synagogue) whose presence stops the kehillo (congregation) saying tachanun, why is it that we do say tachanun in Selichos but not in davenning (the prayer ...
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Please translate “Shem Yinone mechoilol maichovim” in a selicho for Tzom Gedaliah
Please could someone offer a translation of the phrase “Shem Yinone mechoilol maichovim” in the Selicho for Tzom Gedaliah that begins “Oz Terem Nimtochu” (near the beginning of the selichos)?
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Why do the Ashkenazim say Selichos for a minimum of 4 days before Rosh HaShana?
The Ashkenazim start saying Selichos a minimum of 4 days before Rosh HaShana? What is the reason of a minimum of 4 days?
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Optimal time for sleichos
What is the optimal time for the recitation of, nay the asking for, Sleichos? Please state whose opinion you are following or stating in your answer.
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Chazzan wears talis slichos night?
Why does the chazzan for slichot a week before rosh hashana wear a talis? Isn't it clearly night time?
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Why only on the first Saturday night of Selichot is the minhag to start at midnight?
Pretty self explanatory. Some say at chatzot all week and some in the morning. Why davka on the first night does everyone say at night? This minhag does not seem apply on the second Saturday night (...
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How do I say vidui in Selichos in a meaningful way?
We say vidui three times in selichos. Many words are uttered in a relatively short time. How can we do this in a meaningful way that is not "vidui peh"?
I have heard tell of one of the gedolei ...
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Why is it that there appear to be so many different nuschaos of Selichos?
Why is it that there appear to be more different nuschaos of Selichos than other tefillos? I have heard of Askenaz, Sfard, Lita, Polin and Ungvar.
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"Poems" in Selichos. Names and structures of Pizmon and Shalmonis. Please explain
What is (1) the meaning of the names and (2) the structure of the “poems” found in Selichos particularly the Pizmon and the Shalmonis.
(3) I note that the number of phrases in the first verse of the ...
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Saying selichos before midnight
What is the position with saying selichos (end of Elul and Aseres Ymei Teshuva) with a minyan that starts straight after maariv at say 10:30 or 11pm?
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How "with" the congregation do you have to be in order to say the 13 Divine Attributes (middos)?
According to the view that the 13 Divine Attributes ("Hashem, Hashem, Keil Rachum...") are considered a davar shebikedushah and therefore require a minyan for their recital, an individual doesn't ...
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whoever leads s'lichos should lead the rest of the day's prayers: why s'lichos?
Rama 581:1 says whoever leads s'lichos should lead the rest of the day's prayers, and Magen Avraham, followed by others including Mishna B'rura, says this is due to "hamaschil b'mitzva om'rim lo g'mor"...
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Heard our Prayer Really?
Every morning we say
וְאֶת זַעֲקָתָם שָׁמַעְתָּ עַל יַם סוּף
That would seem to be wrong as we know Hashem told Moshe
וַיֹּאמֶר יְ־הֹוָ־ה אֶל מֹשֶׁה מַה תִּצְעַק אֵלָי דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ...
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Text of S'lichos Online
Is there any fully digital (i.e. searchable) edition of the סליחות? Is it publicly available online?