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Originally, Minhag Ashkenaz was to recite selichot, accompanied by the 13 middot, during chazarat hashatz of all prayers of Yom Kippur. For various reasons, the vast majority of congregations today omit them in shacharit, musaf and mincha, and most of the commonly-printed machzorim print no selichot in these prayers. (See e.g. here for further discussion.) These selichot are recited after ya'aleh veyavo, and are followed by zechor rachamecha (which is printed in machzorim).

Consider a synagogue that wishes to recite the 13 middot, but does not want to publish separate booklets / handouts of selichot to be recited. One possible solution would be to recite the 13 middot in conjuction with (either during or immediately following) the 'chatanu' selichot, which are said after zechor rachamecha and before zechor lanu berit avot and which do appear in the machzorim. This has the advantage of allowing congregants to use only their machzor, without needing a separate source for additional piyutim.

Are there any sources discussing the legitimacy / advisability of such a practice? I note that classically, the 13 middot would only be recited before zechor rachamecha, but is there any problem doing so afterwards?

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    Tangentially, it seems to me that the 'chatanu' selichot of shacharit and musaf would have been followed by kel melech and the 13 middot at some point in their histories, given that the last phrase of each piyut is קל מלך יושב על כסא רחמים.
    – Joel K
    Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 7:22
  • Without addressing your technical questions, it seems simplest to just move that piyut back a few pages. Announce, skip to page X, continue back on page Y
    – Double AA
    Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 13:58
  • (Side note, chatanu poems were written for recitation during tachanun after the amida. When people stopped saying tachanun on YK they moved them back to some convenient place towards the end of the slichot section. Re your first comment, these examples probably weren't originally chatanu poems, or at least the last lines were appended to chatanu poems.)
    – Double AA
    Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 14:01
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    – Double AA
    Commented Sep 27, 2023 at 2:19

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