The book Siyyur Selichot is thus the product of many years’ work and has been produced to appeal to a Hebrew-speaking audience. It was the day before Yom Kippur, about 4 in the morning. A Tel Aviv ...

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation called on the public to attend selichot services earlier in the month to avoid crowding. Over 20,000 people attended the first central selichot service of the year ...

Selichot, the singular of which (selicha) means "forgiveness" in Hebrew, are penintential prayers and poems that are often recited in Jewish communities starting on the Satuday night before the Jewish ...

A prominent feature of the current Days of Awe is the recitation of Selichot in the early, predawn days of the morning. Ashkenazi Jews began Selichot services on the Saturday night preceding Rosh ...

Q: Is it obligatory to recite Selichot? If it is difficult for a person to wake up early for Selichot, must they still do so? What is the ruling if waking up for Selichot will affect their work or ...

The Custom of Reciting Selichot for the Salvation of the Clal Since the times of the Geonim (589-1038),Jews have had the custom of rising in ashmoret ha’boker (early hours of the morning) during ...

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The Jewish penitential poems and prayers known as Selichot are said every day in the period leading up to the High Holidays, with the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy as a central theme throughout each ...

More than just a series of days on a calendar, or merely an occasion for the obligatory visit to synagogue, the High Holy Days offer a month-long opportunity for self-reflection, communal prayer and ...

The Sephardim have begun this week to recite the Selichot – penitential poems and prayers, including at the Kotel. In keeping with the Health Ministry’s pandemic regulations, service is conducted in ...

Tens of thousands of people visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall overnight on Monday for the final penitential “selichot” prayer services ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday, which begins Tuesday evening. The ...

When we think of Selichot (asking forgiveness), we typically think of Orthodox people confessing that they neglected to say their meal blessings or that they sinned with immoral thoughts. There is ...