Selichot is a custom that the Jewish people began to practice during the Geonic period, more than a thousand years ago * By the end of the Rishonim period, the custom was established in Sephardic ...

Towards the end of the period of the Rishonim, Sephardic communities accepted the custom of reciting Selichot all of the month of Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance (S.A. 581:1).

Selichot (selicha means forgiveness) are prayers of penitence, of admission of sin, and pleading for mercy and Divine forgiveness. In addition, they give vent to the intense Jewish suffering, ...

SELICHOT Sept. 25 (26 Elul) The Selichot (forgiveness) are special penitential prayers recited throughout the High Holy Days designed to alert us to the significance of the upcoming holy days.

Self-scrutiny in the Selichot There were periods and places which really felt this time of year to be Yamim Nora’im – Days of Awe. By RAYMOND APPLE , RAYMOND APPLE AUGUST 31, 2015 22:11 ...

Giving selichot a modern look “I made them very basic, so they would be accessible to everyone. But when I finished, I thought they weren’t enough; they were just sheets of paper.

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 ...

Selichot, a Hebrew word meaning forgiveness, are the prayers recited the month before Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Friday. “Selichot is the opening event of […] ...

Story about a free, community-wide Selichot service B'nai Torah Congregation, a Conservative synagogue in central Boca Raton, is hosting on Saturday, Sept. 5 which will include a 20-piece ...

Selichot are the penitential prayers and liturgy recited each night starting in the Jewish month of Elul and up until the High Holy Days.

At Selichot event, Herzog urges forgiveness and unity to overcome national crisis President says ability to live together is being ‘tested’; calls on elected officials to ‘pay attention ...