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In the period leading up to the Yamim Noraim Hebrew, "days of awe" penitential prayers, called selichot, are recited.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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That change came with the idea of selichot this morning and selichot are ... boring: P Biblical poetry somehow just outranks selichot stuff.
nisayon Diary Entry nisayon 2002
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Maybe he meant selichot by LastTrumpet ➚ · Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
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This year was no different as This past saturday night is the night that ashkenazi jews traditionally hold selichot services.
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Like other fast days, the morning prayers on the 17th of Tammuz include special selichot prayers, mourning our losses and asking for forgiveness.
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The main theme in selichot is the 13 Attributes of Divine Mercy.
Aish.com 2010
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At the end the Chasidim started singing something, I think it was some of the Aramaic that we say at the end of the selichot.
Beyond BT - The Baal Teshuva site for Baalei Teshuva and Other Growth Oriented Jews 2008
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The composers of the selichot were great rabbis, who knew how to weave their incredible knowledge of Torah, Talmud, Midrashim and the Hebrew language into amazingly creative poetry.
Beyond BT - The Baal Teshuva site for Baalei Teshuva and Other Growth Oriented Jews 2008
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The bottom line of this post is that you get out of the selichot what you put into them.
Beyond BT - The Baal Teshuva site for Baalei Teshuva and Other Growth Oriented Jews 2008
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Someone gave me the selichot booklet with old yellowed pages.
Beyond BT - The Baal Teshuva site for Baalei Teshuva and Other Growth Oriented Jews 2008
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