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 ...
The Hebrew month of Elul began on Wednesday, and this year, there will be 17 central prayer assemblies for the Israeli public to say Selichot, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced in a press ...
More than 50,000 people participated on Sunday night in the main Selichot ceremony at the Western Wall Plaza, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5785. The ceremony was attended by public figures and rabbis, ...
About 25,000 people gathered for the central Selichot service at the Western Wall on Thursday night, according to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. The Selichot prayers are recited in the days and ...
Thousands participated on Thursday night in the sixth Selichot prayers at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem. During the ceremony, thousands offered a united prayer for the speedy return of the ...
On the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 5), B’nai Torah Congregation in central Boca Raton — a Conservative synagogue — will be renewing the tradition it started last year with a ...
It was a first in quite some time: The Women of the Wall held a prayer service at the Western Wall and got to worship, sing and even dance at the holiest site in Judaism largely unperturbed. Unlike ...
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 ...
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With the coming of Selichot, a service of repentance-centered prayers said in preparation for the High Holidays, columnist Edmon J. Rodman mulls whether we can learn from the many aired mea culpas ...
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 ...
CHELMSFORD — A football player charging onto the field without a series of warm-ups. A dancer taking to the floor without stretching. In Judaism, going into the High Holy Days — Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...
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