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====Laws of 13 Middot====

# The [[Selichot]] should be said with proper intent (Kavanah), slowly, and with humility, especially when one is reciting the Yud Gimmel [[Middot]] HaRachamim.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 20) </ref>

# One should pause between "Beshem" and "Hashem" in the Yud Gimmel Middot.<ref>Magen Avraham 565:5, Eliya Rabba 581:9, Mishna Brurah 581:4</ref>

# When saying the Yud Gimmel [[Middot]] HaRachamim one shouldn't count the [[Middot]] on one's fingers because there is a dispute as to which [[Middot]] are counted as the 13.<ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, p. 33), Yalkut Yosef [[tefilla]] volume 2 page 399. </ref>

# Regarding the recitation of the 13 Middot without a minyan, see below [[Chodesh_Elul#Selichot_Without_a_Minyan|Selichot Without a Minyan]]

====On Days with no Tachanun====

There are a number of situations where one would say Selichot while omitting the Vidui/[[Tachanun]] found at the end:

===Selichot Without a Minyan===

On the other hand, Rav Mordechai Lebhar writes (Magen Avot, Orach Chaim 581:1) that in Morocco and Djerba the Aramaic portions were not skipped; however, Amen was said instead of "Bedil Vayaavor."</ref>

# If there was no [[minyan]] when the tzibbur recited Ashrei, they should wait to have a [[minyan]] to recite [[Kaddish]] and when they get a [[minyan]] they first say three pesukim before reciting [[Kaddish]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4 quoting the Eliyah Rabba </ref>

# If there was a [[minyan]] in the beginning and then some people left, they can continue and even say [[Kaddish]] after [[Selichot]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4. Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 23 says not to say the [[kaddish]] titkabal at the conclusion of [[selichot]] if you no longer have ten people. </ref>

===Shliach Tzibbur for Selichot===

===Wearing [[Tallit]] for Selichot===

# The Shliach Tzibbur should wear a [[Tallit]] during [[Selichot]]. However, he shouldn’t make a Bracha if he puts it on at night before [[Olot HaShachar]] and to remove himself from controversy he should borrow a [[Tallit]] from a friend (and not use a public [[Tallit]]) and have intent that one is not acquiring the [[Tallit]] it but only using for respect of the congregation.<ref>Maharil Hilchot Yamim Noraim 4 says there is a custom that the shliach tzibbur should wear a Tallit even at night for [[selichot]] since the gemara in rosh hashana 17 says that Hashem wrapped himself in [[tzitzit]] like a shliach tzibbur to recite the yud gimmel [[middot]]. Mishna Brurah 581:6 writes that the Levush says that the Shliach Tzibbur should wear a [[Tallit]] during [[Selichot]] but not make a Bracha since there’s a dispute if one can fulfill [[Tzitzit]] at night. However, the Taz 581:2 argues that one shouldn’t enter himself into a dispute (whether to make a Bracha) and so one should rather borrow a [[Tallit]] from a friend and have Kavana not to acquire it but to use it for respect. see Mikraei Kodesh by Rav Tzvi [[Pesach]] Frank Yamim Noraim [[Siman 1]] for the discussion of why  the Taz suggests borrowing a friend's Tallit rather than the shuls. </ref>

# A bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after [[Olot HaShachar]] after feeling the [[Tzitzit]].<ref>Minchat Shlomo 4:1:3 writes that regarding [[Selichot]] a bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after Olot after feeling the [[Tzitzit]]. This is based on the Rama 18:3 who writes that if one put on a [[Tallit]] Katan before [[Olot HaShachar]], then, at Olot one should feel the strings of the [[Tzitzit]] and make a Bracha. </ref> However, if someone who slept in the [[Tzitzit]] all night, one can not make a Bracha on that pair of [[tzitzit]] in the morning (nor should he remove the [[Tzitzit]] so as to make a [[hefsek]] in order to require a Bracha).<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:42 </ref>

==Blowing Shofar==

===Who Has The Custom to Blow===

===Number of Blows===

# The common custom is to blow ''tashrat'', tekiya shevarim teruah and tekiya, one time. Some say that one should do tarat, tashat, and tashrat.<reF>Piskei Teshuvot 581:3 cites the Bach 592 who advocated for tarat, tashat, and tashrat but noted that the minhag was just to do tashrat.</ref>

===When===

# The Shofar should not be blown at night even for practice.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 581:3</ref>

===Minyan for Blowing Shofar===

#If for some reason a [[minyan]] did not blow the [[Shofar]] after [[Shacharit]] they should blow it after [[Mincha]].<ref>Sh"t Iggerot Moshe 4:21, Aruch Hashulchan 581:12, Piskei Teshuvot 581:3</ref>

===Standing for Shofar Blowing During Elul===

==Hatarat Nedarim==

==Fasting on Erev [[Rosh HaShana]]==

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==Other practices==

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