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==Order of Selichot== | ==Order of Selichot== | ||
# One must say Brachot HaTorah before saying Selichot because there are a number of pesukim in Selichot. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 5) </ref> | # One must say Brachot HaTorah before saying Selichot because there are a number of pesukim in Selichot. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 5) </ref> | ||
# The Selichot should be said with proper intent (Kavanah), slowly, and with humility | # The Selichot should be said with proper intent (Kavanah), slowly, and with humility, especially during the Yud Gimmel Middot HaRachamim. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 20) </ref> | ||
# One should say the words "Veyavor Hashem Al Panav" together with the Shaliach Tzibbur quietly and then say the Yud Gimmel Middot HaRachamim aloud. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 32) </ref> | |||
# One should be careful to pause in between the two names of Hashem in the Yud Gimmel Middot HaRachamim. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 32) </ref> | |||
# One should bow slightly when saying Hashem Hashem in the Yud Gimmel Middot HaRachamim. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 32) </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)</ref> | |||
==Individuals who can't wake up for Selichot== | ==Individuals who can't wake up for Selichot== | ||
# A Torah scholar (Talmid Chacham) who aren't able to wake up for Selichot because they are learning in the early hours of the morning and by going to Selichot it will ruin his schedule he should try to go to Selichot during the Aseret Yamei Teshuva (Ten days of Repentance) and some days of Elul. However, if he is up passed Chatzot it's preferable to say some paragraphs of Selichot and Tikkun Chatzot (which takes precedence over Selichot). <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 8-10) </ref> | # A Torah scholar (Talmid Chacham) who aren't able to wake up for Selichot because they are learning in the early hours of the morning and by going to Selichot it will ruin his schedule he should try to go to Selichot during the Aseret Yamei Teshuva (Ten days of Repentance) and some days of Elul. However, if he is up passed Chatzot it's preferable to say some paragraphs of Selichot and Tikkun Chatzot (which takes precedence over Selichot). <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 8-10) </ref> | ||
# Teachers who teach in the morning and getting up early for Selichot would prevent them fro mdoing their job well should only get up for Selichot some days in Elul and during the Aseret Yamei Teshuva. The same is true for hired workers and officials (who would have thier work impacted by rising early). Nonetheless, it's preferable to at least say Selichot to oneself before Shacharit or Mincha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 10) </ref> | # Teachers who teach in the morning and getting up early for Selichot would prevent them fro mdoing their job well should only get up for Selichot some days in Elul and during the Aseret Yamei Teshuva. The same is true for hired workers and officials (who would have thier work impacted by rising early). Nonetheless, it's preferable to at least say Selichot to oneself before Shacharit or Mincha. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 10) </ref> | ||
# One should make an effort to say Selichot with fervor and strength and not fall asleep during davening until the very end. This is | # One should make an effort to say Selichot with fervor and strength and not fall asleep during davening until the very end. This is especially the case for someone wearing Tefillin for whom it is forbidden to sleep. It's better not to wake up early for Selichot if it will end up ruining the prayers and and cause one to fall asleep with Tefillin. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 10-11) </ref> | ||
# If one doesn't have sufficent time to say all of Selichot because the time for Tefillah has arrived, one should skip "Im Afes Rovah Haken", "Bezichrei Al Mishkavi", "Lemitvadeh Chatatav", and "Aylecha Hashem Naasati Aynay", according to the need. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, p. 33)</ref> | |||
==Selichot without a minyan== | ==Selichot without a minyan== | ||
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==Blowing Shofar== | ==Blowing Shofar== | ||
# Ashkenazim start blowing Shofar from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Elul after Shacharit. <Ref> Rama 581:1 writes that one should begin blowing the Shofar from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Elul. Mishna Brurah 581:3 writes that some start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] and some start from the second day of Rosh Chodesh. </ref> | # Ashkenazim start blowing Shofar from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Elul after Shacharit. <Ref> Rama 581:1 writes that one should begin blowing the Shofar from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Elul. Mishna Brurah 581:3 writes that some start on the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] and some start from the second day of Rosh Chodesh. </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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