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==When should Selichot be said?== | ==When should Selichot be said?== | ||
# Preferably, Selichot should be said at the end of the night before [[Olot HaShachar]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah’s introduction to 581, Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu) 34:5 write that preferably, Selichot should be said at the end of the night before [[Olot HaShachar]]. </ref> However, if one delayed one can say it after [[Olot HaShachar]]. <Ref> Maamer Mordechai 34:5. </ref>However, it is permissible to say Selichot earlier in the night as long one one is sure not to start before Chatzot (halachic midnight). <Ref> | # Preferably, Selichot should be said at the end of the night before [[Olot HaShachar]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah’s introduction to 581, Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu) 34:5 write that preferably, Selichot should be said at the end of the night before [[Olot HaShachar]]. </ref> However, if one delayed one can say it after [[Olot HaShachar]]. <Ref> Maamer Mordechai 34:5. </ref>However, it is permissible to say Selichot earlier in the night as long one one is sure not to start before Chatzot (halachic midnight). <Ref> | ||
The Magen Avraham 565:5 quotes the Arizal as saying that one should not say Selichot, particularly the 13 middot of rachamim, prior to | The Magen Avraham 565:5 quotes the Arizal as saying that one should not say Selichot, particularly the 13 middot of rachamim, prior to Chatzot at night. The Birkei Yosef 581:1 and Mishna Brurah 565:12 agree. Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 2:105) writes that although prior to Chatzot is not the ideal time, there is no prohibition to say Selichot at such a time, and as a | ||
Chatzot at night. The Birkei Yosef 581:1 and Mishna Brurah 565:12 agree. Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe 2:105) writes that although | |||
prior to Chatzot is not the ideal time, there is no prohibition to say Selichot at such a time, and as a | |||
Hora’at Sha’ah, one may be lenient. However, Rav Ovadyah Yosef (Chazon Ovadyah Yamim Nora’im p. 3-6) argues that there is a prohibition based on Kabbalah. He concludes that if the | Hora’at Sha’ah, one may be lenient. However, Rav Ovadyah Yosef (Chazon Ovadyah Yamim Nora’im p. 3-6) argues that there is a prohibition based on Kabbalah. He concludes that if the | ||
congregation can’t wake up to say Selichot at night, it may say them during the day before | congregation can’t wake up to say Selichot at night, it may say them during the day before | ||
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# 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> | # 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 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>magen Avraham 565:5, 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>magen Avraham 565:5, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 32), Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 14 </ref> | ||
# One should bow slightly when saying Hashem 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> | # 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> | ||
==Individuals who can't wake up for Selichot== | ==Individuals who can't wake up for Selichot== | ||
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==Selichot without a minyan== | ==Selichot without a minyan== | ||
# An individual may say the Selichot that don’t include the thirteen attributes | # An individual may say the Selichot that don’t include the thirteen attributes <ref> Mishna Brurah 581:4, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 11). </ref> One can however, read the Yud Gimmel middot (13 attributes) with the cantillation as if he is simply reading the torah. <ref> Yechave Daat 1:47, Yalkut Yosef Tefilla 2: page 131, Chazon Ovadia yamim Noraim 27, http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=2135. </ref> Without a minyan, one also cannot recite the paragraphs that are in aramaic. <ref> Yabia Omer 10:footnotes to Rav Pealim OC 3:41 </ref> | ||
# If there’s not a minyan when the tzibbur said Ashrei, they should wait to have a minyan to say Kaddish and when they get a minyan they first say 3 pesukim before reciting Kaddish. <ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4 quoting the Eliyah Rabba </ref> | # If there’s not a minyan when the tzibbur said Ashrei, they should wait to have a minyan to say Kaddish and when they get a minyan they first say 3 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 </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 </ref> | ||
