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==Wearing Talit for Selichot==

# The Shliach Tzibbur should wear a Talit 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 Talit from a friend (and not use a public Talit) and have intent that one is not acquiring the Talit it but only using for respect of the congregation. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 581:6 writes that the Levush says that the Shliach Tzibbur should wear a Talit during Selichot but not make a Bracha since there’s a dispute if one can fulfill [[Tzitzit]] at night. However, the Taz argues that one shouldn’t enter himself into a dispute (whether to make a Bracha) and so one should rather borrow a Talit from a friend and have Kavana not to acquire it but to use it for respect. </ref>

# If one wear [[Tzitzit]] earlier than [[Olot HaShachar]] (for example, for Selichot) and then after [[Olot HaShachar]] (and preferably after MeSheyakir) puts on a Talit, one should only make one Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and Talit even if one puts on [[Tzitzit]] a long time before the Talit. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:24 writes that for sure one should make the Bracha of Talit and cover the [[Tzitzit]] rather than make a Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and then on Talit. Even if there will be a long time between putting on the [[Tzitzit]] and wearing the Talit, one should still say only one Bracha on the Talit because there are many concerns about making the Bracha on the [[Tzitzit]] (it may not be split on the sides a majority, it may not fit the proper Shuir, or one may have slept in the Tzitzit). [this is also brought in Yalkut Yosef (Tzitzit pg 294, Kitzur S”A 16:2).]  </ref>

# A bachur who doesn’t wear a Talit 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 Talit 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 Talit 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>