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#Women are not obligated to recite Selichot, as it is only a [[Minhag]]. If they choose to, they must recite Birkot HaTorah first (especially if they | #Women are not obligated to recite Selichot, as it is only a [[Minhag]]. If they choose to, they must recite Birkot HaTorah first (especially if they are Sephardi).<ref>Halichot Beitah 7:2, Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim leIshah ulaBat 7:6), Mekadesh Yisrael (Yamim Noraim, Selichot 59), Nitei Gavriel (Hilchot Rosh HaShana 10:16*), Piskei Shlomo (vol. 4 page 137). See Rav Avraham Yosef's opening comments [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7pjgYQhLA here].</ref> | ||
#In some European communities, it was common for women to attend Selichot,<ref>See Magen Avraham 88:3</ref> and, nowadays, some Ashkenazi women try to attend Selichot in the synagogue on the first night or Erev [[Rosh HaShana]] and Erev [[Yom Kippur]].<ref>Nitei Gavriel (Hilchot Rosh HaShana 10:16*), Mekadesh Yisrael (Yamim Noraim, Selichot 59), [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=53004&st=&pgnum=63 Ratz KaTzvi (BeMoadei HaShana vol. 1 1:3:7 page ח)]. See Aderet Tiferet (vol. 7 page 115) about Sephardi ladies in his community.</ref> | #In some European communities, it was common for women to attend Selichot,<ref>See Magen Avraham 88:3</ref> and, nowadays, some Ashkenazi women try to attend Selichot in the synagogue on the first night or Erev [[Rosh HaShana]] and Erev [[Yom Kippur]].<ref>Nitei Gavriel (Hilchot Rosh HaShana 10:16*), Mekadesh Yisrael (Yamim Noraim, Selichot 59), [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=53004&st=&pgnum=63 Ratz KaTzvi (BeMoadei HaShana vol. 1 1:3:7 page ח)]. See Aderet Tiferet (vol. 7 page 115) about Sephardi ladies in his community.</ref> | ||
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https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/906830/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-omitting-tachanun-in-selichos-when-there-is-a-bris-in-shul/ See minutes 13-14.</ref>. | https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/906830/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-omitting-tachanun-in-selichos-when-there-is-a-bris-in-shul/ See minutes 13-14.</ref>. | ||
#If one is reciting Selichot in the house of an [[Avelut|Avel]] during [[Shiva]]. <ref>Taz Orach Chaim Siman 133, Pri Megadim Siman 133:47 Siman Katan 9.</ref> | #If one is reciting Selichot in the house of an [[Avelut|Avel]] during [[Shiva]]. <ref>Taz Orach Chaim Siman 133, Pri Megadim Siman 133:47 Siman Katan 9.</ref> Others state this is only true for Shacharit and not Selichot, which is not said on a regular basis and therefore, only the Avel himself should omit Tachanun.<ref>Shu"t Mahar"i Asad, Yoreh De'ah Siman 353.</ref><ref>The Elef HaMagen (Siman Katan 44) also suggests that the minyan should relocate to an adjacent house, where no one previously passed way, and can say Tachanun/Vidui as usual there. </ref> | ||
===Selichot With a Minyan that Uses a Different Nusach=== | ===Selichot With a Minyan that Uses a Different Nusach=== | ||
