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====Laws of 13 Middot==== | ====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> | # 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 say the words "Vaya'avor 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 "Vaya'avor 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) based on the Arizal </ref> | ||
#One should be careful to pause in between the two names of Hashem in the Yud Gimmel [[Middot]] HaRachamim.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 131:20, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, p. 32), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 14, 5748 edition) </ref> | # One should be careful to pause in between the two names of Hashem in the Yud Gimmel [[Middot]] HaRachamim.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 131:20, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tisa Halacha 11, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, p. 32), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 14, 5748 edition) </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). Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tisa Halacha 10 says that one should bow at the beginning of Vayaavor and straighten when one reaches the name of Hashem </ref> | ||
# It is not necessary to raise one's feet as one does during Kedusha when reciting the words Hashem, Hashem.<ref>Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tisa Halacha 10 writes that he found no such a source for such a practice but writes that he does it anyway because it doesn't hurt. Chazon Ovadia pg. 33 says this isn't necessary.</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> | # 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> | # 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]] | # 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==== | ====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: | There are a number of situations where one would say Selichot while omitting the Vidui/[[Tachanun]] found at the end: | ||
