In the Still of the Night: Why Selichot Are Recited When Everyone Else is Sleeping

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September 17 2019
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Venue: Cong. Beth Aaaron (Teaneck, NJ) Cong. Beth Aaaron (Teaneck, NJ)

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    1. Title: pre-qabbalistic selihot among the Spanish Portugese Jews
      Author: Shlomo Veroli
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      Nice shiur! There is a source in Keter Shem Tob by Rabby Gagin who wrote that the minhag of the Spanish Portuguese congregation which pre-dates the acceptance of qabbalah was to always recite selihot immediately after the arbit service. This was a tradition that was practice for many generations until a visit by the late Rabbi Obadiah Yosef who suggested that they change the minhag and adopt the qabbalistic practice to recite selihot at shaat harazon.
    2. Title: pre-qabbalistic selihot among the Spanish Portugese Jews
      Author: Shlomo Veroli
      Reply
      Nice shiur! There is a source in Keter Shem Tob by Rabby Gagin who wrote that the minhag of the Spanish Portuguese congregation which pre-dates the acceptance of qabbalah was to always recite selihot immediately after the arbit service. This was a tradition that was practice for many generations until a visit by the late Rabbi Obadiah Yosef who suggested that they change the minhag and adopt the qabbalistic practice to recite selihot at shaat harazon.

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