More than 50,000 people participated on Sunday night in the main Selichot ceremony at the Western Wall Plaza, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5785. The ceremony was attended by public figures and rabbis, ...

With the coming of Selichot, a service of repentance-centered prayers said in preparation for the High Holidays, columnist Edmon J. Rodman mulls whether we can learn from the many aired mea culpas ...

About 50,000 people participated in the Selichot prayer at the Western Wall on Thursday night and prayed for the return of the hostages, for the safety of the soldiers and the injured, and for peace ...

Selichot, the singular of which (selicha) means "forgiveness" in Hebrew, are penintential prayers and poems that are often recited in Jewish communities starting on the Satuday night before the Jewish ...

A prominent feature of the current Days of Awe is the recitation of Selichot in the early, predawn days of the morning. Ashkenazi Jews began Selichot services on the Saturday night preceding Rosh ...

NORTHRIDGE – Changes of the heart and soul will be on the minds of Jews who attend tonight’s Selichot services at local temples and synagogues. Selichot, a Hebrew word meaning forgiveness, are the ...

CHELMSFORD — A football player charging onto the field without a series of warm-ups. A dancer taking to the floor without stretching. In Judaism, going into the High Holy Days — Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...

On the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 5), B’nai Torah Congregation in central Boca Raton — a Conservative synagogue — will be renewing the tradition it started last year with a ...

King David was anguished when he prophetically foresaw the destruction of the Holy Temple and the cessation of the offering of the sacrifices. “How will the Jews atone for their sins?” he wondered.

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The Sephardim have begun this week to recite the Selichot – penitential poems and prayers, including at the Kotel. In keeping with the Health Ministry’s pandemic regulations, service is conducted in ...