For the Ilui
Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L. Lehavdeel For the Refua Shlema of Yaakov Hai
ben Margalit shlit’a.
Translated from Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch:
1. It is our minhag
(custom) to wake up early in the morning to say The Selihot (forgiveness prayers before Rosh HaShanah), which
begins the night after Rosh Hodesh Elul until Yom Kippur. There is a piece of
Torah that has been passed down from generation to generation teaching us that
Moshe Rabbenu went up to Har Sinai again to receive the second Luhot (tablets) on Rosh Hodesh Elul and
came down with them on Yom HaKippur, meaning that these 40 days symbolize a
time of rahamim and acceptance of
prayer from Shamayim (the Heavens) for all of Am Yisrael.
2. The most appropriate time to say Selihot is from midnight
(Jewish time
not 12:00am) onwards, because this is a time that tefillot (prayers) are answered. However, during the first third of
the night one should avoid saying Selihot and the 13 Middot. An individual who
goes to a Bet Knesset (Shul) where they have Selihot during these hours (where
one should not do Selihot) should avoid joining them and sit quietly on the
side (and not answer 13 Middot, etc.). Even more so, one should encourage them
to quit this habit of saying Selihot in a time that is unacceptable. The time
of midnight is calculated by taking the exact minutes between sunrise and
sunset and splitting it into 12, then adding 6 hours from sunrise (12:43am in
Israel).
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