Search results for "Selichot" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • or arvith), which include an extended Selichot service. and petitions of forgiveness called selichot; on Yom Kippur, many selichot ...
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  • of Yom Kippur. Penitential prayers, called selichot, are also recited during this period. The shofar is blown in traditional communities every ...
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  • Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 -1040?) was a French rabbi, best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom ...
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  • Among Sephardic Jews, poetic prayers known as selichot are recited before the regular morning service (these are the same prayers recited before ...
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  • Halevi, Rashi's teacher. Rashi wrote several selichot (penitential poems) mourning the slaughter and the destruction of the region's great ...
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