Selichot

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Jewish liturgical poem Jewish prayer penitential prayer piyyut

Selichot are Jewish penitential prayers and liturgical poems recited especially in the period leading up to the High Holy Days to seek forgiveness and divine mercy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Selichot canonical 12
Selichot prayers 2
Selichot (supplicatory prayers) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish liturgical poem ⓘ
Jewish prayer ⓘ
penitential prayer ⓘ
piyyut ⓘ
associatedWith Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ⓘ
surface form: Aseret Yemei Teshuva

High Holy Days ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
Yom Kippur Katan ⓘ
fast days ⓘ
period of repentance ⓘ
centralTheme God’s attributes of mercy ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ
covenant ⓘ
divine compassion ⓘ
teshuva ⓘ
contains Thirteen Attributes of Mercy ⓘ
biblical verses ⓘ
confessional prayers ⓘ
piyyutim ⓘ
supplicatory prayers ⓘ
earliestKnownUsage Geonic period ⓘ
halakhicStatus custom ⓘ
minhag ⓘ
hasVersionIn Nusach Ashkenaz ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi tradition

Italian rite ⓘ
Mizrahi tradition ⓘ
Sephardi tradition ⓘ
Yemenite tradition ⓘ
historicalDevelopment medieval Jewish liturgy ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalFunction penitence ⓘ
supplication ⓘ
musicalAspect cantorial chants ⓘ
special melodies ⓘ
primaryPurpose seeking divine mercy ⓘ
seeking forgiveness ⓘ
recitationPractice communal prayer ⓘ
often with minyan ⓘ
sometimes recited individually ⓘ
synagogue service ⓘ
recitationTime early morning ⓘ
late night ⓘ
period before Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
pre‑dawn ⓘ
relatedConcept Tachanun ⓘ
Vidui ⓘ
Yom Kippur prayers ⓘ
surface form: Yom Kippur service
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
variesBy Jewish community ⓘ
rite ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siddur → usedFor → Selichot ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance → liturgicalFocus → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selichot prayers
Ten Days of Repentance → liturgicalFocus → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vidui (confessional prayers)
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah → associatedWith → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selichot prayers
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah → associatedWith → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tefillah (prayer)
Neilah → hasComponent → Selichot ⓘ
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → hasComponent → Selichot ⓘ
Fast of Esther → prayerAddition → Selichot ⓘ
Nusach Ashkenaz → usedIn → Selichot ⓘ
Yamim Noraim → associatedPrayer → Selichot ⓘ
Fast of Gedaliah → prayerAdditions → Selichot ⓘ
Fast of the Tenth of Tevet → liturgicalAdditions → Selichot ⓘ
Yom Kippur prayers → includesPrayer → Selichot ⓘ
Yom Kippur Katan → liturgicalElement → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selichot service
Yom Kippur Katan → relatedConcept → Selichot ⓘ
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy → recitedDuring → Selichot ⓘ
Geonic liturgy → hasPart → Selichot ⓘ
Ne’ilah → includes → Selichot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selichot (supplicatory prayers)