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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Selichot prayers	2
Tefillah (prayer)	1
Vidui (confessional 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 (11)

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

Yamim Noraim → associatedPrayer → Selichot ⓘ

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 ⓘ

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)

Fast of Esther → prayerAddition → Selichot ⓘ

Fast of Gedaliah → prayerAdditions → Selichot ⓘ

Siddur → usedFor → Selichot ⓘ

Nusach Ashkenaz → usedIn → Selichot ⓘ