{"id":28203,"date":"2006-06-30T01:21:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/months\/the_principal_ingredient_of_all_selichot\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T09:20:18","slug":"the_principal_ingredient_of_all_selichot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_principal_ingredient_of_all_selichot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Principal Ingredient of All Selichot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Principal Ingredient\u00a0of All Selichot Prayers<br \/>\n(based on ArtScroll Siddur)<\/p>\n<p>The principal ingredient of all the Selichot Prayers is the &#8220;List&#8221; of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy of G-d,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;Hashem, Hashem, G-d, Compassionate and Gracious,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness and Truth,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Preserver of Kindness for thousands of generations,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Forgiver of iniquity, willful sin and error, and Who cleanses&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Selichot-3-e1470915678465-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Selichot-3-e1470915678465-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Selichot-3-e1470915678465-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Selichot-3-e1470915678465.jpg 1000w\" alt=\"Selichot\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>This passage appears in the Torah (Exodus 34:6-7) at the time that G-d proclaimed His readiness to do away with the Jewish People after the sin of the Golden Calf. According to R\u2019 Yochanan\u2019s interpretation (Rosh HaShanah 17b), Moshe felt that the sin of the Jewish People was so grievous that there was no possibility of his intercession on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Thereupon, Hashem appeared to him in the form of a chazzan, a prayer leader, wrapped in a tallit , a prayer shawl, and taught him the Thirteen Attributes. saying, &#8220;Whenever Israel sins, let them recite this in its proper order and I will forgive them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thus, this appeal to G-d\u2019s mercy reassures us both that repentance is always possible, and that G-d always awaits our return to Him. The implication is also plain that if we emulate G-d\u2019s merciful ways, He will treat us mercifully in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Principal Ingredient\u00a0of All Selichot Prayers (based on ArtScroll Siddur) The principal ingredient of all the Selichot Prayers is the &#8220;List&#8221; of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy of G-d, &#8220;Hashem, Hashem, G-d, Compassionate and Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness and Truth, Preserver of Kindness for thousands of generations, Forgiver of iniquity, willful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":40200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,362],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elul","category-months"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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