{"id":46406,"date":"2018-09-09T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=46406"},"modified":"2018-09-09T12:08:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T12:08:16","slug":"power-erev-rosh-hashana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/power-erev-rosh-hashana\/","title":{"rendered":"The Awesome Power of Erev Rosh Hashana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The minhag was that everybody fasted on Erev Rosh Hashana and to wake up early before dawn to daven selichot. Why? If someone does teshuva one day a year it&#8217;s as if he did Teshuva the whole year. Why specifically on Erev Rosh Hashana? 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