Selichot
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Selichot (slee-KHOHT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The set of prayers for forgiveness recited during the high holidays.

  • n. The service held on Friday night before Rosh Hashanah.

Example Sentences

  • "Some of the early rabbis write about a custom to say Selichot starting from the beginning of Elul." (source)

  • "The first Selichot service will be on Saturday night at 12 P.M. in the synagogue." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • סְלִיחוֹת, lit. 'forgiveness'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      Slichot, Selikhot, Slikhot, Selichos, Slichos, Selikhos, Slikhos

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