“S’lichot” refers to additional liturgy requesting forgiveness and compassion which ushers us into the Yamim Nora’im ~ the Days of Awe from Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) to Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). In Ashkenazi (Eastern European) tradition, these prayers begin on the Yom Rishon (First Day/Sunday) before Rosh Hashanah. Some of us began this work on Rosh Chodesh Elul … some of us are just digging in … some of us don’t even know where to begin. Wherever you are in the process, the doors are open and your participation is welcome during this season of raising our collective voices and individual hearts in pleas for forgiveness (from ourselves, our fellow humans, and the Source of Blessing), prayers for compassion, and resolve to improve.
The Little Minyan’s Jessica Shimberg will join the clergy at Congregation Tifereth Israel in providing a pre-Selichot contemplative study on our care for the Earth TOMORROW EVENING. Traditional S’lichot prayers begin at midnight with Cantor Jack Chomsky and the choir.
