Thursday, September 8, 2016

Guidelines for Saying Selihot Without a Minyan

Guidelines for Saying Selihot Without a Minyan
Day: Thursday
Date: September 8, 2016
Parshat: Shoftim
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 581


One who is saying the selihot on his own without a minyan should omit the parts in Aramaic. The reason is because when no minyan is present our prayers are brought to HaShem by angels and since the angels don't understand Aramaic they don't bring those prayers to HaShem. However when there is a minyan the Shechina of HaShem is present and the assistance of angels is unnecessary. Obviously this is a very deep concept not to be taken at face value. When saying the thirteen midot one should not count them on his fingers as is done when saying the ingredients in the ketoret. This is because it is not quite clear which words in the pasuk are separate midot. 


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