[Avodah] Minhagim of the Ashkenaz Synagogue ("The Luach") (5774)

[Marty Bluke]

R' Y. Levine wrote that saying Selichos at 6:20AM on Sunday morning is at
least as authentic as saying it at 1AM.

Actually I don't think so. If you said Selichos at 5 AM maybe. However, if
you look in the Shulchan Aruch and Poskim, selichos are supposed to be said
before dawn when it is still dark out. That is why the poskim have
discussions about whose Talis the Shliach Tzibur should wear when saying
Selichos because Selichos were said before the zman of tzitzis so there was
a question about making a beracha.

Saying Selichos at 6:20 is starting after sunrise which was certainly not
the minhag in Europe.
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