[Avodah] YK Selichos [Shacharis, Musaf, Minchah]?

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, October 12, 2006 7:23 pm, RallisW at aol.com wrote:
: I don't know if this subject been brought up before, first of all, why even
: in the "frumest" shuls are Selichos not recited during Shacharis, Musaf, and
: Mincha, and second of all, why are they not printed in most Machzorim?

They aren't printed because there were so many variants, and they stopped
being said because they weren't printed. At least, that was RYBS's explanation
given in a "yarchei kalah" shiur in Boston in the early 80s. I do not recall
which year, I went to more than one. (Which explains why someone beat me to
it, but with an attribution of RHS. I am posting to testify to RHS's probable
source.)

But yes, it's very wrong, as selichos were historically and are supposed to be
the centerpiece of YK. There are three shuls in Passaic, all taught by
talmidim of RYBS, who restored saying selichos in each tefillah.

Tir'u beTov!
-mi

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