[Avodah] Selichos

[Elliott Shevin]

R. Michael Poppers relates:
 
> Yes, if only the time between chatzos halayla and the end of layla is "a> time of mercy," while the nighttime before chatzos is the opposite, I would> imagine that 'tis better to say S'lichos during the day than at night> before chatzos.Personally, I have difficulty with the idea that "times of mercy" or of the opposite 
exist. (I don't know what RMP's position is.) Even the Yomim Naraim tefilah 
includes the notion that Hashem waits until a person's dying day to accept 
his teshuva, without stipulating that that day had better be between 1-10 
Tishrei. As my rov puts it, time does not exist for G-d.
 
So I can't buy into the idea that one time of the night is preferable to another, or 
Hashem is more approachable during Elul than during, say, Teves. 
 
(I do, however, like to say that certain of my acquaintances always bring 
up "Professor Kingsfield" around now--but of course, the Professor is *never* 
approachable. :-)  )
 
We don't have the Yomim Naraim because it's a superior time, from Hashem's 
perspective, to introspect and to petition Him. Ideally we'd do so throughout 
the year. We have them because if we didn't establish such a time, these 
tasks would never get done, any more than that lingering household chore 
you could do "anytime."
 Elly
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