[Avodah] Selichos - Especially before Midnight

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 9/12/07, David Riceman <driceman at att.net> wrote:
>
> Marty Bluke wrote:
> > It is hard to go against all the modern day poskim.
> >
> >
> When I was young and innocent I was taught that saying selichos in the
> evening was a "yekkishe minhag", but not "our" (eastern European
> Bostonian) minhag.  I wonder whether all of these poskim are complaining
> about someone from elsewhere changing his custom, rather than flat out
> prohibiting the custom of an ancient and honorable Jewish community.
> Notably none of the poskim you cite are German.
>
> David Riceman
> _______________________________________________
>

I don't know the issue of whether this is yekkishe. FWIW Breue's says
Seilhos on the FIRST day in the early morning NOT at midnight!

What DOES make sense to me is that if you removed ALL Qabblistic sources
there is AFAIK zero Halachic considerations for not saying Selichos earlier
than Midnight.

And possibly this is what is meant by Yekkishe, Since Yeke's tend to NOT
factor Qabblah into their Litrugical  considerations in general. [I hve no
evidence just a good hunch]

Maybe R. Michael Poppers or someone else has more insight on this matter.


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