[Avodah] slichot time

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Tue Oct 19 13:08:41 PDT 2021


On 19/10/21 11:12 am, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:41:42PM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
>> Not necessarily.  According to kabala, it is *assur* to say selichos before
>> midnight.
> 
> The word "issur" is halakhah-speak.
> 
> Either it is assur according to halakhah, or else there is a minhag based
> on Qabbalah not to say selichos before midnight.

Not true.  Kabala also speaks of issur and heter, and the mekubalim seem 
all to agree that saying selichos before midnight is assur.  Their word, 
not mine.


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