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. Tir'u baTov! -Micha