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