<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Marty Bluke<br>> The prevalent minhag has become to say selichos right after chatzos<br>> on the first night of selichos. What is the makor for this? In shulchan<br>
> aruch it says that the minhag is to get up early to say selichos. I<br>> didn't see anywhere a distinction between the first night and the other<br>> days. It is clear from the shulchan aruch and mefarshav that the best<br>
> time to say selichos is a little before alos hashachar.?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> This web page has a concise summary of all the zmanei selichos, as well</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">as a reason for the distinction between motzai shabbos and the other days:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; "><a href="http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/719760/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Recitation_of_Selichot">http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/719760/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Recitation_of_Selichot</a></span></span></div>