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<font size=3>At 03:32 PM 8/31/2018, R. Micha Berger wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at
12:07:05AM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:<br>
: If one will be saying selichos without a minyan, and will
therefore<br>
: be skipping the 13 middos, is there any reason to wait for
midnight?<br><br>
The MA in hilkhos taaniyos (565:5) says "Don't say before
chatzos<br>
halaylah any selichos nor (velo) 13 Middos beshum panim le'olam
CHUTZ<br>
MIBEIS HAKENESSES."</blockquote><br>
I personally do not understand where the custom to say the first Slichos
at night came from. My father-in-law, A"H, told me that
in Europe selichos were said every day in the early morning starting at
about 4 am. <br><br>
The Vo'Sikin Minyan I daven at will be saying Selichos this Sunday
morning and every morning stating at 5:10 DST which is equivalent to 4:10
AM EST. This agrees with the practice that my father-in-law
saw in Europe.<br><br>
Why don't others follow this?<br><br>
YL</font></body>
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