The Seventeenth of Tammuz

Selichot leShiv'ah Asar beTammuz

סליחות לשבעה עשר בתמוז

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All say aloud:

Hebrew

יְהֹוָה, יְהֹוָה, אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן, אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם, וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר
חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים, נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה, וְנַקֵּה: וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵנוּ
וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ, וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:

Sephardi

Adonai, Adonai, Eil rachum vechanun, erech apayim, verav-chesed ve'emet: notzer
chesed la'alafim, nose avon vafesha vechata'ah, venakeh: vesalachta la'avoneinu
ulechatatenu, unchaltanu:

English

The LORD, the LORD, compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving-kindness and truth, extending loving-kindness to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion and sin, and absolving [the guilty who repent]. Forgive us our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.

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Ps. 86

Hebrew

סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ, מְחַל לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי פָּשַׁעְנוּ. כִּי־אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב
וְסַלָּח, וְרַב־חֶסֶד לְכָל־קֹרְאֶיךָ:

Sephardi

Selach lanu Avinu ki chatanu, mechal lanu Malkenu ki pasha'nu. Ki-atah Adonai tov
vesallach, verav-chesed lechol-kore'echa:

English

Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned. Pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed. For You, LORD, are good and forgiving, abounding in loving-kindness to all who call on You.

The following is said responsively:

Hebrew

שְׁעֵה נֶאֱסַר, אֲשֶׁר נִמְסַר, בְּיַד בָּבֶל וְגַם שֵׂעִיר.
לְךָ יֶהֱמֶה, זֶה כַּמָּה, וְיִתְחַנֵּן כְּבֵן צָעִיר.
יוֹם גָּבַר הָאוֹיֵב וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר.

Sephardi

She'eh ne'esar, asher nimsar, beyad Bavel vegam Se'ir.
Lecha yehemeh, zeh kamah, veyitchanen keven tza'ir.
Yom gavar ha'oyev vatibaka ha'ir.

English

Turn to this prisoner who has been yielded up, to the hand of Babylon and then of Seir; to You he has been calling all these years, and he pleads like a small child, on the day the enemy prevailed and the city was broken through.

Hebrew

לְזֹאת אֶכֹּף, וָאֶסְפֹּק כַּף, בְּיוֹם חָמֵשׁ פְּזוּרָנִי.
וְעַל רֶגֶל הָעֵגֶל, הַלֻּחוֹת יְצָאוּנִי.
וְגַם הִשְׁמִיד הַתָּמִיד, וּבַסּוּגָר הֱבִיאָנִי.
וְהוּשַׂם אֱלִיל בְּהֵיכַל כְּלִיל, וּמֵעֲצָתוֹ כְלָאָנִי.
וְהַמִּנְחָה הוּנְחָה, וְדָתְךָ צַר בָּאֵשׁ הִבְעִיר.
יוֹם גָּבַר הָאוֹיֵב וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר.

Sephardi

Lezot ekof, va'espok kaf, beyom chamesh pezurani.
Ve'al regel ha'egel, haluchot yetza'uni.
Vegam hishmid hatamid, uvasugar hevi'ani.
Vehusam elil beheichal kelil, ume'atzato chela'ani.
Vehaminchah hunchah, vedatecha, tzar ba'esh hiv'ir.
Yom gavar ha'oyev vatibaka ha'ir.

English

And so I bow myself and strike my hands together, on this day of five disasters that scattered me about, for at the time of the golden calf, the Tablets left me. And the daily offering was annulled, and they brought me away in a cage. And an idol was placed in the Sanctuary that was my crowning glory, and I was deprived of His counsel. The meal-offering was ended, and Your Law – the foe sent it up in flames, on the day the enemy prevailed and the city was broken through.

Hebrew

מְאֹד אֶתְחַל, וָאֶתְחַלְחַל, בְּיוֹם שַׁדַּי הֲדָפַנִי.
וְהַשְּׁפִיפוֹן מִצָּפוֹן, בְּשִׁבֹּלֶת שְׁטָפַנִי.
מָאוֹר חָשַׁךְ, וְגַם שֵׁשַׁךְ, כְּמוֹ כַּדּוּר צְנָפַנִי.
וְהַצַּיִד שָׁלַח יָד, וְהַצָּפִיר וְהַשָּׂעִיר.
יוֹם גָּבַר הָאוֹיֵב וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר.

Sephardi

Me'od etchal, va'etchalchal, beyom Shaddai hadafani.
Vehashfifon mitzafon, beshibolet shetafani.
Ma'or chashach, vegam Sheshach, kemo kadur tzenafani.
Vehatzayid shalach yad, vehatzafir vehase'ir.
Yom gavar ha'oyev vatibaka ha'ir.

English

I tremble terribly, I stand horrified, on the day the LORD pushed me aside, And Sennacherib, the Viper of the north, swept me away like a deluge. My light grew dark, and Sheshakh [Babylon] too, tossed me about like a ball. And the hunter stretched out his hand, and the goat of Greece, the hairy one of Rome, on the day the enemy prevailed and the city was broken through.

Hebrew

הוֹד לִבִּי וּמִשְׂגַּבִּי, הַלְעַד אַפְּךָ יֶעְשָׁן.
הֲלֹא תִרְאֶה עַם נִלְאָה, אֲשֶׁר הוּשְׁחַר כְּמוֹ כִבְשָׁן.
גְּדֹר פִּרְצִי בְּבֶן פֶּרֶץ, וּמֵחֹדֶק לְקֹט שׁוֹשָׁן.
בְּנֵה בֵית זְבוּל, וְהָשֵׁב גְּבוּל הַכַּרְמֶל וְהַבָּשָׁן.
וְעֵין פְּקַח, וּנְקֹם קַח מֵאֵצֶר וּמֵדִישָׁן.
שְׁפֹט אִלֵּם, וְאָז יְשֻׁלַּם הַמַּבְעֶה וְהַמַּבְעִיר.
יוֹם גָּבַר הָאוֹיֵב וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר.

Sephardi

Hod libi umisgabi, hal'ad apecha ye'eshan.
Halo tir'eh am nil'ah, asher hushchar kemo chivshan.
Gedor pirtzi beven Peretz, umechodek lekot shoshan.
Bene veit zevul, vehashev gevul hakarmel vehabashan.
Ve'ein pekach, unekom kach me'Etzer umeDishan.
Shefot ilem, ve'az yeshulam hamav'eh vehamav'ir.
Yom gavar ha'oyev vatibaka ha'ir.

English

The glory of my heart, my Stronghold, will Your rage fume forever? Will You not see this weary nation, blackened as if by the furnace? Close, with the descendant of Peretz, the breach in my fence, and, from among the thorns, pick out the lily. Build the Temple, and return the borders of the Carmel and of Bashan. And open Your eyes, exact vengeance from Etzer and Dishan. Judge a people struck dumb, so that the damages be paid, by the one who destroys, the one who burns – on the day the enemy prevailed and the city was broken through.