Hebrew
לְדָוִד, יהוה אוֹרִי
Israeli
ledavid, Adonai ori
Pages
pp. unpaginated-1317
Guide to the Jewish Year
הלכות למועדי השנה
Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.
How to read the transliterationsהלכות למועדי השנה
THE JEWISH YEAR GUIDE
אֱלוּל
ELUL
Hebrew
לְדָוִד, יהוה אוֹרִי
Israeli
ledavid, Adonai ori
Customs Before Rosh HaShana
3 On Motza'ei Shabbat before Rosh HaShana, the congregation assembles at midnight to recite Seliḥot. A sermon from the rabbi often comes first. Should Rosh HaShana fall on Monday or Tuesday, the opening recitation of Seliḥot is shifted back to the Motza'ei Shabbat preceding [רמ״א או״ח, תקפא:א].
4 Thereafter the congregation recites Seliḥot on each weekday through Erev Yom Kippur. Though the original custom was to recite Seliḥot every night after midnight and before dawn, most congregations now say them before Shaḥarit; some say them in the evening that precedes [ערוה״ש שם, ב-ד].
5 The Shaliaḥ Tzibbur selected to lead the Seliḥot should preferably be eminent in Torah learning and personal virtue, older than thirty and married [רמ״א או״ח, תקפא:א].
Hebrew
י״ג מידות
Israeli
יג midot