Selichot are recited standing.
It is customary to recite Selichot during Shacharit. When reciting Selichot before Shacharit, or if Tachnun was not said during Shacharit, begin סְלַח לָנוּ; otherwise, see index below.
Hebrew
סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ, כִּי בְּרֹב אִוַּלְתֵּנוּ
שָׁגִינוּ, מְחַל לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי
רַבּוּ עֲוֹנֵינוּ:
Sephardi
S'lach lanu avinu, ki berov ivvalteinu
shaginu, m'chal lanu malkeinu ki
rabu avoneinu:
English
Forgive us, our Father, for in our great folly we have erred; pardon us, our King, for our iniquities have multiplied:
Hebrew
אֵל אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם אַתָּה וּבַעַל
הָרַחֲמִים נִקְרֵאתָ, וְדֶרֶךְ
תְּשׁוּבָה הוֹרֵיתָ. גְּדֻלַּת רַחֲמֶיךָ
וַחֲסָדֶיךָ, תִּזְכּוֹר הַיּוֹם וּבְכָל יוֹם
לְזֶרַע יְדִידֶיךָ. תֵּפֶן אֵלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמִים,
כִּי אַתָּה הוּא בַּעַל הָרַחֲמִים. בְּתַחֲנוּן
וּבִתְפִלָּה פָּנֶיךָ נְקַדֵּם, כְּהוֹדַעְתָּ
לֶעָנָו מִקֶּדֶם. מֵחֲרוֹן אַפְּךָ שׁוּב, כְּמוֹ
בְּתוֹרָתְךָ כָּתוּב. וּבְצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ נֶחֱסֶה
וְנִתְלוֹנָן, כַּיּוֹם וַיֵּרֶד יְיָ בֶּעָנָן. תַּעֲבוֹר
עַל פֶּשַׁע וְתִמְחֶה אָשָׁם, כַּיּוֹם
וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם. תַּאֲזִין שַׁוְעָתֵנוּ
וְתַקְשִׁיב מִנּוּ מַאֲמָר, כַּיּוֹם וַיִּקְרָא
בְשֵׁם יְיָ: וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:
Sephardi
El erech apayim atah uva'al
harachamim nikreita, v'derech
teshuvah horita. Gedulat rachamecha
vachasadecha, tizkor hayom uvechol yom
l'zera yedidecha. Tefen eleinu berachamim,
ki atah hu ba'al harachamim. Betachanun
uvitfilah panecha nekadem, kehodata
le'anav mikedem. Me-charon ap'cha shuv, kemo
b'toratekha katuv. Uvtzel kenafecha necheseh
venitlonan, kayom vayered Adonai be'anan. Ta'avor
al pesha vetimcheh asham, kayom
vayityatzev imo sham. Ta'azin shavateinu
vetakshiv minnu ma'amar, kayom vayikra
veshem Adonai: V'sham ne'emar:
English
You are God, slow to anger, and are called Master of mercies, and You have taught the way of repentance. Remember today and every day the greatness of Your mercies and Your kindnesses for the seed of Your beloved ones. Turn to us with mercies, for You are the Master of mercies. With supplication and prayer we approach Your presence, as You made known of old to the humble one. Turn back from Your wrath, as it is written in Your Torah. And in the shadow of Your wings we take refuge and lodge, as on the day the Lord descended in the cloud. Pass over transgression and wipe away guilt, as on the day He stood with him there. Hearken to our cry and listen to utterance from us, as on the day He proclaimed the Name of the Lord: And there it is said:
The following, until וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ, is recited only when praying with a minyan.
Hebrew
וַיַּעֲבֹר יְיָ עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
יְיָ יְיָ אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב
חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים
נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה:
וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:
Sephardi
Vaya'avor Adonai al panav vayikra:
Adonai Adonai El rachum v'chanun erech apayim v'rav
chesed ve'emet: Notzer chesed la'alafim
nosei avon vafesha v'chata'ah v'nakeh:
V'salachta la'avoneinu ul'chatateinu un'chaltanu:
English
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: Lord, Lord, God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in kindness and truth; Preserver of kindness for thousands, Forgiver of iniquity, transgression and sin, and Who cleanses. And You will forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance:
Gently strike the left side of your chest (over the heart) with a closed fist at the words חָטָאנוּ and פָּשָׁעְנוּ.
Hebrew
סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ, מְחַל
לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי פָשָׁעְנוּ: כִּי
אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח, וְרַב חֶסֶד
לְכָל קֹרְאֶיךָ:
Sephardi
S'lach lanu avinu ki chatanu, m'chal
lanu malkeinu ki pasha'nu: Ki
atah Adonai tov v'salach, v'rav 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, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You:
On Monday, continue on next page.
On Thursday, continue on page 854.
On the second Monday, continue on page 858.
On the Tenth of Tevet, continue on page 862.
On the Fast of Esther, continue on page 868.
On the Seventeenth of Tammuz, continue on page 874.
Selichot For Monday
When reciting Selichot before Shacharit, begin on page 848.
Hebrew
הוֹשִׁיעָה יְיָ כִּי גָמַר חָסִיד, כִּי
פַסּוּ אֱמוּנִים מִבְּנֵי
אָדָם: לוּלֵי יְיָ שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ, בְּקוּם
עָלֵינוּ אָדָם: אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ,
בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ:
Sephardi
Hoshi'ah Adonai ki gamar chasid, ki
fasu emunim mibnei
adam: Lulei Adonai shehayah lanu, bekom
aleinu adam: Azai chayim bela'unu,
bacharot apam banu:
English
Save, Lord, for the devout one is no more, for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man: Were it not for the Lord Who was for us, when man rose up against us: then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger was kindled against us:
Hebrew
כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל בָּנִים, כֵּן תְּרַחֵם
יְיָ עָלֵינוּ: לַיְיָ הַיְשׁוּעָה,
עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה: יְיָ צְבָאוֹת
עִמָּנוּ, מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב
סֶלָה: יְיָ צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ
בָּךְ: יְיָ הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ
בְּיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:
Sephardi
K'rachem av al banim, ken terachem
Adonai aleinu: La-adonai hayeshu'ah,
al amecha birchatecha selah: Adonai Tzeva'ot
imanu, misgav lanu Elohei Ya'akov
selah: Adonai Tzeva'ot, ashrei adam botei'ach
bach: Adonai hoshi'ah, hamelech ya'anenu
b'yom koreinu:
English
As a father has compassion on children, so may You, Lord, have compassion on us: Salvation is the Lord's; upon Your people is Your blessing, Selah. Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. Lord of hosts, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. Lord, save! May the King answer us on the day we call:
Hebrew
סְלַח נָא לַעֲוֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה כְּגֹדֶל
חַסְדֶּךָ, וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה
מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד הֵנָּה: וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:
וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ סָלַחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶךָ:
Sephardi
S'lach na la'avon ha'am hazeh k'godel
chasdecha, v'cha'asher nasatah la'am hazeh
mimitzrayim ve'ad henah: V'sham ne'emar:
Vayomer Adonai salachti kidvarecha:
English
Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your kindness, and as You have borne this people from Egypt until now. And there it is said: And the Lord said, I have forgiven according to your word:
Hebrew
הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע, פְּקַח
עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמֹתֵינוּ, וְהָעִיר
אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶיהָ, כִּי לֹא עַל
צִדְקֹתֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵינוּ
לְפָנֶיךָ, כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים: אֲדֹנָי
שְׁמָעָה, אֲדֹנָי סְלָחָה, אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִׁיבָה,
וַעֲשֵׂה אַל תְּאַחַר, לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהַי, כִּי
שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא עַל עִירְךָ וְעַל עַמֶּךָ:
Sephardi
Hateh Elohai oznecha ushma, p'kach
einecha ur'eh shomemoteinu, v'ha'ir
asher nikra shimcha alehah, ki lo al
tzidkoteinu anachnu mapilim tachanuneinu
lefanecha, ki al rachamecha harabim: Adonai
shema'ah, Adonai s'lachah, Adonai hakshivah,
va'aseh al t'achar, lema'ancha Elohai, ki
shimcha nikra al irecha ve'al amecha:
English
Incline, my God, Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city upon which Your Name is called. For not upon our righteousness do we cast our supplications before You, but upon Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, hearken and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, for Your Name is called upon Your city and upon Your people:
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:
Our God and God of our fathers:
Hebrew
יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמְּךָ תְּחִנָּה עוֹרְכִים,
שֶׁהֵם מְצֵרִים וּלְהוֹשִׁיעַ
צְרִיכִים, צָרֵיהֶם עֲלֵיהֶם עַל
מַאֲרִיכִים, כָּל זֹאת הִגִּיעָתַם וְשִׁמְךָ
מְבָרְכִים:
Sephardi
Yisrael amecha techinah or'chim,
shehem metzerim ulehoshi'a
tzerichim, tzareihem aleihem al
ma'arichim, kol zot higi'atam v'shimcha
mevarchim:
English
Israel, Your people, arrange a supplication, for they are in distress and need to be saved; their foes prolong their oppression over them; all this has befallen them, and they bless Your Name:
Hebrew
חֳלִי וּמַכְאוֹב לְהִכָּתֵב לֹא נִמְסַר,
עֲלוּבִים מִנֹּעַר וּמֵהֶם לֹא הוּסַר,
קָדוֹשׁ בְּיָדְךָ לְפַתֵּחַ מוּסָר, כֶּאֱמוּנָתְךָ
הַנְּקִיָּה וְלֹא כֶּאֱמוּנַת בָּשָׂר:
Sephardi
Choli umach'ov lehikatev lo nimsar,
aluvim mino'ar umeihem lo husar,
Kadosh b'yadcha lefateach musar, ke'emunat'cha
hanekiyah v'lo ke'emunat basar:
English
Sickness and pain were not given to be written down; they have been downtrodden from youth and it has not been removed from them. Holy One, in Your hand is to open chastisement, according to Your pure faithfulness and not like the faith of flesh:
Hebrew
הַלּוֹבֵשׁ צְדָקָה וְלוֹ כְּמְעִיל
עֲטוּיָה, וּמִמַּכָּה עַצְמָהּ מְתַקֵּן רְטִיָּה,
קוֹמֵם עֲדָתְךָ מִנְּפִילָתָהּ הַמְּטוּיָה,
בְּכֹחֲךָ הַגָּדוֹל וּבִזְרוֹעֲךָ הַנְּטוּיָה:
Sephardi
Halovesh tzedakah velo kim'il
atuyah, umimakah atzmah metaken retiah,
komem adatecha minefilatah hametuyah,
b'kochacha hagadol uvizro'acha hanetuyah:
English
Who wears righteousness and has it wrapped about Him as a robe, and from the blow itself prepares a bandage—raise up Your congregation from its cast-down fall, with Your great strength and with Your outstretched arm:
Hebrew
טוֹעִים אוֹמְרִים נַחֲלָתְךָ לְחַבֵּל,
כְּבוֹדְךָ לְהָמִיר וּבְהֶבֶל לְהִתְבַּלְבֵּל,
בֵּל וּנְבוֹ לֶאֱלוֹהַּ לְקַבֵּל, יִרְאָתְךָ
הַקְּדוֹשָׁה לִנְטוֹשׁ וּלְנַבֵּל:
Sephardi
To'im omrim nachalatecha lechabel,
kevodecha lehamir uvehevel lehitbalbel,
Bel unvo le'elo'ah lekabel, yir'atecha
hakedoshah lintosh ulnabel:
English
Errant ones say to destroy Your inheritance, to exchange Your glory and to be confounded with vanity, to accept Bel and Nebo as a god, to abandon and profane Your holy fear:
Hebrew
בְּאַהֲבָתְךָ וּבְחֶמְלָתְךָ מְנַשֵּׂא
וּמְנַטֵּל, עֲצָתָם תְּסַכֵּל וּמַחֲשַׁבְתָּם
תְּבַטֵּל, רוּחַ תִּגְרֹת מִבֵּינֵיהֶם הַטֵּל,
וּמַלְאַךְ אַכְזָרִי דְּחֵה וְטַלְטֵל:
Sephardi
Be'ahavatecha uvchemlatecha menase
umnatel, atzatam tesakel umachashavtam
tevatel, ruach tigrot mibeineihem hatel,
umal'ach achzari decheh vetaltel:
English
In Your love and in Your compassion lift up and cast down; frustrate their counsel and nullify their design; cast a spirit of strife among them, and push away and toss about the cruel angel:
Hebrew
בַּעֲבוּר כְּבוֹד שִׁמְךָ וְשֵׁם קָדְשְׁךָ
הַמְהֻלָּל, נוֹרָאוֹת הַפְלֵא לְבַל בַּגּוֹיִם
Sephardi
Ba'avur kevod shimcha v'shem kodshecha
hamehulal, nora'ot hafele leval bagoyim
English
For the sake of the glory of Your Name and the Name of Your holiness that is praised, show wondrous miracles lest among the nations