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Selichot

Selichot For The Seventeenth Of Tammuz

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Gently strike the left side of your chest (over the heart) with a closed fist at the words חָטָאנוּ and פָשָׁעְנוּ.

Hebrew

סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ, מְחַל
לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי פָשָׁעְנוּ: כִּי
אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח, וְרַב חֶסֶד
לְכָל קוֹרְאֶיךָ:

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 willfully transgressed: for You, Lord, are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You:

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים אַל דֳּמִי לָךְ, אַל תֶּחֱרַשׁ
וְאַל תִּשְׁקֹט אֵל: כִּי הִנֵּה
אוֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן, וּמְשַׂנְאֶיךָ נָשְׂאוּ
רֹאשׁ: אֵל נְקָמוֹת יְיָ, אֵל
נְקָמוֹת הוֹפִיעַ:

Sephardi

Elohim al domi lach, al techerash
ve-al tishkot El: Ki hineh
oivecha yehemyun, um'san'echa nas'u
rosh: El nekamot Adonai, El
nekamot hofia:

English

God, do not be silent toward Yourself; do not be quiet and do not be still, God: for behold Your enemies make an uproar, and those who hate You have lifted their head. God of vengeance, Lord, God of vengeance, appear:

Hebrew

כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל בָּנִים, כֵּן תְּרַחֵם
יְיָ עָלֵינוּ: לַיְיָ הַיְשׁוּעָה,
עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה: יְיָ צְבָאוֹת
עִמָּנוּ, מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב
סֶּלָה: 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 bote'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, forever. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold, forever. Lord of hosts, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. Lord, save us; 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 selachah,
Adonai hakshivah, va'aseh al t'achar,
lema'ancha Elohai, ki shimcha nikra al
irecha ve'al amecha:

English

Incline Your ear, my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city upon which Your Name is called. For it is not on account of our righteous deeds that we cast our supplications before You, but on account of 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

אֲמָרֵר בִּבְכִי מִפְּנֵי יָד שְׁלוּחָה
בְּעִי, בְּנֹאצִי בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ
בְּבִגְדִי וְקִבְעִי, גָּז וּבָרַח וְנָסַע עָשָׂר
וְעָלָה לִשְׁבִיעִי, דְּמָנִי הֱצִיקָנִי
הֱסִיקָנִי בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִי:

Sephardi

Amarer bivchi mipnei yad sheluchah
b'i, b'no'atzi b'toch beito
bivgidi v'kiv'i, gaz uvarach v'nasa asar
v'alah lishvi'i, d'moni hetzikani
hesikani bachodesh harvi'i:

English

I will make bitter with weeping before a hand sent forth in my distress, when I was despised within His house, in my garment and covering; the tenth cut off and fled and journeyed and rose to the seventh; my blood—he oppressed me, he burned me in the fourth month:

Hebrew

הֵבִיא מוֹעֵד בִּמְלֹאתוֹ לִשְׁבּוֹר
בְּחוּרַי גְּמוּז, וְרַבָּה בּוֹ פְּעָמִים
בְּמַסְמֵס וּמְזַמֵּז, זְבוּלוֹ כְּשַׁר
שַׁאֲנָנוֹת מְבַכּוֹת אֶת הַתַּמּוּז, חִיבָּנִי
אוֹיְבִי אָזִי בְּיֶרַח תַּמּוּז:

Sephardi

Hevi mo'ed bimloto lishbor
b'churai gemuz, v'rabah bo pe'amim
b'masmes umezamez, zevulo keshar
sha'anannot mevakot et hatamuz, chibani
oyvi azi b'yerach tamuz:

English

He brought an appointed time in its fullness to crush my young men, crushed, and many times in it with grinding and crushing; His Temple as if destroyed—secure women weeping over Tammuz; my enemy then held me liable in the month of Tammuz:

Hebrew

טָמַנּוּ פַחִים חֲמִשָּׁה בְּמִקְרָא
תְּלָאוֹת מְשֻׁלָּחוֹת, יָכְלוּ לִי בְּשִׁבְעָה
עָשָׂר בּוֹ בָּאֱלִיחוּת, כִּי נוֹקַשְׁתִּי
כְּכַלָּה עֲלוּבָה בְּחֻפַּת שַׁלְוָה
וְהַצְלָחוֹת, לִרְוָעִי לֹא הִמְתַּנְתִּי שֵׁשׁ
וְנִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ הַלּוּחוֹת:

Sephardi

Tamnu pachim chamishah b'mikra
tela'ot meshulachot, yachlu li b'shiv'ah
asar bo ba'elichut, ki nokashti
k'chalah aluvah b'chupat shalvah
v'hatzlachot, lirva'i lo himtanti shesh
v'nishtabru haluchot:

English

They laid five snares, according to Scripture, of mishaps sent forth; they consumed me on the seventeenth of it by divine power, for I was ensnared like an abased bride in a canopy of calm and success; for my shepherd I did not wait six [days], and the Tablets were shattered:

Hebrew

מִיָּדוֹ עֲדִיתִי חֱלִי כֶּתֶם וְאֶצְעָדָה
וְצָמִיד, נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּוֹ כְּשַׁחַתִּי
דְּרָכַי לְהַשְׁמִיד, סֵדֶר עֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְקֵיץ
מִזְבְּחוֹ קַצְתִּי לְהַעֲמִיד, עַל כֵּן
מִלִּשְׁכַּת הַטְּלָאִים בָּטֵל הַתָּמִיד:

Sephardi

Miyado aditi cheli ketem ve'etz'adah
v'tzamid, nigarot b'yom apo keshachati
d'rachai lehashmid, seder avodato v'keitz
mizbecho katzti l'ha'amid, al ken
milishkat hatela'im batel hatamid:

English

From His hand I adorned jewelry of pure gold and a bracelet and armlet; they were cast off on the day of His wrath when I corrupted my ways to destruction; the order of His service and the cutting off of His altar I cut short from standing—therefore from the chamber of the lambs the daily offering was discontinued:

Hebrew

פּוֹר הִתְפּוֹרְרָה וְנִתְפַּזְּרָה
סוֹעֲרָה עֲנִיָּה, צִיָּה נִמְשְׁלָה מִבְּלִי
חוֹבֵל וְנִטְרְפָה כָּאֳנִיָּה, קַחְתָּהּ
בְּחַטָּאתָהּ בְּרֹאשָׁהּ וּבְכֶפֶל תְּאַנְיָה
וַאֲנִיָּה, רִבּוּהָ צָרֶיהָ כְּהַיּוֹם
וְהֻבְקְעָה הָעִיר בַּשְּׁנִיָּה:

Sephardi

Por hitporerah v'nitpazerah
so'arah aniyah, tziyah nimsh'lah mibli
chovel v'nitr'fah ka'oniyah, kachtah
b'chatatah b'roshah uvchefel te'aniyah
va'aniyah, ribuhah tzarehah kehayom
v'huvke'ah ha'ir bashniyah:

English

Utterly broken and scattered was the storm-tossed poor one, a dry land compared to a ship without a pilot, and she was torn like a ship; her taking in her sin was at her head, and with double mourning and lamentation; her foes multiplied her as today, and the city was breached a second time:

Hebrew

שֻׁלְּחָה כַּצְּבִי מֻדָּח מֵאֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ
לְהַסְתִּירָהּ, שִׁנְּנוּ לְשׁוֹנָם וּנְתָנוּהָ
כְּשֶׂה צֹמֵרָה וְחֶלְבָּהּ לְהַתִּירָהּ,
תִּצְעַק עַל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה שָׁבוּ
נִכְתְּרָהּ, תַּחְמוֹד עֵינֶיהָ נֵצֶל כְּשָׁרָף
אַפּוֹסְטְמוֹס הַתּוֹרָה:

Sephardi

Shulchah katzvi mudach mei'ein doresh
l'hastirah, shinnenu l'shonam un'tanuhah
keseh tzomerah v'chelbah l'hatirah,
titz'ak al keli chemdah shavu
nicht'rah, tachmod einehah netzel k'sharaf
Apostemos haTorah:

English

She was sent away like a driven gazelle with none to seek to shelter her; they sharpened their tongue and gave her over like a sheep, her wool and fat to be removed; she cries out over the precious vessel whose crown they took captive; her eyes desire the remnant, as when Apostomos burned the Torah:

Hebrew

חָרֵף עֲשׁוּקִים וּרְצוּצִים
בַּעֲבוּר הִרְעִימָם סֶכֶל, יְרוּדִים
בּוֹהֶיָה לֶאֱכֹל וּבְהַסְתֵּר פָּנִים
מִלְּהִסְתַּכֵּל, יָד הִשְׁלִים מִכְּנַף
שִׁקּוּצִים נֶאֱכַל, עֵת צָרָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּס
וְהֶעֱמַד צֶלֶם בַּהֵיכָל:

Sephardi

Charef ashukim urtzutzim
ba'avur hir'imam sechel, yerudim
boheyah le'echol uvehester panim
milehistakel, yad hishlim miknaf
shikutzim ne'echal, et tzarah kehitkanes
v'he'emad tzelem baheichal:

English

He reviled the oppressed and crushed on account of their thundering folly; the downcast, desolate to be eaten, and with the hiding of the face from looking; a hand finished from the corner of abominations was consumed; a time of distress when they gathered and set up an idol in the Sanctuary:

Hebrew

דְּווּיִים סְגוּפִים בָּנִים הָהָיוּ מִקֶּדֶם
רִאשׁוֹנִים, סְמוּכוֹת צָרוֹתֵיהֶם זוֹ
לְזוֹ כַּמָּה שָׁנִים, לוֹקִים כַּאֲשֶׁר
תַּעֲשֶׂינָה הַדְּבָרִים וְהָעַקְרַבִּים
שׁוֹנִים, הוֹגִים אָבַד שִׁבְרָם וּבָטֵל
סְכוּיִם בְּאִישׁוֹנִים:

Sephardi

Devuyim segufim banim hahayu mikedem
rishonim, semuchot tzaroteihem zo
l'zo kamah shanim, lokim ka'asher
ta'asenah hadevarim v'ha'akrabim
shonim, hogim avad shivram uvatel
sechuyim b'ishonim:

English

Suffering, afflicted children who were of old the first ones; their troubles adjoined one to another for many years; they are stricken as bees and scorpions do differently; they meditate—their hope is lost and nullified, hopes in the pupils of the eyes:

Hebrew

אֵל קַנָּא בְּהִתְאַפֵּק בִּמְקַנְּאֶיךָ
דְּשֵׁנִים רְטוּבִים, מְחַכִּים תַּקִּים
עוֹמְדִים לְעוֹלָמִים כִּנְטָעִים
מְחֻטָּבִים בַּאֲהָבִים, הָאֱמֶת
וְהַשָּׁלוֹם בְּצוֹמוֹת חֲטוּבִים,
נַצַּח הֱיוֹתָם לְשִׂמְחָה וּלְשָׂשׂוֹן
וּלְמוֹעֲדִים טוֹבִים:

Sephardi

El kana b'hit'apek bimkan'echa
d'shenim retuvim, mechakim takim
omdim l'olamim kinta'im
mechutavim ba'ahavim, ha'emet
v'hashalom b'tzomot chatuvim,
natzach heyotam l'simchah ul'sason
ul'mo'adim tovim:

English

Jealous God, when You restrain Yourself against those who provoke You—the fat and moist ones, the waiting, the established, standing forever like plantings hewn in love; truth and peace in hewn fasts—make eternal their being for joy and for gladness and for good appointed times:

Hebrew

אֵל מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים,
וּמִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת, מוֹחֵל
עֲוֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ, מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן
רִאשׁוֹן, מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לַחַטָּאִים
וּסְלִיחָה לַפּוֹשְׁעִים, עֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת
עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרוּחַ, לֹא כְרָעָתָם
תִּגְמוֹל, אֵל הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר
שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, זְכֹר לָנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית
שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, כְּהוֹדַעְתָּ לֶעָנָו
מִקֶּדֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַיֵּרֶד יְיָ
בֶּעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם, וַיִּקְרָא
בְּשֵׁם יְיָ:

Sephardi

El Melech yoshev al kisei rachamim,
umitnaheg bachasidut, mochel
avonot amo, ma'avir rishon
rishon, marbeh mechilah lachata'im
uslichah laposhe'im, oseh tzedakot
im kol basar varu'ach, lo chera'atam
tigmol, El horita lanu lomar
shelosh esreh, zechor lanu hayom berit
shelosh esreh, kehodata le'anav
mikedem, kemo shekatuv: Vayered Adonai
be'anan vayityatzev imo sham, vayikra
b'shem Adonai:

English

God, King Who sits upon the throne of mercy, and acts with lovingkindness, Who pardons the iniquities of His people, removing them one by one, Who abounds in forgiveness for sinners and pardon for transgressors, Who performs acts of righteousness with all flesh and spirit—not according to their wickedness does He requite them. God, You taught us to recite the Thirteen Attributes; remember for us today the covenant of the Thirteen Attributes, as You made known to the humble one of old, as it is written: And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and He proclaimed the Name of the Lord:

The following, until וְנַחַלְתָּנוּ, 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 abundant in kindness and truth; Preserver of kindness for thousands, Forgiver of iniquity, willful sin, and error, and Who cleanses. And forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance: