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The Selichoth Prayers

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Yom Chamishy – Fifth Day of the Week

“Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Blessed be He who spoke and the world was;

Blessed be He – and blessed be His Name.

Tehillah 85

YHWH, You showed grace to Your land; You restored the captivity of Ya’akov.

You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin.
Selah.

You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger.

Restore us, O Elohym of our salvation, and cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Will You not Yourself revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Show us Your mercy, YHWH, and grant us Your salvation.

I will hear what Hael YHWH will say; for He will speak peace to His people, to His righteous ones; but let them not turn back to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that esteem may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth springs from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Indeed, YHWH will give what is excellent, and our land will yield its produce.

Righteousness will go before Him and will make His footsteps into a way.

Tehillah 27

YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

YHWH is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.

One thing I have asked from YHWH, that I shall seek:

that I may dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of YHWH, and to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to YHWH.

Hear, YHWH, when I cry with my voice, and be gracious to me and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, YHWH, I shall seek.”

Do not hide Your face from me, do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; do not abandon me nor forsake me, O Elohym of my salvation!

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but YHWH will take me up.

Teach me Your way, YHWH, and lead me in a level path because of my foes.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the excellence of YHWH in the land of the living.

Wait for YHWH; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for YHWH.

Ben Adam

Son of man!

Why do you slumber?

Arise and call out in supplication; pour out words of prayer; seek forgiveness from the Master of masters.

Wash and purify yourself; do not delay before the days depart, and hurriedly run for help before He who dwells on high.

From transgression and also evil flee, and be dreadful of tragedy.

O, please pay heed to those who know Your name – the loyal ones of Yisrael.

For Yours, Adonay, is righteousness, and ours is nothing but shame.

Stand up like a man and be courageous, to confess your sins.

Seek El Almighty in earnest to atone for your sins, for never are hidden secrets from Him.

And every utterance that is spoken is read before Him.

May He who is merciful have mercy upon us, as a father has mercy for his children.

For Yours Adonay is righteousness and ours is nothing but shame.

Vidduy

I make my sin known to You and do not conceal my iniquity; for I said that it is proper that I confess my transgressions to YHWH, and as a result, You have forgiven the iniquity of my sins.

And it is stated:

He who conceals his transgressions will not succeed, but he, who admits and forsakes them, shall be dealt with mercifully.

Please, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, let our prayer come before You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication – for we are not so insolent nor so obstinate to say before You, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, “we are righteous and have not sinned,” rather, truly we have sinned – we as well as our forefathers and our household members:

(With each of the following statements, bring your right fist to your chest, over your heart.)

We have been guilty.

We have betrayed.

We have robbed.

We have spoken gossip and slander.

We have caused iniquity.

We have caused wickedness.

We have acted wantonly.

We have extorted.

We have accused falsely.

We have given bad advice.

We have lied.

We have acted frivolously.

We have rebelled.

We have infuriated.

We have committed adultery.

We have been deviant.

We have committed iniquity.

We have transgressed willfully.

We have oppressed.

We have been obstinate.

We have been wicked.

We have corrupted ourselves and others.

We have committed abominations.

We have strayed and caused others to stray, and we have veered from Your excellent commandments and laws, but it has not benefited us.

But You are righteous regarding all that has befallen us, for You have acted with truth, and it is we who have caused wickedness.

Lemitvaddeh Hattotav

He who confesses his sins and acknowledges his many transgressions, he whose years are spent in futility and whose days terminate in anguish; he cries out from his travails and from amidst the hostilities of his adversaries.

Let us fall, please, at the hand of YHWH, for His mercies are abundant.

From my earliest age, I have drawn upon myself with gossamer ropes – my sin; therefore, have I repented and regretted, for I know not the day of my judgment, and I have sacrificed my flesh, and I have poured as a libation the tears of my eye – perhaps my Maker will have mercy, for His compassion has not ceased.

Let us fall, please, at the hand of YHWH, for His mercies are abundant.

The breasts of my joy have withered, and I have nursed the poison of snakes; the tears of my eyes have worn down – from my intense pain – rocks.

And the mercies of the Father have been distanced, and He has not taken pity upon His children, and toward me have been restrained His yearning and His compassion.

Let us fall, please, at the hand of YHWH, for His mercies are abundant.

He brought me into a lion’s pit and bequeathed to me His wrath.

I was forgotten in a jailhouse, and I have been mired in the sea of His fury.

Every day I descended remarkably after He did prolong His anger toward me.

Has Elohym forgotten to be gracious; has He closed off His mercy in anger?

Let us fall, please, at the hand of YHWH, for His mercies are abundant.

Eileyka YHWH

Toward You, YHWH, I have raised up my eyes; hear the sound of my pleas as befits Your great kindness.

I have trusted in Your Name and have spread out my palms; I have taken words and have come unto You.

My sorrows have been overpowering and my groans have increased, for all of my sins have You set before You.

My delicate soul dissipates from grief; release from anxiety the soul of Your servant.

Remove my sin, O Elohym of my salvation; also my tears may You place in Your flask.

In times of anger, Your mercy may You recall and reconsider, and gladden and console the soul of Your servant.

Our Father, our King, You are our Father!

Our Father, our King, we have no King but You!

Our Father, our King, have mercy on us!

Our Father, our King, be gracious to us and answer us, although we do not possess excellent deeds.

Deal with us with righteousness and kindness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us.

And we know not what more to do, but our eyes look to You.

Recall Your mercies and kindnesses, YHWH, for they have existed from ever.

May Your kindness be upon us, YHWH, as we have hoped in You.

Qaddish

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name in the world that He created according to His will.

May His kingdom reign, and may He cause His redemption to sprout, and may He hasten the coming of His Mashiach in your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire house of Yisrael, speedily and very soon; and let us say:

Amein!

May His great Name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Blessed, lauded, esteemed, exalted, extolled, honored, upraised, and praised be the Name of the set-apart One; Blessed be He; above all the blessings, songs, praises and words of consolation that may be uttered in the world; and let us say:

Amein!

May your prayers and pleas be accepted together with the prayers and pleas of the entire house of Yisrael before our Father in heaven and earth, in the name of Yehoshua HaMashiach; and let us say:

Amein!

May there be abundant shalom from heaven, life, contentment, salvation, consolation, deliverance, healing, redemption, pardon, atonement, comfort and relief for us and for His entire nation Yisrael; and let us say:

Amein!

Hon Tahon

Be merciful to Your children who are returning to You, and who stand before You with trepidation, fearful of the time they will be called to judgment; it is for that reason that they come in distress.

Recall compassion on the Day of Judgment; do away with anger and wrath at the time You will judge those who fear You and those who dwell on Your Name – they who are sitting in judgment.

Bring near to me the year of the Redeemer, and redeem me; upon restful waters, O Elohym, lead me, and recall for me the merit of the perfect man, Yehoshua HaMashiach, and place me like a seal upon Your heart.

Amein!