Editing Selichot (section)

== Selichot of Fast Days ==

On minor fast days (including the [[Fast of Behav]]), most communities recite Selichot at some point during the Shacharit service (as opposed to before Shacharit).  In contemporary practice, most communities recite these Selichot after the conclusion of the Shacharit [[Amidah]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/110,144476/What-are-Selichot-and-when-are-they-recited.html |title=What are "Selichot" and when are they recited? |author=Rabbi Naftali Silberberg |publisher=AskMoses.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ou.org/holidays/months/basic_questions_and_answers_about_selichot/|title=Selichot, Basic Questions & Answers|publisher=ou.org}}</ref> In some communities (especially Western Ashkenazic communities, but also some Eastern Ashkenazic communities), the older practice is maintained to insert the recitation of the Selichot of minor fast days in the middle of the blessing for forgiveness (סלח לנו כי חטאנו) in the repetition of the Shacharit Amidah. The content of many of these prayers is related to the specific fast day.

In Ashkenazic commuinities, Selichot are recited on the [[Fast of Gedaliah]] only before the prayer service like the selichot of the High Holidays; in many Sephardic communities, additional selichot are recited after the Amidah just like any other fast day. Selichot are not recited in any community today on the major fast day of [[Tisha B'Av]], although they were recited by the [[Geonim]] of Babylonia.<ref>[[Daniel Goldschmidt]], Kinot, pages 7–8 of the introduction.</ref>
[[File:Selichot Minhag.jpg|thumb|Prayer book Selichot Minhag from [[Alsace]], [[1766]], in the collection of the [[Jewish Museum of Switzerland]]. A full scan of a different copy of this books is available [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH990020261870205171/NLI here].]]