## Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana

###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:1
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לז. מיוסד על פי א"ב. חתום שלמה הבבלי.

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*This prayer was composed by Rabbi Solomon HaBavli.*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:2
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אָב לְרַחֵם וְרַב סְלֹחַ חוֹלַלְתָּנוּ. בְּנֵי בְרִית קֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא חִלַּלְתָּנוּ. גּוֹלִים וְאַתָּה בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִחַלְתָּנוּ. וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
[Our] Father, You created us with compassion and pardon,¹ we are the children of Your holy covenant, and You have never exchanged us;² even in our exile, You are with us, as You have given us hope.³ And [now] pardon our iniquity and our sin and take us for Your inheritance.

footnotes:
¹ When God created man, He knew that man required His mercy and forgiveness.
² For any other nation.
³ By promising not to leave us even in the worst of times.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:3
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דָּם וְגִאוּל תָּדִיחַ, דִּין תָּאִיר. הַחֵטְא יָעֳלַם וּבַל יִמָּצֵא לְהַכְעִיר. וְעָוֹן יְבֻקַּשׁ וְאֵינֶנּוּ כְּנַמְתָּ לְהַבְאִיר. כִּי אֶסְלַח לַאֲשֶׁר אַשְׁאִיר:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Wash away the blood and filth⁴ bring our judgment into light; let our sin be hidden and not be found to make us repulsive and let our iniquity be sought and none be found, As You clearly stated: “I will forgive those that I will spare.”

footnotes:
⁴ Of our sins.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:4
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זַהַם מְרֻבָּה וּפָסַק נִיחוֹחַ מְמֻלָּח. חֲצִיצַת חֲפִיפַת לִכְלוּךְ שֶׁרֶץ הַלָּח. טְבִילַת טָהֳרַת צִנּוֹר מֵימֶיךָ יְקַלָּח. כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה טוֹב וְסַלָּח:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The foulness [of our sins] is great and the aroma of our sacrifices⁵ has ceased.⁶ The covering of soil [caused by] the filth of the moist creeping thing,⁷ let that become cleansed by immersion in the flow of Your waters, for You are Adonoy, good and forgiving.

footnotes:
⁵ “ניחוח ממלח“ lit. the salted pleasant odor—all sacrifices were salted before being burnt on the altar as a pleasant fragrance to God. (v. Vayikra 2, 13)
⁶ Since the destruction of the Temple.
⁷ A ritually unclean person who has any foreign matter covering any part of his body cannot become ritually clean unless he first removes the impurity.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:5
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יַעַן סָרַחְנוּ נִדַּחְנוּ וּמִשְׁמַן רָזֶה. כִּי רַבָּה הַטֻּמְאָה וְאֵין מַזֶּה. לְמַעַנְךָ יְהֹוָה כְּאָז וְלְפָנִים מִזֶּה. סְלַח נָא לַעֲוֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Since we sinned we were exiled and from corpulence [we became] emaciated for the impurity is abundant and there is none [priest] to sprinkle us.⁸ For Your sake, Adonoy, as [You did] then and before this, forgive, please, the sins of this nation.

footnotes:
⁸ With the mixture of water and ashes from the red heifer—the procedure used in purifying one who was contaminated with the ritual uncleanness of a dead body.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:6
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מִסַּפֵּר עָצְמוּ חַסְדֵי רֹב גְּמוּלֶיךָ. נִהַגְתָּ לְעַם בֵּית מֶרִי לְמוּלֶךָ. סִבְלָם נָא תִשָּׂא כְּמִקֶּדֶם נְטוּלֶיךָ. וְסָלַחְתָּ לְעַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר חָטְאוּ לְךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
They are too abundant to relate— the great goodness that You have bestowed. You led the nation [even] when it was rebellious towards You. Please, carry their burden as You carried it in previous days, and forgive Your nation that has sinned to You.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:7
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עָלֵינוּ מִמָּרוֹם רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֹ יֵעָרֶה. פָּרוֹשׁ וְהִתְקַדֵּשׁ וְחָדָשׁ לָנוּ יִבָּרֵא. צֵרוֹף וּמֵרוֹק בְּלִי יִסּוּרִין תּוֹרֶה. כִּי עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Upon us, from on high let His holy spirit pour forth, so that we may separate ourselves [from sin], and sanctify [us] and [a] new [heart] create for us. The purification and the cleansing [from sin]— order that they be without suffering, for forgiveness is with You⁹ so that You shall be feared.

footnotes:
⁹ It is in Your hands to forgive.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:8
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קוֹמֵם נְפוּלָה עוֹד מִלְּהוֹסִיף דַּאֲבוֹנֵנוּ. רוּחַ חֵן רַוֵּה שַׂבַּע רַעֲבוֹנֵנוּ. שָׁלְמוּ תַּמוּ עֵת רִעוּעַ בּוֹנֵנוּ. לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ יְהֹוָה וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲווֹנֵנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Stand upright the fallen one.¹⁰ [Refrain] from adding to our misfortune. [With] a spirit of kindness satiate our hunger. Annihilation has come [to those who] rebuilt us at the time we were weakened.¹¹ For the sake of Your Name, Adonoy, forgive our sins.

footnotes:
¹⁰ “Fallen one”—the Jewish nation.
¹¹ “To those … rebuilt us” i.e. the righteous of every generation.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:9
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שִׁירַיִם הִנֵּנוּ וּמִי כָמוֹךָ נוֹשֵׂא. לֹא עַל צִדְקוֹתֵינוּ אוֹת נְנַסֶּה. מִדַּת הֲמוֹן רַחֲמֶיךָ נַפִּיל מַחֲסֶה. אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָעָה אֲדֹנָי סְלָחָה אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִׁיבָה וַעֲשֵׂה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We have become as leftovers¹² and who, like You, can forgive [such as these]. Not [based] upon our righteousness will we attempt to seek a sign,¹³ but upon your virtue of abundant compassion we will send¹⁴ our plea. Adonoy, listen! Adonoy, forgive! Adonoy, pay attention [to us] and do!

footnotes:
¹² “Leftovers”—the remains at the bottom of the pot.
¹³ “A sign”—that You have forgiven us.
¹⁴ נפיל—lit. “throw.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:10
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בְּיִרְאָתְךָ וּבְתוֹרָתְךָ הָכֵן פְּעָמֵינוּ לִצְעֹד. בְּיַד עֲוֹנֵינוּ כִּי כָשַׁלְנוּ לִמְעֹד. נָא־יֵאָמֵן דְּבָרְךָ הַטּוֹב לִסְעֹד. כִּי אֶסְלַח לַעֲווֹנָם. וּלְחַטָּאתָם לֹא אֶזְכַּר־עוֹד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
In Your fear and in Your righteous Torah, establish our footsteps to tread, for through our sins we have become too weak to take a step. Please fulfill Your good promise to support [us]: “For I shall forgive their iniquities, and their sins I will no longer remember.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:11
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יוֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלוּם כָּל דָּם וּלְחוּם חַטֹּאתֵינוּ יְדַעֲנוּם וְאִתָּנוּ בְּכָל תְּחוּם. הִנְנוּ אָתָאנוּ־לָךְ מְצֹא כֹפֶר וְתַנְחוּם. וְאַתָּה אֱלוֹהַּ סְלִיחוֹת חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
You know the hidden of every blood and flesh.¹⁵ [We committed] iniquities [despite] that we knew them and they are with us everywhere.¹⁶ We, hereby, come before You [that we may] find redemption and consolation, for You are the forgiving God gracious and compassionate.

footnotes:
¹⁵ Blood and flesh, i.e. human.
¹⁶ And—everywhere, i.e. we cannot escape our sins.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:12
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**אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ.** יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים. מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת. מוֹחֵל עֲו‍ֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ. מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן. מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים. עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ. לֹא כְרָעָתָם תִּגְמוֹל: אֵל הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. וּזְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹדַֽעְתָּ לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם. כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Almighty! King! Who sits on the throne of mercy, governs with kindness forgives the iniquities of His people. He removes their sins one by one, increasing forgiveness to sinners, and pardon to transgressors. Acting righteously with all who are of flesh and spirit; not according to their wickedness does He repay them. Almighty! You instructed us to recite the thirteen Divine attributes; remember unto us this day the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes, as You made them known to the humble Moses of old, as it is written, “And Adonoy descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:13
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קהל וחזן:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*Congregation and Chazzan:*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:14
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וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
And Adonoy passed before him [Moses], and proclaimed:


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:15
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יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָו‍ֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה: וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲו‍ֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Merciful, Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth. Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations, Endurer of iniquity, and transgression, and sin; and Acquitter of those who repent. “And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:16
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סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ. מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ: כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח וְרַב חֶֽסֶד לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us our King, for we have transgressed. “For You, my Master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:17
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לָמָה יְהוָה תַּעֲמֹד בְּרָחוֹק תַּעְלִים לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה׃ שׁוּב לְמַעַן עֲבָדֶיךָ שִׁבְטֵי נַחֲלָתֶךָ׃ תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ מִימֵי קֶדֶם׃

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Why do You stand from afar, Adonoy, hiding Yourself in times of trouble? Return for the sake of Your servants the tribes of Your inheritance. You will grant truth to Jacob, kindliness to Abraham. As You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:18
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**כְּרַחֵם אָב** עַל בָּנִים כֵּן תְּרַחֵם יְהֹוָה עָלֵֽינוּ: לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה, עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶֽךָ סֶּֽלָה: יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּֽנוּ מִשְׂגָּב לָֽנוּ, אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה: יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּֽטֵֽחַ בָּךְ: יְהֹוָה הוֹשִֽׁיעָה, הַמֶּֽלֶךְ יַעֲנֵֽנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
As a father has compassion on his children so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy. Deliverance is Adonoy’s; upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts is with us, a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts! fortunate is the man who trusts in You. Adonoy, deliver us; the King will answer us on the day we call.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:19
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**סְלַח נָא** לַעֲו‍ֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה, כְּגֹֽדֶל חַסְדֶּֽךָ. וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָֽׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה. מִמִּצְרַֽיִם וְעַד הֵֽנָּה. וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“Please pardon the sins of this nation in accordance with the greatness of Your lovingkindness; and as You forgave this people from when it left Egypt until now.” And there it is said:


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:20
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**וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה סָלַֽחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ:**

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“And Adonoy said, I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 17:21
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הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע, פְּקַח עֵינֶֽיךָ וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמֹתֵֽינוּ, וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶֽיהָ כִּי לֹא עַל צִדְקֹתֵֽינוּ, אֲנַֽחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵֽינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ, כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים: אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָֽעָה, אֲדֹנָי סְלָֽחָה, אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִֽׁיבָה וַעֲשֵׂה, אַל תְּאַחַר. לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהַי, כִּי שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא עַל עִירְךָ וְעַל עַמֶּֽךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Incline Your ear, my God, and hear, open Your eyes and behold our desolate places, and the city which is called by Your Name; for it is not on account of our righteousness that we let fall our supplication before You, but because of Your great mercy. My Master, hear! My Master, pardon! My Master, listen and take action, do not delay! For Your sake, my God, because Your Name is proclaimed over Your city and over Your people.