## Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana

###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:1
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מב. ע"פ א"ב כפול. חתום גרשום בר יהודה (מאור הגולה)

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*This prayer was composed by Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (the Light of the Exile).*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:2
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פותחין הארון:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*(The Ark is opened.)*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:3
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זְכֹר בְּרִית־אַבְרָהָם, וַעֲקֵדַת־יִצְחָק. וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Remember the covenant of Abraham and the binding of Isaac, and return the captives of the tents of Jacob and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:4
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אָבַדְנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ־טוֹבָה בְּחִפָּזוֹן. אָרְכוּ הַיָּמִים וּדְבַר כָּל־חָזוֹן. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָדְלוּ פְרָזוֹן. בְּמַשְׁמַנֵּנוּ שֻׁלַּח רָזוֹן. וְשׁוּב בְרַחֲמִים עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We lost the good land all too soon, and the prophesied exile has lasted very long; in Israel, they no longer live in open villages,¹ our plenty has been turned into famine. Turn with compassion to the remnant of Israel, and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

footnotes:
¹ They must live in fortified cities for fear of enemy attack.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:5
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גּוֹלָה אַחַר גּוֹלָה. גָּלְתָה יְהוּדָה כֻּלָּהּ. דָּוָה כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְכָלָה. דּוֹרֵשׁ וּמְבַקֵּשׁ אֵין־לָהּ: וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Exile after exile, has all of Judah been exiled, grief and destruction is her lot each day, and there is none to inquire or plead for her. Return the captives of the tents of Jacob and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:6
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הָעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְהַמְּחֹזוֹת. הָיוּ לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְבִזּוֹת. וְכָל־מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ טְבוּעוֹת וּגְנוּזוֹת. וְאֵין שִׁיּוּר רַק הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת. וְשׁוּב בְרַחֲמִים עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The city of holiness and its environs had become disgraced and plundered; all its treasures are buried and hidden, and nothing remains except this Torah. Turn with compassion to the remnant of Israel, and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:7
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גּוֹאֵל חָזָק לְמַעַנְךָ פְּדֵנוּ. רְאֵה כִּי־אָזְלַת יָדֵנוּ. שׁוּר כִּי־אָבְדוּ חֲסִידֵינוּ. וּמַפְגִּיעַ אֵין בַּעֲדֵנוּ. וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Mighty Redeemer, for Your sake redeem us, see how helpless we are, look, our pious men are gone, and we have none to intercede for us. Return the captives of the tents of Jacob and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:8
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בְּרִית אָבוֹת וְאִמָּהוֹת וְהַשְּׁבָטִים. רַחֲמֶיךָ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ בִּרְבוֹת־עִתִּים. יָהּ זְכֹר לְמֻכִּים וְנִמְרָטִים. וְעָלֶיךָ כָּל־הַיּוֹם נִשְׁחָטִים. וְשׁוּב בְרַחֲמִים עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The covenant with the Patriarchs the Matriarchs and the [twelve] tribes, Your oft-repeated mercy and kindness— remember [now] O God to those who are stricken and tortured, and for Your sake [they are ready] to be killed all the day. Turn with compassion to the remnant of Israel, and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:9
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דּוֹרֵשׁ דָּמִים דּוֹן דִּינֵנוּ. הָשֵׁב שִׁבְעָתַיִם אֶל־חֵיק־מְעַנֵּינוּ. חִנָּם נִמְכַּרְנוּ, וְלֹא בְכֶסֶף פְּדֵנוּ. זְקֹף בֵּית־מִקְדָּשְׁךָ הַשָּׁמֵם לְעֵינֵינוּ. וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב, וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
You Who avenges [innocent] blood, judge our cause, repay [punish] sevenfold into the bosom of those who torment us; we have been sold for naught, [therefore] redeem us without [ransom] money, raise up Your ruined, Holy Temple, before our [very] eyes, and return the captives of the tents of Jacob and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:10
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סוגרין הארון:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*(The Ark is closed.)*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:11
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**זְכוֹר** לָֽנוּ בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַֽרְתָּ. וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵֽאתִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶֽרֶץ מִצְרַֽיִם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים אֲנִי יְהֹוָה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Remember to us the covenant of the ancestors, as You promised, “And I will remember for their sake the covenant with [their] ancestors whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations; to be their God, I am Adonoy.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Erev Rosh Hashana 22:12
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תֻּשְׂגַּב לְבַדְּךָ וְתִמְלֹךְ עַל כֹּל בְּיִחוּד: כַּכָּתוּב עַל יַד נְבִיאֶֽךָ וְהָיָה יְהֹוָה לְמֶֽלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָֽרֶץ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהֹוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Rule alone and reign over all in Your Oneness, as it is written by Your prophets: “And Adonoy will be King over the whole earth; on that day Adonoy will be One and His Name One.”