## Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah

###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:1
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נב. עקדה. חיבר ר' אפרים ב"ר יצחק מרגנשבורג

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
*This prayer was composed by Rav Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg. It is entitled the Akeidah, the Binding and retells the episode of the binding of Isaac.*


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:2
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אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Our God and God of our fathers!


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:3
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**אִם אָפֵס רֹבַע הַקֵּן.** אֹהֶל שִׁכֵּן אִם־רִקֵּן. אַל־נֹאבְדָה עַל־כֵּן. יֶשׁ לָנוּ אָב זָקֵן:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Though the pigeon offerings have ceased,¹ for his offerings. though the tent of His dwelling is now empty, we need not lose hope for we have the merit of our old father.²

footnotes:
¹ The literal translation of the word רֶבַע is a quarter. In the time of the Temple a poor man was permitted to bring doves or young pigeons which were worth a quarter of a dinar
² Abraham.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:4
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פָּנִים לוֹ תַכִּיר. וְצִדְקוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ נַזְכִּיר. צִוִּיתוֹ, קַח־נָא אֶת־בִּנְךָ יַקִּיר. וְנִמְצָה דָמוֹ עַל־קִיר:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Recognize his presence when we mention his righteousness before You; You commanded him, “Take your beloved son, and let his blood be wrung out at the side [of the Altar].”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:5
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רָץ אֶל הַנַּעַר וְהִקְדִּישׁוֹ. וְנַפְשׁוֹ קְשׁוּרָה בְנַפְשׁוֹ. עִטְּרוֹ בָּעֵצִים וְאִשּׁוֹ. וְנֵזֶר־אֱלֹהָיו עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He ran to the lad and consecrated him, though his soul was bound up in his soul; he put the wood and fire around him, and the crown of his God was on his head.³

footnotes:
³ Abraham was compared to the Kohain Gadol who wore the Crown of God upon his forehead.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:6
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יָחִיד רַךְ הוּקַל כַּצְּבִי. עָנָה וְאָמַר אָבִי. הִנֵּה הָאֵשׁ וְהָעֵצִים נָבִיא. וּתְשׁוּרָה אֵין לְהָבִיא:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The only son, tender and light as a deer, answered and said to his father, “Behold we are bringing the fire and wood, but there is no offering to bring.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:7
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מִלִּין הֱשִׁיבוֹ מִלְּהַבְהִילוֹ. עָנָה אָבִיו וְאָמַר־לוֹ. אֱלֹהִים יִרְאֶה־לּוֹ. וְיוֹדַע יְהֹוָה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He answered him with words that would not terrify him; his father said to him, “God Himself will show [the lamb], and Adonoy will let us know that which is His [sacrifice].”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:8
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בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ שְׁנֵיהֶם נִזְהָרִים. וְאַחֲרֶיךָ לֹא מְהַרְהֲרִים. חָשׁוּ מְאֹד נִמְהָרִים. עַל אַחַד הֶהָרִים:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Both heeded Your commandment and did not question You[r word]; without hesitation, they hurried quickly to one of the mountains.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:9
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רָאוּ אֵשׁ תְּלוּלָה. מִהֲרוּ עֲצֵי עוֹלָה. יַחַד בְּאַהֲבָה כְלוּלָה. יִשְּׁרוּ בָּעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
When they saw a blazing pillar of fire, they quickly brought the wood for the burnt-offering; together, linked closely in love, they walked straight through the wilderness as though it was a plain.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:10
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רָאָה יָחִיד כִּי הוּא הַשֶּׂה. נָאַם לְהוֹרוֹ הַמְּנֻסֶּה. אֹתִי כְּכֶבֶשֹ תַּעֲשֶֹה. לֹא־תַחְמֹל וְלֹא־תְכַסֶּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
When the only son perceived that he was to be the lamb, he said to his father, the tested one⁴ “Do with me as you would a lamb, have no pity and do not spare me.

footnotes:
⁴ God had tested Abraham with nine tests and this was the tenth.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:11
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בִּי חָפֵץ וְנִכְסֹף. לְבָבִי־לוֹ אֶחְשֹף. הַאִם תִּמְנָעֵנִי סוֹף. רוּחִי וְנִשְׁמָתִי אֵלָיו יֶאֱסֹף:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He [God] has delight in me and desires me, to Him I will bare my heart; even should you refuse to sacrifice me, in the end my spirit and my soul will be gathered unto Him.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:12
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יָדָיו וְרַגְלָיו עָקַד. וְחַרְבּוֹ עָלָיו פָּקַד. לְשֹוּמוֹ עַל־עֵצִים שָׁקַד. וְהָאֵשׁ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He [Abraham] bowed his hands and feet, and held his sword over him; he laid him carefully on the wood as the fire blazed on the altar.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:13
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צַוָּאר פָּשַׁט מֵאֵלָיו. וְאָבִיו נִגַּשׁ אֵלָיו. לְשָׁחֲטוֹ לְשֵׁם בְּעָלָיו. וְהִנֵּה יְהֹוָה נִצָּב עָלָיו:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He stretched forth his neck willingly, and his father came close to slaughter him in the Name of his Master and behold, Adonoy stood over him.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:14
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חָקַר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָֹה. הָאָב עַל־בְּנוֹ לֹא חָסָה. לִבּוֹ אֶל־כַּפָּיו נָשָֹא. וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָֹה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
God observed what was being done, how the father had not spared his son, his heart and his hands were lifted [as one],⁵ and God saw all that was done.

footnotes:
⁵ To do God’s will.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:15
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קָרָא לְמֵרֶחֶם מִשְׁחָר. תְּמוּר בִּנְךָ תִּבְחָר. הִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר. וַעֲשֵֹה וְאַל־תְּאַחַר:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
God called to Abraham who was sanctified from the womb,⁶ choose an exchange for your son, behold there is another ram, offer it without delay.

footnotes:
⁶ See Rashi, Psalms 110:3.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:16
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חֲלִיפֵי אַזְכָּרָתוֹ. תִּכֹּן הַקְטָרָתוֹ. וְתַעֲלֶה תְּמוּרָתוֹ. וְהָיָה הוּא וּתְמוּרָתוֹ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The exchanged [ram] will be his offering, its burning will be proper and its smoke will ascend; and it will be [as if] he and his exchange [are offered before Me].


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:17
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זִכָּרוֹן לְפָנֶיךָ בַּשַּׁחַק. לָעַד בְּסֵפֶר יוּחַק. בְּרִית־עוֹלָם לֹא־נִמְחַק. אֶת־אַבְרָהָם וְאֶת יִצְחָק:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May the memory be before You in heaven, engraved forever in [Your] book, an everlasting covenant, never to be erased, with Abraham and Isaac.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:18
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קוֹרְאֶיךָ בָּאִים לִקּוֹד. בְּצֶדֶק עֲקֵדָה תִשְׁקֹד. צֹאנְךָ בְּרַחֲמִים תִּפְקֹד. פְּנֵי הַצֹּאן אֶל־עָקֹד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Your worshippers have come to bow to You; regard the righteousness of that binding and remember Your flock with compassion, [for] the faces of Your flock look to the merit of the binding.⁷ [binding].

footnotes:
⁷ Israel hopes that it will be redeemed in the merit of the Akeidah


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fast of Gedaliah 9:19
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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, Fast of Gedaliah 9:20
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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, Fast of Gedaliah 9:21
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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, Fast of Gedaliah 9:22
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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, Fast of Gedaliah 9:23
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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.”