## Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence

###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:1
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צב. ע"פ א"ב. חתום שלמה בר גבירול:


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:2
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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, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:3
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אָז בְּהַר מֹר דָּץ יוֹנַת אֵלֶם. בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֵיתָן לְעוֹלָה וָשֶׁלֶם. גֵּאֶה בְּחָנוֹ קַח נָא זֶה הָעֶלֶם. תְּרוּמָה לַיהֹוָה קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Then on Mount Mor¹ the mute dove² rejoiced when Ethan³ took him as a burnt whole offering the proud One tested him, “Take this lad as a raise-offering to Adonoy, sanctified.”

footnotes:
¹ Poetic form of Moriah.
² Isaac who accepted his role silently.
³ Literally “giant”—a reference to Abraham.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:4
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דַּת הַטֶּנֶא לְפָנַי לְהַנִּיחֵהוּ הֵן קַח נָא אֶת בִּנְךָ לְאֶשְׁכָּר סְפָחֵהוּ. וַאֲנִי בְּחַרְתִּיו קוּם מְשָׁחֵהוּ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“Like the law for the basket,⁴ 26:4. place him before Me your son here, bring him as a bread offering; I have chosen him, come anoint him with the oil of sanctified anointment.”

footnotes:
⁴ The basket of first fruits; see Devorim


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:5
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זָךְ בְּשָׁמְעוֹ לִבּוֹ לֹא דָאַב. חֵפֶץ צוּרוֹ חָשַׁק וְתָאַב. טָפְלוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם הַבֵּן וְהָאָב. וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיהֹוָה בְּהַדְרַת קוֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The pure one, upon hearing, did not worry; the will of His Rock was all he desired united, both father and son bowed to Adonoy in the splendor of holiness.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:6
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יִעֵד עֵצִים וְלִשְׁפֹּת עָרַךְ. כָּמַהּ וְתָמַהּ יָחִיד וְרַךְ. לִהַג אַיֵּה הַשֶּׂה הַנֶּעֱרַךְ. לְהַקְדִּישׁוֹ בְּמִקְדַשׁ קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
He prepared wood intending to kindle it. The only son wondered and hoped saying, “Where is the lamb of offering sanctified sacred to Adonoy?”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:7
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מָרוֹם יִרְאֶה־לוֹ הַשֶּׂה וְהוּא יָשִׁיב. נֶפֶשׁ אֵם עֲקֶרֶת שְֹמֵחָה לְהָשִׁיב. סוֹקֵר סְפוּנוֹת בְּנִי שַׁוְעָךְ יַקְשִׁיב. יִשְׁלַח עֶזְרְךָ מִקֹּדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“The One Above will show the lamb,” he replied, “to satisfy, make happy the mother’s soul.⁵ He Who sees the hidden, my son, will heed your prayer, He’ll send you aid from the sanctified place.”

footnotes:
⁵ Sarah would rejoice if God would choose an animal and Isaac would return.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:8
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עֲמָד נָא אָבִי וּקְשֹׁר הַטֶּבַח. פֶּן אָגוּר מִפְּנֵי הָאֶבַח. צַמְדֵּנִי פֶּן אֲחַלֵּל הַזֶּבַח. וּלְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“Stop, please, father and bind the sacrifice lest I move in fear of the blade. Tie me down lest I desecrate the offering and spoil its sanctity.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:9
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קָפַץ לִבְכּוֹת כֹּפֶר אֶשְׁכּוֹל. רְאוֹתוֹ אָבִיו נִשְׁכַּל שָׁכוֹל. שָׁלַח יָדוֹ לַעֲשֹוֹת אֶת־כֹּל מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדַת־הַקֹּדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Kofer Eshkol⁶ Raba 1:14. burst into tears when he thought of his father bereft of his son. He grabbed the knife to perform the entire sanctified service.

footnotes:
⁶ An allusion to Isaac. See Shir HaShirim


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:10
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תַּרְשִׁישִׁים צָעֲקוּ בִּשְׁמֵי מְרוֹמִי. יוֹנַת אֵלֶם הֲיוּכַל יֶחֱזֶה מִי. לָז לְלָז יֶהְגוּ אַל־תִּתְּנוּ דֳמִי. שְֹאוּ יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Angels screamed up in Heaven, “The mute dove’s slaughter, who can watch?” One to the other declared, “Don’t keep silent, raise your hands in sanctity.”


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:11
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מָרוֹם הִבִּיט עוֹקֵד וְנֶעֱקַד. הַשֶּׂה עָקוּד וְהָאֵשׁ תּוּקַד. בּוֹחֵן טְהָר־לֵב זָכַר וּפָקַד. וְנִשְׁמַע קוֹלוֹ בְּבֹאוֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The One Above gazed at binder and bound, the bound lamb and the burning flame. The Tester of puremindedness recalled the pitied and His voice was heard entering the Sanctum.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:12
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רָחַשׁ מֵלִיץ בְּקַחְתּוֹ מִשְׁלַחַת. יְחִידְךָ פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שַׁחַת. הִנֵּה כְּתוּבָה לְפָנַי פַּתֵּחַ מְפֻתַּחַת. פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Spoke the “advocate”⁷ as he took the knife, “Spare your only one from going to death. This is written before me, clearly inscribed, inscribed in sanctified etching.

footnotes:
⁷ The angel in the Name of God.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:13
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וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי דַּרְכְּךָ בְּשֶׁפֶר דּוּץ וְרוּץ וְקַח אַיִל תַּחַת עֹפֶר הֲכִינוֹתִי כֹפֶר לְאַשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר. וְהָיָה הוּא וּתְמוּרָתוֹ יִהְיֶה קֹדֶשֹ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
“I know the beautiful integrity of your way. Rejoice and take a ram instead of the buck.⁸ I’ve prepared a substitute for the Eshkol Hakofer⁶ Raba 1:14. and he and his replacement will be sanctified.”

footnotes:
⁸ An allusion to Isaac. See above.
⁶ An allusion to Isaac. See Shir HaShirim


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:14
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גָּמוּל נִמְלַט מֵאֶבַח הַנִשְׁחַז. בְּפָשְׁטוֹ צַוָּארוֹ דָּמוֹ לֹא־נִפְחַז. יְמִינוֹ אָחַז בְּיוֹבֵל הַנֶּאֱחַז. לְהַקְדִישׁוֹ לַיהֹוָה קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The youngster was saved from the sharp blade; from outstretched throat his blood did not flow. His right grasped the gripped ram, to sanctify it holy to Adonoy.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:15
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רַחוּם תִּתֵּן שָׁלוֹם לְאַחֲרִיתוֹ. וּזְכוֹר הַיּוֹם לְגִזְעוֹ בְּרִיתוֹ. לְיֶתֶר הַפְּלֵיטָה וּשְׁאָר שְׁאֵרִיתוֹ. תִּהְיֶה פְּלֵיטָה וְהָיָה קֹדֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Merciful One! You provided him a peaceful ending. Till this day You recall his covenant for his seed. For the rest of the remnant, what is left of his remainder, let there be a haven in sanctity.


###### Selichot Nusach Ashkenaz Lita, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:16
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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, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:17
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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, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:18
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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, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:19
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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, Fifth Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:20
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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.”