## Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah

###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:1
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מו. חיבר רבנו שמעון בר יצחק הגדול


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:2
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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 Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:3
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**אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ שְׁלַח.** אֱמוּנֶיךָ בְּטוֹב הַצְלַח. כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה טוֹב וְסַלָּח: בִּיטָה בְעִנּוּי־נֶפֶשׁ. בְּטוּבְךָ הוֹצִיאֵנוּ לַחֹפֶשׁ. כִּי־בָאוּ מַיִם עַד־נָפֶשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Send us Your light and Your truth, grant good fortune to those who believe in You, for You Adonoy are good and forgiving. Look on our afflicted souls, in Your goodness, take us to freedom, for the waters have reached our souls.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:4
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גַּעֲיוֹתֵינוּ יְהוּ נִקְשָׁבִים. גָּלוּתֵנוּ הָשֵׁב לְיִשּׁוּבִים. כִּי־גֵּרִים אֲנַחְנוּ וְתוֹשָׁבִים: דָּפַקְנוּ דְּלָתֶיךָ לִתְמֹד. דָּבַקְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ לִצְמֹד. כִּי דַּלּוֹנוּ מְאֹד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May our cries be heard, return our exiles to their dwellings, for we are strangers and sojourners. We knock at Your door constantly, we cling to You, to be joined, for we have been brought very low.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:5
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הֱלִיצוּנוּ זֵדִים בִּמְצָרֵינוּ. הַצִּילֵנוּ וְנוֹדְךָ צוּרֵנוּ. כִּי־הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ: זְרוּיֶיךָ מְיַחֲלִים לְעוֹדְדָם. זַכִּים בְּיִרְאָתְךָ לְסַעֲדָם. כִּי־זֶה כָּל־הָאָדָם:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The insolent deride us in our plight, save us that we may thank You, our Rock, that You have delivered us from our tormentors. Your dispersed ones look to You for support, strengthen them in their fear of You, for this is the whole purpose of man.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:6
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חֻקּוֹת הָעַמִּים תֹּהוּ. חֲשׁוּקֶיךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ יִנָּהוּ. כִּי־חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם הוּא: טִירָתְךָ הֻשְֹמָה לְעִיִּים. טַיְּבָהּ בְּחוֹמוֹת בְּנוּיִים. כִּי־טוֹב חַסְדְּךָ מֵחַיִּים:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
The laws of the heathen peoples are vanity, but Your desired ones follow You longingly for You are gracious and merciful. Your Temple was turned into ruins, favor her with rebuilt walls, for Your kindness¹ to dwell among us. is better than life.

footnotes:
¹ In returning Your Shechinah


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:7
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יָגַעְתִּי וְאָשִֹיחָה בְּמַעֲנִי. יֵבוֹשׁ וְיִכָּלֵם מְעַנִּי. כִּי־יַעֲשֶֹה יְהֹוָה דִּין עָנִי: כָּבְדוּ שִֹפְתֵי קָמַי. כָּל־הַיּוֹם מַזְעִימַי. כִּי־כָלוּ בְעָשָׁן יָמַי:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
I am weary and in my affliction I pray: “May my oppressor be shamed and disgraced,” for Adonoy will do justice for the afflicted. The speech of my enemies lie heavy on me, they provoke me all the day, and thus my days are consumed in smoke.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:8
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לָהֶם יָשִׁיב כְּפָעֳלָם. לְעַמּוֹ יְלַמֵּד לְהוֹעִילָם. כִּי־לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם: מְרַחֲמוֹ יִתֵּן מַאֲוָיוֹ. מִמֶּנּוּ יָסִיר דָּפְיוֹ. כִּי מַה־טּוּבוֹ וּמַה יָּפְיוֹ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May He pay them according to their deeds,² and thus teach His people a beneficial lesson, that He will not cast us off forever. May his Merciful One grant his desire, and remove his disgrace from him, for how good and how beautiful was he.³

footnotes:
² Israel’s.
³ When he [Israel] lived on its own land.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:9
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נְשַׁמּוֹת הוּשָׁתוּ עָרַי. וְנָכְרִים בָּאוּ שְׁעָרַי. כִּי־נָשָֹאתִי חֶרְפַּת נְעוּרָי: שֹוֹשֹ אָשִֹישֹ עָלֶיךָ. שִֹיחַ לַעֲנוֹת גְּאוּלֶיךָ. כִּי־שִֹמַּחְתַּנִי יְהֹוָה בְּפָעֳלֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
My cities have become ruins, strangers have entered my gates, because I bore the disgrace⁴ of my youth. “I will yet greatly rejoice in you,”⁵ when You will say this to Your redeemed,⁶ [they will say:] “For You have given me joy, Adonoy, with Your deeds.”

footnotes:
⁴ The sins.
⁵ Isaiah 61:10.
⁶ Israel.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:10
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עִזּוּז נוֹרָא וְאָיוֹם. עַתָּה הַמְצִיאֵנוּ פִדְיוֹם. כִּי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָּל־הַיּוֹם: פַּנֵּה דֶּרֶךְ עָקֹב. פְּאֵר הִלּוּלָךְ לִנְקֹב. כִּי־גָאַל יְהֹוָה אֶת יַעֲקֹב:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Mighty One! Awesome One! Revered One! cause our redemption now, because for Your sake, we are continually slain. Clear the crooked way [of impediments] that we may proclaim Your glorious praise— that Adonoy has redeemed Jacob.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:11
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צָרִים לְכַלּוֹת בְּחֶרֶץ. צְפֵה מִשְּׁמֵי עֶרֶץ. כִּי־צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי אָרֶץ: קָרֵב קֵץ עִדָּנַי. קוֹל לְהַשְׁמִיעַ לְעוֹיְנַי. כִּי־קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהֹוָה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May our enemies perish by excisement, look down on us from the mighty heavens, for our days on earth are a shadow. Bring near the time of my redemption, let my enemies hear [Your] voice [proclaim]: “That the day of Adonoy is near.”⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Joel 1:15.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:12
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רָם זְרֹעֲךָ תַּרְאֶה. רַעֲיָתְךָ פָּנִים הִתְרָאֶה. כִּי־רָם יְהֹוָה וְשָׁפָל יִרְאֶה: שְׁמַע קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנַי. שַׁוְעָתִי תַּעֲלֶה לִמְעוֹנַי. כִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ אֶל אֶבְיוֹנִים יְהֹוָה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Exalted One, show Your arm, to Your beloved,⁸ show a pleasant countenance, for though Adonoy is exalted, He still regards the lowly.⁹ Hear the voice of my supplication, let my prayer ascend to Your dwelling, for Adonoy hears the cry of the needy.

footnotes:
⁸ Israel.
⁹ psalms 138:6.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:13
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תַּחַן כְּתוֹדָה תִּרְצֶה. תֹּאמַר לְעַמְּךָ אֶתְרַצֶּה. כִּי־תּוֹרָה מֵאִתִּי תֵצֵא: שֶׁקֶל מֹאזְנַיִם יִכְבָּשׁ. עֹז יַעֲטֶה וְיִלְבָּשׁ. כִּי־הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Favor our prayer as a thanksgiving offering, say to Your people, “I will show you favor,” for the Torah shall go forth from Me. He will incline the scale [in our favor], He will garb and wrap Himself in strength, for He causes pain and brings healing.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:14
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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. זְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. כְּהוֹדַֽעְתָּ 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 Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:15
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קהל וחזן:

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


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:16
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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 Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:17
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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 Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:18
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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 Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:19
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תָּשׁוּב תְּרַחֲמֵנוּ תִּכְבֹּשׁ עֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ וְתַשְׁלִיךְ בִּמְצֻלוֹת יָם כָּל־חַטֹּאתֵינוּ׃ וְכָל חַטֹּאת עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְֹרָאֵל תַּשְׁלִיךְ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִזָּכְרוּ וְלֹא יִפָּקְדוּ וְלֹא יַעֲלוּ עַל לֵב לְעוֹלָם: שׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּךָ וְהִנָּחֵם עַל הָרָעָה לְעַמֶּךָ: תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא וַתֹּאמֶר שׁוּבוּ בְנֵי אָדָם:


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Fast of Gedaliah 7:20
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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.