## Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day

###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:1
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ג. מיוסד על פי תשר"ק כפול. חתום שלמה הבבלי.

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


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:2
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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, First Day 5:3
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**תָּבֹא לְפָנֶיךָ שַׁוְעַת חִנּוּן.** תְּהִי־נָא אׇזְנְךָ קַשֶּׁבֶת תַּחֲנוּן. שִׁמְעָה יְהֹוָה צֶדֶק, הַקְשִׁיבָה רִנּוּן. שָׁר מֵישָׁרִים וּמַעֲלִים מֵרִנּוּן:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May our fervent prayers come before You, may Your ear be attentive to our supplication, hear our justification, Adonoy, and listen to our song, for You look at our righteous deeds, and overlook the complaints against us.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:4
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רֹאשׁ לְהָרִים נִכְלַמְנוּ בֹּשְׁנוּ. רֵיחַ נִרְדֵּנוּ כִּי־הִבְאַשְׁנוּ. קִלְקַלְנוּ יְשָׁרִים, וְתוֹרוֹת שִׁבַּשְׁנוּ. קַרְקַע פָּנֵינוּ בְּכֵן כָּבַשְׁנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We are disgraced, ashamed to raise our heads, for the sweet aroma of our good name we have polluted, we have corrupted righteousness, and the Written and Oral Torah, we have misrepresented, we therefore hide our faces in the ground.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:5
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צַר וּמָצוּק מִכָּל־צַד. צֹאן נִדָּחָה מֵאֵין מְצַד. פָּנָה לִימִין וַיִּגְזֹר מַעֲצָד. פַּחַד מִשְּׂמֹאל וְצַיָּד הַצָּד:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Distress and anguish seize us from all sides, we are like sheep adrift without shelter, if we turn to the right, the axe cuts us down, to the left, there is dread lest we fall prey to those who hunt us.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:6
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עֵינֶיךָ רוֹאוֹת תִּהְיֶינָה פְקוּחוֹת. עֹנִי וְעִנּוּי מִצָּרוֹת הַמְּתוּחוֹת. סֶפֶד לְרִנָּה וּלְרִצּוּי תּוֹכָחוֹת. סַבּוֹת וַהֲפֹךְ בִּדְרָכֶיךָ הַנְּכֹחוֹת:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May Your ever-seeing eyes be opened to behold our affliction and distress from our prolonged suffering; may our mourning be turned into exultation, our chastisement to favour, turn about our misfortune, befitting Your ways of uprightness.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:7
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נִתַּנּוּ בַּעַוֹנֵנוּ לִשְׁבִי וּלְבִזָּה. נַחְנוּ מְלָכֵינוּ כֹּהֲנֵינוּ לְבִיזָה. מֵרוּם נִכְבָּדוֹת וְאַהֲבָה עַזָּה. מִגַּרְתָּ לָאָרֶץ לְשַׁמָּה וּלְעִזָּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We have been subjected to captivity and plunder, we, our kings and our priests to disgrace; from glorious heights and [Your] mighty love, we have been hurled to the earth in desolation and scorn.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:8
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לֹא חִלִּינוּ פָנֶיךָ לְהַפִּיל תְּחִנָּה. לְהַשְׂכִּיל בַּאֲמִתְּךָ מֵעֲלוֹת צַחֲנָה. כָּלִינוּ כִּסְדוֹם בִּשְׁפַל קוֹל הַטַּחֲנָה. כִּמְעַט רֶגַע לוּלֵי תְחִנָּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We did not seek Your Presence— to offer supplication, nor did we seek understanding of Your truth, because of the stench of our iniquity; we were destined for the same end as Sodom, for we diminished the sound of Torah,⁴ we were almost destroyed, but for Your grace.

footnotes:
⁴ Literally “mill”. The study of Torah is likened to the grinding of a mill which operates day and night.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:9
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יֶתֶר הַפְּלֵטָה לְהַשְׁאִיר חַסְתָּ. יָתֵד וְגָדֵר תַּתָּה וְכִנַּסְתָּ. טִלְטַלְתָּנוּ כְּנֶגֶד שָׁלֹשׁ מָאַסְתָּ. טִירַת כֹּסֶף בִּגְלָלֵנוּ רָמַסְתָּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
You spared the remnant [of the First Temple,] You established and fenced in [the Second,] and You gathered us therein; we were cast away because of the sin⁵ which equals the three sins⁶ which You despise; the Temple of Your yearning, You trampled because of us (our sins).

footnotes:
⁵ This refers to שִנֽאַת חִנָם, unwarranted hatred, which was the cause for the destruction of the Second Temple.
⁶ The three sins of idolatry, adultery, and murder were the cause for the destruction of the First Temple.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:10
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חָבֹל חָבַלְנוּ מַעַל לִמְעֹל. חֻבַּלְנוּ מֵעֹל אֶל־עֹל. זְכֹר צִוִּיתָ בְּלִי לִגְעֹל. זְרוּיִים לְקַבֵּץ וּבָם לִבְעֹל:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
We have acted corruptly and treacherously, thus we were driven from one yoke to another;⁷ remember Your promise never to abhor us, gather Your scattered ones and rule over them.

footnotes:
⁷ From exile to exile.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:11
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וְאַתָּה אַחֲרֵי כָּל־הַבָּא. וַדַּאי וְצַדִּיק, וְלָנוּ הַדִּבָּה. הַיּוֹם כְּמֵאָז בְּלִי סִבָּה. הִנְּנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ בְּאַשְׁמָה רַבָּה:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
After all that has befallen us, we know that Your judgements are righteous, and we alone caused our disgrace, for even to this day we have not changed, and we appear before You with great guilt.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:12
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דַּלַּת־עָם לְקֶלֶס וְחֵרוּף. דְּחוּפִים סְחוּפִים נְתוּנִים לְטֵרוּף. גָּלוּת וְשִׁעְבּוּד בְּנִסָּיוֹן וְצֵרוּף. גַּלְגֵּל בְּחֶסֶד לִסְלִיחָה וְתֵרוּף:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
This lowly people, held in shame and contempt, pushed about, swept aside, given as plunder exile and captivity tested and refined them; turn about in Your kindness to pardon and heal them.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:13
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בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ עוֹד בִּרְבוֹת עִתִּים. בְּךָ נִוָּשֵׁעָה קַיֵּם וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּים. אֵלֶּה מֵרָחוֹק יָבֹאוּ כִתִּים. וְאֵלֶּה מִצָּפוֹן צִיִּים וְכִתִּים:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Through Your mercy, shown many times, may we find deliverance in You— fulfill Your promise of “I will deliver them;”⁸ let them come from afar in droves, some from the north, and some in ships from Kittim.⁹

footnotes:
⁸ Hosea 1:7.
⁹ See Numbers 24:24.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:14
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שֶׁלְּךָ הֵם עֲבָדֶיךָ וְעַמֶּךָ. לַבֵּב כִּימֵי קֶדֶם מַנְעִימֶיךָ. מָשְׁכֵנוּ אַחֲרֶיךָ שִׂימֵנוּ בְּרִשּׁוּמֶךָ. הַכֹּל חֲפֵצִים לְיִרְאָה אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
They are Yours, Your servants and Your people, cherish them as in the days of old— Your sweet ones [Israel], draw us that we may follow You; put us among those inscribed in Your Book, for we all yearn to fear Your Name.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:15
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הַקָּטֹן לָאֶלֶף גַּדֵּל רְחוּמֵינוּ. וְהַצָּעִיר לְגוֹי לְהַעֲצִים בִּתְחוּמֵנוּ. יַחַד בְּכָל־צִדְקוֹתֶיךָ לְרַחֲמֵנוּ. יָשָׁב־נָא אַפְּךָ וּתְנַחֲמֵנוּ:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
May this small people increase a thousandfold, O our Beloved, and may this youth grow into a mighty nation in our borders; with all Your ways of righteousness, have compassion on us, turn back from Your fierce anger and comfort us.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:16
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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. 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, First Day 5:17
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קהל וחזן:

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


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, First Day 5:18
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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 Polin, First Day 5:19
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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 Polin, First Day 5:20
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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.”