## Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence

###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:1
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נז. חתום רבנו אליעזר ברבי שלמה.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:2
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בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשֹוֹר הִשְׁלַכְנוּ רֹעַ שְֹאוֹר. צַדְּקֵנוּ בַּמִּשְׁפָּט בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּים לֵאוֹר. הִנְנוּ אָתָאנוּ לְךָ אַדִּיר וְנָאוֹר. כִּי־עִמְּךָ מְקוֹר חַיִּים, בְּאוֹרְךָ נִרְאֶה אוֹר:

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur we cast away the Evil Inclination,¹ justify us in judgment so that the light of life shines on us; behold we have come to You Mighty and Glorious One, for with You is the source of life, in Your light shall we see light.

footnotes:
¹ The Evil Inclination is often repeated to as the yeast in the dough as it ferments the passion to do evil.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:3
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אָדוֹן עִמְּךָ סְלִיחָה, סְלַח וּמְחַל לְשָׁבֶיךָ. לְעֵת חִתּוּם גְּזַר דִּינֶךָ, לְטוֹבָה זָכְרָה אֲהוּבֶיךָ, יִוָּדַע כִּי אֱלֹהִים בִּישֻׁרוּן קְרוֹבֶיךָ. וְשִֹימֵנוּ כַּחוֹתָם עַל־לִבֶּךָ: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
O Master, with You is pardon² pardon and forgive those who return to You.³ At the time when You seal Your decree, remember [Israel], Your loved one for good, so that it be known that there is God in Jeshurun,⁴ Your devoted ones, and set me as a seal upon Your heart, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

footnotes:
² It is in Your hands to pardon.
³ To those who repent.
⁴ Jeshurun is a name by which Israel is sometimes referred.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:4
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עֲבָדֶיךָ לְטוֹב תַּעֲרֹב, צַו כִּתְמָם לְמָחְקָה. זָכְרָה מְצוּקֵי תֵבֵל, פְּעֻלָּתָם אִם פָּסְקָה. רַחֵם בְּרֹגֶז תִּזְכֹּר בָּנֶיךָ עֵת חֲקוּקָה. כָּתְבָה עַל־לוּחַ חוֹתָם וְעַל־סֵפֶר חֻקָּהּ: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Be surety for Your servants for good, order that their stains [sins] be erased, remember the pillars of the world⁵ if their [our] deeds are not sufficient; [even] in anger remember to be merciful when You engrave [the fate] of Your children. Inscribe them on Your tablet and inscribe them in Your book [for life], between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

footnotes:
⁵ The merit of the Patriarchs.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:5
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בְּתַחֲנוּנִים כְּרָשׁ וְדַל, לְפָנֶיךָ קָרְבוּ. רְאֵה עָנְיָם מֹרֶה מְאֹד, בְּלַחַץ בְּשֶׁפֶל יֵשֵׁבוּ. בְּיוֹם חִפּוּשֹ תַּעֲלוּמוֹת עֶלְיוֹן בְּךָ עֵינֶיךָ יֵיטִיבוּ. וְעַל־סִפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵבוּ: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׁוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
With supplications like the poor and needy they approach You, look on their most bitter misery, how they live in oppression and degradation; on the day when hidden things are searched. O Most High, let them find favor in Your eyes, and may they all be inscribed in Your book, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:6
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שׁוֹחֲרֶיךָ הִמָּצֵא לְחַנֶנְךָ עוֹמְדִים הַשְׁכֵּם. לְבַל יָעֹז קַטֵּגוֹר בְּעֵינֶיךָ בַּל־יִתְחַכֵּם. מְלִיצִים וּפְרַקְלִיטִים בְּחַסְדְּךָ עִמָּם הַסְכֵּם. כִּתְבוּ עַל־הַיְּהוּדִים כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Let those who seek You, find You, those who rise early to entreat You, that the Accuser not prevail and not seem wise in Your eyes; with [our] advocates and defenders— agree with them in Your kindness, [say to them:] “Write concerning the Jews as it is good in their eyes,” between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:7
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הֵן רוּחַ וְלֵב עַמְּךָ שָׁבוּר וְחוֹלֶה. הֵן חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם וְנֶדֶר אֲשֶׁר יַפְלֶא. אֱמוּנִים וּבֵינוּנִים חֲתֹם חוֹתָם מָלֵא. אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם וְאֵלֶּה: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Behold the spirit and heart of Your people are broken and sick, let that⁶ be as a sin-offering and as a guilt-offering, and as the fulfillment of a vow-offering. Let the [committed] faithful and the uncommitted be sealed indelibly to everlasting life, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

footnotes:
⁶ Their broken hearts and spirits.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:8
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לֹא לְפִי רְאוּיִים תִּשְׁפֹּט הֲמוֹנַי. יְשֻׁרוּן מְיַחֲדֶיךָ אַף בְּלַחַץ מוֹנַי. גְּלִיפַת כְּתָב צַוֵּה לִשְׁבַח וְלֹא לִגְנַאי. מִפְתַּח פִּתּוּחֵי חוֹתָם קֹדֶשׁ לַיהֹוָה: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
Not according to their merit should You judge my congregation, Jeshurun, who proclaim Your Oneness even under the oppression of my enemies; order their engraved inscription for praise and not for disgrace, let their engraved seal [read:] “They are holy to Adonoy,” [do this] between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:9
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לְפַתּוֹתְךָ בְּתַחַן, עֲבָדֶיךָ מַסְכִּימִים. הִפָּתַח לָמּוֹ וּזְכֹר נִחוּמִים. חַסְדְּךָ הַפְלֵא, וְהַעֲבֵר כְּתָמִים. אֵל מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים: בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר

**The Metsudah Selichos: translated and annotated by Rabbi Avrohom Davis, Metsudah Publications, 1986:**
To appease You with supplication, Your servants have agreed, be accessible to them and remember [Your assurances of] comfort; do wonders for them in Your kindness, and remove their [sins] stains, Almighty! King, Who sits on the throne of mercy, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:10
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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, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:11
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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, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:12
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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, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:13
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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, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:14
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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, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:15
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כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם, כֵּן נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים: כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ, דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ: וַיֹּאמֶר, בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי נְאֻם יְהֹוָה, כִּי יַעַן אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְלֹא חָשַׂכְתָּ אֶת בִּנְךָ אֶת יְחִידֶךָ:


###### Selichot Nusach Polin, Second Day of the Ten Days of Penitence 8:16
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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.