It is the popular practice to recite Slichot in the predawn hours beginning with the start of the month of Elul . . .the practice of European Ashkenazi Jewry . . . to arise in the predawn to recite Selichot beginning on the Sunday prior to Rosh HaShanah [Except when the holiday is observed on Monday and Tuesday] *Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 581:1)



The first Belzer Rebbe Rav Sar Shalom Rokeach ZT’L ZY’A observed that it is unusual for Rav Yossef Cairo author of the Shulchan Aruch ZT’L… Continue