Slihot at Western Wall, September 4, 2018. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
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Slichot prayers will reach their crescendo Saturday night on the eve of Rosh Hashana, as Jews from across the world gather at the Western Wall in preparation of the Day of Judgment. On the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Slichot prayers are especially intense, setting the mood for Sunday’s holiday as mankind asks for God’s mercy as God judges the world.
The Western Wall, famed as as the last standing architectural element of the ancient Second Temple, is the gathering place for Jews from around the world who have come to Jerusalem to pray and ask for forgiveness in the days leading up to the High Holy Days.
Slcihot prayers, a word derived from the Hebrew word “forgiveness,” are said by Ashkenazi European Jews during the week before Rosh Hashana until the day before Yom Kippur, and by Sefardi Jews from the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul until Yom Kippur.
The prayers elaborate on God’s 13 attributes of mercy, which were revealed to Moses after the People of Israel sinned by worshiping the Golden Calf. Slihot prayers ask for God’s mercy as the Jewish People enter the season of repentance.
While the prayers are most often said around midnight, worshipers can be seen praying around the clock in the holiday season.
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