Wikipedia's first sentence called it “penitential prayers said in the days leading up to yom kippur within judaism”. Today it says “jewish penitential poems and prayers”.
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Selichot are penitential prayers said in the days leading up to Yom Kippur within Judaism .1The Thirteen Attributes of God are a central theme throughout the prayers. v t e2
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Selichot prayer leaf (c. 8th-9th century) discovered in the famous Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , Gansu province , China in 1908 by Paul Pelliot .Selichot ( ) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays , and on Fast Days . The Thirteen Attributes of God are a central theme throughout the prayers.
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Selichot prayer leaf (c. 8th-9th century) discovered in the famous Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , Gansu province , China in 1908 by Paul Pelliot . Selichot or slichot ( ) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays , and on Fast Days . God's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout these prayers.
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Selichot prayer leaf (c. 8th-9th century) discovered in the famous Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , Gansu province , China in 1908 by Paul Pelliot . Selichot or slichot ( ; singular סליחה, selichah ) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays , and on Fast Days . The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout these prayers.
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Jewish penitential poetry Crowd performing Slichot and Annulment of Vows ( Hatarat Nedarim ) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Selichot prayer leaf (c. 8th–9th century) discovered in the famous Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , Gansu, China in 1908 by Paul Pelliot . Selichot ( , singular: סליחה , səlīḥā ) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays , and on fast days . The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout these prayers.
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Jewish penitential poetry Crowd performing Selichot and Annulment of Vows ( Hatarat Nedarim ) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Selichot prayer leaf (c. 8th–9th century) discovered in the famous Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , Gansu, China in 1908 by Paul Pelliot . Selichot ( Hebrew : סְלִיחוֹת , romanized : səliḥoṯ , singular: סליחה , səliḥā ) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays , and on fast days . The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout these prayers.
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penitential prayers said in the days leading up to yom kippur within judaism
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jewish penitential poems and prayers
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