Selichot 2024 Calendar. With rosh hashana and yom kippur just around the corner, we invite you to join us at tiferet israel as rabbi sabo leads us with selichot services, helping us prepare our. In the sephardic tradition, selichot are said from the beginning of the month of elul (the month before the jewish new year), while in the ashkenazic tradition selichot are begun.
The tradition of reciting selichot throughout elul, the month preceding rosh hashanah, may stem from the fact that it was customary to fast six days before rosh hashanah. There is certainly an emphasis in these prayers on the merciful attributes with which god is said to govern the world.