Poetic Penitential Prayers (Seliḥot) for Yom Kippur

4th–6th Centuries

In Hebrew, these prayers are alphabetical acrostics.

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’Ashamnu mi-kol ‘am (More Guilty Are We Than All Other Peoples)

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More guilty are we than all other peoples, More ashamed than all other generations. Mirth has departed from us.…

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’Ana habet u-r’eh (Please, Look and See!)

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Please, look and see! The waters have reached our nostrils, we have been sorely and angrily rebuked,…