Adon HaSelikhot

"Adon HaSelikhot" (Hebrew: אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת, romanized: ʾĂdōn Has-Sĕlīḥōṯ, lit. 'Master of Forgiving') is an anonymous Hebrew Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem), recited in many Sefardi and Mizrahi Jewish communities during the Selichot service of Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Sephardic recitation of Adon HaSelichot

Sephardic recitation of Adon HaSelichot (in the Maqam Nahawand Mode). Recorded during Selichot services in the Ades Synagogue of Jerusalem of the Jews of Aleppo in 1982.

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Poetic structure

Every second word of each verse form an alphabetic acrostic (אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת בּוֹחֵן לְבָבוֹת...). After each verse, a refrain "We have sinned before you, have mercy on us" (חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ) is recited.^[2]

References

^ Nulman, Macy (1 February 1996). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer: The Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4616-3124-8.
^ ^a ^b "סידורים ומחזורים לימי חול, שבת ומועדים". www.daat.ac.il. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
^ סדר סליחות השלם עטרת פז - זביחי, פנחס (page 193 of 370). Jerusalem: Ateret Paz. pp. 193–194.

[1] Nulman, Macy (1 February 1996). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer: The Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4616-3124-8.

[daat-2] "סידורים ומחזורים לימי חול, שבת ומועדים". www.daat.ac.il. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

[3] סדר סליחות השלם עטרת פז - זביחי, פנחס (page 193 of 370). Jerusalem: Ateret Paz. pp. 193–194.

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