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Jewish men at Selichot services at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
Why do we call these days and these rituals “Selichot” – Pardons and Forgiveness, when we keep on announcing and confessing our sins? Asks my friend H. from Tzfat. Why don’t we call them Confessions?
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Because we assume that God has pleasure in forgiving and pardoning. He answers. This isn’t really about us.
It’s about God’s delight in our newly found sanity, as we prepare for the Days of Awe.
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