Practices: Added Ahavas Chesed sign← Previous revisionRevision as of 08:33, 26 October 2026 Line 9: Line 9: Fasting is not obligatory and is only performed by the very pious. One who wishes to fast must accept the fast at the Mincha of the previous day. Fasting is not obligatory and is only performed by the very pious. One who wishes to fast must accept the fast at the Mincha of the previous day. [[File:Behav Shovevim YKK Ahavas Chesed 5787.jpg|thumb|A schedule of the prayers for Yom Kippur Katan and other minor fast days with at least 10 people fasting in the Ahavat Chesed synagogue in [[Bene Berak]].]] The liturgy of the day, which consists of [[selichot]], is recited at the [[Mincha]] prayer in the afternoon.See Daniel Goldschmidt's [https://rosetta.nli.org.il/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE47258663 article] where he presents several different orders for this service which were practiced in the past in various communities. The service as practiced today is virtually the same in all communities. In many communities, [[Tallit]] and [[tefillin]] are worn, especially by those who are fasting. If there are among the congregation ten persons who have fasted, they read the [[Torah reading]] ''Vayechal'' ({{bibleverse||Exodus|32:11–14|HE}}, {{bibleverse-nb||Exodus|34:1–10|HE}}) as on other fast days.Although there are two opinions in Shulchan Aruch (562:2) if the special Torah Reading should be read, and the Mishnah Berurah rules that if there is no established custom, it is better not to read the Torah, the common practice is to read the Torah if there are 10 men fasting. The selichot are taken partly from the selichos of mincha from Yom Kippur, with the ''[[Viddui]] ha-Gadol'' (the great confession of sin by [[Nissim Ben Jacob|Rabbenu Nissim]]) and ''Ashamnu'', and also a beautiful poem written for the occasion by [[Leon of Modena]] and beginning with ''Yom zeh''. Some congregations add ''[[Avinu Malkenu]]''. For the text of the Selichot see Baer, '' Avodat Yisrael'', pp. 319–327;A scan is available [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=42807&st=&pgnum=338 here]. Emden's Siddur ''Beit Ya'aḳov'', ed. Warsaw, pp. 212a–216b. The liturgy of the day, which consists of [[selichot]], is recited at the [[Mincha]] prayer in the afternoon.See Daniel Goldschmidt's [https://rosetta.nli.org.il/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE47258663 article] where he presents several different orders for this service which were practiced in the past in various communities. The service as practiced today is virtually the same in all communities. In many communities, [[Tallit]] and [[tefillin]] are worn, especially by those who are fasting. If there are among the congregation ten persons who have fasted, they read the [[Torah reading]] ''Vayechal'' ({{bibleverse||Exodus|32:11–14|HE}}, {{bibleverse-nb||Exodus|34:1–10|HE}}) as on other fast days.Although there are two opinions in Shulchan Aruch (562:2) if the special Torah Reading should be read, and the Mishnah Berurah rules that if there is no established custom, it is better not to read the Torah, the common practice is to read the Torah if there are 10 men fasting. The selichot are taken partly from the selichos of mincha from Yom Kippur, with the ''[[Viddui]] ha-Gadol'' (the great confession of sin by [[Nissim Ben Jacob|Rabbenu Nissim]]) and ''Ashamnu'', and also a beautiful poem written for the occasion by [[Leon of Modena]] and beginning with ''Yom zeh''. Some congregations add ''[[Avinu Malkenu]]''. For the text of the Selichot see Baer, '' Avodat Yisrael'', pp. 319–327;A scan is available [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=42807&st=&pgnum=338 here]. Emden's Siddur ''Beit Ya'aḳov'', ed. Warsaw, pp. 212a–216b.