Selichot are a set of penitential prayers and psalms, which in the Ashkenazic tradition are recited the Saturday night preceding Rosh Hashanah, as preparation for the Days of Awe.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

10:30 p.m., Guest Teacher Dr. Louis Newman "Teshuvah Exercises:  Getting Your Soul in Shape for the New Year."
Lous Newman has been thinking, teaching, and writing about Jewish ideas for over 30 years. He is one of the country’s leading scholars of Jewish ethics that address contemporary moral issues from a range of Jewish perspectives.

Dr. Newman is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, the Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning and the Director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. 

11:59 p.m., Selichot Service