When do Sephardic vs. Ashkenazic communities begin reciting Selichot?
Synopsis
Sephardic practice is to recite Selichot from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Yom Kippur; Ashkenazic practice begins only in the week before Rosh HaShanah.
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