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Scenes of the Selichos prayers at 770 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in 1983.

Reciting of Slichos in the week leading up to Rosh Hashana.

The Rebbe leads the congregation in the Recitation of slichos during the year of mourning for his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.

Scenes of selichos, a series of penitential prayers recited in the days leading up to Rosh Hashana.

The first night of Selichos at 770.

The first night of Selichos at 770.

The Rebbe leads Selichos on the Fast of Tammuz, at his home on President Street.

Selichos at 770 on the morning before Rosh Hashanah.

The Midrash relates that when Moses foresaw that the Holy Temple would be destroyed and Jews would be unable to offer sacrifices in atonement, he asked G-d: “What will we do then?” G-d replied: “Jews should gather as one group to recite Selichos, and I will pardon them.”