[https://youtu.be/RWR3LTaDA-c](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FRWR3LTaDA-c%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR13L3eGeujuXgb-CNROgBZ-FwJ99h2F-z_4b0sKcQvWZHTfzal_p1LnAJA&h=AT3Jr7PlHW7X74VwaQeWS93Q0psAkooWXF0XjrBXJrb5dJuaJ5JncXTOGdLaDFDv7OzPS2WSL8IESFxeOY6KShJBScNWDIHJWbiztDcU37f8msMRTR2CnkI60mgeRttKY1ET6taf3pVeJuG0hOCLos0&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3YBy_OjTmsyk8gSZwhn7H8h703y4Ok40-cjoN8S6bz3YWk9la_25jS8hPJWNXFJ0bENLqIw9cW2dX8Bz3lqrzMBCjj4ybxslb5hKyYxxxgItpNYn63U8fzV5x9mi9bWxEXZBUIbX3OwhGSKT-A6JmdDhVsK-EF-FDcU5g)## Lekhu Venashuba - Introduction to Evening SelichotHodesh Tob!I have taken the liberty of reposting this video as a reminder that the Spanish and Portuguese tradition of chanting evening Selichot begins this Motsa'ei Shabbat.A unique feature of the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition is the short form of Selichot embedded in the evening service that is recited from the day following Rosh Hodesh Elul until Ereb Yom Kippur.The present recording is of the five Pesukim sung as an introduction to these Selichot. The provenance of this distinctive and haunting melody, reserved exclusively for the rendering of Tanachic verses during the penitential period is difficult to establish. Despite my best efforts, I have not been able to identify anything that might qualify as a cognate in any other Sephardi or Mizrachi tradition.Please like and share, and if you haven’t already, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. For an mp3 of this recording please visit my website, where there are 180 selections available for free downloading.