When Is Selichot 2024. The ashkenazic custom is to recite selichot starting from the week of or before rosh hashanah.; They are also said during the period preceding yom kippur, which is obviously also such an occasion.

In many ways, the prayers which make up the selichot service mirror what we find on the day of atonement soon after. The sephardic custom is to recite selichot the entire month of elul, starting from the day after rosh chodesh elul.