Obligation of Reciting Selichot
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Question
Is it obligatory to pray Selichot?
Answer
The custom of Israel is Torah, and even a custom that is not law obligates everyone.
Especially a custom mentioned in all the halachic authorities, it also contains the mitzvah of 'and you shall do according to all that they instruct you.'
Have a good and blessed year
Source
Deuteronomy 17:10, Ramban Pesachim 7:
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