Obligation of Reciting Selichot

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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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