מִי שֶׁעָנָה | The One Who Answered (Selichot: New Apologies)

A Thought for the Week · Sep 17, 2026 · 25m

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In this piyyut said whenever selichot are recited we ask G-d to answer our prayers just as he

answered the prayers of our Biblical ancestors from Avraham to Mordechai and Esther.

Fascinatingly, for many of those mentioned there is no indication in the text that they actually

prayed.

מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ בְּהַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה הוּא יַעֲנֵֽנוּ:

מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְיִצְחָק בְּנוֹ כְּשֶׁנֶּעֱקַד עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ הוּא יַעֲנֵֽנוּ:

מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְיַעֲקֹב בְּבֵית אֵל הוּא יַעֲנֵנוּ:

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