Selichot, Simanim & Cards

New: the Kapparot order for Erev Yom Kippur, in both rites, each in its own wording. Plus today’s Selichot, Hatarat Nedarim, simanim and Shana Tova cards. Free, offline.

Selichot Pure Intention reads the Hebrew date and opens on the Selichot said today — in two rites: Sephardic (Edot HaMizrach) and Ashkenaz.

It is the only app that carries both rites in full. A home or a shul where both are said needs one app, not two.

It carries the Kapparot order for Erev Yom Kippur in both rites, the Rosh Hashana simanim — the order of the festive night in both rites, with a preparation checklist and a sheet to print — and a Shana Tova card: ten designed templates, write a blessing and share it on WhatsApp.

THE DAY IS COMPUTED, NOT PICKED FROM A LIST In the Sephardic rite one order serves all of Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance, and the button hides itself on Shabbat, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, when Selichot are not said. In the Ashkenaz rite the app works out the actual Selichot day: • The start on Motzaei Shabbat before Rosh Hashana — a week earlier when Rosh Hashana falls on Monday or Tuesday • Days one through seven • Erev Rosh Hashana • The Fast of Gedaliah, including its deferral when it falls on Shabbat • Each of the Ten Days of Repentance, by weekday • Erev Yom Kippur

BOTH RITES IN FULL Sephardic — the complete order after the Torat Emet edition. Ashkenaz (Lita) — all 14 day-orders as separate texts, from the Wikisource edition. You can also browse any day freely, not only today's.

HATARAT NEDARIM IN BOTH RITES The Ashkenaz order, and the Sephardic order including the annulment of curses after the Jerusalem custom — the Erev Rosh Hashana text, without hunting for it on a phone in shul.

KAPPAROT IN BOTH RITES The Erev Yom Kippur order, and the two rites say different words in it: Ashkenaz says two sets of verses first and then "this rooster goes to its death"; Edot HaMizrach says no verses at all, and its rooster "goes to slaughter" — so Kaf HaChaim, siman 605. The person forms and the money wording are there too.

ROSH HASHANA SIMANIM The order of the festive night in both rites — dates, rubia, leek, beet, gourd, pomegranate, apple in honey, carrot and the head of a fish or a lamb — each siman with its blessing, the vocalized Yehi Ratzon and a note on the custom and where it comes from. The Sephardic and Ashkenaz orders differ in what is eaten, in what is said and in the order it is said, and each is carried as it is. With it comes a preparation checklist, a checkbox for every item so you know in the shop what is still missing, and a designed sheet for the table — to share as an image, or as a PDF to print.

SHANA TOVA GREETING CARDS Ten designed templates with gouache illustrations: Classic, Pomegranates, Apple & Honey, Starry Night, Jerusalem, Challah & Honey, Shofar, Royal Tekhelet, Olive Branch and Modern. Type a recipient, a blessing and your name; the card is rendered on your device and sent through the system share sheet, so it lands in WhatsApp exactly like a photo. The card has its own language switch, so an English interface can send a Hebrew card and the reverse.

SET LIKE A SIDDUR Vocalized text in FrankRuehlCLM, justified to both edges, gold headings on cream paper, full right-to-left Hebrew. A table of contents opens from the reader and jumps to any piyut — Peticha, Ashrei, the Thirteen Attributes, Selicha alef, Ashamnu, Avinu Malkenu.

HEBREW OR ENGLISH The interface language follows your device and can be changed. The prayer text is always Hebrew, and so are the piyut names — these are names of prayers, not navigation. In English mode the translation appears beneath the Hebrew.

FREE, NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT The app collects nothing, asks for no permissions and makes no network calls. The texts, the Hebrew calendar, the fonts and the artwork are bundled inside it — it works on a plane, in a shul basement, and abroad with no data.

TEXT SOURCES Edot HaMizrach Selichot — Torat Emet edition, public domain. Ashkenaz Selichot, Hatarat Nedarim and the Kapparot order — Hebrew Wikisource, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Full attribution appears in the app under "Sources".