Selichot, Simanim & Cards

Y. Ben David

About this app

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 Rosh Hashana simanim too — 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.

ROSH HASHANA SIMANIM
The order of the festive night in both rites — dates, pomegranate, apple in honey, rubia, gourd, leek, beet and the head — each siman with its blessing, the vocalized Yehi Ratzon and a note on the custom. 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 and Hatarat Nedarim — Hebrew Wikisource, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Full attribution appears in the app under "Sources".

What’s new

The app is now called "Days of Awe" on your device, and the icon carries a pomegranate and a card beside the shofar. Same app, same place.

Rosh Hashana Simanim — the order of the festive night in both rites: every siman with its blessing, the Yehi Ratzon and the custom.

A preparation checklist you can send to whoever is shopping.

And a designed sheet for the table — to share, or as a PDF to print.