On the evening of 10 September 2011 – 12 Elul 5771 – the first ever Sephardi Choral midnight Selihot service took place at Lauderdale Road Synagogue, London, under the joint auspices of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews’ Congregation and Anshei Shalom, and with the participation of several guest Hazanim from other Sephardi communities in the city.

This page contains a complete set of recordings of this event, as a permanent record of a ground-breaking occasion and an inspiring call to repentance at this most propitious time of year.

The following service notes were distributed on the evening itself, incorporating extra texts, notes on the prayers and melodies, and details of who led each part of the service:

(Please note that these notes contain G-d’s name; please think before printing them.)

Recordings of the service: