variations of the Eastern Ashkenazic rite: Poland (Polin) Bohemia, Moravia and Hungary Lithuania and Samogitia (Lita and Zamut) Poznań and Grodno Old Synagogue in Prague Among 21st century Ashkenazi Jewish communities, the Polin and Lita variations are dominant, although Bohemia is the most common in England. Some associate Lita with Nusach Ashkenaz and Polin with Nusach Sefard, likely because in early 20th Century most Jews in Poland had adopted Nusach Sefard, whereas most Jews in Lithuania maintained Nusach Ashkenaz. However, the differences between Polin and Lita Selichot have origins several hundred years before the advent of Nusach Sefard, and the minhagim were geographic rather than ideological. Chabad recites Selichot according to Nusach Lita because they are from Lithuania, and there are Polish mitnagdim who recite Selichot according to Nusach Polin. The poems recited in the major variations, with their assigned numbers, are as follows (page numbers in square brackets): References External links Chabad.org: Selichot Jewish Virtual Library: Selichot Text of Selichot (Ashkenazi Lita rite) with English translation Elul Hebrew words and phrases High Holy Days Jewish liturgical poems Jewish prayer and ritual texts Jewish services Ten Days of Repentance Yom Kippur Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings Elul observances Tishrei observances Tishrei