God answering our prayers. It begins to appear on Rosh Hashanah eve and is placed immediately before or after the Pizmon. Chatanu (חטאנו) – Hebrew for "we have sinned." Starting on the evening before Rosh Hashanah [and in the Western rites, even on the first days] and continuing through Yom Kippur, this Selichah is said after the final recitation of the Thirteen Attributes and before the Vidui confessional. It contains as its refrain, "חטאנו צורנו סלח לנו יוצרנו", "We have sinned, our Rock, forgive us, our Creator". Perhaps the most famous Chatanu Selichah is the Eleh Ezkera Martyrology recited in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite during Musaf on Yom Kippur or at other times in other rites, though the recitation of the aforementioned refrain is not always followed in this particular Chatanu. Techinah (תחינה) – Hebrew for "petition". This Selichah begins to appear on the eve of Rosh Hashanah and other days in some rites, during Tachnun at the very end of the Selichot service. Selichot of Fast Days On minor fast days (including the Fast of Behav), some communities recite Selichot after the conclusion of the Shacharit Amidah. The content of these prayers is related to the specific fast day. In some communities (especially Western Ashkenazic communities, but also some Eastern Ashkenazic communities), the older practice is maintained to insert the recitation of the Selichot of minor fast days in the middle of the blessing for forgiveness (סלח לנו כי חטאנו) in the repetition of the Shacharit Amidah. In Ashkenazic commuinities, Selichot are recited on the Fast of Gedaliah only before the prayer service like the selichot of the High Holidays; in many Sephardic communities, additional selichot are recited after the Amidah just like any other fast day. Selichot are not recited in any community today on the major fast day of Tisha B'Av, although they were recited by the Geonim of Babylonia. Selichot on other occasions In addition to High Holidays and Fast Days, there were communities that recited Selichot on Hoshana Rabbah. Additionally, in the early modern period, there were "shomerim la-boker societies" which recited Selichot on every day of the year that Tachanun is recited. Selichot rites There are at least thirteen Ashkenzic printed rites for selichot: The following eight are variations of the Western Ashkenazic rite: Frankfurt and its surroundings Alsace Italian Ashkenazim Nuremberg and Fürth Switzerland and Swabia Worms Cologne Floß The following five are