– Q. See questions above. Can one just fast on Beahab half a day and still recite the Selichot?

A. It would depend on the traditions of each minyan. In many they recite the Selichos without fasting at all.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a