Elul Guide

Introspection and stocktaking, mercy and forgiveness, sounding horns and whispered psalms, prayer, charity and repentance . . .

Several days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers and liturgy.

Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances.