Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Elul is the sixth month in the Jewish calendar. A time of prayer and introspection, it is the prelude to the High Holidays: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
There are times when the entire world denies the truth you know within.
There are times you must be a lion. Times to be an eagle. But now you must be a rock.
Now you must not flinch, not in any way even acknowledge the existence of the mighty waves that come crashing down upon you, conspiring to grind you to sand, t...
The earliest mention of
the custom seems to be the work Sefer
Shem Tov Katan, published in
1706.
At first glance, a haircut seems like an ordinary task, but the Torah turns even a barber visit into a chance for mitzvahs!
Throughout this month, G-d is like a king who stands in the field, where he greets his subjects with a smile.
And if you shall say: What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not plant, nor gather our crops? But I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years . . .
– Leviticus 25:20–21
Ezekiel Envisions Jerusalem's Downfall
(428 BCE)
On the fifth of Elul, Ezekiel was sitting in his home in
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First Chassidic Aliya
(1777)
The first Chassidic aliyah ("ascent" - immigration to the Holy Land), led by Rabbi Menachem
Mendel of... Read More »
As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is
traditionally a time of introspection and stocktaking --... Read More »
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