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Ki Seitzei 5765Volume 2 · Issue 2
Elul: A Time of Hope
During the month of Elul, it is customary to recite the chapter of Tehillim that begins, “By David, God is my light and my deliverance (Tehillim 27:1).” The standard explanation of its recital during the Days of Awe is based on the sages’ interpretation of its first verse as a reference to the High Holidays: God is “my light” on Rosh Hashanah and “my deliverance” on Yom Kippur (Vayikra Rabbah 21:4; Medrash Tehillim 27). Accordingly
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כי תצא תשס”המהדורא ב׳ · ענין ב׳
האמונה של אלול
לולא האמנתי בפרשת נצבים ומל ה' את לבבך ואת לבב זרעך וגו' (דברים ל' פסוק ו') כתב הבעל…
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Shoftim 5774Volume 11 · Issue 1
Signposts of the Torah
Allusions to the month of Elul abound. We find them in many diverse and scattered places throughout the Torah, some whose association is difficult to fathom. They originate in the works of the earliest of the earlier commentators, even in the name of Rabbeinu Ephraim. The author of the Tur in his commentary to the Torah cites two, and the Abudarham cites another two. There are a number of others in the works of the Arizal
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Shoftim 5771Volume 8 · Issue 1
Destiny of the Year
The earlier commentators discovered many allusions in the Torah to the month of Elul. Most famous is the verse (Shir HaShirim 6:3; Shelah Maseches Rosh Hashanah; Mishnah Berurah 580:17), “I am devoted to my Beloved and my Beloved is devoted to me,” whose first Hebrew letters spell Elul (א'ני ל'דודי ו'דודי ל'י).
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Ki Seitzei 5761Volume 22 · Issue 2
My Twin
Unlike Kislev, Shevat, or any other month, the earlier and later commentators toiled greatly to find acrostics, allusions, and signs to the month of Elul throughout the Torah, and some are even mentioned by the Arizal.
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Ki Seitzei 5753Volume 16 · Issue 2
Confounding Satan
Shofar of Elul
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Shoftim 5759Volume 20 · Issue 1
Seeking Refuge
In the plain sense, the month of Elul is perceived as a time of preparation for Rosh Hashanah. This is the conventional approach and how it is usually discussed.
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Shoftim 5751Volume 15 · Issue 1
Time of Change
Our current focus is the month of Elul, which the Book of Creation (5:8) associates with the power of action. This is its concept and this is what it reveals.
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Ki Seitzei 5774Volume 11 · Issue 2
Awakening to the Self
Allusions of Elul
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Ki Seitzei 5772Volume 9 · Issue 2
Catalyst of Renewal
…festival, but they made the Golden Calf, and it cancelled Tammuz, Av, and Elul. Tishri came, and it recompensed them with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkos. The Holy Blessed One said of it, “Shall it…
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Shoftim 5773Volume 10 · Issue 1
Blurring the Lines
No other subject in the entire spectrum of Torah and commandments has as many allusions as the month of Elul. Our masters, earlier and prominent later commentators, have discovered tens of allusions to it throughout the Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
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Shoftim 5766Volume 3 · Issue 1
Promise of Repentance
“It was taught in Pirkei D’Rebbi Eliezer (chapter 46), “On Rosh Chodesh Elul, the Holy One Who is Blessed said to Moshe, “Ascend to Me upon the Mountain (Devarim 10:1),” for then he ascended to receive the Second Tablets. They sounded a shofar in the encampment [when] Moshe ascended the Mountain, so the people would not stray
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Ki Seitzei 5767Volume 4 · Issue 2
Binding Deed and Thought
The Month of Elul
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Ki Seitzei 5769Volume 6 · Issue 1
Confident of a Miracle
The Month of Elul is not mentioned openly in the Torah. Nonetheless, it is clearly significant, and the earlier and later commentators sought and discovered numerous allusions to its concept. The Ba’al HaTurim, the Shelah, the Arizal, and others, all engaged in this discovery. Yet it begs an explanation. Every month of the year has a function, but none of them receives such treatment. Why is Elul different?
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Shoftim 5757Volume 19 · Issue 1
Origins of the Shofar
Shofar of Elul
