Tag: Elul
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Rosh Chodesh Elul 5786
Posted on Substack on August 14, 2026 Contemplative Torah returns, just in time for the season of turning and returning Today we mark Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the final month of the Hebrew calendar. Elul is the time often set aside for spiritual and personal accounting ahead…
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The Heart Knows the Bitterness Of Its Soul: Experience As An Integral Expression of Holiness
With the marking of Rosh Chodesh Elul this week, the Jewish tradition invites us into the holiest months of the year. It’s a time for personal introspection and stock-taking, a time to ask ourselves about the people we want to be in the new year. This Elul is particularly significant…
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Wisdom And Reflections For A Very Different New Year: Seeking The Divine Face
This piece originally appeared as part of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Wisdom and Reflection For A Very Different New Year series in 5780/2020. Psalm 27, which we traditionally recite twice daily from the beginning of Elul through Hoshana Raba is one of my favorites. It is emotionally complex…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 