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#BlogElul 2013: Who’s In?

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Although we’re barely into the dog days of August, the High Holidays are fast approaching. The first of Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes Tishrei and the start of Rosh HaShanah, begins at sundown this Tuesday, which means that Wednesday, August 7th is the

Torrah and Kippah
Elul

Putting Elul to Work

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Yael Splansky
Four hundred years of slavery in Egypt, forty years of wandering in the desert: imagine how the legends of the Land of Israel that must have been told.
Torrah and Kippah
Elul

Rosh Chodesh Elul

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Yael Splansky
Parashat R'eih concludes with details concerning our sacred calendar (Deuteronomy 16). While other books tell of how to keep the holy days, here we see the reasons why. A rationale is given to the timing and rituals of our holy days.