Tagged Elul

CAI to hold drive-up Shofar blast
August 20, 2020 /

Congregation Anshei Israel will give Tucsonans an opportunity to hear the Rabbi Sara Metz sound the Shofar live on Friday, Aug. 21 at 8:30 a.m., in the northwest parking lot (facing the sanctuary doors). Members also can pick up thei High Holy Days packages. Other LIVE Shofar blast opportunities… Read more »

HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE How can we forgive the unforgivable

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September 5, 2017 / Alana Suskin, Rabbis Without Borders via JTA

(Rabbis Without Borders via JTA) — The month of Elul is the season of repentance and forgiveness that culminates with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. In the rabbinic imagination, Elul is an acronym for “Ani L’Dodi V’dodi Li” – “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”… Read more »

HIGH HOLIDAYS FEATURE Here’s how to turn ‘epic fails’ into fresh starts

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September 3, 2016 / Rabbi Elana Zelony, JTA

RICHARDSON, Texas (JTA) — Urbandictionary.com is an open-source site where the average citizen contributes definitions to new and old words and slang. As the High Holidays approach, I’ve been contemplating the phrase “epic fail.” According to one entry on Urbandictionary.com, epic fail means “complete and total failure when success should… Read more »

Temple Project Elul blends meditation, activity
August 28, 2014

Temple Emanu-El has launched Project Elul, a month-long program designed to assist in preparing for the High Holy Days. “While the gates of repentance are always open, it is better to prepare to enter them, including reflecting back on the past year, and taking stock, engaging in what is… Read more »

From Ramadan to Elul: a California Chasid’s spiritual journey
September 16, 2011 / Andrew Friedman, JTA

For Lee Weissman, a Breslov Chasid in Irvine, Calif., the recent onset of Elul caps a spiritual journey he began a month earlier with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Weissman, a teacher at the Tarbut v’Torah Community Day School in Irvine and a scholar of Southeast… Read more »

A lesson on access from the Turkish premier
September 1, 2011 / Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin
Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Rabbi Levi Matusof, Dec. 12, 2004 (Yasin Aras)

The months of the Hebrew calendar can easily be categorized. We have Nissan exploring slavery and freedom. In Tevet, Tammuz and Av we deplore hatred and the destruction it causes and pray for redemption. Shevat is for the trees and Adar involves uplifting joy. The month of Elul, however,… Read more »