‘hebrew’ – אֱלוּל
‘standard’ – Elul
‘tiberian’ – ʾĔlûl
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*”elul” is the ’12th month’ of the ‘jewish civil year’ and the ‘6th month’ of the ‘ecclesiastical year’ on the “hebrew calendar”*
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(it is a ‘summer month’ of ’29 days’)
(‘elul’ usually occurs in ‘august’ – ‘september’ on the ‘gregorian calendar’)
(the name of the month (like the names of the rest of the ‘hebrew calendar months’) was brought from the ‘babylonian exile’, and originated from the akkadian word for “harvest”)
(a similar ‘month name’ was also used in ‘akkadian’ (in the form elūlu))
(in the ‘jewish tradition’, the month of ‘elul’ is a time of ‘repentance’ in preparation for the ‘high holy days’ of ‘rosh hashanah’ and ‘yom kippur’)
(the word “elul” is similar to the root of the verb “search” in ‘aramaic’)
(the ‘talmud’ writes that the hebrew word “elul” can be expanded as an acronym for “Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li”…)
“…i am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine…”
(‘song of solomon 6:3’)
(‘elul’ is seen as a time to ‘search one’s heart’ and draw close to ‘god’ in preparation for the coming ‘day of judgment’ (aja ‘rosh hashanah’) and ‘day of atonement’ (aka ‘yom kippur’))
(during the month of ‘elul’, there are a number of ‘special rituals’ leading up to the ‘high holy days’)
(it is customary to blow the ‘shofar’ every morning (except on ‘shabbat’) from ‘rosh hodesh elul’ (the first day of the month) until the day before ‘rosh hashanah’)
(the ‘blasts’ are meant to ‘awaken one’s spirits’ and inspire him to begin the ‘soul-searching’ which will prepare him for the ‘high holy days’)
(as part of this preparation, ‘elul’ is the time to begin the (sometimes-difficult) process of ‘granting’ and ‘asking for’ forgiveness)
(it is also customary to recite ‘psalm 27’ every day from ‘rosh hodesh elul’ through ‘hoshanah rabbah’ on ‘sukkot’ (in ’tishrei’))
(aside from the ‘blowing of the shofar’, the other ‘major ritual practice’ during ‘elul’ is to recite ‘selichot’ (or ‘special penitential prayers’) either…)
(…’every morning before sunrise’ (beginning on the ‘sunday’ immediately before ‘rosh hashanah…)
(or, if ‘starting sunday’ would not afford ‘4 days’ of ‘selichot’…)
(…then the ‘sunday’ 1 week prior (in ‘ashkenazi tradition’) or every morning during the entire month of ‘elul’ (in ‘sephardi tradition’))
(‘ashkenazi jews’ begin the recitation of ‘selichot’ with a ‘special service’ on ‘saturday night’ between ‘solar midnight’ (aka ‘halfway from ‘dusk’ to ‘dawn’) and ‘morning light’ on the first day of ‘selichot’)
(many jews also visit the ‘graves’ of ‘loved ones’ throughout the ‘month’ in order to ‘remember’ + ‘honor’ those people in our ‘past’ who inspire ‘us’ to ‘live more fully in the future’)
“whenever that happens…”
(another ‘social custom’ is to ‘begin’ (or ‘end’) all ‘letters’ written during the month of ‘elul’ with ‘wishes that the ‘recipient’ have a ‘good year”)
“whatever that means…”
(the ‘standard blessing’ is “K’tiva VaHatima Tova” (aka “a good writing + sealing [of judgement]”)
(meaning that the person should be ‘written’ (+ ‘sealed’?) in the ‘book of life’ for a ‘good year’)
(‘tradition’ teaches that on ‘rosh hashanah’, each person is ‘written down’ for a ‘good’ (or ‘poor’ year) based on their ‘actions’ in the ‘previous one’, and their ‘sincere efforts’ at atoning for mistakes or harm)
“proto-santa”?
(re=read the ‘clause’)
(without the ‘cookie
(and just how ‘sincere’?)
(or is that a “yes’ / ‘no’ quality”)
(on ‘yom kippur’, that fate is “sealed”)
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