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Elul 5770 (Aug. 10-Sept. 8)

 



Month Sign Letter Tribe Limb sense Sefirah Channel Permutation of theName
6 Virgo yuf Gad  left hand action tiferet to netsach
K.K.V.Y
"The King is in the Field."


CALENDAR REMINDERS

30 Av (Aug.10) -- First day of Rosh Chodesh Elul. Psalm 27 is said twice everyday until Hoshana Rabba.

1 Elul (Aug.11) -- First day of the month of Elul, second day of Rosh Chodesh. The shofar will be blown after Morning Prayers from now every weekday this month except the last.

3 Elul (Aug. 23) First saying of Selichot each weekday morning until Erev Yom Kippur, in Sephardic tradition.

4 Elul (Aug. 13-14) -- Shabbat Shoftim. Torah Reading: Deut. 16:18 -21:9, Haftorah- Isaiah 51:12-52:12. Pirkei Avot: Chapter 1

11 Elul (Aug.20-21) -- Shabbat Ki Titze. Torah Reading: Deut. 21:10-25:19, Haftorah-Isaiah 54:1-54:10. Pirkei Avot: Chapter 2.

18 Elul (Aug. 27-28) -- Shabbat Ki Tavo. Torah Reading: Deut. 26:1-29:8; Haftorah Isaiah 60. Pirkei Avot: Chapter 3 & 4.
Birth of the Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) founder of the Chassidic movement. Birth of the Alter Rebbe (1745-1812) founder of Chabad Chassidut and the yahrzeit of the Maharal of Prague.

25 Elul (Sep. 3-4) -- Shabbat Netsavim - Vayelech; Shabbat Mevarchim*, Torah Reading: Deut. 29:9-31:30; Haftorah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 (7th of the Seven Haftorahs of Consolation); Pirkei Avot: Chapter 5 & 6.
Saturday Night, according to Ashkenazi tradition, the first saying of the Selichot.
*Every last Shabbat of the month, a special prayer is said as part of the morning service, blessing the coming month. The last Shabbat of the month of Elul however, we do not say this prayer, since the month of Tishrei which begins with Rosh HaShana, is blessed by G-d Himself, thereby investing us with the power to bless the other months of the year.

29 Elul (Sep.8) -- Eve of ROSH HASHANA. Long Selichot; annulment of vows; ask forgiveness of whomever necessary.



SEMINARS & SHABBATONS

30 Av-2 Elul (Aug. 10-12) 23rd annual "ZEFAT KLEZMER FESTIVAL"
9-1 Elul (Aug. 19-21) "Jewish Meditation" Kabbala seminar
17-19 Elul (Aug. 26-29) "Connexion" French language seminar
23-25 Elul (Sept. 2-2) "Shabbat Selichot and Renewal"- Hebrew program

MAY WE HAVE A SPIRITUALLY CLEANSING MONTH OF ELUL!