Tag: Rabbi Robert Jacobs
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Elul—a Month of spiritual preparation
by Rabbi Robert A. Jacobs The sixth Hebrew month, Elul, begins this coming Shabbat as the last month of 5778, a little anomaly resulting from the setting of the first day of the seventh month, Tishrei, as Rosh Hashanah. If we follow the Midrashic calendar, then the designation of Rosh Chodesh Elul as initiating a…
