The new month of Elul has begun, the month prior to beginning the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Elul represents the spiritual alarm clock that reminds us of the period we are entering, the shift ...

Chabad of Talbiya-Mamilla Women’s Circle's 75th Challah Bake at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue was joined as the guest of ...

Like countless folks, I have often associated the month of Elul with increased hustle and bustle. After all, this interval is when children return to school, yeshivot fill up after summer break, and ...

Every year, on the last Shabbat before Elul—the final month of the year, we read a Torah portion that begins with the word re'eh—see. The passage reads, “See, I set before you a blessing and a curse.

Elul, the month immediately preceding Tishrei, serves as the spiritual preparation for the Days of Awe – Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It is the month of repentance, when an honest cheshbon hanefesh, ...

Is it possible to do all your reflections about the previous year on a single day? And on a day when you do not even eat due to all the sins you committed? Of course not, according to the Jewish ...

Abraham Joshua Heschel published The Earth Is the Lord’s in 1949. In his preface, he writes that, “The story about the life of the Jews in Eastern Europe which has come to an end in our days is what I ...

Elul: It’s the month that quietly ushers in one of the most spiritually significant seasons on the Jewish calendar, even though many Jews might not be familiar with it. It is the final month on the ...

One of the heroes of Simchat Torah is Lieutenant Shilo Rauchberger, Hy"d, [may God avenge his death]. He was a Golani commander who fought to his last drop of blood against dozens of terrorists in one ...

The Alter Rebbe – the Baal HaTanya –in Likutei Torah explains the month of Elul with the following metaphor: The king’s usual place is in the capital city, in the royal palace. Anyone wishing to ...

Years ago, I confided in a mentor about my struggle to balance raising children with building a career. I admitted to moments of envy toward those who seemed to give themselves wholly to one ...