The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Tradition teaches that the month of Elul is a particularly propitious time for repentance. The mood of repentance builds through the month of Elul to the period of Selichot, to Rosh Hashanah, and finally to Yom Kippur.
The name of the month (spelled Alef-Lamed-Vav-Lamed) is said to be an acronym of "Ani l'dodi v'dodi li," "I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine," a quote from Song of Songs 6:3, where the Beloved is G-d and the "I" is the Jewish people.
According to Jewish tradition, the month of Elul is the time that Moses spent on Mount Sinai preparing the second set of tablets after the incident of the golden calf (Ex. 32; 34:27-28).
On A7 Radio's "The Woman of Valor - Eyshet Chayil Show", Malkah Fleisher asks whether humanity hears the G-d's call to return to Him, and discusses the special customs of Elul as well.
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Malkah Fleisher is a law school graduate, aliyah activist and mother living in Beit El. She hosts the Eyshet Chayil Show every Tuesday from