Elul

Dazzled by the night

In our personal lives, the broken and the potential for wholeness exist together.Will we be dazzled by the promise or blinded by the dark?

Elul: Entering and exiting

Here we are again, not having met our past aspirations. What can we do to be more successful in the coming year?

Gimmel Elul: Rabbi Kook and our longings for Jerusalem

Israel's third president told a story about Rav Kook that is especially appropriate on his yahrzeit.

For Rabbi Kook's yahrzeit: Your “WAZE” to the Torah of Eretz Yisrael

Elul 3 is the yahrzeit of the Torah Luminary who is the source of the ethos of Religious Zionism. Who was he? Who was his son?

Weekly Tanya video\lecture: The Epistle on Repentance

Rosh Chodesh Elul is the beginning of the month of mercy and forgiveness leading up to the High Holydays.

The messages of Torah for a world gone mad

Welcoming the month of Elul: You were always on my mind.

Mon amie la Rose

In the very fragility of life lies the mystery, the wonder, the hope, the light.

To grab time by its hair and shake it: 20 years to the Intifada

Poetry and Prayer at a time of divine concealment when our very souls pleaded:: Hear O Lord - Israel Your people, Israel is one!.

At the Western Wall, 2,000 people pray - in capsules of 30

This is what the traditional Selichot prayers at the Western Wall look like during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ask the Rabbi: Where did the term 'wandering Jew' originate?

Short topics in Judaism: Wandering Jew, Pirkei Avot, Elul

The Daily Portion / What should we do?

Perhaps Elul should signal a new direction for us to take, especially for this coming year.

Rosh Chodesh Elul: Hashem is my Light and Salvation

Beginning Friday, we will say Psalm 27 each day until Hoshana Rabba. This year it will have special meaning.

All on one foot

The message behind a famous story, ethics vs. morals and a word about the month of Elul on our doorstep.

Depending on faith

The text in the Torah portion of Re’Eh begins with words that in their striking difference teaches us much of our journey in this world

Listen: Mitzpe Yericho yeshiva's new pre-High Holiday single

In honor of month of Elul, yeshiva releases song: "Hear our voice." Words taken from Shmona Esrei prayer, music by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.

Listen: Yishai Ribo's latest about month before High Holidays

Israeli singer's new album includes songs with a pre-High Holiday vibe, including the titular song of the album: Elul Tsha"t.

The days of Elul: How to take advantage of life’s opportunity

We all want different things in life, but at the root of all of is one thing: Peace of mind.

Forgiving G-d

1,000 visit grave of Biblical Prophet Joshua

Worshipers from all over Israel as well as the US and Canada pray at graves of biblical leaders of ancient Israel in Samaria.

Stolen clock returned 28 years later

An elderly man returned clock to furniture store which he said he stole 28 years ago. He asked for "forgiveness and atonement" for his act.

Slichot tours need to ask for forgiveness:

Residents of the Old City of Jerusalem can't sleep for an entire month. They find it unforgivable.

You're wasting your time, tears!

'Women of the Wall' to hold a shofar seminar

Women of the Wall are holding a shofar-blowing seminar to teach "women and girls to experience their Judaism without intermediaries."

Thousands at the Kotel for First Night of Selichot

Sights and sounds: Worshipers flock to Western Wall for first night of penitential prayers leading up to High Holy Days.

Smooth Sailing into the New Year

Video: Quarreling Brothers Unite Again

Friendship prevails in the latest viral video from Naftali Kalfa, this time guest starring Israeli sensation Gad Elbaz.

Rosh Hashanah Begins Wednesday Night

The two day New Year Holiday begins tonight and Shabbat Shuva makes it a three day continuum. Arutz Sheva wishes you a good and sweet year.

Global Shofar FlashMob Held Around the World

Jews around the world gathered on Sunday for first-ever global Shofar FlashMob, a two-minute shofar blowing and call for repentance.

Enter Elul, Month of Penitence

The Hebrew year has entered its final month, Elul: a period of soul-searching, penitence and renewal.