Parashat Ki Teitzei: Building a New House for the New Year
“If you build a new house you should make a guardrail for your roof, in order that you not bring blood upon your house if...
Tag : Elul
Parashat Shoftim: Shoftim, Elul, and Cities of Refuge
“Justice, justice shall you pursue, so that you may live and possess the land Havayah, your God, is giving you.”[1] Although the simple, literal sense...
Re’eh and the Month of Elul
Parashat Re’eh customarily falls near Rosh Chodesh Elul, about one month before Rosh HaShanah. This entire period is dedicated to spiritual preparation for the Days...
The Month of Cheshvan – Turning Bitter into Sweet
To understand our present month of Cheshvan it is important to view it in relation to the three months that precede it – Av, Elul...
Elul: I am to my Beloved
Everyone is familiar with the allusion "Ani L'dodi V'dodi Li" (I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me), whose initial letters spell...
The Homeless Host: Reflections on the Holy Temple Part 2
Click here for Part 1 One of the spiritual properties of each Hebrew month is its astrological sign. Although Judaism forbids using astrology for prediction,...
Elul: Just One Wish
By Rabbi Nir Menussi "One thing I ask of God." The state in which we are left with only one request is a very elevated...
The King is in the Field: Rectifying Mediocrity
In the original analogy, the "field" is laden with significance. The Alter Rebbe explains that there are three domains: the city, the field, and the...
Blowing the Shofar from Elul to Yom Kippur
(Based on a class given on the 15th of Elul, 5775) Blowing the Shofar During the Month of Elul The Torah tells us to blow...
Preparing for Selichot with Rebbe Michel of Zlotshov
* based on a shiur given on Motza’ei Shabbat 26 Elul 5773 Notes taken during class, not reviewed nor edited by HaRav Ginsburgh 1....
