Elul 172 articles

Months

Moshe had gone up in the Month of Sivan, and returned after forty days and forty nights, on the 17th of Tammuz with the First Luchos. When Moshe observed the Jewish People sinning by creating and worshipping the Golden Calf, and participating in other sinful activities centered around the worship of that idol, he broke that first set of Luchos. He ascended Mount Sinai a second time, on the eighteenth day of Tammuz, the day after the great sin, and remained there for another forty days and forty nights, praying to G-d to spare the Jewish People and to return His full Presence among them.

At the conclusion of the second forty day and forty night period (that is, on the 29th of Av, Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul), G-d forgave the Jewish People and instructed Moshe to ascend Har Sinai yet again the next day, to receive the Second Luchos, on which would be inscribed for the second time the Ten Commandments. Moshe’s ascension to Har Sinai for the third time (which also took forty days and forty nights, ending on Yom Kippur) occurred on Rosh Chodesh Elul.

HaShem also restored His Presence to the Jewish People by authorizing the construction of the “Mishkan,” the Temporary Structure which served as a “Residence,” so to speak, for the Divine Presence, before the building of the First Temple in Jerusalem.

Elul: Towards Gaining a Meritorious Judgment
Elul: Towards Gaining a Meritorious Judgment
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By Steven Genack
The Start of the Yomim Noraim – The Stunning Teaching of the Magen Avraham
The Start of the Yomim Noraim – The Stunning...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
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By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Immediate Miraculous Support of Hashem on the First Night of Selichos
The Immediate Miraculous Support of Hashem on the First...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 30, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Incredible Insights In the Words of Selichos
Incredible Insights In the Words of Selichos
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 30, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Divrei Chizuk for Limud Hatorah and Teshuva in Elul
Divrei Chizuk for Limud Hatorah and Teshuva in Elul
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 25, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Yamim Noraim: Fearsome or Forgiving?
Yamim Noraim: Fearsome or Forgiving?
Sep 23, 2024
By Rabbi Yonah Sklare
Elul: Absolute Awareness
Elul: Absolute Awareness
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein The month of Elul is meant to start us on a path that will end at Shimini Atzeret. However, the question remains,...
Sep 9, 2024
By Shira Smiles
The The Significance, Power, and Guidelines of the Simanim of Rosh Hashana
The The Significance, Power, and Guidelines of the Simanim...
Shoneh Halachos Siman 583 Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 9, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Elul: How Yaakov Reclaimed Elul From the Grip of Eisav – An Incredible Offering Based on the Zohar
Elul: How Yaakov Reclaimed Elul From the Grip of...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 9, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Fundamental Power of Tzedaka in Elul
The Fundamental Power of Tzedaka in Elul
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Sep 9, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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