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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.

Halloween in August?
Halloween in August?
Little did I know that missing my exit would lead to such an interesting discovery.
Aug 26, 2021
By Harry Rothenberg
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 3
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 3
Special Elul Series 5782 – Part 3 – 13 Midos 2 The sefer Tomer Devorah uses the 13 midos mentioned in Michah 7:18 rather than the ones we recite from Sh’mos 34:6.  We will note both versions for each midah.  Our...
Aug 23, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 2
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 2
Special Elul Series 5782 – Part 2 – 13 Midos 1 How important is it to refine our character and work on our midos?  The Vilna Gaon (1720-1797), in Even Sh’leimah, writes that...
Aug 23, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 1
Weekly Tefilah Focus Special Elul Series – Part 1
The month of Elul is a great gift of love from Hashem.  The four Hebrew letters of the month of Elul (אלול) are used to provide us with an understanding of...
Aug 23, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
“I’m Sorry”
“I’m Sorry”
Forty years. That’s a long time to wander in the wilderness. Imagine it taking that long before two brothers reconcile? In her June 29, 2013, article on Aish.com, Debbie Gutfreund wrote...
Aug 23, 2021
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Can We Really Do More? (An Elul Field Guide)
Can We Really Do More? (An Elul Field Guide)
  The months of Elul and Tishrei place a demand of “doing more” upon us. But what if our time is already completely tapped? Can we really do more? This podcast...
Aug 17, 2021
By Rabbi Ken Brodkin
The Customs of Elul
The Customs of Elul
Aug 16, 2021
By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
The Three Prongs of Elul
The Three Prongs of Elul
Aug 16, 2021
By Rav Zev Leff
Redemptive Realization
Redemptive Realization
Presented at OU Israel’s Rosh Chodesh Elul Women’s Event
Aug 15, 2021
By Shira Smiles
Premium Teshuva
Premium Teshuva
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime 
Aug 8, 2021
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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