{"id":30583,"date":"2011-09-13T18:12:09","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/months\/elul_opening_the_gates\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T10:56:45","slug":"elul_opening_the_gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/elul_opening_the_gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Elul: Opening the Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000026948551Small-e1472476875668-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000026948551Small-e1472476875668-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000026948551Small-e1472476875668-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000026948551Small-e1472476875668.jpg 800w\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>Certain times during the year speak to a person but Elul, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, &amp; Hoshana Rabbah lure every Jew. The entire basis of the year is established during this time. What should we be working on during the month of Elul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain times during the year speak to a person but Elul, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, &amp; Hoshana Rabbah lure every Jew. The entire basis of the year is established during this time. 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