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Trying to Make the Mark
Baruch ata Adonai, eloheinu melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha’eitz. Baruch ata Adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha’adamah. Blessed are you, Adonai, our God, Encompasser of the World who has created the fruit of the tree. Worthy are you, Source Of Life, this thing I call our God, that created the produce of the land. These blessings flow from my …
The Hebrew month of Elul begins on August 6-7
Elul is the month that proceeds Rosh HaShanah, and has thus been given special, important significance in Jewish tradition. We are asked to account for our souls in a process of cheshbon nefesh (taking account for our soul). The goal being that on Yom Kippur, 40 days from the first day of Elul, we will be complete with our atonement in matters …