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Elul

Rabbi Jennifer Frenkel and Rabbi Chase Foster
Posted inReligion

A High Holiday helpline for rabbis is flooded with millennial calls

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

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Detail from a 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Horoscopes for Elul: What will you run toward in the new year?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 18, 2023August 18, 2023
A 1961 Israeli postal stamp depicting Virgo, the sign of the month of Elul. (Photo/Flickr-Karen Horton CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inColumns

Month of Elul: Repentance begins at home

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst; Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Join the High Holidays prep renaissance. All you need is the internet.

Wendie Bernstein LashLex RofebergEstee Solomon Gray by Wendie Bernstein Lash, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and Estee Solomon Gray September 4, 2018September 4, 2018
An antique Rosh Hashanah greeting card
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As Elul begins, the King is in the field and a new light is on its way

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude August 10, 2018September 12, 2018

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