What is Elul (Elul)?

What is Elul (Elul)?

According to Sefer Yetzirah, each month of the Jewish year has a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a zodiac sign, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, a sense, and a controlling limb of the body that correspond to it. Elul is the sixth of the twelve months of the Jewish calendar (counting from Nisan).

Who is the Virgin of Elul in the Bible?

The “virgin” of Elul (Rebecca) gives birth (retroactively, with respect to the order of the months of the year) to the “twins” of Sivan (Jacob and Esau, the sons of Rebecca, as explained above). The first tablets, given in Sivan, were broken (because of sin). The second tablets, given to Moses in Elul (the month of repentance) are whole.

Are we back to back in Elul?

The Zohar explains that at the beginning of Elul we are achor el achor, meaning “back to back,” and by the end of Elul we are panim el panim, “face to face.” But how can it be that we are back to back? Wouldn’t that imply that G‑d has His back turned to us as well?