Elul (אלול) Basics

Introduction to the Jewish month of Elul, including correspondences

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Moon of Making Space (August/September)
In Elul … “we become hollow to see what we will create in the space we make. We do tzimtzum, self-contraction, in memory of the first moment of making.”
~Rav Kohenet, Rabbi Jill Hammer via Telshmesh.org

Basics

• Linear Month: 12

• Torah Month: 6

• Season: Summer/Fall

• Holidays: None

• Offerings¹: Mirrors, Copper, Water, Grass & Herbs

• Element²:  Ruach (רוח) Air within Ephar (עפר) Earth

• Spiritual Focus³: Community through Resources

• Netivah: Tzovah (צבאה) Shrinekeeper /Guardian of Gateways

• Constellation: Betulah (בתולה) Virgo

• Letter: Yud (י)

• Tribe: Gad (גד)

• Sense: Action

• Tarot Card⁴:  Hermit

• Soul Trait⁵: Hineni (הנני) Presence 

Note: Letter, Tribe, and Sense are derived from the Sefer Yetzirah
See NOTES below for additional information on sources of these all correspondences.