Early this week begins the Jewish month of Elul, representing the last chance to complete one's mission for the year and the field of opportunity to prepare for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur of the new year
(see article #3).
The last day of the previous Jewish month, Menachem-Av, is the Hilula (yahrzeit celebration) of a Talmudic sage buried in Tzefat (see article #2),
while the subject of this week's story (see article #7) is a leading — albeit hidden — mystical Rebbe of the 20th century, who shares the same yahrzeit date.