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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Nitzavim - Vayelech 5786
Vol. 22 No. 50, 17 - 23 Elul, 5786 / Aug. 30 - Sep. 5, 2026
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Welcome to our special CHAI ELUL/Selichot issue.
* The 18th day of Elul, 'Chai' Elul, inaugurates a 12-day countdown (one day per month of the old year: see our lead article) till Rosh Hashana, (article #5) on Shabbat eve, Sept. 11. [Chai Elul 1698 was the birth date of the Baal Shem Tov (articles #1-2) and, in 1745, that of Rabbi Shneur-Zalman (articles #3-4), founder of the Chabad Chasidic movement. (Plus, Chai Elul is also the yahrzeit of the Maharal of Prague, who departed this world in 1609, as well as the date on which the Besht revealed the Chasidic movement, in 1734,] * Article #5 not only will get you thinking about Rosh HaShana, it will also be enticing for the other three festivals in the month that follow it.. * On Saturday night Askenazic Jews start the distinctive pre-Rosh Hashanah Selichot/Forgiveness prayers — see articles #6, 7. (The Sephardim have been reciting them for three weeks already - more power to them!) * Next week: Our special Rosh Hashana 5787 issue. Keep in mind: ROSH HASHANA starts one week from this Shabbat, exactly. Dedication
May you and yours all be inscribed for a good and sweet year - full of good health, prosperity, and personal growth. "Out with the old year and its curses! In with the new year and its blessings!" In the new year fifty-seven_eighty-seven, The 3rd Temple will descend from Heaven. |
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Chai Elul Meditation Wheel
— In the outer rings are the tribe, astrological sign, sense, and sefira-channel associated with each month.
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Elul 18: Baal Shem Tov Day
— The birthday of the 'Besht' is a time to learn his teachings
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| Baal HaTanya - ChaBaD | |
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Maintaining the Creation
— The Soul of a Rock
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Mercy Month
— Elul is a time when everyone has access to supernal benevolence.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Elul: Preparing for a Lion
— The month of Elul contains the power of repentance and redemption.
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Hear Us, Forgive Us
— Only G-d can truly repair the effects of transgression.
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Through the Window
— The Belzer Rebbe signaled his attendant to wait for him, and then tiptoed alone up to the window and peeked in.
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