Elul in Kibbutz Chafetz Chayim, 1960

Photo Credit: Zultan Kluger / JNF

Elul is in the air. Saying Psalm 27 every morning (and afternoon – or evening, for Litvaks) brings on that sense of a new beginning waiting right around the corner.

One thing I ask from God, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of God all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of God and to seek him in His temple….

Though my father and mother forsake me, God will receive me…

Anticipation…