#elul mood

[xylocopa-violacea]

This time of year is for me intimately tied to this beautiful song. A deeply moving rendition of one Avraham Halfi’s poetry by Arik Einstein.

סתיו יהודי

בארץ אבותי

שולח בי

רמזי אלול

#jumblr #elul mood #arik einstein #Hebrew #Hebrew music #Spotify

[laineystein]

Spent the day with my best friend. Laughed so hard I cried. And then just cried. Sobbed, actually.

Healing is a daily task.

#lainey things #it’s a mood it’s a vibe #the king really is in the field #happy Elul y’all…tis the damn season

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DLdPCk6nz4

Take one part High Holy Days text, one part Hasidic nigun singing, and two parts good ol’ American barn dance music.  Blend on high.  Enjoy!

That’s pretty much how you get this tune.  The text that Cantor Michael Smolash repeats, that takes this melody just about half a pace beyond true wordless nigun territory, is “V’yitnu lecha keter melucha,” which is “And they will give You the crown of sovereignty.”  This is the chorus of a famous piyyut that’s part of the Musaf service for both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, although for some reason, I think most people remember it more on Yom Kippur.  If you are familiar with the setting of “All The World Shall Come To Serve Thee” that sounds like a stately Anglican hymn or the responsive melody that goes like this, this is the same text.

This setting is much more designed for either a concert or for a festive dinner than for an actual HHD Musaf service, but it is a great tune, and a fine way to ease into that holiday mood.  As one ought to be doing during Elul anyway!

#jewish music

[unbidden-yidden]

#i'm not crying you're crying #seriously check out the lyrics in the description #oof #that lead up to elul mood #jewish music

[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

Sorry to harp on the pdf thing, but reflecting on my own behavior....would you use a pdf if you already owned the book but a friend was borrowing it? Or if it was out of print/not in a local library & obtaining a copy would cost $100+ (Jewish book for class in that case)? Or rather that what would you do, what are you thoughts on those cases? I do genuinely align with you that piracy is stealing but also realized (elul mood) reading your post I'm not as machmir as I could be...

I can see that you intend this for genuine reflection and aren’t just interrogating me, so I’ll answer this one, but after this I’m done with the topic because I suspect that others with less genuine intentions will continue hunting for a gotcha moment if the conversation continues.

I wouldn’t use a PDF if my friend was borrowing the book, because I feel like that’s tacitly supporting the behavior of whoever created the illegal PDF and because I bought 1 book, not 2 - I could have bought 2 if I wanted to have multiple copies available to me (I own like 3 copies of LOTR for example, and in my parents’ house I have from back in the day 2 English copies of Twilight as well as a Spanish copy, so this is not hypothetical). If I needed to just quickly reference a small part of the book, I would check if it was viewable on Google Books or the Amazon preview of the book, or see if my friend could look up that part for me. And I probably wouldn’t lend out a book that I was likely to need/want in the near future.

For the other situation, I’m surprised that a teacher would assign a book that could only be obtained illegally or for an exorbitantly inflated price (I’m assuming $100+ is much more than the typical value of the book in question and we’re not talking about a textbook that always costs that much). How would they expect the entire class to get it if that was the situation? I would probably start by asking the teacher if they had a suggestion as to where to get the book, because maybe it’s for sale somewhere that they know about, and go from there.

[anonymus-maximus-er]

I’m in a Mood(tm)

and I can’t even blame it on Elul.

Avi Kaplan’s released new music.

I can’t decide what to do with my bibles.

I haven’t been to services in ages, which probably explains some of it.

The Thing(tm) about judaism is your community.

Don’t make jokes, before you know it you’ll take it seriously.

A very particular kind of humour.

Clear off a bookshelf. Better yet, buy a new bookcase.

I am here and cannot be elsewhere. I long for home.

Your neshamah will bring you home.

Home is the most profound name of g-d.

And I can’t decide what to do with my bibles.

#something something something focault #books about stories and stories about books #the truth and other lies I've told #Anonymus Maximus likes music but doesn't care for the Beatles #Project Insight

[jewishconvertthings]

#elul mood

#i literally queued this last year at the end of hhd 5779

[shalomfoolery]

Even duolingo is in the elul mood

#this is highkey poetic #teshuva #elul #עברית #duolingo

[dfroza]

Hebraic History matters.

for in it we find the revelation of God of Creator who made the heavens and garden earth.

A post shared by John Parsons who writes to reflect upon this significance:

The Torah divides the calendar into two symmetrical halves: the Spring and the Fall, indicating the two advents of Messiah. The Biblical year officially begins during the month of the Passover from Egypt (called Rosh Chodashim, see Exod. 12:2), and the spring holidays of Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits both recall our deliverance from Egypt and also our greater deliverance given by means of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Messiah, the great Passover Lamb of God. Yeshua was crucified on erev Pesach, buried during Unleavened Bread, and was resurrected on Yom Habikkurim (Firstfruits). The holiday of Shavuot (i.e., “Pentecost”) both commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai as well as the revelation of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) at Zion, in fulfillment of the promise given by our Lord....

The intermediate months of summer end with the advent of the sixth month of the calendar, called the month of Elul, which recalls the time Moses interceded on behalf of Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf. To commemorate this time of our history, we likewise focus on teshuvah (repentance) in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah and especially in anticipation of Yom Kippur, the great “Day of Atonement.” In Jewish tradition the 30 days of Elul are combined with the first ten days of the seventh month (called the "Days of Awe") to set apart “Forty Days of Teshuvah” leading up to the Day of Forgiveness for Israel. Immediately following Yom Kippur, the mood changes as we begin preparing for a joyous week-long celebration called Sukkot (i.e., “Tabernacles”) that concludes with the holiday of Simchat Torah.

Just as the spring festivals (Passover, Firstfruits, and Shavuot) have been perfectly fulfilled in the first coming of Yeshua as Mashiach ben Yosef, so the fall festivals (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot) will be fulfilled in His second coming as Mashiach ben David. Since the first advent fulfilled all of the spring mo'edim to the smallest of details, we believe that His second advent portends similar fulfillment as revealed in the fall mo'edim. The fall festivals therefore prophetically foretell the Day of the LORD, the second coming of Yeshua, the great national turning of the Jewish people, and the establishment of the reign of the Messiah upon the earth during the Millennial Kingdom in the world to come. [Hebrew for Christians]

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accompanied by another post John shared this morning:

“I go to prepare a place for you... on the other side of this veil; the place of my secret chamber. Look into my eyes before I go; see my heart's passion: I am aflame for you, and yet I must go; I must... There is no other way but through, through the waste places, into the darkest pitch, across that chasm... But don't let your heart be troubled, for this demonstrates my love and seals my word to you forever. And though we must be apart for a season, I swear I will come again for you, to take you through this veil to be with me forever. Do not lose heart, my beloved. I am coming soon; my hand is upon the door...”

Do you have trouble receiving these words as your own? Henri Nouwen keenly wrote: “There are two realities to which you must cling. First, God has promised that you will receive the love you have been searching for, and second, God is faithful to that promise.” You must believe the “yes” that comes back when you ask, “Do you love me?” You must choose this “yes” even when you do not experience it” (Inner Voice of Love). You have to trust the place that is solid, despite the gnawing sense of inner emptiness and the inevitable changes of this present life... [Hebrew for Christians]

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Today’s message by the ICR:

September 2, 2020

Pie in the Sky

“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.” (Revelation 19:9)

Unbelievers sometimes ridicule Bible-believing Christians as being “so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly use” and as waiting for “pie in the sky bye and bye.” This canard is, of course, unjustified because the Lord Jesus has told us: “Occupy till I come” (Luke 19:13), and we are also instructed: “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men” (Colossians 3:23). A Christian could—and should—do a better job in his particular occupation than he would ever have done as a non-Christian. All honorable occupations come within the scope of God’s primeval dominion mandate (Genesis 1:26-28). “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

Nevertheless, there is indeed a great feast day coming bye and bye, and indeed it will be a great blessing to be “called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Presumably those who partake of this wonderful feast will be not only those who constitute His Bride, but also others who are called to be guests at His wedding supper. Since the Holy City is also called “the bride, the Lamb’s wife” and since it is inscribed with the names of both the “twelve tribes” of Israel and also of the “twelve apostles” (Revelation 21:9, 12, 14), it is clear that believers from both the pre-Christian and Christian ages will be there. They will all have responded to the Lord’s invitation and have had the right attitude of heart and life toward the will of the Bridegroom (Matthew 22:1-14; 25:1-13).

Whether some kind of heavenly pie will be served at the supper is doubtful, but it will surely be a time of great blessing. HMM

[likeniobe]

this is the rosh chodesh elul mood by the way

#sp

[laineystein]

How’s everyone else’s Elul going?

#elul #it’s a mood it’s a vibe #the king is in the field

[rabbimeirah]

Here They Come, Ready or Not!

Do you ever feel, like me, that the holidays come around too fast, "before I am ready"? This year, I've come to see that that is just the point! We're not ready! We're never going to BE ready. The holidays themselves create our readiness. 

"How does this work?" you might ask. We plod along, day to day. Get up. Feed the cats. Get dressed. Get the tasks done that need to be done for today. Go to bed. 

But our holy days build a weekly and seasonal structure in which we make meaning from this plodding. Shabbat makes us pause to think about what we are doing with our lives. Our fall Yamim Nora'im remind us that life doesn't go on forever, and that now, NOW is the time to think about that. What spiritual and moral business must we to do THIS year? 

Our Sages have wisely structured in the month of Elul preceding Rosh HaShanah to blow the shofar every morning and recite prayers of repentance. This creates the space to focus on what we need to change, the corrective course we need to take. Our evening of Slichot, preceding Rosh Hashanah by no more than a week, we will chant the seasonal melodies that hearken us. The mood begins to descend upon us and ready us.

And then, Rosh Hashanah has begun! For ten days we are elevated in our building spiritual ascent above this plodding plane. At Rosh Hashanah, we are reminded of the possibility of renewal, and at Yom Kippur, we practice facing our death along with a spiritual rebirth. Then we glide down with our transformed selves through Sukkot, the season of "joy, nothing but joy!"

Are we ever "ready" for anything that happens in our lives? The holidays are here to pull and tug at us, to remind us, get us there, ready or not.

Here are some visuals to help in the process. 

[anonymus-maximus-er]

Elul is probably responsible for my weird mood

#I have a pain in my sawdust