Hallel of Rosh Chodesh Elul
As
on every rosh chodesh (new month), on rosh chodesh Elul we recite
the psalms that constitute Hallel—this time with a focus on finding themes of
Elul in the verses.
♦ He transforms
the barren wife into a glad mother of children, halleluyah!
Psalms 113:9
The
Hebrew word for “transforms,” moshivi, is related to the words teshuvah
and yeshiva, “being seated,” a term that denotes a stable and changeless
state.
Elul,
the month of teshuvah, is a period of intense and unchanging love
between ourselves and God. As we recite this verse, we celebrate the fact that,
despite the distance that may have developed between us and God since last Rosh
Hashanah, when we do teshuvah we can attain permanence in our
relationship with Him.
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