5786 is now officially one (Hebrew) month away.  We call that month Elul and it is not simply a placeholder month before we announce and embrace the arrival of a New Year and the days of Teshuvah that follow it.  It is a month of preparation … of limbering and toning up the spiritual muscles that will carry us through the challenge course that is Teshuvah – the returning to our centers, our essence, our Selves.

This year, as I walk this path myself I am going to endeavor to share with you a reflection, an observation – an exercise – that might be helpful in this month of toning these spiritual muscles.  You can find these Elul Exercises on our website, in your inbox (you can subscribe here) or via FB or Instagram.

As we begin these 29 days before Rosh Hashanah, I invite you to ask of yourself the question that I am asking myself: “What can you do in this next month to make a meaningful transition from the end of this spiritual year (5785) to the next one (5786)?”