every day in elul
august 16 on our calendar
the shofars are blown
Elul
is the twelfth month of the Jewish
civil year and the
sixth month of the
ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar.
It is a summer month of 29 days.
Elul usually occurs in
August–September on the Gregorian calendar.
The name of the month,
like the names of the rest of the Hebrew calendar months,
was brought from the Babylonian Exile,
and has originated from the Akkadian word for "Harvest".
A similar month name was also used in Akkadian, in the form elūlu.
The Talmud writes that the Hebrew word "Elul" can be expanded as an acronym for "Ani L'dodi V'dodi Li" - "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" (Song of Solomon 6:3). Elul is seen as a time to search one's heart and draw close to God in preparation for the coming Day of Judgement, Rosh Hashanah, and Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.[1]
The shofar is blown every morning from the first
day of Elul until Rosh Hashanah (except on Shabbat).
http://thespiritoftruth.blogspot.com/2012/09/harbinger-update-elul-29-september-16th.html
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