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Rabbi Chaim Walkin
Sefer Da’at Chaim
Regarding the translation title – MAZAL ELUL
In his Shabbat derasha at the start of chodesh Elul 5762,
Chacham Asher Hatchuel (the Av Beit Din of the Brooklyn
Syrian community) began by saying it was no accident Chazal
chose the Betulah as that month’s mazal. That choice of
mazal is a paradigm for the approaching month of Selichot, for
preparation towards the Yamin Nora’im and for life in general.
The symbolism is a Chatan yearning to be with his bride, as he
approaches life with gladness and optimism, responsibility and
trepidation. That concept of the mazal of Elul is an approach to
life in all of man’s endeavors. It concisely depicts the framework
of this translation.
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