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Elul: The Mikvah of the Year - Rabbi Eli Deutsch
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Just as a physical mikvah uses space and water to purify, the 40 days spanning Elul through Yom Kippur serve as a mikvah in time. Drawing on the teachings of the Bnei Yissaschar, the 40 days comprise 960 hours, mirroring the mathematical properties of a traditional mikvah (40 se'ah / 960 lug). By stepping into this sacred window, we undergo a profound spiritual renewal—submerging our 16 basic components into the waters of introspection to achieve true transformation. @R@RabbiEliDeutsch #jewishtiktok #jewishshorts #judaism #elul #chodeshelul #roshhashana #mikveh #mikvah #jewish #rabbi #hidabroot
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The Benei Yissachar teaches that Elul is
the mikvah of the year. Just like you
have a mikvah in terms of space, a
person enters into a mikvah, so also you
have a mikvah in terms of time. And
that's what the 30 days of Elul plus the
10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
is all about. That a mikvah is made up
of 40 se'ah of water, and so also
this mikvah of the year is made up of
these 40 days. As a matter of fact, this
is hinted to by Ani Ledodi Vedodi Li,
which is Rashei Teivot acronym Elul, is
also Sofei Teivot, the last letters of
each word is gematria is of four yuds,
which is gematria
40, hinting to these 40 days of the
year.
Also, the mikvah is made up of 960 lug.
Similarly, these 40 days are made up of
hours. So, just like we a person goes
into a mikvah in order to refine
themselves, so also a person steps into
these 960 hours of Elul
in order to refine themselves.
Now, when a person goes into a mikvah,
they're doing a bittul bishishim sort of
on themselves. Why? Because a person is
made up of eish, ruach, mayim, and afar,
the four yesodot, the four elements,
fire, wind,
water, and earth. And each one of those
four is also made up of four, which
means that they at the
person at the base is made up of these
16 components. Now, when a person takes
these 16 components of themselves and
goes into a mikvah, they have which is
made up of 960 lug, it comes out that
you have 60 lug of water
to each component of a person. And so,
in this manner, the Benei Yissachar
teaches, a person is doing a bitul
b'shishim on themselves.
Similarly, when a person enters into
these 960 hours of Elul, they are taking
also themselves
and putting themselves into this mikvah
of Elul, and they have 60 hours of Elul
corresponding to each aspect of
themselves. In this manner, we're
stepping forward to do a bitul b'shishim
in this mikvah called Elul
and Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.