Mossae Shabbath this week marks the onset of Rosh Hodesh Elul. According to Haham Yaakob Huli in the Me'am Loez, Rosh Hodesh Elul is the day that Mosheh Rabbenu descended from Har Sion with the (original) luhoth ha-ebonim, only to find Bene Israel engaged in habodah zara - worshipping God through the golden effigy of a calf. In his wrath, Mosheh Rabbenu shattered the luhoth, only to ascend Har Sion to receive them a second time (these he would carve himself). He would not be seen again for forty days, on Yom ha-Kippurim. Because of this, our brethren of the Eastern Sephardic communities will begin the recitation of selihoth in the wee hours of the morning, before shahrith, starting on the second day of Elul.
Our tradition is different.. From the second of Elul until the eight of Tishri, we will recite selihoth at night, between the conclusion of the amidah of arbith and kaddish tithkabbal. It is only ereb Rosasanah and ereb Kippur that we recite the lenthy selihot. Like our cousins, the Ashkenazim, we will also recite selihoth in the mornings between Rosasanah and Kippur, although in a slightly
abbreviated manner.
Buenas entradas de la Saba!
Greggory DuBois d'Holliday Horn, que llamado ha-Gebir Shemaryahu Israel b.
Abraham
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