17 Elul 5786/August 30, 2026
Rabbi Alan Litwak
The Sound of Beginning Again
The shofar is an unusual instrument. It doesn’t play a melody. It doesn’t entertain. It doesn’t even explain itself.
It simply interrupts.
Every morning in Elul, its ancient sound cuts through the noise of our routines. For a brief moment, we are invited to stop living on autopilot and ask a simple question: Who am I becoming?
The beauty of Elul is that it does not demand perfection… Continue