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Elul|ˈiːlʌl|
[a. Heb. ĕlūl.]
The name of one of the Jewish months, being the twelfth of the civil and sixth of the ecclesiastical year.
1535Coverdale Neh. vi. 15 The wall was fynished on the fyue & twentyeth daye of the moneth Elul. 1611Bible 1 Macc. xiv. 27 The eighteenth day of the moneth Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelft yeere. 1753in Chambers Cycl. Suppl. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 126/2 What we do know from a calendar of the intercalary month Elul II. is that in that month the 7th, 14th, 19th, 21st, and 28th days had a peculiar character. 1907Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 4/6 With the advent of the Jewish month of Ellul, of which tomorrow is the first day, a religious revival annually takes place in Jewry. 1962C. Roth Standard Jewish Encycl. 617 Elul..has become the traditional month of penitence and spiritual preparation for the Day of Judgment, and the shophar is sounded after morning service on weekdays throughout Elul. |