Haim Watzman
A cool wind blows through the vineyard in Yavneh late in the month of Elul. The sun, obscured by large but unthreatening gray-blue cloud, has passed the sky’s pinnacle. Rabban Yohanan Ben-Zakkai’s students, who until just a few minutes previously had been engaged in a heated debate over whether the shofar could be blown [...]
The Cistern And The King–An Elul Story
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Judaism and Religion
Tags: Ben-Zakkai·Judaism·midrash·Rabbi Eliezer·Rosh Hashanah
