A reflection on the significance of the Hebrew month of Elul and Hashem's accessibility during this time.
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foreign from the sunny San Fernando Valley just 48 hours ago was so Sunny hurricane Hillary was here but Hashem brought us here during the month of Elo there's a special message for ello and a time to go out in nature what's a special time of going out in nature during the month of Elo well told us that during ELO the king is in the field what is being in the king of the field the king that's Hashem during tishray and the high holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur the king is in the Hashanah Yom Kippur the king is in the palace and to speak to the king when he's in the palace you have to go through a whole hierarchy of royalty and echelons to get to the king but not so in ello and ello the king is in the field the king is the field that means that any one of us come and speak to him so we can come and tell us the king is right here your majesty talk to whatever you want what's bothering you what's here what's in your heart uh your aspirations are and now is the time to do chuva what's chuva people think chuva is all kinds of severe penitence now
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