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 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, 4 Elul, 5783 August 21, 2023 Torah Reading Ki Teitzei: Deuteronomy 21:10-21 Jewish History Passing of R. Meir Simchah Hakohen (1926) R. Meir Simchah Hakohen served as rabbi of Dvinsk (now Daugavpils), Latvia, for nearly forty years. He authored  Or Same’ach , on  Maimonides’   Mishneh Torah , and  Meshech Chachmah , on the  Pentateuch . Read an explanation of R. Meir Simchah:  Who Engraved the Second Tablets? Laws and Customs Elul Observances As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming " Days of Awe " of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for  Elul 1 ) it is a most opportune time for  teshuvah  ("return" to G-d),  prayer ,  charity , and increased  Ahavat Yisrael ...