Counting from Nisan, the sixth month of the Jewish year, August-September, season for repentance prior to the New Year, at the beginning of the next month,...

Elul (Hebrew: אֱלוּל, Standard Elul Tiberian ʾĔlûl ; from Akkadian elūlu) is the twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a summer month of 29 days. Elul usually...