Elul

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Elul

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From Hebrew אֱלוּל (elúl), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (ⁱᵗⁱeluli, “month of harvest”).

proper noun

Judaism The twelfth month of the civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Av and before Tishrei. “Twenty-three years ago,” the rebbe says without hesitation. “On the twentieth of Elul. No one in this house has spoken to or seen him since then.”

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name twelfth month in civil year in the Jewish calendar

Русский	Элул Elul
العربية	أيلول
עברית	אֱלוּל elúl

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"Elul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elul. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{elul_2026,
  title = {Elul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elul},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}