Rand Aid residents celebrate Elul

Members of the Jewish community living at Elphin Lodge welcomed the new year by celebrating the month of Elul.

Elul is the last month of the Jewish year (usually August or September on the Gregorian calendar) and the month preceding Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Traditionally, observant members of the Jewish faith should hear the sound of the shofar (rams horn) every morning during Elul.

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The sounding of the horn is tied to the Days of Repentance (Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement) and the inspiration that comes with hearing the Shofar’s piercing blasts.

Rabbi’s Pini Pink and Alex Carlebach took turns to blow the shofar for Elphin Lodge’s Jewish residents every morning, except for the Sabbath when it is not blown.