"Make room beyond the river for my sister, who / is singing Miriam’s song..."

"In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them."

"I want to know this: did God see you / trying as hard as you could / to live?"

"Elul calls us to be deep sea divers into our souls." Jewels of Elul is a project created by Craig Taubman that offers 29 inspirational insights for the month of Elul. The following blog post by Rabbi David Wolpe, first published at the Jewels of Elul website, introduces the Jewels of 2015 on their 10-year anniversary. Mazel Tov!

Please God / Extinguish the flames of this burning palace with / The soothing waters of love.