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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 27 Menachem Av - The month of Elul is the time of reckoning
Description: מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל, אֲמִירַת כָּל הַתְּהִלִּים בְּהַשְׁכָּמָה. יוֹם הִתְוַעֲדוּת[On Shabbos Mevarchim, it is our custom] to recite the entire Book of Tehillim early in the morning and to hold a farbrengen on that day.חֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל הוּא חֹדֶשׁ הַחֶשְׁבּוֹןElul is a month of reckoning. דִּכְמוֹ בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת הִנֵּה הַבַּעַל עֵסֶקJust as a businessman בִּכְדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הָעֵסֶק כִּדְבָּעֵי וְיִתֵּן רֶוַח רַבwho wants to run his business properly and most profitably צָרִיךְ מִזְּמַן לִזְמַן לַעֲשׂוֹת חֶשְׁבּוֹן וּלְתַקֵן אֶת כָּל הַחֶסְרוֹנוֹתmust take stock from time to time and correct anything amiss, כֵּן הוּא גַּם בַּעֲבוֹדָה הָרוּחָנִית בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְso too must we act in our spiritual work of avodas HaShem.דְכָל הַשָּׁנָה הִנֵּה כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹסְקִין בְּתּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת וּבְמִדּוֹת טוֹבוֹתThroughout the year the Jewish people study Torah, observe mitzvos, and cultivate desirable character traits. בְּחֹדֶש אֱלוּל הוּא חֹדֶשׁ הַחֶשְבּוֹןThe month of Elul is the time of reckoning, אֲשֶׁר כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלwhen each and every Jew כָּל חַד וְחַד לְפוּם שִׁיעוּרָא דִילֵיהaccording to his capacity, הֵן הַיּוֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וְהֵן הַבַּעַל עֵסֶקbe he a Torah scholar or a bus...