ELUL

Millet crop ready for harvest

grapes on vine in red orange sunset

Ripe fig fruits on the tree

Pomegranates on the tree

Elul אֱלוּל , a summer month, is a time of repentance and forgiveness. It is this month that the angel Gabriel (Gab’riy’el, גבריאל) came to Mary and announced she would conceive and bare a son, who would be called the son of God, Luke 1:26. We know this to be our Messiah, Yeshua. It is fitting that this was announced in this month of repentance and forgiveness because that is the reason for Yeshua coming to us to Forgive All of us if we will only believe and repent. 

Millet is widely cultivated in warm regions and is a major source of grain and of feed for livestock. Millet is harvested in Elul as is grapes, figs, and pomegranates. In the Bible, images of pomegranates are to surround the hem of the High priest.