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So these forty days, from the first day of Elul until Yom Kippur, are forever considered days of Divine goodwill, a good time to fix up the things we failed at during the past year.4
During the month of Elul, G-d is more accessible, so to speak. During the rest of the year He is like a king sitting in his palace, receiving guests by appointment only. Even if you have an appointment, you have to get past the guards at the front gate and at each security checkpoint. The king is at the end of a long succession of rooms and chambers and antechambers.
Not so during Elul. Then the King is “out in the field.” He’s in a good mood and anyone can come and talk to him. The protocol of the palace is discarded.5
Elul is the time when we are given a leg up, a Divine boost, in our spiritual careers.
See also "Elul: A time to reinvigorate our spiritual selves".
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