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Recalculating…🚶‍♀️
- Aug 11
- 2 min read
As Elul approaches, in what is often both the busiest and the slowest time of the year, I keep thinking about something we all do without even realizing it.
We get into the car, and before we even pull out of the driveway, we open Waze.
Why?
Not because we don’t know how to drive.
But because we want to know how to get to our destination.
Elul, the end of one year and the beginning of another, is coming.
Between the school supplies, Yom Tov menus, new clothing, and to-do lists, it's easy for Elul to become another month of preparation.
But Elul isn't only about preparing for Yom Tov.
If we take a few minutes to tune in, it's about preparing for the year ahead.
Where am I headed?
What do I want this Elul to look like?
Who do I want to be when I arrive at my destination?
Not where I was last year.
Now where I wish I would be.
But from where I am today…where do I want to go?
This year’s Elul theme is Know Your Destination: The Waze and the Ways - becoming intentional about the road you're traveling before the new year begins.
Whether you have time for a committed class, ten minutes a day, or just a few moments of quiet here and there, here are three ways to uplift your Elul.
CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE
The Guided Route
Know Your Destination: The Waze and the Ways
A live three-week course as we explore the questions that matter most before the Yamim Noraim. Through Torah sources, reflective writing, and meaningful conversation, we'll clarify where we are, where we long to be, and the small, intentional, and practical steps that can start to bridge that distance.
Tuesday 1:30pm EST
Begins August 26
The Scenic Route
Write Your Way Through Elul
A 30-day guided journal with thought-provoking prompts centered on teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah, designed to help you ponder, reflect, and create a meaningful direction for yourself throughout the month of Elul.
The 5-minute Route
Write Now!
Formerly available as a card deck and now reimagined as a convenient e-book, Write Now! offers short, powerful writing prompts related to Teshuva that help you reconnect with yourself wherever you are and however full your day may be. Perfect for moments of reflection all year round, this e-book is especially meaningful in the month of Elul.
Note: In EY the original card deck is still on sale. See below.
LIVING IN ERETZ YISRAEL?
For those living in Eretz Yisrael, the Elul Journal and the original Write Now! Card Deck, along with all other WYWH products, can be purchased in Yerushalayim, at Minchas Yitzchak 6, first floor, 24 hours a day.
This Elul, don't just make the journey on autopilot.
The menus will get planned.
The clothing will get bought.
The guests will come.
The meals will be served.
But ...where will you be?
Travel with intention.
I’d love to have you join me.
Warmly,
Yocheved