Prayer to merit doing teshuvah (repentance) out of love

An Essay on the Month of Elul

In it, the verses are fulfilled: "to Your servant Isaac and through her I will know," "and it shall be for you as tzitzit and you shall see it," "which He struck with Abraham and His oath to Isaac, and He established it for Jacob as a statute for Israel, an eternal covenant," for every single year, when the month of Elul arrives, Hashem renews the covenant with the People of Israel, and with each and every individual. For "Elul" is the tikkun (rectification) of the Brit in perfection, and then a completely new illumination is drawn down upon the person, which has not existed since the beginning of time, and has not existed since the creation of the world. This is the aspect of the tzitzit that Korach disputed, for he did not understand that the threads of the tzitzit are the drawing down of the Infinite Lights, and they are the channels for the revelation of the lights of Adam Kadmon. As it is written regarding Deborah the Prophetess, "And she sat between Ramah and Beit El"—"HaRamah" has the gematria of Adam Kadmon {245}, for Deborah's prophecy was from Adam Kadmon, as she merited to completely strip away her body and to completely exit from all desires, and there did not remain for her even a shadow of a body, not even a shadow of a body. For through the tzitzit, which is the acronym for "Elul," one merits completely new garments, completely new lights, and a completely new abundance, which has not existed since the beginning of time. For in the month of "Elul," wealth is bestowed for the entire year, until infinity and beyond investigation, and then one merits the inheritance of the Land, as it is said, "to be for you a G-d and for your offspring after you," "and I will give to you the land of your sojournings." For the Land of Israel is the Malchut of Atzilut, which is revealed in the month of "Elul," and therefore the Spies did not want to enter the Land of Israel, because they were in the Keter of Atzilut and did not want to descend to the Malchut of Atzilut, except for Joshua bin Nun. And then it is fulfilled, "and from all your idols I will purify you, and I will give you a new heart," for "in Elul" everything is rectified through teshuvah (repentance) out of love, from the depths of the heart, and then it is fulfilled, "for He who has mercy on them will lead them and by springs of water He will guide them."