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A Sol is a Mars-Day.PERSEVERANCEToday's Sol count:SOLS ON MARS541: XX: XX: XXSOLHRSMINSSECSSol 541,running from approx. 1825 PDT 8/27/2022 to 1905 PDT 8/28/2022(Star Number)Rosh Chodesh Elul"I Am My Beloved's"Our rabbis1 note that the name "Elul" is an acronym for the biblical phrase2 ani ledodi vedodi li-- "I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine." In other words, the intense love between G-d and the Jewish people comes to the surface during Elul.The King in the Field***Love. It is the most powerful of human emotions. We all crave it. We cannot live without it. And yet it is so overwhelming, so...

When once I mourned a load of sin; When conscience felt a wound within; When all my works were thrown away; When on my knees I knelt to pray, Then, blissful hour, remembered well, I learned Thy love, Immanuel. When storms of sorrow toss my soul; When waves of care around me roll; When comforts sink, when joys shall flee; When hopeless griefs shall gape for me, One word the tempest's rage shall quell-- That word, Thy name, Immanuel. When for the truth I suffer shame; When foes pour scandal on my name; When cruel taunts and jeers abound; When...