Reply To: The Significance of Chodash Elul

It says ובא לציון גוו’אל ול’שבי פשע ביעקב The Rav Avudraham points out the hint of Elul. The hint is in both teshuva and geulah indicating that Elul is the time for both.
The kitzur points out that Elul is hinted in teshuva, ומל ה’ אלקיך ‘א’ת ‘ל’בבך ו ‘ו’את ‘ל’בב. tefila in ‘א’ני ‘ל’דודי ‘ח’דודי ‘ל’י and tzadaka in א’יש ‘ל’רעהו ‘ו’מתנות ‘ל’אביונים’.