960 Hours
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960 Hours In these days we have the
power to purify ourselves. The 40 days from the beginning of Elul until Yom
Kippur[1]
are like a Mikva. In each day there are 24 hours. Multiplying 40 (days) by 24
(hours), we arrive at a total of 960. This is the amount of water in Lugin (measurement) that a Mikva
contains (40 סאה
is 960 Lugin). In this way we can grasp מה מקוה מטהר את הטמאים אף הקב"ה מטהר את ישראל;[2]
just as a Mikva purifies the impure in the 960 Lugin of the Mikva, Hashem
purifies us in these 960 hours.[3]
[1] These are 40 days of Teshuva since Moshe ascended to
heaven for the second Luchos during this period (Pirkei Drebi Eliezer 46. See
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 128:2, Mishna Brura, Hilchos Rosh Hashana 581). The
Chassam Sofer teaches that during these days we should pour out our שיח
(speech) to Hashem as it says ולפני ה' ישפך שיחו; pour forth supplications before
Hashem (with Vidui and the like)- Tehillim 102:1. 40 (days) is the numerical
value of מ.
Adding a מ to
the word שיח we
get משיח.
This brings Moshiach closer. Moreover, משיח shares the same sum as נחש
(358) since there is a Nachash in Kedusha- Yishai, the father of Mashiach, as
this is what he is referred to- אביגל בת נחש
(Shmuel 2, 17:25). [2] Yoma 85b [3] Bnei Yissaschar, Elul 1:15
