Elul 23 – Behold, a Freshly Plucked Olive Leaf was in Her Mouth

September 15, 2025

06 – Elul, Genesis, Noah

Noah

Elul 23, 5785; from sunset September 15, 2025, to sunset September 16, 2025

(The twenty-third day of the sixth month)

Noah’s Ark (1846), by the American folk painter Edward Hicks.

We’ve been following Rashi’s timeline for Noah’s year in the ark. One week ago, Rashi marks the day that Noah released the dove for the first time. It later returned to him empty-handed, or rather, empty-beaked. The Bible tells us that seven days later, Noah sent the dove out again…this time she returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her mouth.

And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. – Genesis 8:10-11 (NKJ)

Just a reminder that it’s tradition to read Psalm 27 daily through the Feast of Tabernacles. You can find it by clicking on the link.

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