Everyone
knows the acronym of Elul: אני לדודי ודודי לי – I am to
my beloved and my beloved is to me. The gemara [Brachos 6] says that when
Hashem comes to shul and he doesn't find 10 people there, He [kviyachol] becomes
angry. The period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is called a time when
Hashem is with us. דרשו השם בהמצאו seek Hashem out when he
is found – these are the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur [Rosh
Hashana 18a]. So too, we have to prepare ourselves and come early to be present
when Hashem comes to dwell among us – otherwise we will G-d forbid arouse
divine displeasure. If we prepare ourselves – אני לדודי – I am to my beloved, then we will merit ודודי לי – My beloved will be to me.
[עפ"י אורי וישעי פרק ל"ה
עיי"ש דברים נשגבים ביותר בענין זה]
