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<P>Actually Av is a Hebrification of the Babylonian Abu which in turn was<BR>slurred from the Sumerian (Ur III) month "Aru" - lion, the mazal of<BR>the month.</P>
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<P>There is a homiletical explanation of the Talmudic phrase "acharei aryeh v'lo acharei isha". One should do t'shuvah in Elul, the month following the one whose mazal is the lion, rather than waiting for Tishrei, the month following the one whose mazal is the virgin.</P>
<P>Saul Mashbaum</P></TD></TR></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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