Parshas Eikev reminds us that even the “small” mitzvos — the ones we might tend to tread upon — are beloved by Hashem. The Torah promises us incredible brachos when we guard them with care: “V’haya eikev tishme’un…”
Chazal teach that Hashem treasures every act of avodas Hashem — no matter how small it may seem to us. Just as a seed planted quietly in the ground can grow into a mighty tree, so too, each small mitzvah and tefilah has the power to bear fruit in ways we can’t yet imagine.
In these days after Tishah B’Av, when we are working to rebuild ourselves and Klal Yisrael through our tefillos, chesed, and mitzvos, this message is especially powerful. Sometimes it’s the quiet acts - the heartfelt “Amen,” the small chizuk to a friend, the few extra minutes of Tehillim - that tip the scale in Shamayim.
May we take to heart the lesson of Eikev: that nothing we do for Hashem is ever wasted. And may our small acts and heartfelt tefillos join together to bring yeshuos and nechamos for ourselves, our families, and all of Klal Yisrael, b’karov mamash.
List of People Who Need a r’fuah sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Maxim Yehudah ben Yafah
Aharon ben Shamsi
Michael ben Chayah Sarah Beheta
Shmuel ben Itta Etel
Mordechai ben Shoshana
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chanah
Iris Rachel bas Miriam Chayah
Chanah Brachah bas Svetlana Tziporah Chayah
Sarah bas Shoshanah
Maya Mazal bas Zivah
Tamarah bas Ksiya
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Israeli Soldiers (Please recite Psalms 25, 26, 46, 83, 142.)
Menachem Zion ben Ariel
Hillel Zev ben Ariel
Shmuel Pesach ben Chinah
Yehudah ben Elisheva
Dov Ber ben Rachel Chayah
Hillel Yisrael ben Tzilah
Zechariah Yisrael ben Elisheva Feiga
Yitzchak Yehudah ben Elta Draizel
Zechariah Menachem Chaim ben Elta Draizel
Yair Menashe Shmuel ben Shoshanah
Shmuel Tzvi ben Liba
Daniel Abba Tzvi ben Chayah Tz’rina
Yechiel Aharon ben Sarah Miriam
Aryeh Simchah ben Chayah Michal
Amitai ben Yitzchak Venvar
Yisrael Yehudah ben Elisheva Rachel
Shmuel Yosef ben Adinah
Neta (Nechamah) bas Avital Emunah
Naomi Emunah bas Inbal Nechamah
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