Candle Lighting: 7:34 PM EST Montreal - Tzedakah & Mitzvah Reminder: The 74 Small Returns (Parshah Ki Teitzei, Elul)
Seventy‑four mitzvot, not thunder or flame,
But quiet commands that give holiness name.
A lost coin, a forgotten grain that the field forgot,
A worker’s pay, a wage that is not.
The Torah does not shout, “Be holy!” aloud,
It whispers in moments where pride might feel proud.
Do not look away when your brother strayed,
Do not hide yourself from the help you can aid.
The month of Elul arrives like a knock on the door,
To habits we keep and the things we ignore.
The email more honest, the promise more true,
The tone that is softer, the money back due.
Holiness grows not in one grand display,
But small corrections that guide us each day.
Return what is lost, what is owed, what is right,
Return to the person you meant to be tonight.
Teshuvah (repentance) is for the small drifts off course,
That pull a whole life from its true, steady source.
This week, the Torah asks, gentle and clear,
Where have you hidden? Return and draw near.
Shabbat Shalom * Am Yisrael Chai * Peace