Parshas VaEschanan begins with Moshe Rabbeinu davening – “Va’eschanan el Hashem” – a t’filah so deep, Chazal tell us it was one of 515 pleas. Even though Moshe’s t’filah wasn’t answered in the way he hoped, we learn a powerful y’sod: no t’filah is ever lost.
Especially in these days following Tishah B’Av, when we’re still carrying heavy hearts – for y’shuos, r’fuos, nechamos – this message is timely. Sometimes it feels like we’ve been davening for years with no visible results. But Moshe teaches us that every t’filah is heard, every word is precious in Shamayim, and nothing goes unanswered – even if the outcome isn’t what we expected.
In this parshah, we also read Sh’ma Yisrael, our eternal declaration of emunah and kabbalas ol Malchus Shamayim. Even in the darkness, we hold on to our connection with Hashem through t’filah and bitachon.
As we say T’hilim – each kapitel a t’filah, a cry, a hope – may we be zocheh to see y’shuos and nechamos for ourselves, for our loved ones, and for 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
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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