This Is Your Wake-Up Call – Zoom Service with Beit Tikvah

Zoom Service led by Rabbi Heifetz, This Is Your Wake-Up Call. The contemplative month of Elul begins in just a few days. It arrives like an alarm—quiet, but insistent. These are the 40 days traditionally set aside for soul-searching and inner growth, a sacred countdown toward the High Holidays.

In the opening words of this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, the great sage the Vilna Gaon hears a personal summons: to take responsibility, to trust in something greater than ourselves, and to believe in the power to begin again—not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today.

Let’s explore what it means to act now—to stop waiting for the world to change, and to hear the ticking clock of teshuvah before the gates begin to close.