A Lesson for the Residents of Holon at the Home of the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi

On Monday night, the 25th of MarCheshvan, Parshas Toldos, a lesson was held at the home of our teacher, the Rav (Rabbi Berland) shlit"a, for the residents of the city of Holon. Before you is a summary of the topics from the lesson that was delivered:

How Abraham sends Eliezer, who is personally against the shidduch (marriage match). How the Rav found his shidduch together with the Rebbetzin in Meron in the merit of the Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai) who enlightened the Rav, and how he recited Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals) with intense concentration for an entire hour. Rebecca was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the greatest rasha (wicked person) in the world. Eliezer's daughter studied in the 'Birkat Avraham' seminary under Abraham and Sarah. Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, was the son of Nimrod after he left Ur Kasdim, because Nimrod claimed he was also considered a god since he emerged from the fire. Ahaz wanted to throw his son Hezekiah into the fire, so the maidservant smeared him with salamander (a substance believed to protect from fire). Isaac was a Rosh Yeshiva (head of a Torah academy); Abraham had a difficulty (kushya): "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named"—where is the offspring if You are telling me to slaughter him? Therefore, after the Akedah (binding of Isaac), Abraham said he should have married him off even before the Akedah. For at the time of the Akedah, when Isaac was 37, Rebecca was born, and at the age of three, she married him. Isaac was a gilgul (reincarnation) of Abel; he had to come in a reincarnation because he prided himself over Cain—if a person has even a thought of pride, he is killed. After the Akedah, he was transformed from male to female (referring to Kabbalistic soul aspects). King David was given years to live by all the Patriarchs and all the Tzaddikim. "And he cried a great and bitter cry"—he (Esau) cries: "The Tzaddik does not want to bless me, I did not reach Uman." In this merit, two tears fell from him—representing the First and Second Temples—and the third tear dried on the way, because if not, there would be no Third Temple, G-d forbid. Canaan castrated Noah so he wouldn't have another child, because Noah was supposed to bring the soul of King David, and this is the secret of "a plucked olive leaf in its mouth." Noah's dove will place the crown on the Mashiach (Messiah) when he reads from the Torah. The Tzaddikim would not sleep on a bed. Rabbi Hirsch Leib Lippel would go every Chatzos (midnight) to the Kotel (Western Wall). In the future to come, they will bring a single grape on a ship, and the tribe of Zebulun, who travel throughout the world—"They shall call peoples to the mountain"—tell everyone that all this abundance comes in the merit of Torah study; therefore, Zebulun is in the Keter (Crown). It is written in the Gemara (Talmud) that one peach was the size of an ox, and one cabbage was the size of a room. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi saw what looked like oxen inside the vines, and they explained to him that these were clusters of grapes. A year later, Rabbi Hiyya arrived and saw what looked like goats inside the vines, and they told him these were clusters. And from one se'ah (unit of measure) came fifty thousand kor—one and a half million se'ahs. From one palm tree came one thousand eight hundred tons. The vine branch also came from Gan Eden (Garden of Eden), and the claim was against the one who drank wine at the start of the meal, because one must flee from every physical pleasure—the compote dessert should be eaten at the end of the meal. If two people had traveled to Uman before the Holocaust, there would not have been a Holocaust. And Rabbi Shayele of Kerestir promised that whoever serves him faithfully, his grandchildren will be saved from the Holocaust. As brought in the book 'The Promise' at length. All the Tzaddikim knew there would be a Holocaust. He concluded with a story of how the Tzaddik Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin, Hy"d (may Hashem avenge his blood), tried to act to nullify the decree, and when he felt he did not succeed, he returned to Europe to die for Kiddush Hashem (sanctification of G-d's name) together with his Chassidim.

The Rav shlit"a concluded the fascinating lesson for the residents of Holon after forty-four minutes and went out for the Maariv (evening) prayer with a large multitude from the balcony of his home.