A Lesson for the Residents of Netivot at the Residence of HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi

On Monday, Parshas Chukat, the night of the 5th of Tammuz, a lesson (shiur) was held for the residents of Netivot at the residence of our teacher, the Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a.

Before you is a summary of the words mentioned by our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, during the lesson:

The tzaddik (righteous person) passes everyone through on the night of Zechor Brit (a prayer of the covenant). All that Moshe (Moses) wanted was to connect Rachel and Leah—"Migdal Eder" (Tower of the Flock) represents Rachel and Leah, and from there Mashiach (the Messiah) will come. One must burn for Hashem with a constant fire like Devorah the Prophetess, who was entirely surrounded by torches of fire. The Rambam (Maimonides) says in Yesodei HaTorah (Foundations of the Torah) that whether it is a man or a woman, if they are established as righteous and from childhood did not associate with bad friends in improper places but only sat and studied, then they are considered prophets and one must believe them. The entire purpose of marriage is only to bring Mashiach ben David (the Messiah, son of David). Women have no yetzer hara (evil inclination) at all; they did not agree to give their jewelry for the Golden Calf—the men tore it from them by force. Even if one recites Chatzos (the midnight lamentation), they can still find time to learn everything. Thus, whoever comes for Rosh Hashanah merits that the tzaddik passes them through on the first day, because the tzaddik represents Leah. Korach said to Moshe, "You do not know how to connect the names of Sag with Av (Kabbalistic names of God)." Every time a person returns home, it is a connection of Sag with Av; a person should repeat the Torah lesson to his wife, and then a connection of Sag with Av is created. Korach did not understand how he could fly in the air while Moshe, at eighty-one years old, walked on the ground; he surely thought he was more of a tzaddik than Moshe. But a person does not realize that the one making him fly in the air is the tzaddik; without the tzaddik, a person has nothing. Rebbe Nachman said, "I do not understand why people go to weddings if it is for the sake of the yetzer hara; in that case, do not get married." Rebbe Nachman loathed this completely. Rebbe Nachman was also held captive by the Arabs. All divorces happen because people touch one another [without holiness], but with Yosef (Joseph), Potiphar's wife would come every day and dress up before him, appearing in a different garment every day for twenty years while he was in prison, yet he would not look at her. She threatened him, "I will gouge out your eyes," to which he responded, "Hashem opens the eyes of the blind." She said, "I will tear off your clothing," and he replied, "Hashem clothes the naked." She said, "You will remain in prison your whole life," and he replied, "Hashem releases the bound." In this way, he withstood the test. "When Moshe saw the humility of Yehoshua (Joshua)"—the humility of Yehoshua was that he knew they wanted to kill him because of the prophecy of Eldad and Medad, which stated: "Moshe will die and Yehoshua will lead the people in." Despite this, he went with the spies to the Land of Israel.