The Shuvu Banim Community in the Neve Yaakov Neighborhood ○ A Summary from the Holy Inner Lesson

In recent months, the Neve Yaakov neighborhood has made headlines following a murderous terror attack by a despicable terrorist on the night of Shabbos Kodesh, in which seven people were killed, Hashem yikom damam. Yet many do not know that the precious young boy, the delightful youth, Natan Morali, Hashem yikom damo, only 14 years old, who was murdered by this evildoer, belonged to a warm community of Breslov Shuvu Banim in this northern neighborhood of the Holy City—numbering more than thirty-five people. In the past, there were even regular minyanim every Shabbos with the nigunim of The Rav shlit"a in an apartment in the center of the neighborhood. Now, efforts are underway to renew the fixed minyan for prayers with the nigunim.

The people of the Neve Yaakov neighborhood merited to enter “the holy inner chamber” on Wednesday night, the eve of 6 Iyar, for a special lesson from The Rav Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a at his holy residence.

For most of the lesson, The Rav shlit"a spoke about the weekly Torah portion, “Acharei Mos – Kedoshim,” focusing on the passing of Aharon’s two sons. He also spoke about Lag BaOmer in Meron. Later, he spoke about the importance of traveling to the graves of the Tzaddikim, and that if people had not shown self-sacrifice for the graves of the Tzaddikim—such as Kever Rachel—until today it would have remained closed. Toward the end of the lesson, he spoke about how Haman wanted to make the decree for only one day, because he knew it would be overturned, and he did not want there to be several days of festival. After a full and abundant lesson of Torah and aggadah, The Rav shlit"a concluded the lesson with Kaddish, and blessed everyone with Siyata d’Shmaya and with all salvations.