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Activity of the Shuvu Banim Information Line ○ A Fiery Lesson for the Many Lecturers and Activists of the Information Line in the Home of our Teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a

There is no person close to our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, who is not familiar with the activity of the Shuvu Banim Information Line, 9148*. The line was opened about nine years ago, when our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, was in exile. Since then, the line has become the central hub for drawing closer to the light of our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, along with reliable information provided at all times to tens of thousands of listeners (according to the system's data). Alongside the information provided on the line, the information line is also called the 'Information and Lessons Line,' thanks to nearly ten daily lessons. Before you is a partial list: the daily Daf in the Bavli, the daily Daf in Likutey Moharan, Likutey Halachot, Chumash with Rashi, Halacha, the daily Daf in the Mishnah Berurah by the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Sharf shlit"a, the daily page in Ketzot HaChoshen, and other diverse lessons from all parts of the Torah, including a special and fascinating branch dedicated to the graves of tzaddikim and days of hilula. This is in addition to the weekly lessons on the weekly Torah portion and other treasures of the holy Torah.

Those lecturers, the Torah scholars who merit the public daily with their pearls of wisdom, were privileged this past Monday night, the 7th of Cheshvan, to enter the inner sanctum for a special lesson from our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a. Our teacher, the Rav shlit"a, spoke about the matters of the Torah portion 'Lech Lecha,' and also spoke about the month of Cheshvan, which is a month of the resurrection of the dead. He also spoke regarding the next portion, 'Vayera,' on the inner meaning of Sarah's words, "I did not laugh, for I was afraid." He explained, according to various commentators such as the Ha'amek Davar and others, that our Matriarch Sarah wept because she had to return to the evil inclination of desire, for a woman must bring forth a child through a struggle with the evil inclination, because if a person has no evil inclination, they are not a human, but an angel. And for this, she wept, saying, 'I am afraid of this.'

[caption id="attachment_53147" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, at a lesson for the lecturers of the Shuvu Banim Information Line - Photo by Keren HaTzaddik Institute[/caption]

In the midst of his words, he spoke about the importance of the mother in the home, in that she paves the way for the children to love the Torah and the mitzvot through personal example, and he also spoke of the greatness of guarding one's eyes. Before you is an excerpt from his words:

"When a person overcomes their evil inclination, then the whole world overcomes it. Every time a person closes their eyes, then the whole world closes its eyes; the whole world is one thing. A person closes their eyes, then seven billion people close their eyes. A person walks outside and closes their eyes; seven billion people close their eyes. Because the whole world knows that it is forbidden to look! Once, everyone [including the nations of the world] would walk with veils... The whole world knows that it is forbidden to bring children into the world in impurity, it is forbidden to bring children with the evil inclination, and one must sanctify oneself in order to bring a child; the whole world knows this. But it only depends on us! The moment we close our eyes, we break the evil inclination. We received 'Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me,' and we break that, then the whole world breaks it! The whole world is one unit, it is one circle."

[caption id="attachment_53146" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Rabbi Tzvi Chalmish at the completion of Tractate Ketubot together with our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a - Photo by Keren HaTzaddik Institute[/caption]

After the lesson, which lasted over fifty minutes, the renowned lecturer who enlightens the thousands of listeners of the 'Information Line' daily with the Daf Yomi, Rabbi Tzvi Chalmish shlit"a, completed Tractate Ketubot in the presence of our teacher, Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a, together with the entire 'Hadran Alach' text. After the Kaddish of the completion, our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, went out to pray Ma'ariv as he does every evening, with a large crowd.